Page 17 of Pushed Through The Dark
There was no way people wouldn't notice me, I was going to stand out like a sore thumb. I was wearing a torn and dirt-covered silk dress. Any flesh you could see on me was covered in bruises or dirt, and I had a large open gash on my shoulder, that was still bleeding. My hair was knotted, my cheekbones were sharp, and my body was far too thin for my frame.
"Excited?" Koa asked, scooting himself across the seat to look out the window with me. "Ever see big lights like that before?"
"I wasn't raised in a fucking cave," I snapped.
I felt his fingers as they tried to run through my hair, but were stopped by the knots. Gently, he started to untwine the locks and smooth them out against my back. "I didn't say you were. I was asking because I know nothing about you. For all I know you were born in a basement and handed off like the pick of the litter."
Snarling, I rolled my eyes. "Fuck you, I'm not an animal."
"Be careful, little minx, no need for claws." Turning his eyes back to the window, he pressed his lips to my ear. "Save them for the real bad guys."
As he spoke, I watched the airport terminal come and go. I saw the people moving inside, I saw the luggage trolleys as they were shuffled around in and out of the building. But we were driving away from the terminal, away from safety.
Away from people.
"No," I said, my voice barely audible. "No, no. . ."
"Did you think we were going in there?" Pointing back at the terminal, Koa chuckled. "No, little minx, we're not going in there. Do I look stupid to you? Did you really think I was going to just waltz in there with you on my arm? I know better than that."
Hanging my head, I felt the tears as they bubbled over my eyes. Closing my eyes, I covered my face, falling back onto my ass and tucking my head into my legs.
Of course, he wasn't going to parade me through an airport. He's smarter than that. He has the means to hide me, to smuggle me anywhere he wants.
The limo stopped and I felt the cold air as Knox climbed out first. Koa grabbed my wrist and dragged me out behind him. The limo driver took a couple of suitcases out of the trunk and handed them to a steward.
Koa led me up a small set of stairs and onto a private jet. "See, we have our own means to get around. I bet Virgo never took you out like this."
"You think this makes you better than him? Do you think I'm going to look at you and thank you for saving me? You're no different than that asshole, no fucking different."
Shoving me into a seat, he hovered over me for a moment before speaking. "Virgo and I are nothing alike, you'll learn that soon enough. Whoever you thought he was, I'm a hundred times worse. Whatever you thought he was, I'm a hundred times darker." His fingertips swept across my forehead, circling my face. "My poor little minx, you have so much to learn."
Pressing two fingers to his lips, he moved the pads of his fingers to my mouth and set his kiss on my lips. Wiping my mouth, I snarled. "Don't fucking touch me."
Koa smirked, tilting his head slightly. "That's the beauty when you own something, it's yours to do what you want." Winking, he took his seat in the chair across from me.
I felt sick inside like all my guts were being shredded.
Who was this man? Where the hell had he come from?
And why the hell did he want me?
