Double Cross by Campbell Thompson

Author:Campbell Thompson [Thompson, Campbell]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-03-09T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Three

Before she could protest, Verity found herself unceremoniously hauled across the pool. As they reached the steps, she threw her weight back, trying to break his hold on her wrist but Cross merely grabbed her round the waist and tossed her over his shoulder. Ignoring her frantic hammering on his back, he looped one arm over her thighs, holding her firmly in place and carried her through the open door, back into the flat.

Once inside, he dumped her on her feet and disappeared into the bedroom without a word. Confused and disoriented, Verity swayed, vaguely aware that she ought to be taking the opportunity to make a run for it, but unable to come to a decision on which direction to choose. Before she could settle on a single plan, Cross returned, wearing a pair of dark grey sweatpants and a dangerous expression.

Pulling a dry t-shirt over his head he stalked towards her and Verity raised a shaking hand in apology for... something? Her thoughts were a chaotic jumble of images and she was struggling to find the correct sequence of events. He was angry, that much was clear. Had she been angry too? She remembered lashing out but couldn’t remember why? She was soaked. The unfamiliar shirt clinging to her torso. Her fingers reached for the fabric. Why was she wearing this? Where had it come from? Was it his?

Still lost in her scrambled thoughts, she was taken by surprise when he suddenly dropped into a chair and pulled her with him. Before she knew what was happening, she found herself upended over his knee, feet kicking in space as he pushed the tail of the shirt out of the way, exposing the naked flesh beneath.

She heard rather than felt the first slap land, the sound shattering the unnatural silence of the apartment like a gunshot and ripping open unhealed memories. A rapid volley of blows followed and although Verity was aware of the percussive effect of each, ricocheting through her body, she could not distinguish the individual points of impact.

The remembered smell of blood and gunpowder filled her head and she retched. Then the next stroke landed and that memory was obliterated.

That one hurt!

The imprint of his palm burned into her chilled skin and she let out a yell, fighting to free herself from his grip. Cross merely tightened his hold on her arm, twisting it further up her back and pinning her place.

“Did you feel that one?” he said with satisfaction. “Is this what you wanted?”

As the cloying blanket of numbness that she’d been trying so hard to push away was suddenly torn from her grasp, Verity howled in shock as every sensation intensified. His palm connected with the back of her thigh and her whole body went rigid.

“Had enough yet?” he asked

“Fuck You!” Verity screamed, thrashing her legs in a fruitless attempt to squirm out of his lap.

“I’ll take that as a no.”

The onslaught continued and Verity cursed him at the top of her lungs as each blow landed, setting fire to the delicate flesh.

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