Blood & Kisses: A Dark College Revenge Romance by P Mulholland

Author:P Mulholland [Mulholland, P]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-08-23T00:00:00+00:00

17

I clench my fists and stare at a spot on the table as I gather my thoughts. They can’t tell it was him in the photograph because he wasn’t facing the camera. So, is Gabe merely guessing? No. That doesn’t make sense either. Of all the names he could pull out of thin air, why this one?

I open my mouth to speak, but the words won’t come as I can feel their stares watching me closely.

“A year before…” Gabe starts, and I flinch at the sound of his voice slicing through the silence, “You were attacked. There was another similar incident. Five men were also involved. In your case, the fifth man was holding the phone that took the picture of you…”

I keep my eyes low but listen carefully as my finger twitches, eager to wrap around a bottle of liquor to drown the shame that is eating me alive.

“She was only fourteen,” Gabe says quietly, and I snap my head up.

“No,” I gasp as anger and grief crawls along my chest. “Fourteen? That’s practically a baby. Fourteen? They did that to a fourteen-year-old?”

He nods slowly. “She was about to confess the names…it took weeks before she trusted me enough to open up. I spoke to her every day to gain her trust. I sent female officers in to try, but we knew they had something over her. Perhaps threatened to kill her family, like they did with you.” He places his knife and fork down and laces his fingers together. “There were other girls. Some younger. Some older. From different backgrounds and different family situations. They didn’t target any single demographic, apart from being young women.”

“Wait,” I angst as I start to see clearly. “Are you saying this is a deliberate sex trafficking ring?”

“There are a lot of players involved, but Blackadder, we believe, is the kingpin.” He speaks considerately as he used to when I was a kid in the hospital bed getting stitched up after I was hurt so badly. He drinks the last inch of beer in his glass as I wait for him to continue. “We’ve organized it so all evidence will lead to his door.”

“Pardon? What do you mean?” I ask, slightly baffled.

“Do you want another beer?” he asks the boys, who’ve been sitting silent, letting the boss speak, and they reply with a yes.

He pushes his chair back and leaves the room as Blake, sitting opposite, catches my eye. “Your list,” he says carefully. “The last name on your list is the snake. We know it’s Blackadder.”

“Okay,” I sigh, trying to get my head around it all but pulling my shit together. They went after other girls, including younger girls. They deserve to die. Finding my inner bitch, I add, “So, what happens now? How do we completely fuck them over?”

Blake smiles proudly. “Atta girl,” he croons, relaxing back in his chair as the intensity is sucked out of the room, replaced with warmth and passion. “We go to the shooting range tomorrow, and I teach you how to use a firearm.

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