Page 11 of Darkest Game
“But it’s not Natalya and Sasha who I wanted to hurt. It was their husbands. And I doubt they give a fuck about their sister-in-law. I know I don’t give a fuck about my sister-in-law.”
“We have her now. Might as well make the most out of it. I know it’s not ideal, Jack, but what you asked for was almost impossible. Natalya and Sasha are too well guarded by their husbands.”
“And the fact that this girl wasn’t guarded means they don’t give a fuck about her. You didn’t do as I asked, Liam, and I’m pissed. But you make a good point. I’m not going to waste the girl. Throw her into the kennels. I’ll figure out what to do with her later.” He spits right onto my face, making me gasp. “Russian whore.”
The men behind him all laugh. I’m the only woman that I can see. Shivers run down my body knowing how dangerous of a situation I’m in. I could be ganged raped. I could be killed.
Jack sneers at me once more before he walks away. Liam tugs me to come with him and I stumble in my white heels. They look so pristine on the dirt ground.
My body seizes up and I can’t move no matter how hard Liam tugs at me. With a grumble, he lifts me into his arms and carries me over to a dog kennel. There’s a row of kennels, all outside, with dogs in them all except for one.
They must have prepared one of the kennels for my sisters to be in. Now it’s mine.
Liam nudges me inside. The kennel is large enough for me to stand up in at least. The dogs in the kennel next to mine – a rottweiler and a pit bull – both growl at me. I can’t stop the gasp that leaves my throat.
“You’re in for a long night,” Liam says, shutting the door and locking it. The kennel is made out of metal bars so at least I can see out of it. At least I’m not locked away in another room like I was with Denis.
“Please don’t leave me in here.”
He gives me a pitying look but there’s no compassion in his eyes. “You’re a Petrov sister. A Russian. We’re at war with them. You won’t get any sympathy from me, even if you are innocent.” He taps the bars once before walking away.
I slump to the ground and stay sitting like that for the entire night. I cried all my tears earlier and now I have none left.
Natalya
Mikhail and Nico come back inside after the shootout that just took place. Some guy in a ski mask just tried breaking inside the house.
“He’s gone,” Mikhail says. “Whoever it was. They left.”
“Like a dog with its tail tucked between its legs. Let whoever thought they could mess with us learn a lesson,” Nico adds.
I look around the room, seeing Ana, Sasha and our mom. But… there’s someone missing. “Irina. Where is Irina?”
Without having to check the house, I know what happened. She was taken. I failed at my duty to keep her safe.
Chapter Three
Liam
“What are we going to do about the girl?” I ask. Jack is seated behind a desk in the office of the house. I can hear the other Irishmen in the living room, laughing and making crude jokes about Irina in the kennel.
Seeing her for the first time, I can admit that I was struck by her beauty. She seems so innocent and shy that I almost felt bad kidnapping her. And I don’t feel bad about most things in life. You don’t get to where I am if you feel bad over every little thing you have to do. Guilt is an emotion I’d rather forget about.
So, I don’t feel guilty for Irina. What I do want is to look at her again. Soft brown hair. Pretty blue eyes. A pink dress that screams innocence while also hugging her body perfectly. I knowthe other men noticed how pretty she was too. They’re all going to want her. It’s better we figure out what to do with her before something bad happens.
Despite being an asshole in a lot of areas of my life, the one thing I’ve never agreed with is rape. I think it’s pathetic when men can’t get a woman for themselves so they have to take a woman against their will. I much prefer my women come to me willingly. Once this is all over with, I need to go see Amanda. This entire week I had been planning how to capture Natalya and Sasha and I didn’t have much time to enjoy Amanda’s body.
But something tells me from the look in Jack’s eye that I won’t be having fun with Amanda anytime soon.
“Well?” I ask. “What should we do about her? I know she wasn’t the one you wanted. Do we return her as a message to Mikhail and Nico? A threat that we can do whatever we want?”
“I’m not getting rid of the girl,” he growls.
“Ok then. What? Do we just keep her in the kennels for months until Nico and Mikhail find us? Are they even going to come for her? Do they even care?”
“I’m not sure they do. But I do know one thing. They’ll care if that pretty little girl is made one of us. That will piss them off.”
I frown. “One of us? What are you talking about?”
