Total pages in book: 214
Estimated words: 199879 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 999(@200wpm)___ 800(@250wpm)___ 666(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 199879 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 999(@200wpm)___ 800(@250wpm)___ 666(@300wpm)
“Then Luke fucked everything up when he had that hit put on Adam.” Ace goes on growling. “And you guys brought her to hide her out here.” He shakes his head. “Thankfully I had someone on the inside to keep me updated. Otherwise, I might have never found out she was pregnant.”
Four years ago
“Congratulations, Ashtyn. You’re pregnant.”
I stare at her, my breath getting caught in my lungs. It can’t be. I don’t believe her.
She tosses the test into the trash can next to her and places her forearms on top of her desk. “What are you going to do if Saint finds out it’s not his?”
“It’s his,” I whisper. I’m a hundred percent sure of that.
She arches a brow at me.
A fresh tear runs down my cheek, and I sniff. “I haven’t been with anyone else.”
“Ashtyn… we need to talk.” Laura sighs. “I didn’t want to tell you this, but you were raped.”
I frown. “No.” I shake my head. “Everything Saint has done to me has been consensual.” I allow him to have his way with me. Even when I fight him, it’s because I want him to overpower me.
“Not by Saint. But a man raped you. In your house before the vow ceremony…”
“No.” I interrupt her. “I bled.” I saw the blood. I was even worried about Saint going down on me afterward.
“I promised your mother I would look after you, and I’m afraid I’ve failed her. I thought…I thought not telling you was the best thing, but you need to know that this baby may very well be from that night.”
Tears burn my eyes, and I drop them to my lap. “I…Saint…”
“He cheated the Lords, Ashtyn. And he will be punished if anyone finds out what he’s done.”
I didn’t want to believe her. I ran out of her office and into Haidyn. He immediately took me to see Gavin, and the dates lined up. There was no way it could have been Saint’s.
My eyes lift to Saint’s and see he’s facing Ace.
“You’re lying.” Kashton is still in denial. “We were there the night of the ritual. She bled at the ceremony. She hadn’t been with anyone before Saint.”
“That’s what I never figured out…” Ace trails off. “How did you know that I fucked your bitch?” He laughs, and I flinch.
A silence falls over the pits, and the blood rushes in my ears, waiting to see if Saint answers. I never knew how he did it. I never got the chance to ask, and when he brought me back here, I never cared to ask.
“Altus had cameras in her house,” Saint finally answers. “He recorded you raping her and showed it to me.”
What? Cameras in my house? That’s how Saint knew what had happened? Laura said that Saint knew but didn’t tell me how. And that he had cheated at the vow ceremony. That if the Lords knew that I wasn’t a virgin and Saint set it up to look like I was, he’d be stripped of his title. I couldn’t take that chance.
“No.” Ace shakes his head.
Saint fists his hands down by his sides. “I watched it. She was lying on her kitchen floor, begging me to fuck her. Calling out my name while you held her down pretending to be me and fucked her.” Saint shouts, making me flinch, and I cry harder. “I made him a promise that I’d take care of it, and I did.”
SIXTY-THREE
SAINT
I’m shaking I’m so pissed. “What the fuck do you want?” I demand. Enough shit. I need someone to make a move. “Huh? Want to kill me?” I lift my arm out and step forward. “Fucking do it.”
Kashton shoves his hands in my chest and pushes me back while Sin grabs at me from behind. This is what I needed. A distraction. Even if I get shot, it’ll give the others a chance to get the girls. “FUCKING DO IT!”
Ace holds out his gun, and I hear a muffled scream. It’s Ashtyn. But I don’t look away from the man with the gun in his hand.
“Be a fucking man.” I smile at him. “Look me in the eye when you kill me.”
Her screams grow louder, but still I ignore her. If I die here, I know she’ll be taken care of. That’s all I ever wanted for her.
“I’m not going to kill you.” He laughs, his masked head shaking. “I’m going to lock you all up down here in the cells. I’m going to chain her up in the one right next to you. Let you listen to her cry and sob as I fuck her each day. While I feed her just enough to stay alive but not enough to keep your baby alive. Once your baby dies, I’m going to take her with me and leave you all here to rot in this hell that you love so much.” He steps toward the girls, and I watch Kashton stiffen. “Bring her here.” He reaches out with his gloved-covered hand and motions for my wife. “Now!” he barks when the man doesn’t work fast enough.