TEL’ANNASThe shrill sound of a siren blared throughout the room I’d now renamed my personalised torture chamber. Ever since Blaze had walked out, the hits had kept coming. I don’t know how many times the sirens had sounded, but it seemed every time I’d start to drift off, they echoed around the room, jolting me from whatever escape I needed to pass the time.The assholes were trying to use sleep deprivation to try and break me, and that meant that they either had an infinite amount of time to pull this off or they were shit out of ideas and had resorted to trying anything and everything they could possibly think of. Sleep deprivation being one of them.I groaned as I tried to stretch, realizing too late I was still strapped to the vault like contraption from earlier. My back and stomach ached from being bent over for so long, my arms had gone numb due to lack of blood flow and movement. And I was starving. It had been like three days or more since I’d actually eaten something of sub
DANEEverything had started to fall into place, once our little meet and greet with Blaze had ended more of the pieces had started to come together. Turns out that our initial suspicions were correct. Blaze was in fact a double agent. Undercover for the FBI working on shutting down the Trafficking side of the Lords of Salem. Although he couldn’t give us too much information he had told us that he was aware of who Tel’annas was and the importance of her family.By the end, we had an ironclad agreement he would try to get my Princess out before the tournament was due to start, however, if that couldn’t be achieved he’d make sure it never went past the first round and that he’d have the information we needed to get her out. He’d been working on this since before the incident with Phoenix and had hoped they’d have closed it by then but our rescue had hampered their investigation.They had come across the case just days before Phee had arrived in the States, and had spent months building
TEL’ANNASThe wind whipped around us as Dane and I made our way to the beach, we’d spent the day together just chilling. It had been great, we didn’t get many moments to steal away with each other now that Phoenix was home, but when they arose we took every opportunity.He’d just taken me out for dinner at a local food truck festival. It was incredible, so many different choices and which meant there would be no arguing about what each other wanted like there always was at the beach house. We had been enjoying our time when he looked up and saw my cousin and the boys walk through the main gate.We’d been keeping what we had a secret, not wanting to cause a stir or trouble while Phee had been recovering, plus if I was being honest I didn’t want to deal with the shit my cousin would spew. I’d already had one fight with him about not understanding his viewpoint because I didn’t have anyone special. I didn’t need him expanding on that and adding I’d be fucking up his friendship if he fou
I should have heeded the warning Eric had given me before the dinner but the longer I sat there, listening and watching as they treated the other females in the room like mere possessions, the harder it became for me. I drew the line at being made to kneel beside his chair and treated like a dog waiting for its master to sneak it food.That was my mistake, which resulted with me being dragged off to a room, lined wall to wall with whips, chains, and other devices that in the hands of someone that had compassion would use them for both pleasure and pain, but not in his.Now I was in a room strapped to some fucking torture device from the middle ages. My arms and legs out to the side, bent over from my waist, if it weren’t for my clothes I’d be on full display. What made it all the worse was the audience. This was part of their overall plan to try and break me and I’d played right into their hands. The depravity they could and would inflict was to achieve that exact goal. The humiliatio
DANEAfter what seemed like hours, I’d finally called it a day and headed back to the motel that had now become our base. Every muscle within my body ached, I needed a distraction for sure but nothing helped for long. My mind would always run back to the moments that Tel’annas and I would steal. Every knowing side glance, the secret dates. Time and I were not friends.Tel’annas’s feisty attitude, at first, had really gotten on my nerves. The way she acted at times, had me wanting to throw her over my knee. The more time we spent together, the more she grew on me. I can’t remember when everything started to change but I do remember the night that cemented the way I felt about this girl, and from that point forward we couldn’t get enough of each other.“When I get you back Princess, everyone is gonna know who you belong to,” I muttered to myself, frustrated as the anger crept back in. I was fueled by anger, and it wasn’t helped by the constant dull ache that now resided in my heart.Th
TEL’ANNASIt had been two days since Blaze had come clean about who he was, two days of us arguing back and forth. I understood why he tried to keep it a secret, and why he finally told me, but at the same time it infuriated me. Blaze had told me that it was strongly suggested that I go ahead with his plan by everyone. However, I was still skeptical which led us where we were currently. Both holed up in his room , the music blaring, having one of our stare offs.“I don’t see why you’re still trying to fight me on this Tel’annas,” Blaze let out a resigned sigh. By now it was clear we were at an impasse. There was a part of me that wanted to comply if only to make my stay here a little easier, but the fighter in me was telling me to stay on my path. “What is it gonna take for you to fall in line?”Wait, what? Did I just hear him correctly? I took a second to study him. He was sitting in his desk chair, his hands folded in front of him just staring at me. Gone was the irritation he’d be
DANEIt was one of the hardest things I’d ever had to do, telling the girl I’d caught feelings for, that she should do whatever it took to keep herself safe and get herself out of all this. My imagination was in overdrive just thinking of what she would have to do, the only thing that made it somewhat palatable was the understanding that none of the Ducanes or any other sick fuck would be touching her.Blaze had made it known that he would be in charge of her from this point on, but it still didn’t help with the knowledge that she would still have to do things that would place her in compromising situations. Then there was the tone I’d initially taken with her. I told myself that I’d keep the anger in check, but when I heard her melodic voice come over the phone I couldn’t help it.It pained me as much as it did her, but she’d ghosted me, and made me question everything. I’d been closed off to making myself vulnerable to another person, and had fought within myself when it came to he
TEL’ANNASIt was time to put my game face on, it had been a week since I’d spoke with Dane. Blaze had spent that time telling me what he expected me to do, showing me how he wanted me to act, how I was to answer him and letting me know what I could expect in the lead up to the tournament.Blaze was getting ready to introduce the “new” more obedient me to the others, to show that he’d made progress. After all the discussion we’d had, it was agreed that he’d made a breakthrough with the training. Alexander had planned a dinner party with some of his more nefarious business partners, and part of it was to show off the prize he had to offer to the fighters.As part of the plan, Blaze and I agreed that I would follow along with most things he would request of me. This dinner party would be much like the first one I’d been forced to go to, I’d be made to sit by his side on the floor, let him feed me something I was not a huge fan of, but would go along with if it meant I didn’t draw unwant
DANEFuck! It had taken longer than I had anticipated dealing with Eric, that I’d lost sight of my goal—to get to Tel’annas. By the time I’d knocked him out and left him for the Feds to deal with, she had been loaded into the back of an ambulance and was being rushed to a hospital. Dread started to pool within my gut thinking the worst as I scanned the chaos around me, looking for the one person responsible for the shit storm we were currently facing.“Did anyone see where Blaze went?” I yelled down the comms, hoping that at least someone in my team had been keeping an eye on him. Maybe it had been the guilt that had stopped me from going straight for her, I couldn’t tell. “We need to find out which hospital they are taking her to, I want feet on the ground there when she arrives, we can’t leave her unprotected.”All day I had been quietly trying to convince myself that everything would be okay after this, we’d be able to go back to what we were, but somewhere deep inside I knew that
TEL’ANNASPain radiated from my shoulder, I knew going into tonight that Blaze had changed the plan, he assured me he’d told the others of the change and after much apprehension I’d agreed to it. But fuck me, even though it was a blank I’d been shot with it fucking hurt like a bitch and I hit the ground like a sack of potatoes.Anarchy had descended over the fight ring. It was enough of a distraction that no one noticed Alexander Ducane had made his way over one of the exits. Playing dead and stuck in this tiny cage, there was nothing I could do.Everyone was out to save themselves, they were running for the exits as the guards and security tried to round them all up. Some were trying to fight their way out, while others were resigned to the fact they’d been caught and put up little resistance.Towards the middle of the ring I could see Dane and Eric going at one another. The look on Dane’s face fucking scared the shit out of me. Max Ducane had disappeared into the chaos and the othe
DANEI’d let my anger get the best of me last night. I saw the hurt briefly flash in Tel’annas’s eyes when I had the club whore grinding all over me. It gave me a small amount of satisfaction knowing that it had affected her, just as much as having to watch the little show she and Blaze put on affected me. The only difference was while mine was out of spite, I had trouble making out whether her little act was done in order to keep up the charade or if there was something little more starting between the two of them.“You’re just lucky you didn’t do anything you couldn’t come back from Dane,” Madden had been giving me shit all morning over the night before, and it was starting to really piss me off. “You didn’t hear the hurt in her voice as she watched man, it fucking killed her.”“Okay I bloody get it Madden, I fucked up,” I snapped at him, I’d had enough at this stage, and I didn’t need this shit right now, not when we were about to head into the final stages of the plan. “Can you j
TEL’ANNASWe’d been here for an hour and already I was ready to get out of here, unfortunately Alexander had other plans. The asshole had spent the last thirty minutes talking to some of his other backers and from the little I could make out, something had them scared. More than a few wanted to pull out, stating they wanted nothing to do with whatever revenge plan he had cooked up.Hearing that, I could only surmise that either my family or Dane had figured out the other parties involved and had applied some pressure. It gave me some hope that all was not lost and a small amount of satisfaction that Eric was full of shit—my family did care. I still hadn’t been able to make contact with Dane, and Blaze had been busy playing his part, schmoozing the others that shared the VIP balcony, always making sure I was within his reach.Security had been beefed up tonight as well, many of whom I didn’t recognise, although that wasn’t hard given I’d barely been allowed to leave the room I’d been
DANEI should have guessed this little party would be held at the Dolls House. I mean why hold it in a classy establishment when you could invite the scourge of society to a place and ply them with alcohol while throwing pussy at them.“No one is to drink,” I turned to my guys, even as the words left my mouth I had doubts about whether I’d be able to stick to the order. I wanted them to be alert at all times tonight, I had no idea what we were walking into. We’d seen the floor plans for this shit hole, and had been inside once or twice since we’d arrived in Claymore but we were not as familiar with it as I'd have liked. “I want eyes on all our targets, if an opportunity should arise, we take who we can.”“Dane, Blaze said not to cause any trouble,” Madden reminded me of the conversation we’d had. And yeah of course I know I was asked not to cause waves, but it won’t stop me if the opportunity comes my way.“Don’t care,” I said as we made our way to the entrance of the club. I had mor
TEL’ANNASMy nerves were frayed, ever since the night of the fucking live stream, even the slightest movements made me jump. Blaze tried everything he could to reassure me there’d be no repeats of that fucking shitshow, I just had trouble believing him. I’d tried numerous times to reach out to Dane, yet Madden always answered and kept saying it wasn’t a good time, then would go on to ask what had happened.No matter how many times he asked, I couldn’t find it in myself to discuss, hell even I was having trouble coming to terms with it. Dane had told me to do what I needed to, and I had to a certain point. I had no idea how far I’d have to go, and when I realized the gravity of it all, it was too late by then. The room was full of people, guards had guns, I had just retreated into myself and tried to block it out.Thankfully Blaze had left me since, having sensed that I was not in the mood to talk to him, at this stage I’d convinced myself I had been stupid to blindly follow along. Ra
DANE“What the fuck happened the other night?” I could hear Madden talking on the phone. The last three days I’d done nothing but train. It was all I could do to keep the images of my Princess on her knees out of my head. “He’s been raging ever since the damn live feed.”It took a full day before I’d been ready to talk to anyone after the crap show. Madden and Ax had really stepped up and taken charge. They’d had to sedate me in order to get me to calm down and in that time they’d found out a whole fuck load of information that we’d been able to use.Jonah had been able to identify almost eighty percent of the other contestants and all of the other partners that Alexander Ducane had gathered on that night. While I’d have liked to have had some say in the planning that followed, Madden had really stepped up as my VP. Liaising with Stryker to have their resources work on taking out the financial backers.I wasn’t quite sure exactly what they had told the Lennox’s about that night but f
TEL’ANNASMy skin crawled as the guards led me back to the room I shared with Blaze. The events of the night were on constant loop inside my head, everything on display for everyone to see. Gripping my robe tightly around my body, I tried to assure myself I’d get through this. I did what I had to do to survive. When I closed my eyes all I could see were the faces of the men who’d jerked off while I was strapped to the table. I heard their moans as they reached their release and smeared it over me as if they were laying claim.When I’d entered the room the first thing I did was run to the waste bin, everything inside me came up. Angry tears ran down my face as I stepped into the bathroom. Making sure the door was locked, I’d trusted Blaze before and that had landed me here. I felt dirty and ashamed. I had no doubt that Dane and some of the others were privy to the deprivation I’d experienced tonight.I rushed to the toilet again, the mere thought that Dane had witnessed tonight's even
DANEMadden, Ax and I had gathered in my room, laptop ready for the Contenders Preview. About an hour ago we’d all received an email from the organizers, with a link to an invitation for a special preview of what we could look forward to. My stomach had been in knots ever since.“You ready for this?” Madden asked. It was a loaded question if I ever heard one. Was I ready? Fuck no, there was no preparing for what was about to unfold. I just shook my head and let out a loaded sigh.“Let's just get this over with,” I answered. Checking my phone one last time, still no answer from Blaze. That didn’t sit well with me, once we’d read the initial email, I’d reached out in order to find out more about the event, but there had been no reply which didn’t help with the angsty feelings I had.Both men just looked at me, a silent message passed between them before Ax clicked on the link. I was thankful that I’d given Jonah one of the links for tonight, because it became evident rather quickly tha