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Bizarre how both my and the Alekseevs’ parents died under terrible circumstances. I’ve often wondered if in some way it’s more than just a coincidence, to have this in common with the guys. But I push that out of my mind. I’m drowsy in the sun and want to close my eyes for just a bit to see if I can make up for the lack of sleep I’ve been getting a night.
Just a few minutes of napping would be so nice…
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CHAPTERTHIRTY-SIX
Charleigh
I’m in that in-between place where you know you’re not asleep yet, but you know you almost are.
Is there a name for that?
Anyway, I turn over on my side to wait for my momentary nap time to arrive, when a shadow blocks the sun’s rays from my face, and I actually become chilly.
When the sun doesn’t come back out, and I can’t doze because I’m no longer warm, I open one eye to see if afternoon clouds have blown in and whether it looks like rain.
I push myself up and take a deep breath to start screaming.
Because Dimitri is standing right over me.
Before I can get a sound out, or really even move, his hand covers my mouth and pushes me right back into the hammock, leaving me with no leverage for doing anything other than kicking my feet.
Which I do until he sits on my legs.
“Pretty girl,” he coos at me, “I’ve been waiting for this moment.”
God no. Just no. How did he…
I try to remain calm. His open palm is covering my mouth and almost my nose. He could suffocate me if he wanted to.
“Tsk, tsk, tsk. You had a party and didn’t invite me? That’s very rude, you know.”
He’s evil. Pure evil.
His gaze travels from my face to my polka-dotted sundress, now straining across my breasts because of the position I’m in. He runs a finger from his free hand over them, and then takes a handful and kneads my flesh hard, until it hurts.
I try to scream from behind his hand, but nothing comes out besides muffled groans.
“Huh,” he says, looking at me with curiosity. “I thought you were the type to like it rough. After all, I’ve seen the video of the guys giving it to you in the ass.”
Huh?
My stomach roils. I’m sinking. Sinking into the terror that’s danced around me these recent weeks. It’s hammering me without mercy, pulling me into the abyss like a lead weight. I squeeze my eyes shut like that will make it go away. It doesn’t.
Mother, where are you? I need you.
He laughs quietly. “Yup, that’s right, I have cameras in the assholes’ house. Well, just the library but, boy, has that paid off. Fuck me, baby, you are hot. If only they’d had that goddamn auction, I could have brought you home and made you into a real woman. Taught you the pleasures of the flesh in a way the fucking Alekseev brothers can’t even dream of. But it is what it is. I’ll take what I can get, even if it is sloppy seconds.”
I force my eyes to open in the hope that I can connect with whatever sliver of humanity the man might have, but his eyes are dark, his pupils dilated with the excitement of finally getting what he’s wanted all along.
I listen carefully to see if anyone’s come to look for me or even if security is simply making their rounds. I hear nothing except the wind in the trees, and of course, Dimitri’s disgusting words.
“Don’t be scared, little girl. I’m not here to hurt you, at least not very much.” He giggles.
I nod as best I can, even though he’s holding me down, to try to communicate in some way with him. To remind him I’m a living, breathing human, rather than just a pawn in a long-standing fight with his rivals.
He smirks. “Oh, you’re all nice and accommodatingnow, are you? After all the times you were such a rude bitch to me, acting like you were too good for me?”
