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A sliver of pride suffuses within me. I’m walking toward my end with my head held high. The thought that I’m doing this for my dad and my mates gives me the courage to keep moving down the deserted street.
I glance over my shoulders and see the two beta women following me. They’re maintaining their distance though. No one would suspect them of tailing me this way. They look like friends who are simply walking down the street.
The sound of an approaching car makes me halt.
At this point, we’re at a sufficient distance from my home. Only the tops of the mansion are visible from this end of the street.
A sleek black Mercedes comes to a stop beside me.
My breathing turns shallow as the back passenger door swings open.
This is the last chance I have to escape this situation. If I scream and shout, the few neighbors who’re walking their dogs during this late evening can come forward to help me.
There’s no other way to protect your dad and mates’ reputations, I tell myself, stepping closer to the car. You have to do this.
Swallowing the bile rising in my throat, I bend down and climb into the car.
“Hello, Aurora,” a familiar voice greets me as someone from outside shuts the door.
I’m surprised but not by the man who’s sitting beside me.
Since the moment I looked into Senator Vaughn’s eyes, I knew he recognized me as one of the captive omegas. When Jake kept talking about a master who’s been obsessively keeping tabs on me, I’d almost expected it to be this man.
The thing that has truly surprised me is Vaughn Dumas’s voice.
It’s the same faceless voice that has haunted my nightmares. He’s the alpha who liked blindfolding me before violating me.
“You,” I whisper as I’m jerked backward when the car starts moving.
“Do you recognize me, Aurora?” Vaughn asks. His dark eyes pierce through me as he leans in close. “Do you realize that it’s not the first time you’ve met me?”
A whisp of his scent floats into my nostrils.
Gasoline and ash.
There’s no mistaking this man. He’s the same monster who loved blindfolding me before beginning his assault on me.
“You’re among those assholes who abused the captive omegas,” I say in a low but clear voice. “People like you are worse than animals.”
The surprise spreading in Vaughn’s black eyes mirrors mine.
I’m amazed by my boldness. Where did the scared, cowering omega within me disappear? I expected to break down from sheer terror but I feel nothing but hate and disgust for the man before me.
Vaughn’s thin lips curl into a sneer. Reaching out, he brushes a thumb over my lips.
“I like how you’ve recovered,” he says, his eyes shining with malice. “I never liked the way those stupid keepers bruised you. They never knew how to treat a true treasure.”
I stay silent as his thumb slides down my chin. My gaze moves toward the driver in the front seat. Despite the conversation happening in the back seat, he keeps his focus on the road.
Vaugh Dumas knows how to train the people under him. He wants to do the same to me and make me play according to his whim.
I won’t let him break me, I silently vow to myself.
“I’ll treat you better, little omega,” Vaughn says. “No other man will touch you again. You’ll be mine.” A cruel grin appears on his lips as he strokes my palm. “Your skin is so flawless. It’s like you’re new and whole again. I can’t wait to mark you with my touch.”
Words like these scared me in the past. Back then, I was blindfolded and forced to cower in front of men like him.
Things are different now.
