Page 87 of Darkest Game
“Oh, that’s right. You’re married now. Well, I guess I’ll kill Liam too and take even more power. How does that sound?”
A cold, heavy weight settles in my stomach. There’s no getting through to my uncle. He was always a terrible man but now, he’s just plain evil.
The driver doesn’t stop until we reach a large mansion in the Hamptons. I’m only about forty minutes away from where I was and yet it feels like years.
“Elaine’s mansion,” Denis says. “Isn’t it nice?” He hauls me out of the car and drags me up the driveway. I try fighting him but the driver grabs my legs and keeps me in place. Together,the two men carry me inside and dump me onto the hard marble floor of the foyer. Pain radiates up my side.
Just an hour ago, I was making love to Liam, more happy than I’ve ever been. And now I’m kidnapped once more, taken to the women who wants to do horrible things to me.
I can’t stop the tears from streaming down my face.
High heels clack on the floor before stopping right in front of me. “Stop crying,” Elaine snaps. “You’re so annoying.”
“What are you going to do to me?” I ask through my tears.
“I’m going to make you pay for what your husband did to my husband.” The smile Elaine gives me sends a chill straight to my core. “Strip her of her clothes,” she orders to the driver.
“No!” I scream, trying to crawl away but the driver rips my shirt and jeans off me.
“Her bra and underwear too.”
The eager smile the driver gives me fills me with disgust. I can’t stop him from tearing the pieces of fabric from my skin, leaving me fully naked on the ground. No protection. I’m like a newborn baby all over again.
“Don’t touch her,” Elaine says. “Not yet. I have plans for her before I give her over to any man. I have a party happening tonight. In just a few hours, you’re going to entertain the men who are going to fuck you. How does that sound?”
I curl into a ball and sob. Never have I felt more weak and pathetic but I tried fighting Elaine and it’s gotten me nowhere.
“How’s your throat?” she taunts. “Still sore? Well, it’s going to be sore after the men stick their cocks into it.” She turns to the driver. “Put her in the living room and tie her to the couch so she can’t leave.”
When the driver grabs me under the arms and hoists me up, I catch a glimpse of Denis.
And he doesn’t look pleased with this. In fact, there’s a grimace on his face as he looks at Elaine. Does he not approve?
“Uncle,” I sob. He flicks his eyes to me and away but I catch the guilt there. He feels bad for doing this to me. “You wanted to protect me. That’s why you locked me away. I know it. So protect me now.”
Elaine steps into my line of sight, blocking Denis. “He’s not going to protect you. He’s not going to do anything to help you. You’re on your own now, Irina. Not even Liam can help. He doesn’t even know you’re here. So buckle up, honey. You’re going to be in for a world of hurt tonight. And I can’t wait to see it.” She nods at the driver. “Take her away.”
I try to kick and arch my body to get away but the driver’s grip is too strong on my arms and he yanks me into the living room and ties me to the couch. The second the rope is around my body, I know I’m not going anywhere.
Liam has saved my life many times now but I’m not sure he’s going to be able to do it again. It will be up to me to save myself.
And I have no idea how to do that.
Liam
Nico calls to me to tell me we have a problem.
I’m at my nightclub, in my office, going over the list of properties Elaine owns, trying to find a weak point to attack her. Surely she must be at one of these.
“What?” I snap when I answer the phone. I’m annoyed that I had to let Irina go again after her mother wanted her to comehome. I’m pissed that I don’t get to keep my own wife in my life because no one fucking trusts me.
“Irina is gone,” Nico says.
I sit up straighter. “What do you mean she’s gone?”
“I mean, Tatiana called me and told me that Irina was taken and shoved into a car right in front of her eyes. And it was… Denis who did it.”
“Her fucking uncle? Why?”
