Page 41 of Gunner

“What?” I move to the window and peek out to see her walking in front of a man. This man looks exactly like what Rick described to me. Is that him? The man who bought her? What the hell are they doing here?

“Grab her when the door opens,” I declare as I move back toward the door. The guys nod as they reach the steps and begin to climb up. The doorknob turns as my heart thunders in my chest. I take a deep breath and blow it out just as the door opens. Nat steps in first, and I grab her, pulling her into my arms as she screams.

“It’s okay, Nat. It’s me,” I tell her. She instantly calms as her eyes jump to my face. She blinks a few times as if to make sure I’m really here.

“Gunner?” she asks as tears fall down her cheeks. It all happened so quickly that I didn’t have time to react to the man who was with her.

“He’s runnin’!” Hodge yells. I start to move Nat away from me, but she holds on tighter. She clings to me even as I try to pull her off.

“I need to get him, Nat.”

“Don’t leave me!” Those three words break my fucking heart. Instead of chasing him down, I pull her in closer.

“I’m not leavin’ you, baby girl. Never leavin’ you.”

“Let him go. We’ll find him later,” Locke advises. Nat stays curled into my chest, sobbing as I bury my face in her hair. Fuck,I missed her. It’s not even been that long, and I fucking missed her.

“I was worried about you,” I tell her.

“Please, just hold me.”

“I’m never lettin’ you go, baby girl.”

“What about them?” Remy asks. I look up and see her parents watching us intently.

“Kill them.” Nat pulls away just enough to turn her head and look over at them. I look down at her and see the disgust in her eyes.

“They sold me, Gunner. Sold me to Clark because they believed what he said about me.”

“I know. They told me.”

“Sold me. They fucking sold me!” She screams as she pulls away from me. “How could you do that to me? Do you know what he did to me? What he let happen to me? I was raped! By more than one man because of you!” She screams louder as her words hit me hard. She ran away because he was letting people rape her. That’s why she was on the streets. My god, what kind of sick fuck is he?

“Nat?”

“You’re probably disgusted now, right? Wished you never touched me?” She yells as she turns to face me.

“Nat-” I begin, but she isn’t done yet.

“Raped, Gunner. I didn’t want it. I didn’t want any of them to touch me. You must hate me now. I bet you can’t even stand tolook at me.” I stalk toward her, grabbing her around the waist and lifting her off the floor. Then I’m slamming her back against the wall and kissing her like we both depend on it. I grind my cock against her, showing her just how much I want her. When I can’t take anymore, I set her on her feet and rip her jeans off.

“He … before we came here …” She can’t say it. She can’t say the words, but I don’t need her, too. I know what he did. I can see the look on her face.

I pull my cut off and drag my shirt over my head before kneeling in front of her. Rage nearly consumes me as I clean her body. Nat cries harder. I wipe away everything he did to her. Then I stand and pull my jeans down and lift her once more. I thrust into her, showing her who she belongs to.

“The only fuckin’ cum that’s gonna be inside of you is mine,” I growl as I pump into her. I don’t care that everyone, including her parents, can see us. I don’t care about anything at this point except fucking her and showing her who she belongs to. She’s mine and mine only.

“Gunner,” she whimpers as I fuck her roughly.

“You wanna come, baby girl? That what you want?”

“For you. Only for you,” she cries as I take her faster. I know what she needs, and I’ll gladly give it to her. I keep going, grunting and groaning until we both fall apart. She bites into my shoulder to keep from screaming as I grunt and fill her full of me. When I can’t possibly come anymore, I pull out of her and help her back into her jeans. Then I pull mine up and turn to face everyone. For the most part, they’ve all looked away.

“Kill them. No. I’ll kill them,” I declare as I walk over and grab my gun off the small table where I left it. I move in front of her dad and smile as I press the gun to his head.

“Gunner?” Nat calls my name.

“Hodge, take her out to the van. She doesn’t need to see this,” I tell him.

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