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“Don’t fight me, Rose, it’ll only make things worse for you.” An eerie robotic voice, like the one all serial killers in movies use, whispers across my ear.
My lungs burn as I try to drag in a breath through the blinding terror. Fingers dig into my hips and grope for my yoga pants. “No! No!” My assailant’s knee digs into my back as he drags my pants and panties down. Chilly air races over my bare cheeks, and nausea claws its way up my throat. “Don’t do this!” I screech. Tears burn my eyes, but I refuse to let them fall, not like withhim. I’d only been sixteen then, naïve and innocent.
A gloved hand cups my ass.
My entire body tenses.
“Don’t pretend you don’t like this, Rose. I know what sort of depraved fantasies fill that dirty mind.”
Oh God, that robotic voice. A shudder races up my spine.
The whine of a zipper sends another wave of panic crashing over me. The man wraps his hands around my thighs and jerks me to the edge of the mattress. He shoves himself between my legs and the feel of his limp dick against my ass makes my stomach revolt.
“No, please no,” I yell. My fingers tear at the sheets, desperate to get away.
“I’m going to fuck you good, you little bitch. Once I’m done with you, you’ll wish you never—”
The wail of a siren stops him mid-sentence.
“Fuck,” he grumbles. “I guess we’ll just have to wait until next time, my lovely rose.” He jumps up and his retreating footfalls echo all around me. I rip the hood off my head and catch only a glimpse of the masked man as he sprints out of my room before the tears begin to fall.
CHAPTER10
CRUEL IRONY
Dante
“I already told you I don’t know where Feng is.” Jianjun is a lyingpezzo di merda. No way that piece of shit has no idea where his nephew is.
I press the muzzle of my gun harder against his temple, and asshole in red number one flinches. Six of the red-hooded bastards surround their leader. “Then call off the bounties on my brother and his fiancée.”
“I cannot do that either.”
“Why the fuck not?” I tick my head at Tony, and he trains his gun on the dragon beside Jianjun. “How about I give you some motivation?”
Tony cocks the pistol.
“I’ll have Tony here get some target practice in until you figure out how to stop this.”
“I didn’t put out the hit, Dante,” the old man snarls. “You know how it works. Only the one who set the price can renege on the deal.”
“You’re the fucking head of the Triad, Jianjun. Don’t feed me that bullshit,vecchio.”
“My hands are tied.” A sneer curls the corner of his lip, and my finger tightens around the trigger. Just a tiny bit more pressure… I squeeze my eyes closed and imagine the blood splatter all across the pink table linens. So satisfying. Drawing in a breath, I force myself to think things through. This was exactly what my brother warned me about, flying off the handle half-cocked. I had to prove him wrong, prove to him I could handle this job.
“Then let’s do this, old man, until Feng shows his face here, I’ll take out one of your men every hour.”
“That seems a bit rash,” he bites out. “What would thecaposay?” His grin grows wider.
“Keep my little bro out of this. I’m in charge now because your asshole nephew took a hit out on Luca and his future wife. You know that’s unacceptable. So now you’re stuck with me, and I’ll do whatever I see fit to ensure the future of the Kings.”
He scoffs.
My phone vibrates in my jacket pocket, drawing my attention from the string of curses poised on my lips. I’m tired of this arrogant bastard. I slide the phone out, glance at the screen, and my heart kicks at my ribs so hard I nearly drop the cell.
Rose:I need you.
“Shit,” I grumble. My pulse fires up, red-hot fury singeing my veins.
