Forbidden (Blood Ties #7)

A dangerous sound slithered from The Priest. My eyes watered. I stopped fighting. My heart pounded so loud it filled my head as a sickening, desperate need filled me. I craved this…this force, this demand. This was worse than the sting of the blade and worse than alcohol. This was a need that bloomed inside me like an intoxicating flower.

I looked up into that bloody eye. To be at the mercy of a man’s hand made me feel powerless and empty.

Use me.

The words rose.

Please, just fucking use me.

“You like this,” he hissed, searching my gaze. He licked those scabbed lips and looked down to where my pebbled nipples pushed against my shirt, then lower, between my legs. His grip eased just enough for air to rush in. “You like it when my brother chokes you?” He leaned down, his other hand reaching between my thighs, forcing them wider.

Movement came from behind him. The external door cracked open…

“You like it when Riven takes you screaming?”

I bucked as a guard stepped inside, his savage gaze fixed on The Priest, whose grip clenched tighter around my throat, cutting off my air.

“I bet he likes it too. His fucking toy…his—”

I bucked, thrashing my head as I tried to get free.

The guard behind him lifted his gun and stepped closer. I could see it all. The gunshot, the blood…and The Priest slumped dead on top of me. Until, with one desperate breath, I slammed my head forward against his and screamed, “BEHIND YOU!”

He fell backwards, turning at the last instant. I didn’t know how he knew…but he reacted, flinging his arm backward in a perfect arc that knocked the gun out of the guard’s grasp. The guard lunged, slamming into The Priest.

I wrenched against the cuffs as the guard lifted his fist, grasped hold of his black t-shirt, and unleashed, hitting Thomas in the cheek.

“NO!” I howled.“GET THE FUCK OFF HIM!”

But the guard didn’t stop, landing another blow, one that hit The Priest square on the nose.

Crunch.

His head snapped backward and his eyes rolled in his head. All I saw were the whites as the bastard flung him to the floor with athud.Then he slowly turned his gaze to me…and smiled.

“He has a toy to play with, yet he stands in our way.”

I shook my head, and for the first time in my entire life, fear found me. True fear. I shook my head as he stepped over the slumped body of The Priest and slowly came toward me.

“I fucking knew it.”

“No.” I forced a croak as he stood over me.“No.”

He reached for the button of his pants and unzipped his fly.

“I’ve heard you bitches take it all. We can do anything we want with you.” He reached down and fisted a handful of my hair, yanking my head backwards. My eyes watered with the burn.

I couldn’t do anything. Cuffed. Alone.

I wasn’t getting out of this.

“Isn’t that right?” His eyes glittered as he stared down at me. “You won’t even fight when I fuck you so hard you’ll see stars? I might take you back to the boys, how about that? Let’s see how many of us you can take at once.”

“Fuck. You.”

He stilled, scowled. “What did you say?”

“She said…fuck you,”The Priest mumbled as he staggered to his feet, then grabbed a gun from the top of the cupboard. “She’snot yours to touch!”