Page 9 of The Devil's Redemption

“Ah, ah. Keep those sexy legs open for me,” Jasper commands, motioning to his goons to spread me wide again.

As the one on my right forces them open again, I sob.

Between my tears, I can see Jasper fumbling with his pants, unbuttoning his jeans and sliding his zipper down. I know what’s coming next. There is a part of me that wants to fight back, despite what he just told me. But the other part of me is ready to throw in the towel. To lie there and take it because what other choice do I have?

He buries his hand beneath his boxers and denim, grabbing hold of himself. Working his dick out of his clothing, he reclaims his seat on the mattress, between my thighs. He moans as he strokes his erection slowly.

“Anyway, back to why you’re here.”

As he continues hisstory, he works one hand over his dick and rests the other on my pubic bone. His thumb slowly traces a circle around my clit, and I know I’m not going to be strong enough to fight off any more disgusting pleasure he’s about to take from me.

“Several years ago, I was supposed to take over the region belonging to the Skull. Butthingsgot in the way of that. Since then, I’ve been working to gather intel to find any weaknesses that the Skull possesses. For the past three years, I haven’t been able to obtain much. But I know that every man has a weakness. It’s just a matter of time before they let it show.”

He dips his thumb lower, grabbing some of the leftover moisture from my body’s previous act of treason. I can hear the sound it makes as his thumb runs through it, and I squeeze my eyes closed. Hot, shame-filled tears burn my skin as they fall from my eyes. Spreading the moisture over my clit, he continues.

A heartbreaking thought passes through my mind. If Idohappen to make it out of here alive, Blade will never look at me the same again. Will he think I was weak? Accuse me of enjoying it because I couldn’t stop my body from reacting?

Jasper breaks me from my thoughts as he continues speaking.

“So I decided to infiltrate enemy territory. I planted my little pet here in the heart of ground zero. She would report back to me any time she saw one ofthemcome into the diner. I was displeased to learn that it wasn’t very often. Though she did mention a girl who worked there that the entire town seemed to fawn over.princess.”

He winks at me as he says this, and I look at Trixie who fakes a gag. This slow torture is worse than if he were to viciously fuck me. This is more than him wanting to hurt me. It’s like he’s conditioning me to respond to his touch.

“Until this past week. Trixie told me, all of a sudden, they started coming around more. Each time, they would only interact with you. She saw you guys staring at one another across the dining room a few times. Once we figured out Michael was your brother, we got him to talk, tell us about you.”

He removes his hand from his dick and inserts two fingers inside of me again. I squeeze my eyes closed, furious as hell that I can’t put a stop to any of this.

His touch, Michael’s death, the unwanted pleasure that’s beginning to build again.

“We asked him if he’d ever seen the two of you together. He said he’d seen Blade at your house. On your sofa, in your bed. Asked to trade you for the remainder of what he owed us. You know the rest. We didn’t know the extent of Blade’s admiration for you… Until the other day. Trixie told me about the declaration he made at the diner. It was then that I knew what had to be done. It’s too perfect. Not only are you payment for your brother’s stupid mistake, but you’re bait, too.”

He removes his thumb from my clit and wraps his hand around his dick once again.

“If that’s not poetic justice, I don’t know what is.”

“I told you we’re not together anymore. We got into a fight after that, and he left me.”

I hold my breath as Jasper ignores my claim. Instead, he climbs on his knees and lines his erection up with my entrance.

You can survive this, Sasha. You’re strong. You’re brave.

My breathing increases as fear takes over me.

“Please don’t…Please,” I sob, begging and praying for him to show compassion while knowing he has none. “He left me, Iswear.”

With a wicked, unforgiving grin, he leans over my body and pushes himself inside of me, eliciting another scream from my lungs. I try to go to a happy place. I try to think about Blade, but I can’t do it. I don’t want this violence to tarnish the memories we’ve made.

As he thrashes into me violently, I drift off, imagining a time when the world felt right. When my family was still whole. My parents were happy, my brother wasn’t an addict, long before my life began to go down the drain.

He could have been inside of me for seconds or hours, but I can’t tell you which. I finally come to as he pulls out of me and clamps his hand around my neck again. This time, I don’t flinch. I don’t try to fight him. He empties himself onto my stomach, then he leans over me again and whispers wickedly in my ear.

“Even if hedidleave you, it won’t be long until he comes looking. There’s no way he’s not going to chase after a pussy as sweet as yours.”

I close my eyes, praying for darkness to take me under and never let me go.

Chapter Four

The darkness never came.

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