Total pages in book: 62
Estimated words: 60573 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 303(@200wpm)___ 242(@250wpm)___ 202(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 60573 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 303(@200wpm)___ 242(@250wpm)___ 202(@300wpm)
“Are you okay?” Charlotte asked.
“I’m fine.”
“Steven keeps glancing over here.”
Sally sighed. “He thinks I’ve got a crush on him.”
“And you don’t.” They spoke quietly so no one heard them.
“It’s complicated,” Sally said.
“Okay, I get complicated, believe me, I do.” Charlotte ran fingers through her hair. “You know, I never thought I’d breathe again.”
“I heard you had it rough. No one has actually talked to me about it. It’s just what I’ve heard Mom and Dad talking about.”
Charlotte showed Sally her inner wrists. “I went through a really dark period in my life when Gash was sent to prison. I lost a child, and I went a little, erm, crazy. I get complicated.”
“You tried to kill yourself.”
“More than once, and these are not my only scars. It’ll get better.”
“He’s full of himself.”
“But you do have a crush, so I guess he has a reason to be,” Charlotte said. “Don’t worry. Your secret is more than safe with me.”
“I don’t want to ruin my life,” Sally said. “I’m so scared that I’m going to do or say something and they’re going to get rid of me. I can’t stand the thought of losing The Skulls.”
Charlotte grabbed the young woman’s hand and squeezed. “I have the same fears. They’re a family, and you want to be part of that more than anything. I get it.” She rested her head against Sally’s shoulder. “They’re not going to get rid of you. You’re one of them.”
The car pulled into the busy supermarket, and they all climbed out. She hooked her arm through Sally’s and made her way into the store. When she saw the clothing section, she split from the group, and started grabbing some items that she figured she’d need.
Once she was done, she made her way back, but she needed to use the bathroom.
“I’m going to the toilet. I’ll be right back.” Ink made to follow her, and she shook her head. “Seriously, we’re in a crowded shop. Let me take a pee in peace.” Before he had a chance to say anything, she was gone, rushing toward the bathroom.
The bathroom was silent, and she rushed into a stall. The pop music played in the background after she finished her break, and she left the stall, washing her hands.
“Charlotte Bilson, we’ve never had the pleasure of meeting in person.”
She spun around to find a large guy coming out of a stall, the stall next to hers. Her heart started to race.
“Do I know you?”
“You know of me, but you don’t actually know me.” He started chuckling, and she took in his business suit—it had to be designer, and expensive.
“You’re Master.” She frowned. He couldn’t be Master. He’d been terrorizing Chaos Bleeds, not that she knew where they lived, but there was no way he could be here, could he? “No, you can’t. You’ve just put Spider—”
“Into the hospital, yes. You see, darling, the key to being successful and powerful is having minions willing to get dirty for you, and that’s exactly what I have.” He leaned against the stall as if he didn’t have a care in the world.
“You didn’t hurt Spider?”
“Oh, I hurt him, and I currently have two things that he considers precious in my possession. I’ll give them up when I get what I want. I love to play games.”
“Games?”
“Yeah, I think the funniest one I’ve played so far is guess who. None of you have a clue who I am. You, I don’t blame, you don’t know me. Others, I’m a little disappointed, but that’s okay. I’m never disappointed for long.”
He struck before she could defend herself. Master grabbed her, slamming her up against the bathroom mirror, so the glass smashed. He winded her, landing a blow to her stomach, and she collapsed onto the floor.
Charlotte couldn’t stop him. He picked her up by fisting his hand in her hair, and tugging so she had no choice but to get to her feet. She cried out from the pain.
“Now, let’s see what Gash will do when he knows I’ve got you, his precious little bitch. I wonder if he’ll pick to save you, or take me out, Charlotte. What do you think?”
“Let me go!”
“No.” He wrapped his arm around her waist, and she felt something hard pressed against her side. “We’re going to leave this store, and you’re not going to stop. You try to get attention, I will shoot you, and then I will take Sally in your place. Would you like me to do that? That little bitch knows what it’s like to be used and abused. I’m sure there are enough men willing to pay the price to fuck that bitch until she’s torn in fucking two.”
The mention of the young woman had Charlotte freezing. She couldn’t let anything happen to her.
“I’ll behave.”
“Good. Let’s go.”
She shouldn’t have told Ink to leave her alone. They left the bathroom, and she gritted her teeth as she saw there was a side entrance, leading away from the store. There was no chance of her escaping. He shoved her through the door, and then into a dark windowed car. Master didn’t allow her to sit on a seat. He pushed her to the floor and forced her to kneel with no protection. Tears stung her eyes, and she turned her head to the side so she could breathe.