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“Is that where you went on Halloween?” He stood up, walking towards me. “Thought you could hire them to kill me? Why were they here if they didn’t finish the job or take you?”

He walked around me.

“Answer me!” he shouted, slapping me across the face, making the girls yell.

“I went because I wanted some freedom, I didn’t know who they were,” I said, trying to sound confused and innocent.

“You knew that wasn’t Daryl last night.” He grabbed a fistful of my hair making me look up at him.

“I told them?—”

“Don’t fucking lie to me!” He pulled out a gun and shot Sera.

The girls screamed as he shot her again. I clenched my jaw, watching her bleed out, feeling like a failure again.

“Tell me everything you told them, or I’ll kill another one of them,” he snarled.

I studied him. He was going to kill them no matter what, just to teach me a lesson, and then probably kill me. My fate had already been sealed when they kidnapped me. I was fucking done, if tonight was my last night, then I would go down fighting till my last dying breath.

“Hurt me, asshole,” I snarled, hitting his chest.

“Oh, I fucking plan to.” He leaned down so we were face to face. “I don’t even know why I kept you around.”

“You’re pathetic.” I spit at him. “This place isn’t even secure, and they waltzed right in ready to take me. I didn’t have to tell them anything. You’re a pathetic excuse of a boss.”

I pushed him as hard as I could, making him step back.

“You’ve been running a shit organization, taking little girls because the drugs weren’t enough and because it makes you feel powerful!” I screamed.

“You are mine; I gave you a life. I could have given you to some drunk old man so that he would use you every night.” He slapped me.

“You gave me a life? You think this is life?!” I yelled “Let me fuck you every day without lube, and force you to be fucked by every man here. While we are at it, let's get you addicted to drugs as a punishment.”

“You fucking little bitch,” he snarled, lunging at me.

We fell on the floor, and he landed on top of me. His gun went scattering on the floor. He went for my throat, choking me as I scratched his face. When that wasn’t working, I kneed him in the balls. I took a lung full of air, lunging to grab the gun. Dale grabbed me by my waist before I could reach it.

“Stupid girl,” he snarled, spinning me around and punching me.

My vision spotted for a minute as I heard two shots fired.

I looked over to see which girl he had shot, but one of the men fell to the floor. Two more shots and two men fell down. The remaining men looked around with their guns raised.

Please let it be King and Boogie. Please let it be my monsters.

I ran to the girls as two more shots were fired and the men started to panic, unable to find the sniper. I slid towards them, untying Jo first. She was the most resilient out of the girls and if I told her to run, she would take the girls.

“Ally!” Fatima yelled, as my hair was pulled back.

“Go!” I yelled at them

“Keep shooting and she dies!” Kris yelled, wrapping his forearm around my neck with a gun against my temple, tightening his hold until it was hard to breathe.

The shots stopped. Only a few men were left standing, walking backwards towards Kris.

The girls were nowhere to be found, and I sagged in relief.

“Let her go,” King said, but I couldn’t see where he was.

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