Page 60 of Crave

No.

It wasn’t only one trapped in this Hell.

Won’t. You?

I jerked my gaze up to him in that room and a wave of deja vu hit me. He slid his finger under the strap of my bodysuit.

Yes. I murmured.Yes, I’ll obey.

“Theo.” Silas’ threatening tone pushed into the nightmare. “You’d better get your ass to this fucking place, or so help me God, you’d better not come back home. Do you hear me? Theo…Theo…”

“Is he gone?” Jude asked.

“Yeah.” Silas’ tone was graveled.

I blinked, slowly coming back into my body. Warmth pressed against my back. I lifted my head, looking behind me to Gabe.

“You’re okay.” He said, his words slow and warped. “We’re not going to let anything happen to you.”

I stilled, what? Then, slowly the blurred view of where we were heading sharpened.

My breath caught. My stomach dropped.

The imposing front of the Order seemed to shimmer in the morning sun. Glaring rays bounced off broken panes of glass, flooding the interior of the car.

“No…” I shoved backwards as Silas pulled the car up in front of the place.

He met my stare in the rear view mirror. “It might help you remember.”

But he didn’t understand. He didn’t realize how dangerous this was.

On your knees, Angelica. I want you on all fours.

My body trembled in that car as Silas pulled up and killed the engine. For a second I was frozen, unable to move as the rest of my brothers climbed out of the car, then opened the door in front of me.

“I’ll get her.” Silas murmured and stepped closer.

“No.” I shook my head and kicked out my feet, driving myself backwards.

But he wasn’t stopping, reaching in through the open door to grasp my ankle and yank me toward him.

“You don’tUNDERSTAND!”I screamed as he grasped me around the waist and lifted. “You don’t understand.”

“Maybe we should think about this for a moment.” Gabe said carefully.

Silas heaved me higher, lifting me over his shoulder. “I want answers. If this goddamn place is going to get her to talk, then I’m okay with that.”

I lifted my head as he walked. My vision blurring with every thud and Gabe’s wide stare only grew wider.

“Please.” I whispered. “Please, you don’t know what you’re doing.”

They didn’t.

How could they?

On your knees, Angelica.That man in my nightmares commanded.

I bit down hard on my lip, stifling a moan. Still, it reverberated like a wounded thing in the middle of my chest.