Page 36 of Blade

“Jesus, Addy, they’re just kids.”

My spine stiffened and I crossed my arms.

“I know,” she agreed. “And I wouldn’t ask this of you if I didn’t feel it was important.”

He sighed and Adelaide introduced us. The other guy opened the rollup door on the back of the truck. “We gotta get movin’ y’all. Your chariot awaits.” He snickered and made a grand flourish toward the open box.

Yeti and the other guy, who I found out was named Silo helped Sage up into the back. I climbed in on my own. My bike was ratcheted down toward the rear. We had to step over the straps to get to the front.

“You got you a couple of bedrolls with them there foam mats under them. There’s snacks and drinks in the cooler. You can use the battery powered lantern during the day, but not at night. That thing there is if ya gotta piss or shit.” He was referring to a five-gallon bucket full of shavings with a toilet seat fixed to the top.

Sage’s eyes went wide, and I knew she’d let her guts explode before she shit in a bucket. I almost wanted to laugh.

“You won’t be able to get out until we get to the clubhouse outside of Little Rock. We can’t risk anyone seeing either of you. I opened the air vents but unfortunately that’s the best I can do without raising suspicion,” Yeti explained in a slow drawl.

“I understand. I appreciate this. I have a little money, I can pay you,” I offered, raising my chin. It would set us back, but they were going well out of their way to help us.

“Son, keep your money. You’ll need it more than we will. I’m doing this for my Addy because she said this was important. Who knows, maybe you’ll like the Iowa boys enough to stick around and prospect,” he winked and grinned through his full beard.

I had no clue what he was talking about, but I was thankful. All that mattered was Sage being safe.

Reluctantly, thanks to my pride, I gave him a curt nod of understanding.

“All right then. Make yourself at home in there,” Silo said before he grabbed the worn rope and pulled the door down.

Sage and I sat down on the bedrolls and held hands.

Little did I know, my life was about to make a drastic change.

We would go from having no one, to having a family.

“TheBleeding”—FiveFingerDeathPunch

Present…

Groggy, I woke up with difficulty. I’d slept like a rock. I slept so hard I was disoriented. It only took a heartbeat to realize a warm body was curled into mine and the memories of finally being inside Eliska flooded back.

I grinned and pressed my already hard cock into the crack of her ass as I squeezed her tit and rolled the nipple between my thumb and forefinger. “Rise and shine,” I softly murmured.

Not in a million years did I expect what happened next.

Eliska bolted upright and scurried so quickly backward across the bed that she fell off. I jumped up and went to check on her. What I saw left me speechless.

Unaware or uncaring of her nudity, she was crouched in the corner. Her tangled hair fell half over her face and her shoulders. Her usually sultry, stormy eyes were wide and crazed. Her entire body trembled as she rested her weight on the balls of her feet and her fingertips. Wildly, she glanced around the room before settling back on me.

Slowly, I held out a hand palm up—like one would to a frightened animal. Which is what she looked like. “Baby, it’s me,” I tried.

She appeared to curl in on herself as she shrunk away further into the corner.

When I got closer and I could almost touch her, she hid her face and placed her arms protectively over her head. She was practically hyperventilating.

“Eliska,” I said, my tone echoing the shock I was feeling. “Look at me. It’s me Blade. You’re in Texas. You’re safe. I’m not going to hurt you and I sure as hell am not going to let anyone else hurt you.”

Her big eyes blinked a few times and her brows pinched in the center in confusion. They seemed to clear, but her lower lip trembled, and she started to cry. She curled herself up in a ball and leaned into the corner.

In that moment, I vowed to find every single person on that island that hurt her and broke her. I didn’t care how long it took. I was going to kill them all.

Cautiously, I approached and gently lifted her in my arms. I breathed a sigh of relief when she didn’t fight me, and she actually wrapped her arms around my neck. I carried her back tothe bed, and I just laid there holding her and stroking her head and back as she softly cried.

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