Page 98 of Hellbent
“Don’t make this messy,” he says. “Easier for everyone if you do it quiet.”
I wrench my arm, but his fingers dig in.
“I’m not going anywhere with you!” I shout.
I kick out, catching his shin. He hisses and lets go.
But before I can move, the big one’s behind me, arms like steel cables wrapping around my ribs, pinning mine in tight. I scream, but his hand clamps over my mouth fast, silencing it.
I bare my teeth and bite down—hard.
“Fuck’s sake!” he snarls, yanking his hand back. “She bit me.”
Scar grins, slow and sick. “Knew she’d be fun.”
I buck against the one holding me—wild and useless. I can’t get enough ground.
“Oh, I like that, baby,” Scar breathes. His eyes flash with greed. “I love a fighter.”
He crouches closer. Tattoos spider down the side of his neck—cheap, angry ink that looks like it was done in prison. His breath smells like chewing tobacco.
“Keep your dick in your pants,” the big one growls, hot against my ear. “We’ve got orders.”
“Yeah, but we’ve got time too.” Scar grabs my jaw, rough. “Bet you’re used to being passed around, huh?” he murmurs. “Bet you had half that club on rotation.”
My pulse spikes. I slam my heel down onto the big one’s foot, then whip my head back, cracking it into his chin.
He grunts, stumbles, and I run.
I make it two steps toward the street before Scar grabs my hair and yanks.
Pain sears across my scalp first—then my ass, as I hit the pavement. My palms rip open. My shoulder screams.
And then he’s on me.
Knees braced on either side of my legs. One hand clamped over my mouth again.
“Keep squirming,” he sneers. “It’s more fun that way.”
“Fucking bitch,” growls the big one, rubbing his chin.
I thrash, fighting like hell, every part of me writhing beneath him, but he doesn’t move. He just laughs.
Then he leans down, breath thick and wet against my ear.
“I’m going to enjoy breaking you,” he says. “We’re gonna bring you back in fucking pieces.”
“C’mon,” the other mutters. “Let’s get her in the van.”
This is it.
No one’s coming.
No one knows I’m here.
My whole body is shaking. Heart slamming so hard I can barely breathe.
The sky above is dark and wide, the stars smeared across it my only witnesses. Too far away to do anything.
