Page 43 of Resisting Temptation (Men of Honor 3)
“We’re not soldiers, you fucking idiot. How many times do we have to tell you assholes that? We’re N-a-v-y S-e-a-l-s.” I close my eyes at Evans’ taunt, knowing what the asshole is trying to do.
Standing up straight, the bastard walks over to him and sends a blow to his chest. Sawyer barely makes a sound as I feel pieces of his flesh hit the side of my face. “Navy SEALs. Soldiers,” the dick spits out. “They’re all the same, you all live and breathe your honor. Well, boys, we’re going to see just what it will take for you to break your so-called honor.”
He turns to the men behind him. “Set her up!” They set Faith up on her knees, and fear begins to mix with my rage when the kid’s father walks over to her. Defiance rages in her eyes as she stares up at him stubbornly.
Fierce admiration rises inside of me, but it’s soon forgotten with what the bastard says next. “We’re going to have some fun with this man you seem so smitten with. Maybe you can show him some of the new tricks we have taught you.” He straightens and looks over at me with a smug smile. “Did you know, Soldier, that many of us have fucked her? Tied her to a bed and fucked her while she begged us not to. Then after we fucked her, she got to choke on our dicks.”
A white-hot rage constricts my chest and rushes rapidly through my veins as all the motherfuckers laugh.
“Keep it together, man,” Sawyer mumbles the warning only loud enough for me to hear. Clearly being able to tell I’m about to explode.
A strong dose of guilt mixes with my fury as I watch Faith hang her head in shame and her shoulders tremble with her sobs. Because, once again, I wasn’t able to stop it. Thoughts of what not only happened to her, but also another little girl, who I loved more than anything, runs through my head, and the pain that strikes my chest is brutal and heart stopping.
Trying to hold on to my control, I conjure up all the different ways I am going to kill these motherfuckers. I’m going to gut every single one of them and drain their bodies of all the blood it possesses.
“Akram. Get the soldier ready,” the kid’s father orders.
The one referred to as Akram walks up to me with keys in his hands. I don’t miss the trepidation in his eyes as I glare him down with a sneer. Unshackling me from the wall, but keeping my wrists chained in front of me, he drags me closer to Faith and sets me up the same way she is. I don’t look at her because the sound of her crying is already making it hard to keep my head straight.
Before I can brace myself for what’s about to happen, the bastard starts beating the shit out of me with the bat, the spikes gouging the little flesh I have left on my back.
“STOP!” Faith’s desperate screams rip through the air, causing me more pain than what the blows are. “Oh god, please stop hurting him.”
The asshole finally tires out and I hear more orders being shouted as I try to get my bearings. Before I realize it, Jaxson is suddenly in front of me with a guard behind him, his hands still locked in front of him. Looking over at Faith, I see the kid’s father has taken the one spot next to her. What the fuck? Did I black out?
“Tell me, Soldier, would you ever turn on a fellow brother?” he asks Jaxson.
Jaxson stays silent as we stare at one another, knowing the time to strike is coming soon. When he doesn’t answer, the guard behind him sends a blow to his back causing flesh to fly off his body and knocking him to his knees. His jaw clenches as he holds in the sound of his pain.
“Answer Allah!” the guard orders, before pulling him back up to his feet.
Oh you have got to be kidding me. He calls himself fucking Allah?
Jaxson shakes his head and answers his question, “No.”
The guy laughs. “No? There’s nothing that would make you kill this man in front of you? What if it was to save this woman here? His woman.”
Jaxson shakes his head again, making the guy smile. “We will see. Give him the dagger!” The guard places a dagger in his hand, and anticipation starts to hum through my body, knowing our time is about to happen.
“Now don’t go getting too excited and fill that head of yours with any ideas.” The asshole says, pulling a knife and holding it to Faith’s throat. “Now, let’s just see how loyal and honorable you are. I want you to end this so-called broken soldier’s life. If you don’t, we will fuck this beautiful woman again, but in front of you, all of you. And we will make you all watch her beg until the exact moment I end her life.”
“Oh god, no!” Faith sobs, “Don’t do it. Please don’t hurt him. I don’t care what they do to me.” Hearing her say that and knowing she would die for me causes my already tortured soul to bleed. I don’t know whether I want to rage at her or fucking kiss her for it.
“Shut up, bitch!” the guard on her other side backhands her again. My body starts to vibrate, the darkness is about to erupt rather than waiting for me to unleash it.
“Do it!” I grind out, while trying to hold myself back long enough for Jaxson to make his move. “Just fucking do it already! What the fuck are you waiting for?”
“No! Don’t. Don’t do it!”
“Bitch, if you don’t shut the fuck…” I knew the moment Jaxson was making the move, saw it flash in his eyes and I was quick. As soon as the dagger left his hand and was in mid-air, I moved, knowing it would hit its target.
