Page 31 of Stolen Kisses
It was however the wrong thing to do. When he grabbed me this time, I fell hitting my knees on the ground and in a split second he was on top of me holding me down and tearing at my clothes.
Tears poured from my eyes when I thought of what was going to happen to me, and I wished like hell I could call for Dante.
“Leave me alone!” I cried, but he didn’t stop. My dress ripped as he flipped me over to face him, and he smiled down at me with his disgusting face.
He lowered and placed his lips over mine. Kissing me even though I was crying and screaming.
Then something slammed into him knocking him off me.
No …
Not something. Someone.
At first, I thought it was Dante because of the leather jacket. Then I realized it wasn’t.
It was someone else.
Someone I’d never imagine coming down to these parts of town, let alone saving me.
Lucian Morientz.
Luc.
The moonlight shone down on him as he picked up Steve and hoisted him in the air, grabbing him in his neck.
“You think it’s okay to force yourself on a woman?” Luc balked.
Steve was coughing and started to choke. If Luc wasn’t careful, he’d kill him.
I watched in horror as Steve gasped like he was struggling for his last breath. It was only then Luc dropped him on the ground and kicked him hard.
“Get up, you piece of shit.” Luc sent another kick to his stomach, but Steve knew better than to sit there on the ground. He got up and held his stomach, blood trickled down his nose and the side of his face.
“Leave, leave town. Don’t ever let me see you anywhere near here again. If I do, you’re dead. You hear me?”
Steve nodded and scampered away like a rat.
Luc watched him go, then turned his blue gaze to me. His eyes looked almost silver against the moon. They were a bright blue with a hint of something that gave him an otherworldly appearance.
He came over to me and I quickly adjusted my clothes.
“You okay, doll?” he asked bending down to get closer.
I nodded. “I think so. Thank you. Thank you so much.” I was trying to hold back the tears, but it wasn’t working. A few streamed down my cheeks and he did the nicest thing ever by reaching out to wipe them away.
“It’s okay princess. He’s gone. Come here.”
I took his hand and he helped me stand. “Thanks again. I should be more careful.”
He chuckled. “Funny how people always say that after something happens.”
“Yeah.”
He looked me over and then it was like he remembered something. “Maria, that’s your name.”
Oh my God, he knew me.
“Um, yes. That is me.”
