Page 98 of Always Mine

“Did you like the scars I put on her face?”Daisy asked.“At least she had the balls to face me without being tied up.I figured you were more of a fighter, but then again, Monster Dogs are full of gutless wonders.It is why your son is more suited to be a Skull.They’re not afraid of women.”

Luke Senior’s nostrils flared.

“Daniella knew she couldn’t take me out, so she did it from behind, like the cowardly little bitch she was.She thought she could best me at the quad, when we were eighteen.I hit her and hit her, and even when she couldn’t take any more, I hit her again.”She licked her lips.“And I liked that.I liked hitting her.Punishing her for what she did.”

She cried out as he suddenly grabbed her hair and pulled her head back.His touch was cruel and she gritted her teeth.There was no way she was going to allow this scum to make her beg.

“Leave her alone,” Luke said.

“You’ve got a pretty little mouth, don’t you?”

“And you’ve got no fucking club,” she said.“Do you like that?Do you like that your club is burned to the ground?”

Luke Senior looked at her with rage, anger, and everything in between.

She waited.

And then, he smiled.“So, you think you can take me, is that it?You think if I let you free, you could fight me?”

She didn’t stand a chance.“Daniella didn’t stand a chance with me.”And she wasn’t going to back down.

This man was going to have to fight to hurt her.She needed to stall, to give Anthony a chance to figure out where they were.

“Boss, I don’t think this is a good idea,” one of his men said.

“Shut your fucking face.”Luke Senior unhooked the rope and then sliced it in two with the knife he stored in his jeans.She hadn’t seen that at first.

Her legs were a little wobbly.The ground she stood on was uneven.The floorboards were covered in moss, broken glass, and dirt.Years of being abandoned had not done wonders for this house.Her feet would be cut to ribbons.

She stared at Luke Senior, and knew this was fucking pointless.She couldn’t run, it wasn’t in her blood.Fighting him wasn’t going to work.She wouldn’t be as strong as him.

She felt a little sick, but there was no way she would back down.Even if he killed her, she was not going without a fight.The Skulls name was at stake.

Daisy didn’t put her hands up.She stayed perfectly still.

“Dad, if you give her back, they will not kill you.If you hurt her, they will kill you.Daisy is loved by the club.”

Another grunt came from Luke and she didn’t look toward him.One of the other goons had hit him, and she didn’t have time to be worried.They had tortured him.

“Loved by the club?I thought this one was not even a true Skull.”

“She is loved.She is one of them, and if you kill her, there is no way you’re getting out of Fort Wills alive.They will hunt you down,” Luke said.

Another grunt.

“I’m not just going to kill her, I’m going to have a whole lot of fun with her, and I’m going to make sure the Skulls see it.”Luke Senior smiled.“I’m going to get one of the boys to film your downfall, girl.It’s just a shame Daniella is not here to see it.But don’t worry, once I am done with you, they are never going to identify your body.”

She looked at him, and in that moment, she felt that calm that always came over her.It didn’t matter if she lived or died.It was time this man realized who he was dealing with.

She smiled.“I look forward to it.”

She knew that threw him off, and what was more, she didn’t charge at him.No one had touched the house, no one had changed anything, and Daisy knew this house better than anyone.When she waited for her father to give him the money, she would spend time wandering the house.When she lived with her parents, they were in a trailer.There were times she would wonder what it would be like to live in a house like this.There was no point, her parents had ruined this place, just like they ruined everything else.But that didn’t stop her, even at sixteen, from learning every nook and cranny of the place.

She took off, zooming to her right, which took her to the dining room, not that anyone ever used it as a dining room.Trash was everywhere.She ran across the room and heard Luke Senior chasing after her.

She checked the downstairs rooms, having the element of surprise.There was no sign of the girls in any of the downstairs rooms.That meant they had to be upstairs, which was only a small space.

Her plan was to get them free.She wasn’t going to make it out alive, but she could distract him long enough to get them free.

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