Page 45 of Knuckles

“I-I can’t live without you,” I sob as I twist my wrists.

“Yet you applied for a job in Boston,” he says, clearly hoping to distract me, and it works.

I pause and look at him with wide eyes, and realization hits me at the phone call I received before was taken.

“Trick emailed them…” I accuse, and Knuckles doesn’t even look sorry.

“You say you can’t live without me, yet I cannot live without you, so why would you think I’d allow you to move nearly three thousand miles away?” he says softly, and more tears fall.

“I wanted you to come with me,” I choke, and his eyes soften, “I love you.”

“Fuck,” he chokes, and he yanks on his chains again as my bottom lip wobbles, and I try to twist my hands, hoping to use the blood to release my hands.

“Stop, Kodi!” he snaps, but I shake my head again.

“I won’t let them hurt you, I can’t watch that, it’ll kill me, Knuckles,” I choke and he snaps, “Liam, I’m your fucking Liam…”

A sob releases again, my cheeks stinging from my tears hitting the cuts.

“Look at me,” he demands as I twist my hands, then he snaps, “Kodi, look at me!”

I look at him, and he says, “I love you,” and more tears fall, “I fucking love you, and we’ll get out of this even if I have to take the beatings because I won’t lose you.”

“Masters said you moved on,” I choke, and his eyes harden.

“Masters is a lying prick,” he growls, “I spent two days trying to get my head right so I’m enough for you then another two days trying to fucking find you,” his eyes race between mine, “It wasn’t just your virginity that was lost that night, baby.”

My mouth parts in shock just as the door slams open, and I swallow hard as Masters saunters in.

“Well, well, well, look who is awake,” Masters says with glee, and my heart stops as I lock eyes with Liam.

His show of determination, while I know mine shows fear as clanking noises echo and the cage door opens.

Masters walks over to me first, and suddenly, the wand he loves so much is pressed against my already sore side, and I scream as my body jolts with pain.

I hear Liam roar out, “Get the fuck away from her!” and Masters chuckles before the wand is gone, and I slump down, my body shaking, my breathing labored, before my blurry eyes lock with Liam.

“I wonder how your little boyfriend here would feel about the fact that your dad is the one who hit you,” Masters says with glee, and Liam struggles against his chains even more, and even I can feel his anger from here.

“You’re going to die,” I choke as a sharp shooting pain hits my stomach making me scream and I feel like I’m going to be sick.

“Not before your little boyfriend,” Masters sneers, and I yank against the cuffs again, making him chuckle as more men enter the cage.

No, no, no.

I struggle even harder seeing a knife before a grunt echoes, and I look towards Liam to see Masters punching him.

I yank my hands even harder as I scream, “Get away from him,” and fear for the man I love suffocates me, causing me to pull even harder on the cuffs as I twist my wrists.

I hear, “Look at that, she’s making herself bleed,” just as Masters throws a punch into Liams stomach before our eyes lock and Liam commands loudly, “Fucking stop, Kodi!” but I don’t listen, I pull harder just before my head twists to the side, a fist hitting me hard and I choke on a cry as Liam roars out again just as a hand grips my chin tightly and forces my head towards what Masters is doing.

I scream in terror seeing a knife in his hand before he stabs it into Liam’s stomach who tenses but doesn’t shout out and I kick my legs and twist my head before I bite the hand holding my face causing the man to shout out in pain and yank his hand back before he punches me again and dizziness consumes me as I cry out before he grabs my face again and sneers, “You can watch your love bleed and when we come back, you’re going to call your daddy and have him release Cans, otherwise, we’ll kill your precious MC scum!”

He shoves hard on my face before spitting on me, and I flinch as laughter echoes before I feel someone kneel before me, and a finger runs down my cleavage, making me squeeze my eyes tighter.

“As soon as Cans is released, I'm going to fuck you in front of your biker, I’m going to show him that you were always mine,” Masters whispers before I feel him move and his footsteps disappear.

“Fireball,” Liam chokes, and I let out a sob as I look at him and see the blood on his stomach. “Breathe for me,” he rasps, but I choke, “They’re going to kill you.”