Page 89 of Darkest Game
“There,” she says. “Perfect. Come greet my guests, Irina.” She tugs on my arm and I know I have no choice but to follow. Tom looks like he wants to hit me all over again and I’m not sure how much pain I can withstand.
Elaine makes me stand next to her as her first guests arrive. She greets them all. I notice her guests are all men. No women. The men all turn appreciative gazes onto me.
I try to keep my head held up but it’s impossible. The weight of all their gazes is crushing.
The only consolation I can give myself is that I got to have my first sexual experience with Liam. I will carry that with me through the pain I will experience tonight.
More and more men arrive until the house is filled with at least fifty of them. It dawns on me that she’s going to let all of these men have me. My body isn’t going to survive this.
I’mnot going to survive this.
I fall to the ground and land hard on the marble. Everyone looks at me. Elaine sneers as she wrenches me to my feet. “Just a little bit of entertainment first.” She drags me into the living room and parades me around it. My legs falter again but Elaine’s hold on me keeps me upright.
I try to look for my uncle but I don’t see him anywhere. How ironic that I would seek comfort from the one man who kept me prisoner for two years.
Elaine makes me walk around the room, fully naked, as all the men gaze at me. It’s the most humiliating thing I have ever experienced. She wants me to suffer before I’m brutalized and killed.
There’s no point in begging to Elaine. She has shown me her true colors and I know there’s nothing that will get through to her.
“Just wait, men,” Elaine says. “In a few hours, she’s all yours. You can line up to fuck her. But until then, admire her.” She grabs my breast and squeezes it so hard, pain shoots up my body. I smack at her hands but Elaine doesn’t let go for a long moment. When she does, I slump forward.
“That’s just a taste of the pain you’ll experience,” she says into my ear, yanking my head back.
“I hate you,” I hiss. “You are not even human. You have no compassion.”
“I lost all my compassion when my husband was killed. And when you tempted him into wanting you. This is on you, Irina.”
She pushes me to the ground and I lay there, unable to get back up. Not because I can’t but because if I just lay here, maybe I can make all of this go away. Maybe I can forget about all of it. Maybe I’ll just cease to exist.
“Are you giving up?” she taunts me, kicking me in the back. “You weak, pathetic girl.”
That causes a surge of anger to shoot through me. No matter what happens tonight, I don’t want to give Elaine the satisfaction of knowing she beat me.
So, I push myself to my feet. The men all watch me with eager, hungry expressions, but I ignore them and keep my eyes on Elaine.
“I will not break,” I say to her. “I will not. No matter what you do to me.”
“Oh.” She pouts, clearly mocking me. “I think you will break. When you’ve had enough cocks inside of you, you will break.”
“No. You’re going to have to kill me, Elaine. I will not break.”
“Something will make you break and I know exactly what. If you’re not worried about fifty cocks inside of you, how do you feel about your sister getting raped until she dies?”
It takes me a second to understand what she’s saying. “My… sister?”
She waves her hand and I turn around to see what she’s doing. Denis walks into the room. Where was he?
His eyes don’t even look at me as he drags someone behind him. It’s Ana. Oh my god.
Her face is bruised and beaten. Denis did always love beating her the most because of her feisty attitude. Even though she’s seventeen, she looks like a baby. Vulnerable. Sad.
How did he kidnapped her?
It dawns on me. Liam and Nico must be distracted looking for me and Mikhail is still in the hospital. He must have somehow been able to grab Ana from Mikhail’s house. But what about my older sisters and mom?
“What did you do?” I hiss.
Ana jerks her head up at the sound of my voice. “Irina?” She looks my naked body over and blanches.
