The Taken
“It was as if the blow had brought everything into focus, and not just her vision but all of her senses. She felt the floor beneath her as she walked, different on the heel than the toe, just as the ache in her jaw from Hitchens’s fist was different than the swelling in her lip, or the looseness of her tooth.
Though so much for no bruises.
Kit also knew the instant she and Hitchens were joined by Schmidt, and, of course, it would be him. Hitchens was just muscle and meanness, but Schmidt had int...elligence and ambition, and was doubly dangerous because ruthlessness was attached to both.
“I should have raped you first,” Schmidt hissed in her ear, arms sliding hard and rough along her exposed flesh. She remained silent, but couldn’t help the shudder that passed through her already stiff limbs or the way her heart hammered beneath his crawling fingertips. But she’d felt this fear before, hadn’t she? And Grif had been there then. So it was possible, if she held out hope . . .
“No one to save you now, is there?”MoreLess
Though so much for no bruises.
Kit also knew the instant she and Hitchens were joined by Schmidt, and, of course, it would be him. Hitchens was just muscle and meanness, but Schmidt had int...elligence and ambition, and was doubly dangerous because ruthlessness was attached to both.
“I should have raped you first,” Schmidt hissed in her ear, arms sliding hard and rough along her exposed flesh. She remained silent, but couldn’t help the shudder that passed through her already stiff limbs or the way her heart hammered beneath his crawling fingertips. But she’d felt this fear before, hadn’t she? And Grif had been there then. So it was possible, if she held out hope . . .
“No one to save you now, is there?”MoreLess
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