az

w?" I asked, my

it or your mother dies,

reeling as they all s

t, but if you don't_" He sta

, steeling myself

ll pay for my mother's treatment," I ad

th me," He said, gest

rted driving our way to the

I could think about was my mother.

the mansion, the door flung open a

her, who stood outside, a small sm

s happ

are these men dragging me so roughly?

ver, right?" My father asked the man,

guess so," his eyebrows furrowed. But if you ever think of doubl

watched the door close behind him, and at t

I screamed at th

on the couch stood up

g said, "Don, what sh

is words, oh my God!

h me, my heart poun

wn at me and

n he expect me to strip i

arried so why should I strip in front of you" I protest

face and said "Don't

nd tears welled up in my eyes as the sting

o my tender skin, now flushe

hat's going on, you are being sold to me, because of

s? I haven't met this

I hope you know the difference now?"

'm not an object to be sold and b

the Mafia Don and his men. His cold gaze pierce

unbutton my blouse, each movement f

t, broken only by the rustling of

nch of my skin, stripping a

eady in his arms. I tried to break free from his grasp as h

tears rolled uncontrollably down my

*

anged. I hadn't heard from my mother or my broth

I was constantly thinking

eone to save me from this mad ma

oice invaded

saw his angry ey

e demanded, his

way from me" I yell

his eyebrows furrowed

do anything to me, instead

walk away without hitti

dly, he usually yell at me or orde

is men walked in and started

ing me?" I screame

ne of them y

o the car and closed the door behind me. The impact of hittin

aid "I heard Don say she is

ave for Mr. Verick," The other replie

o is Verick? I began to think, A wav

t street that led into a forest

taking me? I as

ing and laughing. I took a deep breath and sum

he door and jumped o

ollides against

side my left thigh as t

y noticed my absence. Alighting the

ody sustained several injuries as I

h was bleeding too. I looked back a

ked at my leg which was trapped in a hole, ignoring all the pain I was fe

bullet fired behind me. One of

surrendering to my wounds. I can't run any

ne of them took his phon

ard his voice t

slowly, I was losing con

a waste to let her go without experiencing her skills firstha

t do that i

of the voice and I saw a muscu

of them asked while the othe

hting for my life. I watched with a mixture of awe and trepidat

ur sprouted from his skin until he stood before m

ed to the spot, captivated by the r

nating from this creature. Yet there was someth

ne brightly and he g

heir bravado shattered by an unsee

owards the men. His claws slashed th

he grabbed the gun, bending

e. Without hesitation, he gra

His claws dug into the flesh with an in

into the night, leaving me alone wi

the man apart and let out a roa

ack into a human form and

y found y