Page 83 of Us Dark Few

“That’s it, you fight. I like it when they fight.”

She screamed at the top of her lungs for help, but Barron’s filthy hand clamped over her mouth, silencing her cries. He pressed her face harder against the wall, his strength overwhelming her. Tears flowed freely down her cheeks, soaking into his grimy palm.

“I’ve been imagining this moment for quite some time now.”

Barron raked his teeth along her neck, and Khalani twisted her head, fighting to get his mouth off her. He banged her forehead against the stone wall, and Khalani saw stars.

“Once I’m done enjoying my time with you, no one will find your body. Not even the Captain. It will be like you never existed.”

He took his hand from her mouth and tried to unhook her overalls. She used all her weight to dislodge him, but he held fast, managing to unhook the first button.

“Stop. Please stop!” Khalani wailed.

But he ignored her pleas, roughly pulling down the top of her uniform.

Her muscles burned as she fought to no avail. A torrent of tears flowed down her face as her energy and willpower began to flag. Still reeling from her head injury, Khalani squeezed her eyes shut, utterly helpless as the guard refused to let her go.

Khalani couldn’t handle it. Couldn’t live within herself as he attempted to violate her in the worst way possible.

She began to have an out-of-body experience, watching her body from above, being pushed up against the wall, shutting down, as Barron attempted to undress her.

Was this really happening?

All her training...all the effort she had put into becoming stronger and learning to defend herself. Was it for nothing?

‘Tell me what you’re feeling right now,’ Takeshi demanded.

‘Powerless.’

‘Yes. You feel out of control, weak. But that isn’t you. You need to take back that control and prove that you are not to be thrown around and discarded. You, Kanes, are strong.’

Khalani’s eyes snapped open as Barron roughly grabbed at her naked breast.

No.

Khalani braced a foot against the stone wall and pushed back with full force against Barron’s chest. His intense grip loosened, and she clasped her hands together. With all the strength left in her body, she thrust her elbow deep into his gut, yelling out in fury.

Barron choked out a breath, struggling to exhale as he released his hold on her and stumbled back.

Khalani immediately ran toward the stairs, but he snatched her arm, throwing her back against the wall. Barron wrapped both hands around her throat.

And started to squeeze.

“I’m going to enjoy killing you,” he snarled.

Khalani’s vision blackened as he crushed her windpipe. Her mind panicked when she couldn’t get a single ounce of oxygen in.

In a last-ditch effort, she put her thumbs out and pushed deep into his eyeballs, her nails digging and squeezing through his pitch-black pupils. An ear-splitting scream came out of Barron as he let go of her throat, holding his hands to his face, blood gushing out of his eye sockets.

Khalani collapsed to the ground, coughing and heaving. Desperately trying to chug in air.

“My eyes! You fucking bitch!” he howled.

Pools of crimson poured down his cheeks and he squinted through his damaged orifices, attempting to spot her lying on the ground. He shakily reached for his gun and pointed it in her direction.

She braced herself for the hit, but the next moment, Barron went flying as Takeshi Steele tackled him to the ground.

Takeshi roared out in pure, unadulterated wrath as he knocked the pistol from his hand and flipped Barron over like a ragdoll. Barron threw out a fist, but Takeshi simply blocked it and struck him in the throat, causing Barron to heave.

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