Page 160 of Sin Like the Devil

“No! It’s not!”

“This is the final straw, Miss Bennet.”

Rage consumes me like flesh-eating bacteria finding a tasty new host. I don’t care. He can do what he wants. Playing their game hasn’t saved me, it’s damned me. Along with everyone I’ve thrown into the line of fire along the way.

“You know what?” I lose all sense of self-preservation as I rant in his face. “The world is going to know what happened here. What’s been happening here. I’ll make sure of it.”

“Is that so?” Davis smiles snootily.

“You think I’m scared?”

“Perhaps you should be.”

“Well I’m not!”

He dismisses me with a head shake. “Take her away.”

Releasing him, I try to duck from the unknown hands attempting to grab me once more, but my wrists are yanked backwards then swiftly cuffed in place. Davis watches on, a seed of a smile playing on his lips.

“Consequences, Miss Bennet.” He leans in to gloat. “You’ve run that loud mouth of yours for the last time. There will be no one to listen where you’re going.”

I won’t let him see even a crack of fear. He’d enjoy the satisfaction far too much. Keeping my head held high, I hold eye contact. Davis clicks his tongue in disappointment.

“Foolish child.”

“What about this one?” Elon calls.

Looking away from me, Davis turns his attention to Lennox. He’s now been forced to his knees, trails of blood still tracking down his face. Elon forcibly twists his arms behind his back to restrain him.

“Mr Nash.” Davis sighs in a distinctly disappointed way. “I should’ve known when I signed your transfer papers that you’d be nothing but trouble.”

Lennox curls his lip in disgust. “You’re running a sinking ship, Warden.”

“Then I’d better start plugging those holes, hadn’t I?” Davis gestures between us. “Take them both down.”

“Where?” Elon asks with a slowly blossoming grin.

I can feel the thud of the final nail being hammered into my coffin. It isn’t audible, though. The sound boomerangs around in my mind, bouncing from each dark corner, collecting every last scrap of evidence to doom me to this fate.

“There’s a cell in the Z wing with their names on it.”

CHAPTER 26

LENNOX

ADHD – TWO FEET

Thud. Thud. Thud.

The metallic banging repeats on an endless loop. It feels like someone is chipping away at my brain with a jackhammer. Grimacing, I reach for my pillow to hide beneath it. I don’t even want to know what Xander’s doing to make that horrific noise.

Thud. Thud. Thud.

When I search for my pillow, all I find is cold cement. The aches and pains in my body soon flare to life with that realisation. It feels like I’ve been violently fucked by a bulldozer. More solid concrete lies beneath me, leaching any remaining warmth from my bones.

Thud. Thud. Thud.

“Don’t leave me in here with him!”

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