Page 13 of Fury

They partied all around me. For hours they hung over me, putting their cigarettes out on my legs and chest, the sides of my torso. Even the women came over and teased me. “Aw, look at that sad cock! Poor baby!” They laughed. “Here dicky dicky! Here!”

The music banged off the walls, the vibrations radiating through me. They poured more of their moonshine in my mouth and made me swallow with sweaty hands gripping my chin, sealing my lips shut.

The room hushed, and I turned my head toward that voice. Med was talking to his bros. “This little peace treaty between us and the Flames will go into effect tomorrow. I know a lot of you ain’t for it, but it’s the best thing. It’s been a fun time, but we need to focus on business again. Now we voted on it, but to make it stick I think we need something real memorable. Something sweet to seal this deal, so that I know you all will commit to it. So, I think we need more than that show of hands and that round of “ayes” from before. I have a better idea. Baby? Baby, where are you?”

There was movement and shuffling as people parted. A young woman moved though them toward Med, who eyed her like a lion, satisfied and proud.

It was her.

He cupped her chin and planted a kiss on her lips. “Get up on that table, baby.” Another guy hoisted her up onto a small table at her side.

“Y’all know Rena, my old lady. Isn’t she the finest thing?”

Med’s old lady? Serena was Med’s old lady? No. No. No. He was old enough to be her father. He was—

Her eyes found mine. The vibrant eyes I’d been mesmerized by all these days together in the half dark of my cell, were now blank, dull.

“Clothes off, darlin’,” Med said.

Rena swallowed and stripped off her cropped T-shirt and shorts without registering any surprise or shock. She was bare naked underneath. She kept her boots on.

“Ain’t my baby beautiful?” Med rubbed her ass with one hand, in his other he held a cigar.

Murmurs of approval and coughing rose from the onlookers.

“This treaty with the Flames of Hell has to stick. It’s gotta get done and stay done. I want to see your commitment. I want those ayes of yours confirmed.”

Some of the men standing up front shifted their weight, their jaws tightening. A lot of Med’s men made faces, briefly glancing at each other. They didn’t seem to agree with him, weren’t sure what to do. Did his men usually do as they were told to keep the peace or out of fear? Med was that evil beast spawned from cleverness and paranoia.

“Tonight I thought I’d share my little treasure for this special occasion. Show me your dedication to our cause by licking my old lady ‘till she comes.” He squeezed one of her tits, his eyes on his men.

A sudden silence seized the room. Nausea swirled in my gut. A pendulum blade swung past me and back again, taking my breath with it.

Med exhaled a puff of cigar smoke. “‘Cause if you break this treaty, you’ll have gone against my special, personal gift to you, and I’ll be offended.”

Smack.He slapped Rena’s ass with force, and she stumbled forward, steadying herself. The men standing in the front widened their eyes. Others rubbed hands down their faces.

“Consider my offering of my woman’s pussy a real special bond. Y’all are gonna think twice before breaking that, ain’t ya?” He laughed hard.

He was fucking insane.

An icy silence descended on the smoke-filled room. Rena lifted her gaze to mine, and a chill swept through my veins.

He smacked her ass again, and she jolted forward, biting down on her lower lip. “Get down and spread those legs, honey.” Rena’s chin lifted slightly, and she laid down on the table. Med rested a hand on her bent knee, stroking her thigh up and down. “Who says Aye now?”

“Aye!” voices rang out.

The music got louder, and my lungs squeezed tighter. Men from the California chapter gathered around Rena.

Med slapped a heavyset bearded man on the shoulder like he’d done to me earlier. The guy leaned down between her legs, and her whole body twisted on the table.

“Aye!” the guy next to him grunted, his eyes intent on his buddy’s moves.

Her eyes were intent on me.

My pulse thudded in my veins. If I could help her somehow, if I could make them stop, if I could make this all go away for her.

Her body stiffened, her eyelids closed. Was she coming?

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