Total pages in book: 104
Estimated words: 100470 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 502(@200wpm)___ 402(@250wpm)___ 335(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 100470 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 502(@200wpm)___ 402(@250wpm)___ 335(@300wpm)
Logan leaves me, barely standing on my own two feet, as he makes his way to the cab of the truck. I’m too frozen in fear to move. Not that I would run away. I could never leave Kota and whoever else is here. Something tells me it’s not just the two of us.
Slowly, children, adults, and supplies are unloaded from the back of the truck. A big man I recognize as Tom carries a woman over his shoulder, arms locked around her jean-clad thighs. She bounces as he walks, dark hair flinging back and forth.
Another woman is roughly escorted over to me. It takes a second for my eyes to adjust when she’s near enough. Kristen. Her face is swollen and bruised, a reminder of the asshole Logan truly is. She steps closer as though I can protect her from him. I feel like shit because I can’t even protect myself.
“What happened?” I whisper, searching her bloodshot eyes for answers.
She grimaces. “I tried to warn you.”
Blood turns to ice in my veins, chilling me to my soul. She’d tried and we didn’t listen. These people are bad. Very, very bad.
“I can’t see,” I murmur. “I can’t tell if my family is here or not.”
Kristen slowly turns her head and I can hear her muttering under her breath. Finally, she turns back to me, her busted bottom lip jutting out. “Declan and Kota.”
Declan’s name is a punch to my gut.
Not just Kota, but Deck, too. Fuck.
“Is that all?” I ask, hope needling its way through me.
Her head drops and she gives it a slight shake. “Those girls too. Sadie and Destiny.”
Two more proverbial kicks to my stomach.
“Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.”
“They’ll be good to them,” Kristen says with a soft, bitter laugh. “But your other sister…”
My other sister.
No.
The woman Tom was carrying was Raegan.
“What about her?” I demand, fury prickling through the icy fear I’ve been cast in.
“They’ll break her like they’ve broken me.”
Our conversation is cut short when Logan steps behind me. I know it’s him because he has this uncanny ability to make all the hairs on my arms stand on end whenever he’s near. He’s fucking terrifying now. I’m shocked I ever found him attractive at all.
The man is a monster.
“We try, wifey,” Logan says in a cool tone, “but you’ve proven to be unbreakable.”
She shuts down, bowing her head and trembling. Logan grips my forearm and I brace to be thrown to the ground again. To my surprise, he begins untying me.
I’ll be free.
I can run and get help.
If only I could see…
As though crawling through the window of my mind and stealing my innermost thoughts, Logan lets loose a dark laugh. “Don’t think about it, pet. I need you to help carry gear. Don’t make me regret taking you off your leash.”
A burst of rage threatens to explode out of me, but I wisely keep my mouth shut. I don’t want to give this man a reason to hurt me. I’d really be unable to help my siblings if I’m knocked unconscious again.
“I, uh, can’t see well without my glasses,” I choke out. “I don’t know where we’re going.”
“Just follow the person in front of you.” Logan clamps a hand on my shoulder, squeezing it. “I’m counting on you to make this easy for all of us.”
I want to demand answers, but I’m not like Raegan or Ryder. I can sense danger and know well enough to step back from it when I can. Not everything is solved with punches and cruel words, especially if the person on the other side is bigger and meaner.
Logan releases his grip on me and walks away to gather more supplies from the truck. Kristen sidles closer to me. She may have been with them, but she’s not one of them. It’s so clear now to see she’s a captive every bit as much as me and my siblings are.
“Are they okay?” I ask, my cold hand brushing against her warm one. “Can you see them all still?”
She nods and glances at me. “Raegan is asleep or something. Tom’s still got her. Tee has your two little brothers in with the group of the other kids and is feeding them snacks. They seem scared but aren’t hurt.”
I let out a rush of breath, relieved to hear of it. “Destiny? Sadie?”
Sadie may have just come to visit, but she’s one of us because she’s Wild’s friend. It’s my duty to look after her too until we can escape this mess.
“They’re okay. Both are standing by Jace and CJ.”
I bite down on my bottom lip, willing the emotion to go away. Knowing my family here is safe is a relief that nearly has me in tears.
“Don’t worry,” I assure Kristen. “As soon as Dad and my brothers realize we’re gone, they’ll come for us. They’ll rescue us.”