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“Alright, alright. Back to it, boys. Lilah is missing. We need to find her and find her fast. Sheriff is trying, but he’s got a lot of his plate with this fucker in town and starting this fire. He already shut down the main road into town so there’s nowhere this asshole can go.”

My Pop stood up and cleared his throat, “There’s lots of abandoned buildings on the outskirts of town. He couldn’t have gone far. So let’s head to the roadblock and spread out.” I banged my gavel and we all headed out the doors, on our way to save my Little Lark.

Chapter 23

Lilah

Icould feel the carstopping and I tried to listen to where we were. The trunk flew open and the sun beamed down on me. I squinted my eyes to try and adjust, when a large mass of a man blocked the sun from my view.

“Let’s go, dear. Just this one stop before we get a move on again.” Danny was towering over me, his eyes crazy and deranged.

“Please just let me go, Danny! This is insane!” He pulled me out of the trunk and threw me to the ground.

“I have to do this, Lilah! Why don’t you understand! You can’t be with him! We are meant to be!” Danny grabbed my arms and started to drag me toward an old abandoned barn. It’s red paint was fading, boards falling off the sides, the roof looked like it was about ready to collapse. Nobody would ever look for me out here.

“Danny, Danny please. Stop and think about this. You’ll get caught and go to prison. All those years you worked hard to get to the position you’re in now will be washed down the drain. Is it worth it!?”

He looked down at me as he opened the large barn door, “Oh, my sweet Lilah. Why don’t you understand? Do you not remember who I am? Nobody will ever find you again once we get back into the city. I have so many connections that your silly little boyfriend wouldn’t dare to cross me.You will marry me, have my babies, serve me until you die. You are mine!” Danny dragged me into the barn and threw me to the floor. “Don’t you dare move.” He walked toward a corner and grabbed an old chair, dragging it to the middle of the barn.

Pulling me up by my hair, he shoved me into the chair. Danny untied the rope around my wrists and unlocked the handcuffs. “Don’t even think about trying anything funny. I will end you, Lilah. If I can’t have you, then nobody can.” He pulled my arms toward the back of the chair and tied them behind me. “That’s better. We have a lot to talk about, sweetheart.”

Danny slapped me across the face, more blood spilling into my mouth. “That was for sleeping with that animal. More than once. Even outdoors! That’s not the Lilah I know. You act like a little slut for him, it’s disgusting!” He started pacing back and forth in front of me, throwing his hands up in the air as he yelled at me. “Are you a slut, Lilah? I thought you were a good girl. We never even...I never even got to sink into that tight little pussy. But now, now we have plenty of time. You will be mine before we leave this hideout. Then I will have you whenever I please. You will learn to submit to me, my Princess.”

I had to swallow back the bile in my throat as he spoke. His words were disgusting, deranged, crazy. I would die before letting him touch me. I spit at his feet, “I will never submit to you, asshole. I’ll die before doing any of that. So just kill me and get it over with.”

Danny walked toward the back of my chair, gripping my ponytail and pulling my head back. “Don’t speak to me like that, Lilah! You will learn. I don’t care how many times I have to show you, but you will submit to me. My Princess, you will...”

His voice faltered as he looked down at my hands. Pulling my head back even further, he leaned down in my ear, his hot breath floating over my face. “What the fuck is that, Lilah? You said yes to him? To marry him?”

He pushed the chair down on the ground and stalked over to me. “You said no to me! Denied me! Why, Lilah?” He bent down and slapped me in the face. “TELL ME, LILAH!”

I turned my head and spit out more blood. “Eat shit, Danny.”

He ripped the chair back up and slapped me in the face again. “Princess, you need to stop with those dirty words.”

I looked him in the eyes, pushing my tears back. “I am not your Princess and I never will be. If you don’t kill me now I’ll do it myself the first chance I get. Striker will find you and kill you. You’re a dead man, Danny.”

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