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All I saw was their faces. Kane…Kane’s face. That’s what I held onto, his bright blue eyes and perfect lips.
“Pull her ass wide,” the bitch called in front of me. “Let’s get a good look at what you can have. The bid stands at four million. Come on, gentlemen. I know you want to take the infamous King’s Daughter for a ride.”
I shoved and buckled, my cheek bruising as they ground my jaw against the surface. To my right someone shifted in the gloom. His face sharpened, that cold, detached stare fixed on me as Coulter tugged the crotch of his trousers and adjusted how he sat.
“Go on,” he murmured. “Fight for me.”
Those hard lips curled into a smirk. I bucked and screamed until fire exploded in the middle of my chest.
“I’LL FUCKING KILL YOU!” Kane roared. “I’LL FUCKING KILL YOU ALL!”
“Four million,” I brunette called out behind me. “Do I have anything higher? Four million…going once…”
TWENTY-ONE
Riven
No! NONONONO!
“Take me!” I croaked. “Just take me…please, Mel. I’m begging you.”
But my pleas went unanswered, fading to nothing in the empty room where I hung suspended by the cuffs around my wrists. Movement came in the corner of my eye as a group of guards passed the large window.
“Wait!” I screamed, then coughed, my throat on fire. “I’LL PAY! DO YOU HEAR ME? I’LL PAYYYY!”
But they kept walking, oblivious to my demands as though they never heard.
I sucked in hard breaths which only inflamed the burn in the back of my throat. I tried to swallow, but my mouth was bone dry.
“I’ll pay.” The words were nothing but air as I closed my eyes. “Whatever you want. Just don’t…don’t hurt her.”
I’m going to enjoy watching the woman you’ve fallen in love with get violated tonight…
A moan ripped free, wretched and burning. I swallowed the sting like molten lava, leaving it to well inside that gaping hole in my chest.
I hated her.
Still, I hated myself more.
My hands were numb, swallowed by the pain as the metal shackles wore against my wrists. But if I had a blade, I’d cut them off. I’d do anything as long as I could get to her.
Helene…
Please, forgive me.
Because there was no way I’d ever forgive myself.
I opened my eyes, seeing movement from the corner of the window once more. Three more guards chatted and slowly walked past.
“Please, for fuck’s sake, I’ll pay,” I hissed. “I’ll pay whatever you want.”
Just like the others, they never turned…nor did they hear me, until one stumbled forward, then to the side, slamming into the window.
The glint of a knife came, whipping through the air end-over-end to bury in the other guard’s chest. He stumbled backwards, then looked down to see nothing but the hilt. Transfixed, I could only stare as the last guard palmed his weapon and spun. Only he didn’t have a chance to fire.
The largest of the two shadows lunged, driving his fist into the guard’s face. Harmon’s man was no slouch, stocky and built. But he was still no match for the raw, unhinged force of this man as he drove his fist over and over into the bloody mess he’d left behind.
Until there was no fighting done.
