Total pages in book: 153
Estimated words: 144571 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 723(@200wpm)___ 578(@250wpm)___ 482(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 144571 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 723(@200wpm)___ 578(@250wpm)___ 482(@300wpm)
Another laugh, though this one closer. He was moving toward her. She went still, trying to focus. Maybe she could see his shadow hovering.
“And that is why you fascinate me. I find it hard to believe Benjamin has feelings for you.”
“I think Ben’s feelings concerning me can be defined as confusion,” she replied.
“Yes, I agree. He’s more attracted to your twin. Your light half. Does it hurt to know she got all the light?”
She hadn’t. It was just Kala’s own light didn’t always shine as brightly. And the darkness didn’t always mean something bad. “She’s the sun. I’m more like moonlight.”
The sun could burn, but the moon was silvery and illuminated the darkness. Not as showy, but every bit as important.
He hesitated. “That might be the first naivety I’ve heard from you. I don’t think I like it.”
“I don’t care what you like or don’t like,” Kala admitted. “I don’t care what you think of me.”
“Which is perversely why I find you fascinating. I’ve been wondering if it wouldn’t hurt your father more if you were dead or if you were trapped here with me. Like my own tiger to train. I wonder how much pain it will take to turn you into what you could truly be.”
She had questions, too. “I wonder how much force it will take to kick your dick back into your body cavity.”
The lights came on suddenly and Kala blinked, the brilliance overwhelming her. He was right. It made her feel sick again. It was far, far too much, but then that was his point. She tried to look at him, but he was still a hazy shadow as her eyes desperately attempted to adjust.
“You know I like to be a bit dramatic. This place came on the market a few years ago. I know what happened here, so I bought it out of sheer sentimentality. Another place where the Taggarts ended lives, though I think in this case her brother was on your side. So sad. I didn’t know when I bought it how much it meant to you.” His voice was low and soothing.
The world was becoming clearer now. Where the hell…
She was in the house Julia Ennis had brought her to, in the cell she’d shared with Kyle.
Emmanuel Huisman stood in front of her wearing slacks and a white button-down and expensive loafers. She saw what she hadn’t been able to before. They weren’t alone. Two large guards with big guns stood by the two ways in—the door that led up to the house and the one to her left that led to the tunnels her parents had saved her through the first time she’d been here.
She’d been right. She was back in Hell.
“Couldn’t even come up with something new, could you, Doc? You lack imagination.”
“And you lack respect. I need some information from you. I need to know how to communicate with Captain Reed,” he said quietly, and she realized he had something in his hand.
“Can’t help you, asshole.” She couldn’t. He was supposed to contact her, but she wasn’t going to let him know that. And hey, she couldn’t unless Lena had stopped and picked up her cell. So Zach was fucking safe, but she and Devi had real problems. She had a thought. It worked once. “I don’t suppose you would order a pizza for me. I’m very hungry.”
The first time she’d been held here, she’d managed to convince her captor to order pizza. Like most things in life, she was a weirdo when it came to pizza. No sauce double anchovies. It grossed most people out, but her cousin’s wife had used that order to pinpoint where she was being held.
Not that anyone would look here this time.
“Starving you will be one of the fun activities we can share.” The man sounded positively chipper. “We’ll see how long you hold out. You see, while I’ll enjoy raping you, I would also find it amusing to turn you into a pet.”
She felt a nasty smile cross her face. “Oh, I can be your pet right now.”
The door came open, and Lena’s heels clicked down the stairs. She was back to her normal perfection, but she couldn’t quite hide the crazy in her eyes. “Oh, look, you’re up. I was kind of hoping you would die.”
It was always good to make friends. She didn’t reply, merely offered up her middle finger.
Devi was brought down after Lena, her hands in zip ties and an armed guard at her back. She’d obviously been crying but she didn’t seem physically harmed.
“You okay?” Kala asked.
Devi nodded. “Apparently they want me all pretty and whole. They didn’t do anything while you were asleep. Although listening to that one talk was torture. She thinks she’s intelligent, but she’s one more narcissistic asshole. Why is the world filled with them?”