Forbidden (Blood Ties #7)

No one with a name.

No one important.

I tried to remember how I got here and where here was.

Was this some kind of hospital? I risked a glance at the men standing at the edges of the room. Men who didn’t look like any doctors I’d ever known.

Fight.

Fight…

FIGHT.

I flinched and took a step backwards, the only one now out of line. “Let me out of here.” The words barely made it to my lips. But panic was taking over, screaming and howling on the inside as I turned my head, staring at the sea of blood red and screamed,“LET ME THE FUCK OUT OF HERE NOW!”

The sound broke the spell.

I spun around, my teeth gnashing, and searched for the door.

“Riven!”A roar came from somewhere in the room.

But I didn’t care. All I saw was that door.

Let me out.

Let me ooouuttt!

LET ME OUT OF HERE!

I ran, slammed against the woman dressed in red in front of me, and shoved her out of the way. All I saw was the doorway. All I saw was my survival and the end, the end of all this.

Until the blur of darkness came for me, barreling down on me like a hurricane.

“I’ve got her!”the darkness roared, slamming into me and taking me down to the floor.

That cold waited, pressing against my face as I was held down and my arms were wrenched behind me.

I screamed and kicked, unleashing panicked blows. But I moved too slowly, and my punches were weak, too weak to do anything.

“Easy!” darkness bellowed, grasping my wrists as I drove my head backwards.“I said, easy now!”

“Getoffme!”I screamed, staring at the open door in the distance.“GET OFF ME!”

“We have a fighter,” came a dangerous voice came from somewhere above.

The blur of movement came again as he descended and gripped the flesh of my arm before the sting happened once more.“Owww!”

“We're going to need to watch this one,” the deep, smooth tone of the Devil murmured.

I jerked my gaze upward, looking at him as he towered above me.

“I agree,” said the man whose heavy breath was a rush in my ear as he gripped my arms. “I think we make this one an example.”

“Fu…” I tried to find the words. But the room swayed and shimmered, like an illusion.“Fuckkk you.”

That darkness pressed closer against me, his words a whispered rush in my ear. “That’s the plan, Trouble. That’s the goddamn plan.”

I wanted to fight them. Itriedto fight them, but I had nothing, no strength, no will. I was nothing more than chattering teeth and an empty stare. Strong hands gripped my arms, pulling me upward.