Page 68 of Hush 3: Hidden Family

Instead, they have used the poor girls to traffic them. One of the families had someone contact me and offer to pay the fee to make these women disappear. Because of the masters they are in the arts, not many were willing to take the job.

I fear no one. If you deserve to die. I will make sure I do my job.

The music starts to play in my head, and I begin to dance. I am abrupt and smooth as I move through their attacks and dodge their blows. I move swiftly as I swing up and cut through the center of the smallest one. She reaches for her open chest right as I spin and bring the other blade across her throat.

“One down, two to go. I believe I have made it at least a minute already,” I taunt.

The final two begin to work together. I move fluidly like the ballerina I am. Dipping back, I avoid a kick as the tallest one’s leg glides over my body.

When I come up, I slash behind her leg. She drops to her knees. I spin quickly and bring my blades up to block as the other now has a set of blades from the wall.

She is fast and fluid, but I am faster and more careful. She tries to back me down as the other one tries to rise back to her feet. I block her and force her to go on defense.

“You are skilled. I would have loved to be your teacher,” she says.

I grin before I spin and bring one blade across her body and the other across her center, separating her torso from her legs.

“No,” the last one cries. “Who sent you? How dare you?”

“How dare you?” I snarl. “They are all little girls. Why would you hurt them?”

“We only did what the world would someday do? It was done to us. We treat them better than we were treated.”

“All the more reason for you not to show them such a fate.”

With that, I move forward. I spin around her as she tries to fight me. This time, I slice through the backs of both knees, dropping her to the floor.

Spinning out on my toes, I then leap into the air and spin back in her direction. Her head is bowed as if in surrender. I take it for the respect that it is.

They fought hard. They didn’t make it easy on me. I just danced with grace and fought with skill. I did my best.

I land at the same time that her head falls from her body and rolls across the floor. Chest heaving, I stand and take a bow. This job is done.

I smile and turn to leave, finding Adriano standing right outside the door, shaking his head at me. I shrug my shoulders and start to walk out.

“You never needed me, did you?”

“No,Andiamo.”

CHAPTER 34

In My Dreams

Symphony

“Come here, cara,” Michael croons as he sits in the window seat of my bedroom.

I stand from the bed and move across the room to him, stopping before him in all my naked glory. He bites his lip and reaches out for me.

The moment his warm hand connects with my skin, I moan and shiver. My heart skips a beat. I close my eyes as he glides his palm up my side.

I’ve missed him so much. It’s been so hard to be away from him. There aren’t enough jobs to work off my sexual frustration. I need his touch as much as I need my next breath.

“Come, sit on my cock, baby. I want to feel you around me, cara.”

Opening my eyes, I move to straddle his hips as he guides me over his length. My head falls back as he enters me. I’m already so wet for him.

“Michael,” I breathe.

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