Page 99 of Bound By Temptation

No.

I kept chanting in my head as tears fell, and fear crushed me. He wouldn’t stop until I was dead.

I wasn’t ready to die.

Jacob knelt by me on the floor and pushed me over to my back. My body was so limp. So used and abused.

But as the knife got closer, a burst of adrenaline hit me. Jacob didn’t see the change. He thought he’d already won. That he’d broken me and was now going to destroy me.

It was the only reason he didn’t see me coming. With every bit of strength, which let’s be honest wasn’t a lot, I was going to use it.

His hand held the knife loosely, telling me he really thought I’d given up.

Never.

I’d never give up.

As he came toward me, I lifted both my arms and my hands went to the knife. Turning the weapon, I pierced it through his right eye. I yanked the knife out with force, and blood coated me.

Adrenaline pumped through my veins, and I kept stabbing, aiming for his neck. There was a vein there, and if I hit it he’d bleed out.

Jacob screamed and fell back.

My body was spent. I was done. Completely done.

With a few gurgles, Jacob died laying right next to me.

I was officially a murderer.

34

BELLA

“I can’t getahold of my boys or Buzz,” I told Princess into the phone as my eyes watched the scene before me. A man had just put Indie in the trunk of a car and took off. I was right behind it.

Personally, I wanted to ram into the car to stop it, but knew if I did that, I’d hurt Indie. She was safe in the trunk. Or as safe as she could’ve been in this situation. With whoever behind the wheel, he was occupied.

Calling Ax, Raid, and Buzz didn’t go through. They must have been in the hole with Nick still, and that place didn’t have any reception. Going to the clubhouse to get them wasn’t an option.

The next was the ol’ ladies.

“What’s wrong?” Princess said, and I heard rustling on the other end. She was on the move.

“A man has Indie. Need you and whoever you can get to come to my GPS.” It was one of the things that Buzz and I had an argument about. Him putting GPS shit in my car. Now. I was so happy it was there. It was in all the ol’ ladies vehicles now, and we lived with it. Overprotective men and all. But we always seemed to find ourselves in trouble unfortunately.

“What do you meanhas her?”

“Who, not fuckin’ sure. Just know she’s in the trunk of this car, and I’m followin’ behind. Get the girls. Bring weapons. I only have my 9mill.”

“On it. Don’t go in without us.”

She didn’t wait for an answer as she clicked off.

Hands clutching the wheel, I followed. Fucking hell, what was going on here?

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AX

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