Page 64 of Torment

Scarlet snorted, still tasting the acid of her vomit in the back of her throat. “I’ll kill myself before I let you do that.”

With a wry smile spread across his face, he circled her, only to press his chest against her back, rolling his hips so that she could feel how hard he was.

“I’ll never allow that. Not even death will help you escape me.” He wrapped his arms around her and palmed her breasts, squeezing her flesh hard in his palms.

“Don’t fucking touch me!” Scarlet jerked against her restraints, trying to bite back the tears, but failing miserably. Even though she wanted to remain strong, she couldn’t. Brent knew how to crack her. He knew she was close to giving up. And knowing that Riggs killed Hunter, there was no hope for her to cling to. Should she even be able to escape, to get out of this alive, there was no more hope left for her. Her life was over, and with every inch of her body Brent touched, more and more of her withered and died. So why should she continue to fight?

“I’m done, Brent,” she whispered, the saltiness of her tears mixing with the aftertaste of the vomit in her mouth. “Do whatever the hell you want. Just know that the first opportunity I get, I will end my life, end it all.”

“Then I guess I’ll just have to make sure I get my fill of you before you do.” Abruptly, Brent tore the front of her shirt, and Scarlet yelped when he pulled down her bra, exposing her breasts. “And I’ll start right now.”

Scarlet closed her eyes as more tears spilled over her cheeks. The chains above her clanked and rattled as her entire body shook. But she would not beg. She would not plead like she did all those years ago. This time, she would not allow herself to make a fucking sound while he defiled her body all over again. She would rather have her teeth pierce her lips and bleed than beg for mercy.

When she heard the sound of his zipper, Scarlet bit into her lower lip to keep herself from crying out.

She felt his grisly, slimy hands start with the button of her pants. “You ready, Little Red? You ready to be reminded who you really belong to?”

Scarlet lifted her face up to the roof and opened her eyes, staring at the ceiling, thinking this was just more proof that God didn’t exist. If He did, how could He let this happen? How could He let all of this happen to so many girls and women around the world?

And most importantly, how could He allow Hunter to die? Hunter was her last hope, her last saving grace, but now he was gone, and she was left alone in this God forsaken world with a demon like Brent.

The moment she felt her pants button pop, the doors of the barn cracked open and slammed to the sides. She looked in front of her, and when she saw who stood by the doorway, she sucked in a breath.

“Colton,” she whispered weakly.

His gaze briefly met hers, his face straight and unreadable. But the second he noticed her torn shirt with Brent’s arms wrapped around her waist from behind, his hands starting with her pants, Colton’s eyes darkened.

He moved his gaze to Brent, whose face was hovering over Scarlet’s shoulder. With balled fists, Colton gave two steps toward them.

“I need to speak to you,” he said to Brent.

“Can you not see that I’m fucking busy at the moment?” Brent removed his arms from around her waist and stepped away from her.

Colton’s gaze darted from Brent to Scarlet, and back to Brent. “We have company, and I thought you’d like to know.”

Brent straightened his jacket sleeves. “Well, who is it?”

“It’s Rex.”

Brent stiffened. “What?”

“Yeah, he arrived ten minutes ago. He’s waiting for you on the back porch.”

Brent pulled his hand down his face. “Did I hear you correctly? Rex arrived here ten minutes ago and is now waiting for me on my back porch?”

“Yes.”

“Then why the fuck are you only telling me this now?” Brent yelled, and Scarlet jerked from the fright. Colton, on the other hand, didn’t even fucking blink.

“We searched for you, Brent. We couldn’t find you.”

“Fuck!” Brent started to pace. “What the fuck is he doing here?”

“I believe he used the wordspersonal house call.”

“Shit.”

Scarlet remembered Colton talking about this Rex person back in Davenport. She also remembered Brent mentioning him when they kidnapped her. Who was this guy? And why did it seem that Brent was…scared of him?

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