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Prologue
RAMSEY
Sweat slid down my back as I tried my hardest to stay quiet. I could do this. One lucky moment was all I needed.
I crouched down lower, sucking in a sharp breath through my teeth as my ribs screamed in pain. I could thank my uncle for that little gift. A bruise the size of his boot decorated my ribcage and made breathing a bitch, let alone hiding from my three tormentors.
Time moved at a snail’s pace as I stayed with my knees pressed to my chest and my head turned at a weird angle.
How much longer? My knees started to cramp. Every inch of me screamed to stretch out. Even my fingers began to hurt as I kept them curled tightly around my calf.
I squeezed my eyes shut as I mentally counted backward, trying to think of anything besides my discomfort.I’m on a beach, or better yet, I’m at the movies. The nice cold movie theater. Popcorn in hand, cushiony seat under my ass.
Metal creaking yanked me out of my daydream, and I opened my eyes on instinct. I came face to face with Leyton Gomez. His sinister smile had my stomach dropping to my feet.
Fuck, fuck, fuck.There was no amount of fucks I could mentally scream to convey how utterly fucked I was.
“Did you try and hide from us, pequeño puta?” Leyton reached into the locker I’d squeezed myself in and dragged me out.
Cool dirty tile greeted me, but I rested my face on it, ignoring the grime. I was starting to lose it in there. Why the fuck I thought that was a good hiding spot I’ll never know. Maybe I had brain damage from all the shit I’d endured.
“Shit, he’s all sweaty,” Theon said. Green eyes came into view as he crouched down and turned my head to face him. “Why a locker?” He laughed, showing off a bright smile that would seem charming to anyone but him. “You like our little games that much?”
Who would?My teeth sank into my tongue as I held back some sarcastic retort. It would only result in them dragging whatever they planned out for the day. I just wanted it all to be over already. We were only a few days away from graduation. While other seniors were out having fun, preparing to take their diplomas, I was running from guys three years younger than me.
I was older than Theon, Foxyn, and Leyton, but they were bigger and stronger than me. After eight months of their bullying, the end was close.So fucking close.
Sharp pain stabbed through my side. My mouth opened as I yelped and curled in on myself. My ribs screamed in pain, and it felt as if it was echoing throughout my entire body.
“What the hell?” Foxyn grabbed me up and shoved me against the lockers.
The lockers’ metal was nowhere near cold enough to dampen the fire engulfing me from my ribcage. My eyes watered. I tried to bat Foxyn’s hands away. Out of the three guys, he was by far the strongest.
My hands were slammed against the lockers next, and a whimper broke free before I could stop it. Crying never solved anything. If anything, it always made my cousins and uncles hurt me more. With the guys, I’d never let them see. I’d planned to stand by that, but the pain was far greater than my will.
“Coño,” Leyton hissed.
“I know I didn’t give this to you,” Foxyn said.
I blinked away the tears, forcing them back, and glanced down at what they were looking at. My shirt was bunched up, and three sets of eyes were looking at me expectantly.
“Who gave this to you?” Theon asked.
I said nothing. Foxyn’s heavy hand came down on the side with the bruise. White hot pain seared me from the inside, and my scream caught in my throat. I gasped as if I was choking.
My body was slammed back against the lockers. If it weren’t for Foxyn’s hold on my hands, I’d be on the ground.
“You know we don’t like to ask twice.” Leyton tapped my forehead. “Come on, use those two brain cells you have and tell us.”
“Why?” I squeezed out.
What does it matter?In the end, they could have been the cause. They might not have tied me up and beat the shit out of me, but Foxyn alone had hit me enough times that it could have been a bruise they caused.
Leyton shrugged. “Call us curious. We want to know who else is playing fun games with you.”
“Anyone at school?” Foxyn asked.
I shook my head. “Uncle.”
