Private 10 - Suspicion by Kate Brian

Author:Kate Brian [Brian, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781416958857
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Published: 2009-09-07T14:00:00+00:00

PRETTY BOY BILLIONARE

"Please. Please, please, please, please, please."

I tried to beg, but the gag in my mouth distorted the words. I tripped forward across the deck as they dragged me by one arm. My head throbbed in several places and my knees and thighs were sore with the beginnings of nasty bruises. I heard a splash. Someone shoved me from behind and my feet hit the water. I started to fall forward, but the second guy yanked me to my feet and pushed his hand into the small of my back. I fumbled ahead, my feet unsteady as I navigated the shallow incline toward the shore. Soon, my toes hit dry sand. The moment they did I was shoved again, and fell face-first into the sand. My captors--my executioners--laughed. Rage surged through me like white-hot fire. One of them tugged at the knot on my gag and it fell free. I coughed as I rolled over, still blindfolded. There was no light coming through the slits at the top and bottom of the black scarf that was tied over my eyes. Definitely still night. Apparently, we hadn't been on the water for very long.

I felt proud of myself for noticing these things, for trying to assess my situation, even though I was terrified for my life.

"Any last words?" one of them asked.

I swallowed hard. I was pretty sure it was Red Beard speaking. At least it sounded like the boat captain's voice. But now I felt a shiver of recognition. I swore I had heard that voice before. But where? I thought back to every man I had met on the island and couldn't place it. Could it be Daniel disguising his voice?

"Please don't kill me," I blubbered as I was dragged to my feet again. I hated that I couldn't even see them. That they wouldn't even look me in the eye. That I was standing on some beach somewhere and I didn't even know what it looked like. What the place of my death looked like. "Please. You don't have to do this."

"God, just shut her up," one of them whispered. "Enough already." I pulled in a shaky breath. "Why are you--"

My words died in my throat. Something hard had just been pressed into the back of my skull. I heard the click as the gun's hammer was cocked.

"No!" I screamed at the top of my lungs, releasing every ounce of my soul into the air. Fear coursed through my body like cold shock waves. I trembled, more terrified than I had been that night on the roof of Billings with Ariana. More terrified than I'd felt looking down the barrel of Sabine's gun. At least then I had known where I was, had had the benefit of sight. Had known there were people around who could help me. But now, I was alone. Completely blind, completely helpless. Images flitted rapid-fire through my mind. Josh, Thomas, Billings, Noelle, my home in Croton, my parents, my brother, my dog,

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