tevenso

tterly insane, that for a moment, I coul

you say?"

t behind my back, forcing a cry of pain from my lips. "I d

were blue. His chest was still. A terrif

cage around me. Their eyes roamed over my body, stripping me bare with their leering gazes. One of them licked his l

r burned my eyes. "Please," I w

in has been without sufficient oxygen for almost eight minutes. He might have

than any physical threat. She held my brother's life in

and "melodramatic." He had no idea. He couldn't have fathomed this level

, nudging me with the toe of h

, the red light a malevolent eye staring

r the tiny, flickering chance tha

orgiving ground. The gravel dug int

down here," one

a mixture of pain, fear, and utter humiliation. "Will you... wil

ing you are." She moved the phone closer, framing my face. "Look

ath hi

ce like steel. "Or should I tel

the sound ripped fr

My hands shook so badly I could barely manage the simple task.

me, a hungry, predator

a thin camisole, I looked at her, my

t after me. 'My name is Holly Stev

wallowing shards of glass. But Joel's f

lens of the phone, and forced the lie from my lips. "My

ady taken," Janna dictated, h

a man who was

ewrecker who deserv

serves to be punished." Each word was an

e breaking completely. "Please,