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A loud thud sounds against metal and the car shakes. “Release her! You’re of no association to the Alibur Hotel,” Sawyer shouts, blocking the car. “Her name on the contract is Ruby Vixen. That is the only alias anyone knows.”
Glass shatters, and glittering pebbles spill across my lap. Monroe grabs my arm, trying to drag me out of the vehicle. I screech, clutching onto him. Nails dig into my leg as Lawrence pins me to the seat. Gunshots pop, ringing in my ears, and Knox shoots a gun through the back window. One grazes Lawrence’s ear, and he growls and revs the engine, but the car only smokes as Sawyer uses his strength to keep it from barreling over him.
“Five fucking seconds, fucker. She is ours. You’re stupid if you think you’re getting out of here with her.” Monroe throws a knife, stabbing it into the vampire’s chest.
Lawrence flashes his fangs. “It was against the leadership law for her to even go to auction. She belongs to me and no one else. My sister assured it. Now, move. I will kill you otherwise.”
What the fuck? Fuck! Twisting in my seat, I slap my hands and scratch my nails, trying to do anything I can to hurt this guy. He’s trying to kidnap me. He wants to steal me away. He thinks I belong to him. It was one thing to know that I’d be rotated around the Strip, but this guy? I don’t know him or what he wants. It’s the fear of the unknown that pushes me to resist.
“Hayley!” Monroe shouts again. “Hayley!”
Lawrence snarls and hits a button, sending a shock through me. I jerk and shudder with the pain, and my vision blurs.
“We’ll fucking kill you!” Sawyer shouts! “You’re dead!”
Extending his fangs, Lawrence grabs my hair and drags me onto his lap, squishing me between his body and the steering wheel. “She’s dead if you don’t back up now!”
Sinking his fangs into my neck, he bites me hard and in such a way that I scream in agony. Fire blazes over my skin, and I gasp, unable to do anything. Sawyer roars and jumps on the hood, stomping his boot into the windshield.
“Hayley! Fuck!” Knox yells.
Monroe leans into the car, grabbing my ankle. “That’s not a kill bite.”
The pressure of Lawrence’s bite eases away, but the pain refuses to fade. “Like I said, she doesn’t belong to you. She’s my heir. Now if you don’t move, I assure you that you’ll regret it. She’s not your personal blood donor. There is nothing that you can do. Leave.”
“Fuck you!” Sawyer snaps. “She’s our girl!”
Stomping the gas pedal, Lawrence sends the vehicle barreling forward. Sawyer clutches onto the hood as the vampire speeds away from the Bella. I clutch my neck, trying to see through my darkening vision. But I can’t. I can’t even think.
My body screams in agony.
My heart shatters.
Sawyer’s figure suddenly disappears from the hood of the vehicle.
I try to stay conscious, but it’s too much. I’m not sure if I’ll even survive.
A cool hand pets my shoulder. “Settle now, my dear. The pain is only fleeting. It’ll be over soon.”
Sawyer, Knox, and Monroe’s images swirl through my mind. I cling onto the thought, praying to the universe that this isn’t the end for me or the beginning of something worse. But I know in my heart that the universe is against me.
I fall into immobilizing, burning, all-consuming darkness and despair.
