Page 38 of Bought to Break
Lana rose slowly, looking tiny compared with Ryon and the others’ large frames. They could crush her in an instant and they weren’t known for their amorous skills. In fact, they were banned from the pleasure tents because so many women did not survive encounters with them.
‘She belongs to my unit,’ Kane drawled.
Greygor waved a hand. ‘Not anymore. You know the rules, Kane. If you wanted to keep her, you should have claimed her. I have it on good authority that you haven’t. But I’ll make it up to you. First spoils of the Islands will be yours.’
Kane hid a scowl. There was nothing else he could do here now. It was done. ‘Very well. The very first, and the very best.’
‘Good. It’s finished then.’ Ryon grabbed Lana’s red dress by the bodice and ripped it off her in one swift jerk. She shrieked in shock as her gown fell to the floor in shreds and she was bared to their eyes. ‘You don’t mind if we examine the goods?’ he asked, his eyes roaming over her as she tried to hide herself. ‘Our whores don’t get luxuries like clothes. Going soft, Kane?’
Kane’s very being burned with fury, but he chuckled as her eyes found his. They were wide with horror. Ryon would pay for touching what was his – theirs. For every moment of her fear, Ryon’s unit would be punished, Kane promised silently.
Greygor caught Ryon’s shoulder and pulled him back from Lana. ‘Take her if you will, but I want your support or I’ll see yours and the others’ throats slit while you sleep, no matter the cost.’
‘Agreed.’ Ryon smiled nastily. ‘Now, my unit and I will be indisposed for a while.’ He saluted Kane insolently and grinned. ‘You should have claimed her before you crossed the river, Brother.’
Ryon took her by the back of the neck and pushed her to the two others. They grabbed Lana’s arms and walked her out. They would parade her before the camp first, showing their prize before they took her to their tent and began their depravities. Kane didn’t have much time.
Suddenly Uth barged in. ‘You promised she was to be given to me!’ he snarled at Greygor. ‘We have a score to settle with the bitch. Why is Ryon marching her around the camp? She won’t last the night with them.’
‘Hold your tongue, dog, or I’ll cut it out,’ boomed Greygor, and Uth was silent at once. ‘Leave us.’
Uth’s mouth opened and closed. Then he whirled around and disappeared. Kane made himself shake his head in mock surprise. ‘If I’d known the slave was going to be this popular, I’d have asked for more payment. Gods, I don’t understand it. She’s nothing special.’
Greygor shrugged. ‘Some women have their uses.’
‘Indeed. If you’ll excuse me, I’ll need to break the news to Sorin and Viktor. They were taken with her, but a trip to one of the pleasure tents will see them to rights.’
The Commander nodded and Kane strode nonchalantly from Greygor’s tent. Once he was clear, he ran for his unit’s, tearing open the flaps and finding no one inside. He swore loudly and turned just as the other two arrived.
‘I didn’t claim her,’ he blurted. Viktor and Sorin didn’t reply. They made no sound or movement for what seemed like ages. Then Viktor came forward and hit him so hard that he fell. But he didn’t retaliate. He deserved this.
‘Where is she?’ Sorin snarled.
‘With Ryon’s unit.’
Chapter 20
Lana
Lana hung by her arms, limp. Everything Ryon and the other two had done so far echoed through her body. After her clothes had been ripped off and she’d been thrown to the proverbial wolves – at least she hoped they were proverbial. With the Brothers’ gifts, a person didn’t know, after all – the trio had walked her through the rows of tents, touching her, letting all look upon their unit’s reward.
First they’d tied her wrists and hung her up in the middle of their tent as they’d bickered amongst themselves over who was going to rape her first and where. They’d pinched and poked, leaving bruises wherever they touched her, and laughed at her attempts to twist away from them. They’d revelled in her tears, touching seemingly harmless spots all over her body that caused excruciating pain and made her cry out. However, before they could do any more, they’d been called away – thank the gods. But she soon realised that this too was part of their awful torture.
They’d left her alone to anticipate their inevitable return to defile her in every way – as they had described in great detail. She’d long since stopped shaking in terror at their utterances. This was only the beginning. They would use her until she was dead. She prayed to the gods that she would faint into oblivion long before they were finished with her. But desperate hope clawed to the surface of her dread. If she survived these vile creatures, she was going to find a way to kill them, and then she was going to kill Kane for letting them have her.
Her face was grasped hard without warning and she cried out in alarm. They were back. She’d never heard them come in.
‘Did you miss us, whore?’
‘I want her cunt and then her arse.’ A finger prodded at her rump and she twisted away. ‘You can have your turn when I’m finished, Bull. Your giant cock always rips them apart.’
Two of them laughed as the third one complained he never got first dibs. Her lips curled into a snarl as she surveyed them. In truth they weren’t much different from Ather, and she would never have given him the satisfaction of the screams she’d given them. The one who held her face smirked at her, and suddenly her temper overcame her fear. She spat in his face.
‘You’re pathetic. You’d better kill me when you’re finished because if you don’t, I will hack off your tiny pricks and shove them down each other’s throats before I cut out your fucking hearts!’
There was silence as they all stared at her for a moment and then began to laugh at her.
‘She’s got more spirit than I thought,’ one of them chuckled, ‘Breaking her will be all the sweeter for it.’
