Page 117 of Taunt Me (Dark Odyssey 2)

I raise my hand and slap him straight across his face.

This was a trap.

A fucking trap.

I’m so stupid I came willingly right into his trap.

Stupid must take me whole because I get up to run as if I can actually escape but he grabs me in one move and shoves me hard against the wall.

I scream from the pain and pray he hasn’t hurt me.

My baby…Christ. I’m so stupid.

He squeezes my arm so hard tears pour from my eyes.

“Bitch, fucking bitch, don’t you fucking dare hit me, don’t you do it. Next time I’ll cut that hand of yours off and eat it!” He yells so loud the sound makes my ears tremble and my soul shiver.

“Let go of me!” I scream. Then he starts laughing. “Get off me.”

“Get used to it, tonight I’ll have you screaming in my bed as I fuck you, so get used to me holding you and you doing whatever I tell you to.”

“You are so evil. How could you be so evil? Why can’t you just leave me alone. I’m carrying another man’s child. Doesn’t that mean anything to you?”

“Not a fucking thing. It’s just a minor kink I haven’t decided what to do with yet. I will though and rest assured I’m not happy about that.”

“Leave Gabriel out of this.” It’s my last plea. My last attempt. “I’m here. I did what you wanted. Just leave him out of it, leave him out of it.”

It’s all so damn fucked up, all of it. I brought this problem with me all the way from Italy and it followed me here. It’s not fair that Gabe has to suffer. I never meant for any of this to happen.

“Be angry at yourself Charlotte Revello. You came so willingly, love for your prince led you to the darkness.” He laughs. “DarknessBellezza. Darkness. Right into the game. You did it, exactly what I wanted. No Giordanos and their back crew. You just skipped into my car and came. Gabriel is no fool, he’ll figure it out, he’ll figure it out and when he does, I’ll invite him to the arena to finish the game. Battle it out for the girl. Believe me, baby, we’re in for one interesting ride.”

“You bastard!” I scream and in one swift move he plunges something into my neck.

It’s a needle.

A… syringe.

Before I can blink darkness takes me and I’m falling.

Chapter Thirty-Four

Gabe

“I was wonderingwhen you were going to call,” Tobias says and laughs. His voice comes off all staticky with a rasp to it.

I have to actually take a moment to calm myself before I can talk to him.

“Give her back to me you fucking prick, if you so much as harm a hair on her head your fucking dick will be the least of your worries.” I’m going to kill him, wish I’d fucking done it when I had the chance to, when he was right in my reach and I held the gun in my hands. All I had to do was aim a little higher. Raise my hand just a little and shoot him in the head.

Now look at the shit we’re in.

Salvatore comes up to me and makes a gesture like he’s pressing his hands down, telling me to calm the fuck down.

I’m standing in my office at the club and my brothers and Christian are here. The five of us are together with one of our cop associates who’s been trying to get a track on Tobias’s whereabouts.

We’ve been hard at work for the last two hours trying to track this fucker.

“Hmmmm.” Is all Tobias says after the long silence and after my rant.

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