Chapter 39

I screamed in pain. Dominic’s blade was stuck between my ribs and he wasn’t in a hurry to take it out.

My dress began to soak with my blood. Mattias was beginning to cry harder while still clinging to me.

“How could you do this to me,” I gasped. “In front of my child!”

“I don’t give a shit about you or your child,” he replied angrily. “You will return to Apex Woods with us to answer for your crimes.”

“What the hell is this?” A man asked nearby. “What’s going on here?”

It was Sahid the pimp who had tried to woo me to become one of his girls on my first day here. He was dressed only in a pair of pants and his naked torso was sweaty.

“Mind your damn business,” Dominic hissed at him.

“I know the redhead,” said Sahid. “And that makes this my business.”

Dominic unceremoniously removed his sword from my body, cutting my flesh in the process. I cried out in pain again but he ignored me.

A small crowd of spectators was already gathering