Chapter 133

Serena POV

The sting of Knox’s hand across my face was sharp and painful. My head snapped to the side with my cheek burning, and I could already taste the tang of blood in my mouth.

“You little cunning bitch!” Knox snarled with his bushy beard twitching with rage.

I didn’t even try to stop the laugh that bubbled up from my throat, and it sounded wild, even to me, a little bit crazy.

“You think that hurts?” I spat a gob of blood onto the filthy floor between us. “You just signed your own death warrant, you old bastard. Your end is coming.”

We weren’t in the warehouse anymore. My 911 call had sent them scrambling. This new place was a dump… a small, stinking room that smelled quite badly. The walls were stained, and the only furniture was a rusty metal bed frame with a thin, dirty mattress.

A single bare bulb hung from the ceiling, swinging slightly and casting jumping shadows.

Outside the one grimy window, I could hear the distant soun