Sweet Temptation (45 page)

“Thanks babe,” Simon leaned down and kissed her as he slid off the bed.

“Your turn Adam,” he told the other guy. “Is this how you want her?”

Adam looked over at her. “No, I want her standing up for what I want to do to her,” he said. Both Adam and Simon started to remove the rope from her hands and feet.

“Get away from me, you sick bastards,” she yelled. They just laughed at her. Lifting her up, they carried her towards the fireplace and handcuffed her to the wall there. The chains on her feet weren’t long enough for her to kick out, but she could fight a little more here than on the bed, she thought.

Adam moved closer, and smiled at her. “This will work just fine,” he said. He kissed her down her neck to her breasts, and sucked on her nipple.

“No,” she whispered. There was no way she could go through this again. He stroked his hand down her body and pushed two fingers into her pussy. Jesus, she was tender there. She tried pushing him away with her body, but it didn’t work.

“Get the hell away from me,” she growled.

He only moved closer to her grabbing her hips, and rubbing his erection against her belly. “Sorry, I can’t,” he said, leaning in to kiss her. When he got close enough, she slammed her head forward and connected with his, making him yell out. Adam lifted his head, growling at her.
Oh crap.
Adam wrapped his hand around her throat and slammed her head back really hard. He tightened his grip on her throat, sending Skylar gasping for air. “This will be so much more fun when you’re not awake for it,” he snarled at her. That was the last thing she heard or saw as her head fell forward and she blacked out.

* * *

Nate heard Skylar scream. Jesus, hearing that tore at him. He started pushing the front door open when Craig stopped him. “You can’t just storm in there, Nate,” he said.

“Didn’t you hear her scream?” he hissed.

“Of course I heard her, Nate. But if you don’t think before you go in there, you’re going to get her killed. Do you want that on your mind?” Craig whispered.

Fuck, he never thought of that; all he wanted to do was get in there and get her the hell out safely. He sighed. “How many are in there?” he asked.

Alex messaged Dom. Seconds later he answered him, “Greg said there are three in the room with Skylar in the back left room. They took out the fourth around back.”

“So, that’s Lucas and two of his guys in there with her, right?” he asked.

“Yeah.”

“Text Greg back and ask how many doors and windows go into the room.”

Alex nodded texting Greg again. “He said one window and two doors go in.”

“Okay, I need Joey at the window and Dom and Greg to go through the second door. We’ll go through the first, deal?”

“Deal,” Both Craig and Alex answered.

Nate softly pushed the door open, and they made their way down the hall. He heard Skylar scream again; fuck, that was killing him. “I’m coming baby,” he whispered to himself. Creeping down, they found the last door on the left and surrounded it. Counting to three, he kicked in the door and ran inside with his gun raised. Half way in the room, he pulled up quickly. Skylar was tied by the fireplace while some guy was raping her. He growled furiously.

“I see you’ve found me, Nate,” Lucas said to him. Nate couldn’t take his eyes off her; she wasn’t moving. His heart sank at the sight of her. Skylar needed him to keep his shit together, so he can get her out of this. Lucas walked over towards her and rubbed the side of her face with his thumb, “You get to watch me take her next when Adam’s finished with her.”

As he watched the guy with her moving back and forth, Nate saw red. Jesus Christ, they were all going to rape her, and she couldn’t do a damn thing about it. “Let. Her. Go,” he snarled.

“Sorry, but I can’t do that. I have plans for her.”

“And what would that be?” he asked.

“Well, once I fuck her senseless, I’m going to kill her for what she put me through.” Nate took another look over at her. There was blood seeping from her nose and mouth, bruises were all over her body and rope burns marked her wrists and ankles where she fought against them. The left side of her face was bruised the worst and, by the looks of it, her eye was swollen shut.
Fuck they really did a number on her
.

“Let’s make a deal. You don’t kill her and I won’t kill you,” he snapped at Lucas.

Lucas laughed at him. Nate raised his gun and pointed it at Lucas’s head.

“Put the gun down, Nate. He has a knife,” Craig yelled.

Nate watched as Lucas lifted the knife to Skylar’s throat and held it tight against her skin. He watched as a small line of blood ran down her neck. “I want you to watch me fuck her one last time, before I slice her throat.”

Nate growled and launched himself at Lucas so quick that he didn’t see it coming. He threw a punch at his face, and then watched as Lucas pulled a gun, aiming it at his head. Nate stopped right in front of him. Skylar moaned.
Jesus, she was alive
.

“Is she still a good root?” Lucas asked him.

“You will never find out,” Nate growled. He launched himself at him again and heard the gun go off. He felt the burn in his shoulder from the bullet, but it didn’t stop him from going after Lucas. Nate connected with a roundhouse kick, knocking him to the ground. Dazed, Lucas shot up and ran for Nate, taking them both down. Nate twisted his body and landed on top of him. He saw Dom and Greg slam through the door and move over near Skylar. They ripped the guy from her and threw him across the room. Dom stayed with her while Greg went after the guy, he smiled to himself, and he really felt for the guy. Nate smiled to himself knowing what the guy had coming to him.

Being distracted for a split second was all Lucas needed. He slammed Nate’s head into the floor with a sickening thud, making his vision blur from the impact. Giving Lucas the chance he needed, he raised his gun to Nate’s temple as someone yelled ‘Get down!’ Nate connected his fist to Lucas’s face, knocking him back a few feet. Breathing heavily, he walked over to where Lucas was and leaned down to pick up the bastard. Once Nate had hold of him, he slammed him against the wall, “What’s your plan now, asshole?” Lucas surprised him with an uppercut to his chin; Nate stumbled back. He reached for his gun, but had no time to grab it as Lucas tackled him to the ground and fought him for it. Nate had had enough of this shit and wanted it over with now.

              Nate wrapped his arms and legs around Lucas. They were both rolling around on the floor as Nate fought to hold him. Releasing one of his hands, he tried to bring his gun out from under his body, but it was pinned. Both Joey and Greg charged forward with their guns raised making Lucas lift his body off of him, giving him the chance he needed. Pulling his gun free, he twisted his wrist and pulled the trigger. His ears rang, and Lucas’s body collapsed over him. Greg shoved his body off of him, crouched beside him and he held out his hand,

“Sleeping on the job, bro?”

Nate reached for his hand and Greg pulled him to his feet.

“No, I was wondering what took you guys so long,” he said to him.

Getting his breathing under control, he stood up straight. “Where’s Skylar?” How the hell could he forget about her at a time like this?

“She’s over here, Nate,” Dom called out. He stomped over to where she was; someone had released her and placed her on the floor.

“Skylar.” Nate dropped to his knees beside her. There was so much blood, and her complexion was paper white. “Greg, where’s that ambulance?” he screamed. “Oh God, baby.” He couldn’t touch her; he didn’t want to hurt her.

Greg knelt down beside them both, “The ambulance and the cops are on their way, Nate.”

“Baby, can you hear me?” Nate brushed the hair out of her face. She wasn’t moving.
Jesus Christ
, he thought as he looked down at her. Nate lay down right next to her and wrapped his arms around her gently. There was no way he was ever going to let her go now. She was so fragile in his arms, blood seeping from a head wound, her nose, mouth, and God knows where else. “I love you, baby,” he whispered, leaning his head against hers, and prayed with everything that he had gotten there in time. “I love you… Why won’t she wake up?”

Dom sat down beside him. “She’s in shock, Nate. From everything that has happened.”

“If that bastard was still alive, I’d kill him again for what he did to her,” he growled.

“We all would,” Dom said. He could hear the sirens in the distance, getting louder as they were getting closer. There was no way he was letting her out of his sight with anyone he didn’t fucking know. As the paramedics walked in he noticed one of them straight away.

“Jason, over here.” It was the same one who had helped her when she slipped over in her bathroom.

“What happened, Nate?” he asked as he crouched beside them.

“Her ex took her, and was watching his men rape her before he did, but he never got a chance,” he said, pointing over at Lucas’s still body.

Jason looked her over, “Let me have a look at her.”

Nate removed his arms from her and moved aside, but not too far.

“Skylar, its Jason? Can you hear me, darling?” He lifted her eyelids to see if she was responding. Picking up her hand, he felt for her pulse, and counted. “Her heart rate is low, and she’s not responsive. We need to get her to the hospital, fast.” He called out to his partner to bring in the gurney. Once she was lifted onto it, Jason turned and faced him. 

“Are you coming with us?”

“Yeah.” Nate followed them to the ambulance and jumped in beside Skylar.

“I’ll let the cops know your going with her and we’ll meet you there,” Greg told him.

Why the hell did he have to leave her in that room by herself? He should have just stuck it out and stayed with her, even if she was ready to yell some more at him. If he had stayed there, none of this would have ever happened.

“You need to get your shoulder checked out when we arrive, you don’t want it to get infected,” Jason said.

“I will once Skylar has been checked out.”

Looking down at her, he really hoped that she was going to be okay and nothing serious was wrong with her. He wouldn’t be able to live with himself if there was and he didn’t get there in time to stop it from happening.

Chapter 2
6

Once they arrived at the hospital, he watched as they pushed her into the emergency
room. He went to the waiting room and, not being able to stand still, paced back and forth. He wanted to know how Skylar was doing, and not be out here.

“Where is she?” Craig asked from behind him.

“End room. But no one is allowed in there yet; they’ve been in there for the last hour with her,” he told him.

“Someone will come out soon and tell us what’s going on,” Craig said.

“I wish they would just hurry up and tell us something. This is killing me standing out here, not knowing what’s going on in there.” Jesus, he didn’t want her alone in there going through this, someone at least should be in the room with her. Feeling defeated, Nate sat down; there was nothing he could do, and walking back and forth wasn’t helping. He heard someone walking down the hallway and looked up noticing two police officers walking his way. “Mr. Jackson?” The lanky one asked.