Page 28 of Fierce Vows

All the men chuckle at his stupid little joke.

“Give me a blade and I’ll show you,” I reply.

“The mouth on this one,” another man says lowly, his accent thick but I’m unable to place it.

I don’t pay him any attention.It’s the third man that interests me.He stares at my feet.Not at the short hem of the dress or the fact that my nipples are visible through the semi-sheer material.No, he stares at my feet as he grinds his teeth.

“Narcisco has already started retraining her.It seems Raphael Gallo let her run wild.But any of you would easily be able to tame her,” Kirrill says, his fingers steepled in front of him.“Breaking them is half the fun anyway.”

“What is the asking price?”the man who won’t look at me asks, turning his attention back to Kirrill.I have to strain to hear his words through his thick Russian accent.

“Twenty-five million.”

“That’s a lot of money,” the man with the French accent says.“And her husband will be looking for her.”

“Da.He will,” the Russian man interjects.

“Leave her then,” Kirrill says with a wave of his hand.“I wanted to offer her to you before the auction tonight.You know how those events can be.”His voice trails off as fear skitters up my spine.

“I’ll take her,” the Russian says before putting his phone to his ear.

He speaks rapidly in Russian before ending the call.A moment later Kirrill’s device receives a notification before a brilliant smile spreads across his face.

“Will you be staying for the auction?”Kirrill asks the man who just bought me like I’m a fucking loaf of bread.“I have new stock and some of the items for bid are quite delicious.Even if I say so myself.”

“No.”His words are spoken with an air of finality.“I want her loaded into my vehicle.I want to get her back to Russia before her husband can even know she was here.”

The man is still speaking but I lose track of what he is saying.Darkness creeps into my vision as a cloth is pressed over my mouth before the abyss swallows me whole.

Chapter Eleven

A Soul Without

Rafe

She’s not in the country.

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