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But he was already laughing. “We should go back down now, sweetheart. I think I want to share this with the others.”
Don’t you dare—
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MJ couldn’t help butsmile and roll her eyes at the same time as she made her way out of the club’s headquarters, feeling Helios’ arrogant and possessive gaze following her all the way. Oh, the man was insufferable now, forcing her into situations whereshehad to talk but couldn’t andhehad to explain why.
Making her way to the lab, she was working on unlocking the back exit when she heard the cock of a gun behind her.
And then a familiar voice—
“What took you so long, you damn kid?”
Before she could even think of struggling, something hard and heavy hit the back of her head and she felt herself going down. As she started to lose consciousness, she caught sight of other figures moving in the shadows. The scent of fire hit her. Her eyes widened in horror as she saw the lab catching fire. She tried to shout, but her voice didn’t come back to her miraculously.
The last thing she saw was her father’s smiling face, and it was a smile that made her want to puke.
Swish.
PART THREE
Prologue
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Dank floors, pitch-black darkness, and the stench of days-old urine mingling with the odor of sweat and human waste. Things like that made it easier, safer, to just go crazy, especially when I thought of the fact that it was my pee...my waste...I was sitting next to.
A shudder ran through me, and I fought hard against the insidious urge to take the plunge and just end it.
Breathe. Relax. Keep your eyes open.
I repeated the words to myself silently in my mind while I rotated my ankles and wrists. All of them were chained, but I wanted to keep my limbs moving. Skin scraped against skin as I stirred on the ground. Somewhere along the way, someone had torn off my pants, leaving me in my shirt and panties.
Stay focused. Breathe. Be ready for anything.
Usually, those words were enough. But right now, I was feeling more than a little hopeless, forcing myself to seek comfort in make-believe.
