in a strai
bitches!
underground warehouse as I was brutally pul
group of armed men. Now, I watched from the back of the line as Williams stood near the exit,
she reached me. She eyed my bloody nose and torn clothes with disgust, grabbing a wet cloth and aggressively wi
t tape sealed my mouth shut. One by one, girls were pushed onto the stage under the harsh glare o
dragging me to the center of the stage. She grabbed my hair, pulling my head
s, wanting to scream, to bi
sset, we're starting the bid
velly voice rumbled from the very back of the hall. "She's co
for weakness. I refused to look down. Despite the terror paralyzing my chest, I stared back with pure fire. I woul
ning. "Then I guess the lucky buyer will highly en
ard gaze of the man in the back running up and
and," his hard
lthy old man in the front r
disgust, tears of rage
nd!" another vo
The voice from the back rum
king over her face. "Thirty thousand going once... thirty thousand going twice..."
t, rushing from the back while the woman pushed me back
m and from the corner of my eyes I could see Williams and his friend counting a load of cash whilst mouthing "b
et free, what on earth was my life becoming from this point. All my life all I've wanted is my freedom, and getting
me? What exactly would b
s he pulled the back of the van open and
s cold eyes piercing into me
stop. I don't know how long we had been dr
ov
before I blow
moon shone so bright. It's crazy that the sky can look so beautiful on such a night as this.
y house, there were even a few houses on the street. I began t
shouted, pushing one of the wh
y living room in those sitcoms I pretended not to like because Williams hated them. The sitting room was spacious, all sixteen of us were seated on the ground but there was still room i
me a familiar gruff voice a
re just sixteen now, due to some..." he pause
ho had bought us from th
t his presence that commanded the air, the air felt too tight. Maybe it was his hard gaze or the way his muscles ripped with every slight move
until they landed on me. It felt like his eyes remained on me for too l
e spreading across his face. If it were different circumstances I'd say he
g he continued. "In here there are rules, you do as you're told, respond to my calls and do your job when
with a smirk on her face
gone, "I already had a life, I already had a roof over my head, I n
One barked, throwing
I hissed
ally I do." He whispered so softly, I could feel his breathe on my face. "But you don't have a choice now do you?." A sly smirk sl
ed moving away from me. "and if even if you do, there's no place o
to me now."
his chilling gaze or the underlying pro
and the men moved immediat
rror. I knew what at least one person-including my
when a blonde girl panicked and d
s lunged forward, tackling her to the ground. In a flash, he pinned her face-first into the floor an
d its collec
low, dark sound that vibrated through the tigh
ust. "I mean, the least you could have done was wait and try to run later. Then you could have tested my theory on whether
. He forced her chin up with a ruthles
o a dangerous whisper. "I bought you for a high
room! I'm sure her tales will teach the rest of you a valuable lesson... assuming she make
nde shrieked, her fingers clawin
an barked, his smile
pleas
they all fell on deaf ears. Roman had given his order, and the gu
ied girls. "Take the rest of them to their quarters," he c
rd like cattle. I braced myself to move with them,
Roman's gruff voice
fr
n turned his piercing green eyes toward me, a s
her to
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