Novel-novel oleh Orane Nash

My eyes slowly opening am met with a white ceiling, a sketchy smell of medicine fills my nose as my mouth feels dry and sour. I hear a beeping sound.Looking around, I realize I am in a hospital bed with needles in my skin. Standing at the end of the room, looking outside the window, is a broad back I could recognize from anywhere."Xander?.." I croak out, my voice was hoarse.Quickly turning, he beams, smiling. "Hunter." In a second, he's next to me. "You're finally awake.""Hey, buddy.." I smirk."I was so worried the day you didn't come back from the club, and the next thing I know am getting a call from your dad saying that you were shot!" He rumbles. "You do you know what tight spot you had me in...I didn't even know how to explain to your father how you got shot!...dude!"Laughing, I say. "I'll be careful next time I go to a club."Sighing, he pats my shoulder. "Glad you're okay, man."Looking around, I feel a bit uneasy."Don't worry, she just went to get some coffee," Xander s

"Hunter?..." Coughing, I sit up."Hunter...." He lay on my lap, not moving.Brows furrowed, I shake him. "Hunter.."His body slides off my lap, which is when I notice the blood. Panic sets in me when I take in the situation that he was shot."Hunter..." I cry out.Assessing the wound, he has been bleeding out for a while since there is a puddle of blood under him. How long has he been out?Panicking, I look around to see a door at the far end of the warehouse.Searching for a pulse, I find one but weak. I have to get him out of here before he completely bleeds out.Putting all my strength into it, I lift him dragging him towards the door, only to fall to the ground. He's too heavy for me to carry out of here.Tears stream down my face as l look at his pale face. "I am not going to let you die," I say to his unconscious frame. "Be right back, okay.."Kissing his forehead I stand and bolt for the door. It was bright outside, and it looked like we were in a secluded part of vegas becaus

My eyes snap open when I feel freezing water poured on me. My vision was blurry as l tried to take in my surroundings, I was seated in a chair, and my arms and legs wouldn't budge when I tried to move. "Ah, Mr. Reid. You're finally up." A voice says.My vision cleared, and I took in my situation, I was in a space, probably a warehouse, tied down to a chair which explained why I couldn't move, and in front of me was a desk with a man swiveling in his chair. He had a hard, rough face with a scar on his left eyebrow, and looked at me with a smile. My voice is low and rough, I ask. "Where is Hailey?" "She's fine." He smiles. "Let us talk business first." "What do you want?" "It has come to my notice that you, Mr. Reid are an important man, and killing you would be a waste." He starts. "So I want us to make our meeting worthwhile. So let's make a deal." "What deal?" "Am glad you asked." He beams. "You give me money in exchange, I let the both of you go." "How much do you want, hu

It's him."You." We both say at the same time.A huge smile plasters on his face, and in one stride he has me in his arms in a tight hug. I don't know why but tears start to fall down my cheeks, my heart feeling heavy as he holds me tight.My hands are shaky as I wrap them around his torso."I am so glad to see you." He breathes, his voice low in my ear.Pulling away, he holds my face in his hands, wiping away the tears with his thumb. He Puts a strand of hair behind my ear, then kisses my forehead.Seeing him here, right now, in front of me, brought so many emotions that I couldn't say a word but stare at him. I felt happy and relieved that he was here but my heart suddenly dropped in fear and I took a step back, out of his embrace.Confused, he asks. " What's wrong?" taking a step forward and I take one back."How are you here?" I ask him. "Are you one of them?""What?...No!""Then how did you afford me, I have never been given to anyone," I tell him."Look, I came here instead of a

I was lying on the bed when the door opened, and Sean walked in.Coming to sit at the foot of the bed, he takes a long puff from his cigar."How are you doing cupcake." He asks.Ignoring my unresponsive attitude, he continues to say. "Tonight, I have a job for you." He tells me. "You'll be entertaining an important client."Surprised and scared, I sit up to face him."What do you mean?" I ask."I have been offered good cash for my finest and best." He tells me.A nervous laugh escapes my lips. "What do you mean? I never dance for anyone.""Well, this client is different." He says. "And I am still disappointed in you, so you might as well pay for your mistake because it cost me."At this moment, my heart was racing. Was he finally tired of me letting others see me? I can't let this happen. I have to find an excuse to avoid this.Laying back down, I mumble."Am tired,"Chuckling, he says. "Then don't show it." With a quick inhale from his cigar, he lowers it into the ashtray. His tight g

"Fucking find her!" I yell into the phone before disconnecting it. "You can't keep going like this," Xander tells me. It has been a week since she was taken and I still haven’t found her. I am so angry with myself that I couldn't protect her.She begged me to save her, to take her away so they couldn't take her, tears in her eyes pleading with me. She was scared. God knows what she has been through, what those people do to her. Just thinking about it makes me angry. "Why are you so worked up over a girl you don’t even know," Xander says sitting next to me on the couch. Sighing I look at him. "I might not know her but I feel like protecting her," I say. "And after that night with her, I wanted to get to know her, so am going to do whatever it takes to save her from whatever trouble she's in." "We told the police about it so they've got it covered," Xander says. "And it's time we went home now, our work here in vegas is done." "I can't just leave Xander," I tell him. "At least w