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“Wake up,” Blake growled, lowly. “I have some questions and you’re going to answer them.”
Turbulence had me forcing my eyes back open. His threatening tone didn’t.
“Just ask.”
I heard him get closer before I processed the action. My fist clenched. If I would have had the power to swing, I would have clocked him good for what he’d done. Drugging me. Denying me what was so rightfully mine. It pissed me off to no end.
“I know what room was yours. You care to explain the chains mounted to your ceiling?”
My eyes closed at the pain and I rested my head back again. “That’s none of your business and has nothing to do what you probably think it does. Since when is kink a crime?”
Silence.
“You don’t believe me, ask Lilian,” I continued. “Not that she should have to answer or be interrogated.”
“Did you have those before she came to you?”
“Like I said, kink isn’t a crime. It’s just who I am. Are you going to call your government friends and get permission to off me, too?”
I lifted to catch his reaction but all I got was a hard stare. “I need no one’s permission when it comes to who I take care of. I wasn’t always government, Zain. They came to me not long ago and I still go by my rules. No one else’s. All they want is names and I have no problem providing those. Luckily for you, I believe what you’re telling me.”
“I have nothing to hide.” A groan left my mouth. “Did you kill my uncle?”
Blake glanced toward the three girls Preston was speaking with. “I did. Not nearly the way I would have liked. He killed one of them in front of us to prove that he’d do it again if we got any closer. Fucking coward. I’ve never lost a girl. Ever. God, I would have loved to just…” His jaw tightened and he looked toward the floor. “Anyway, they’re all dead.”
“All but one,” I said, trying to force myself to sit up straighter. “And he is mine. If you take that from me, Blake…” My head shook as we stared into each other’s eyes. “Don’t.”
“I gave you your revenge or did you forget? You killed the man who took you. This one—”
“Killed my child!” I yelled. “He’s mine.” My hands went to my head to try to balance the room. I was beginning to spin. To feel sick from not only whatever was in my system, but from the mere thought of not being able to finishing this.
Blake’s face turned hard and he looked down, becoming quite. My stomach knotted at having to bare my painful past and a ragged breath left me. I felt drained and exhausted. All I wanted was to spill blood from my enemies or be with my slave. Not be in the presence of Blake and Preston.
Crying had me groaning and glancing over. I knew all three girls. Two, barely at all, but one for years. It immediately had my heart racing. She could help me. I switched to Arabic, knowing that was her primary language now. Russian was now part of her past. I wondered if she even knew how to speak it anymore.
“What is your name?”
There was a hesitancy, but she came closer. “Alina.”
“Alina. That’s a nice name. You knew my Lily. You remember?”
She took another step. “Your slave. Yes. She helped me.”
“Yes,” I said, smiling. “Lily always tried to take care of all of you.” I swallowed back the bile as I moved to the edge of my seat. “It’s time for me to help her. I need to find Saul and put a stop to him once and for all. Have you heard anything that could possibly help me?”
One look at the other girls and they all exuded the same fear.
“He can’t hurt any of you anymore. Please. If you know something, you have to tell me.”
The newest one began crying again and Preston threw me a look that clearly said to back off.
“I don't know where he is.” Alina pulled at the wrap around her head and eased it off, revealing long brown hair. “When he learned of your father’s death, he planned to make you pay. He said he wouldn’t be back until it was done. But you’re alive.” Her voice quivered and I knew it must have been hard for her to defy the man she’d spent years fearing.
“Thank you, Alina.”
I took the bottled water Blake held out and swallowed a big drink. “She doesn’t know anything.”
“You sure about that?”
