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DukeWhat Cori meant by play was spend my money or more precisely rack up charges on my card. My grandfather left me the property and a heavy chunk of change. He’d worked for the railroad and had a good pension and great life insurance policy. I could live on his property and never work another day in my life.He gave me freedom.“I need phone numbers from my cell and I can find out everything we need to know about Miles’ club,” Cori said. “Chances are good we’ll need an invite and I know a few girls who play the animal circuit.”“Do I want to know what the animal circuit is?” I typed.Cori laughed and patted my hand.“Don’t worry, you’ll be the master and I’ll be the fox.”We spent the afternoon shopping. Her idea of master was an expensive suit.“Most masters will be in leather gear but if you want to make a stir, stick with a fifty shades suit. It will attract more attention,” she explained.I didn’t know what a fifty shades suit was and decided not to ask. If her skimpy fox outfit
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CoriDuke was a biker and nothing threw him. I hadn’t mentioned public sex because I didn’t know how he’d react. He had no problem showing off his cock. It made me wonder what his real kink was. I would find out.At last, we were on the offensive. I’d been running for too long. I wasn’t a hunter but I also wasn’t prey. I went after Fernandez. I’d wanted him and Goose dead. When it came time, I freaked at pulling the trigger. Not again. I would not live this way. If killing stopped this madness, I was all in. My mental stability was better now and I wasn’t running on fear. Duke gave me that confidence and I was ready.We had to tell Dax about Cartwright and McDowell. Dax would get the word to Moon’s people. Duke and I wanted the setup in place before that happened. I wasn’t wrong about Cartwright and McDowell. They were the scum behind the attacks.Dangerous scum with money to hire killers.We packed our things at the hotel and changed locations. The new room wasn’t expensive. We plann
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Cori“You fucking let them get away. Duke said you would be there,” I shouted at Dax.I was losing my mind and needed someone to hurt. We were at Moon’s home which was his compound when it came to safety. Moon weathered a full-out attack here and it was probably the safest place in the state. None of that went through my head. All I could picture was Duke being tortured.Alex was pacing because he needed to murder someone. I was screaming at Dax, and he was trying to keep me from killing him. Sofia wouldn’t appreciate it and I didn’t have a gun on my skimpy fox outfit so thankfully he was safe.Dax didn’t argue with my assessment and I could read the guilt in his angry expression. He should have been there. Now, Cartwright and McDowell had Duke. He could already be dead for all we knew. It wasn’t like he would talk to them. They wouldn’t know that and it would be considered defiance. His silence would be his death sentence. Hell, even if he could talk, he wouldn’t. I was going crazy.
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Cori“The women do not leave your sight,” Dax said to Skull for the fifth time.The poor man had no idea what he was walking into. Skull was somewhere in his forties with a beard full of white hair. His old lady was a hair stylist though Skull was bald like Duke and didn’t need her services. He’d stuck with Dax when Dax took over the club. I’d never mistaken the cuddly bear for anything other than what he was. Killers R Us would hire him.I was still half out of it and it played into our story about getting me out of there. I felt sorry for myself. I was in love with Duke and didn’t know it until he was taken from me. What a stupid cunt.We took two vehicles. Skull drove Melina in a truck and Celina drove me in an SUV courtesy of Moon’s bulletproof fleet. Gabriella packed enough food for a week and there were supplies on hand at the house that would last months if we needed them. This would be over before Gabriella’s food ran out. If not, I would go hunting for Cartwright alone and on
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CoriI took her hand with my left one and she took Melina’s. I’d told them if they couldn’t swim with one arm to come back up and I would take them individually or use the rope as a guide. We’d try together first.“Don’t panic. There’s one ledge down there and everything else is wide open. Swim up or follow the air bubbles back here if you get turned around.”We took several deep breaths before going under. I had to do this quickly before they panicked. I used my right hand to feel along the wall. The flashlight gave about one foot of visibility from above. The rest of the way was pitch-black.The ledge jutted out a foot and was easy to find. If they panicked this would be the time. I gave a heavy jerk to Celina’s hand and pulled her low. I kicked off the rocks and slid completely under the ledge. When Celina was through, I dropped her hand. She came up and then Melina. We did it in one try.I had a flashlight wrapped in a plastic bag on my waist. I swam to the side, then felt around
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CoriDuke never left my thoughts. If he was dead, so was I. My life changed that fast. We hadn’t known each other long and it didn’t matter. He was everything I wanted and most of all he was someone who loved me for who I was. I knew he loved me. He shared his silent world and refused to take advantage when he could have. From the time his arms wrapped around me in the car after my escape from Fernandez, we belonged together.My past didn’t matter to him because he lived in a world where endurance and hard work were part of life. Duke and the men like him respected survival.Moon brought more firepower than required and the guns we’d pulled from the cave weren’t exactly needed. I decided to stick with Duke’s weapons because he made sure I was familiar with them. A piece of him was with me.Our plan had been to ambush the vehicles a mile before the entrance to the property. Alex moved the attack to the house. I wasn’t worried about Cartwright’s men knowing the location. None would leav
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CoriIt took us more than three hours to get back to the city and another hour through rush-hour traffic to get to Wild Fur. Moon sent his men in first and stayed with me in the SUV. Alex and Austin were with the other women at his compound. Moon didn’t want them here. He’d also left a vehicle behind with four men on Duke’s property to dispose of the bodies.The men cleared inside the Wild Fur quickly. There were two female employees cleaning and handling inventory. The place didn’t open until eight at night. They weren’t harmed and they were assured they could leave after we found Duke. The men hadn’t located him when they cleared the building. Moon and I entered and were shown the entrance to the basement.A light had been turned on. It looked no better than the club upstairs. I saw a rat scurry along the wall. Moon found the hidden door within a few minutes. He pried it open and we entered the dark room.The smell of excrement and death hit us.Death.I couldn’t breathe.In the sha
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CoriThe air in the room was soft if that were even a thing. There were four rows of chairs. There was a podium at the front. No crucified Jesus hung from the wall, only a large framed needlepoint with writing.“Enter in peace and leave your sorrow.”I sat in the front row and bowed my head. My prayer was to Jesus.“I’ve never asked for anything.”Tears gathered in my eyes and turned to sobs. I couldn’t go on and fell apart. So many thoughts tumbled through my head. I was the whore of Babylon. If there were a man who would hear me, it would be Jesus.“Please,” was all I managed the next time I tried.The quiet settled over me and I inhaled in and out slowly. Within a few minutes, I wiped my tears. The room, like Duke with his silence, gave me peace. It also gave me strength.I went back to ICU and held his hand again. He wouldn’t die because I wouldn’t let him. I spoke to him quietly and assured him all would be okay. I spoke of silly things. I had to keep the connection so he knew I
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