A Kingpin Love Affair: The Complete series(42)

“I own her, she is my property!” he yelled, gripping me by the throat.

“That’s the funny thing about this…” I could see the frustration in his eyes mounting. He was ready to blow.

“Weird. I don’t seem to find anything about this funny.” His hand tightened making it harder to breathe. I smiled, knowing he couldn’t kill me outright. He might have rage toward me, but there was no way he would kill me without Isabella here. He had a point to prove. He wanted her to know she had done wrong.

“I do…” I wheezed. “I think it’s funny that you think…” blood pooled from my mouth again, spilling over and dribbling down my chin, “…you can own a woman in this day and age. I also think it’s funny you think you have the upper hand here.” I narrowed my eyes. “Kill me, I dare you.” His smile was cruel as he pulled his fist back, delivering another hit to my head. Nausea filled my belly and my head started to spin as stars formed behind my eyes.

“Did you touch her?” he screamed at me. I smiled as my mouth filled with more blood. I spat it at his feet, aiming for his shoes and barely missing them.

“You mean take her virtue?” I had still managed to make a joke of this man. Nothing he was saying mattered to me. His questions were nothing to me.

“Knife,” he ordered one of his men who handed one over promptly. I could hear the door creak open again, my eyes catching a glimpse of dark hair and I yelled.

“Isabella!” Her eyes flickered as she tried to escape the man who had his hand wrapped around her arm tightly.

“How dare you talk to her!” the man before me screamed, the knife in his hand coming down and entering my thigh. A burning sensation radiated through my leg as I howled out in pain, my leg going limp beneath me. Sweat formed on my brow as the burning continued.

“Stop, stop!” Her voice was broken, her eyes bleeding into my own. “Don’t hurt him. Please. I will do whatever you want.” She eyed me with tears in her eyes as my chest heaved in another breath. I felt the need for sleep taking over my body as each second ticked by.

“Don’t give yourself over to these monsters.” The words came out a gurgled mess. I could see the light overhead dangling, coming in and out, as I fought the haze threatening to take me under.

“Just can’t get enough, can we?” I heard the man speak again, this time calmly right as another knife was plunged into my leg. Pain seared me, causing my body to convulse. I screamed out, feeling the pain taking me under.

“No! Jared! Hold on…” Isabella screamed just as the lights in my world went out.

I wanted to tell her how much I loved her and how she had taught me something so important in life…

But I never got the chance.





Chapter Twenty-Four


Isabella

“JARED!” I screamed his name praying he could hear me, praying he would lift his head and his eyes would be looking back at me. Instead, they were closed and his body slouched toward the floor. They let the chains go, the clanking causing my nerves to raise more.

“How could you? I said I would listen if you let him go.” The tears fell from my eyes without thought. Jared couldn’t survive those kinds of wounds without medical attention.

“You have to save him.” I fought against the man holding me back. The man I was promised to now known as Israel crossed the room, his footsteps heavy against the concrete flooring.

“I owe you nothing!” He gripped my chin, Jared’s blood covering his hand causing my stomach to convulse. “He will die because of the things he has done. If you decide you don’t want to listen, then I will punish you as well and believe me…” His other hand slid up my thigh. “I will enjoy it very much.” I narrowed my eyes in anger. He was a snake, a dirty evil snake. I pulled my chin out of his hand, barely catching myself from falling to the ground.

Israel turned his attention back to a lifeless Jared. I could see his chest moving up and down but for how much longer? I could hear the thrumming of my heartbeat in my ears, the saliva in my mouth building up and the sweat on my hands forming.

“Get him up,” Israel ordered and his men lifted Jared immediately, removing the chains and allowing his body to slump to the floor.

“You don’t have to do this. It’s not his fault this happened. He was just told to do something for a…” I tried to come up with a lie, but my mind went blank. I had nothing to lie about, nothing to say that could get us out of here.

“Do you think I’m dumb, little girl?” He crossed the distance between us, his hand ripping into my hair as he gripped it forcefully causing the skin to pull tight against my scalp. His dark eyes narrowed as he held my shaking body against his own.

“Do you?” he growled, his eyes lingering on my lips. My stomach twisted in knots, agony taking over. It didn’t matter what I did, what I said or didn’t say—Jared wouldn’t be walking out of here alive. Both our lives were over the second we got in that car.

I shook my head no, answering him before he decided to do something far worse to Jared. Tears spilled from my eyes and I shuttered as I watched his eyes follow the stream of tears down my face. There was no remorse or caring nature in them. Just pain, agony, and the need to feed on others.

“Tears? Tsk, tsk, tsk. They’re weak!” he screamed in my face, his hand raising and landing on my cheek without warning. My skin burned from the strike as I fell to the floor, crumbling into a million tiny pieces. “You’re weak!” he screamed into the air, his hands held above his head.