She screamed once again as his claws moved the smallest distance. The pain rushed through her body, scaring her, terrifying her.
“You have so many delicate arteries and veins. You nick one and within minutes you’ve bled out and died.”
Her heart started to pound. One of those was in her thigh. The femoral artery. She didn’t want to die.
What did she want?
For this man to just be a bad dream and to wake up safely in her bed. It certainly felt like a living nightmare.
She held still as he continued to stare at her thigh.
“I’d love to watch you bleed out. I love the color red. So fucking sexy.” His claws retracted, and she went to pull her leg against her, but he wouldn’t let her.
Whimpering from the pain, she held herself still. His wolf hand was gone, replaced by his human hand.
“So delicate. I don’t even see the appeal here. You’re nothing. You’re not worthy to have a wolf mate, let alone an alpha.”
He stroked over the red wounds on her thigh now dripping blood.
This couldn’t be where her life ended.
“Sir, something is happening,” one of his men said.
Payne sighed. “He’s taking way too long.”
“You said he’d come for her. You think that would change? He’d change?”
“No. Liam is the kind of man who’d come back for her. I don’t for a second believe he’d just leave her here.” Payne sat back. “He’s not like other wolves. First, he has a thing for dogs, which is just fucking gross. A wolf having a dog for a pet. It’s insulting.”
He always seemed to do a lot of talking.
“Right, I’ll go and see what all the fuss is about. You, my sweet, are so much fun.”
He walked away, and she watched him go as the door to her cage slammed shut. With him gone, she tried to pull her wrist free from the metal cuff he had around it.
She placed it between her legs, and then tried to pull, whimpering as the metal dug into the flesh.
Collapsing on the ground, she stared at her hand, feeling weak. Even if she was to escape, she was completely naked.
Where would she go?
They were wolves.
Actual wolves.
They’d track her down.
Kill her.
Tear her apart.
She closed her eyes and took several deep breaths. Everything was just happening too
fast.
There was nothing she could do.
Closing her eyes, she saw Liam’s smiling face. The way he’d watched her at the supermarket. The kindness he’d shown in helping her. Alphie by his side.