Page 57 of Perilous

I will admit this—I’m a little bit thankful it’s theLegionthat did this to me. These men are older and drunk on power and don’t have the strength of guys like me or mybrood. So I know Ty, Vic, and Demo aren’t here.

Because, if Demo swung that baseball bat at my side, it would be attached to my body right now. I would piss out both of my kidneys. And if Vic threw hisviciousright hook with a set of brass knuckles into my jaw…? I’d never talk or eat solid foods again.

These are allLegionmembers who have attacked me. At the direction of Luc. I think about that last word I heard.

Traitor.

The robed men disappear and I’m left alone with Luc. I move my tongue around my mouth and collect as much blood as I can. I spit it to the floor. Luckily all my teeth are still in place.

“Traitor?” I ask with a smile. “That’s a stretch.”

“I gave you an order.”

“That you did.”

“Why is there not a dead cunt in front of me?”

“I usually don’t drag dead cunts around in public,” I say.

Luc reaches down and picks up the stun gun and slams it against my stomach. I take the intensezapand growl as my body shakes. Blood and spit collects at my lips as I drool crimson foam.

“Why were you talking to her father?” Luc asks.

I gasp for a breath. “Why were you fucking following me?”

“We’re following him. Not you.”

Well, that’s interesting.

“He sent me a text,” I say. “Wanted to meet. He isLegion. What did you want me to say to him? Tell him to fuck off? Then what?”

Luc chuckles. “You would have ended up right here anyway. I guess you’re fucked no matter what, Peri.”

“Seems that way,” I say. “So, what’s next? All I ask is you stay away from my cock. That’s my best feature.”

That makes Luc look at my cock. Truthfully, if he wanted to cut off my cock or hurt me bad he would have by now. This is simply a warning. It’s him flexing. A reminder of the power he possesses and what he can have happen at any time.

“I want that cunt dead,” Luc says. “I want her body.”

You don’t get her body… not the way I do…

“I want to drag her by her hair and show her father what I’ve done…”

What you’ve done? You aren’t going to fucking kill her.

“You look like you want to say something, Peri.”

“No,” I say.

“You want to ask questions. You’ve seen his daughter, huh? Pretty thing. Beautiful. Very smart too. Almost sorry that she’s going to die.” He shrugs. “She’s going to die, Peri. Right?”

“Her life… is over,” I say.

Luc pulls a syringe from his back pocket and takes the cap off. There’s liquid in this one and I growl as he stabs me in the shoulder. It takes a few seconds for the room to start to melt around me.

And I’m once again swallowed up by darkness.

ChapterEighteen

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