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Never…again.
I felt their stares on me, burning a hole in the back of my head as I strode past the four-wheel drive and then, at the last minute, I veered off, hurrying along the sidewalk.
“What the fuck?”
I caught the mutter as I crossed the sleek wooden entrance, mounted the stone steps, and stopped at the massive black door. My fists were already curled. I didn’t even think, I just acted, slamming them against the door. “Killion,open up. Open up, it's me. IT’S RYTH!”
Footsteps sounded inside, growing louder.
“Get the fuck away from the door!” Came the bark behind me.
But I didn’t move. My focus lifted to the camera above the door and the tiny red blinking light. “It’s me,” I said to the lens. “You know…the woman you paid for.”
Click.
The door cracked open, then he was there, stepping out of the doorway, those sickening blue eyes fixed on me.
Stall him…stall him…stall him…
I didn’t want to look at him, not at the pressed white shirt he wore, the sleeves rolled against his forearms. Nor at the tight smirk that grew bolder as he whispered, “Well, well, well. Look what dragged itself to my door.”
“Mr. Killion, sir,” the bodyguard snarled behind me.
“It’s fine,” the vile fucking demon answered, never once taking his gaze from me. “She’s fine…just not what I was expecting. Why are you here, Ryth?” He searched the street behind me.
“I have n-nowhere else t-to g-go,” I stuttered, wrapping my arms around my body as I shivered. “My brothers…they…”
“They left you, right?” he answered for me, narrowing in on his kill. “The attention became too much and they decided they were their father’s blood after all.”
I clenched my brow, looked down, and prayed to God I looked sad, because inside I trembled with rage. “Yes.”
“Figures.” The snide remark made me flinch. “They were always lowlife scum.”
I clenched my fists so hard I felt the sting of my nails cutting into my palms and fought the urge to lunge forward and claw his fucking eyes out. But it’d come…it’d come…it would.
“You’d best come in then, the last thing I want is my three-million-dollar investment catching a goddamn cold.”
Three million dollars?I jerked my gaze to his. That’s how much he’d paid for me? That’s how much my body, my mind, and my soul were worth to him? Three million dollars. I thought of Nick as Killion stepped to the side and motioned me forward.
But I pushed my brother from my mind. I had to be careful now. I had to be smart, and strong. I had to keep my wits about me, especially in a place like this. I scanned the foyer and stepped into the house as the door clicked shut behind me.
“I have to say, Ryth, I’m surprised to see you. In fact, you were probably the last person I was expecting on my doorstep.”
“Yeah, well,” I muttered, watching another bodyguard come from further inside. “I wasn’t exactly planning on being here either.”
I stared at the holster strapped to the guard’s chest. My focus fixed on the silver weapon, calculating in my head how much time it’d take for him to draw it.
“Still, it’s averypleasant surprise.” The voice came from right behind me.
Killion lashed out, grabbed my arm, and shoved me forward. I didn’t have time to think. Memories collided. Me in that room, with his hand around my neck and his fingers inside me.Tobias! TOBIAS!
Ibattled the howling need to fight back, just throwing my hands up as I hit the foyer wall. His hand was at my back, tearing at my shirt as he tried to yank it up while he reached around and gripped my throat with the other.No! No!His hand clenched around my throat, his fingers bruising as he snarled. But he had to work at exposing me. Nick’s long t-shirt was tucked in tight, pushed all the way down and cinched by the belt around my waist.
“What the fuck is this?” he growled, then snarled as he reached around instead, mauling my breast and pinching my nipple as athwack thwack…thwackcame from outside the front door.
Thud.
“Christ, don’t tell me he’s here,” Killion exclaimed, and pulled away, turning to the front door.
