Redemption and Regrets (Chastity Falls, #4) by L. A. Cotton

Author:L. A. Cotton [Cotton, L. A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: mafia, organized crime, college, revenge, chastity falls
Publisher: Delesty Books
Published: 2016-04-11T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

~ Braiden ~

When the van finally stopped, I breathed a sigh of relief. For the last hour, I'd felt every bump and pothole, pain exploding in my skull and forcing me in and out of consciousness. Jason had done a real fucking number on my head. I could feel the swelling along the side of my eyebrow where the butt of the pistol had collided with my face. They must have loaded me into the back of the van while I was passed out.

The side door opened and unfriendly eyes penetrated mine. "Let's go," one of the guys said, and I gestured to the restraints binding my ankles and wrists. He dug around in his pocket, pulling out a flip knife. "Out," he said as he sliced through the rope binding my ankles.

I sat up, trying to disguise how much pain I was in, and shuffled to the edge of the van. They stepped back giving me a wide berth, and I dropped down onto the balls of my feet. It was still dark, no sign of sunrise, so I had no idea how long I’d been out. It could have been the same night or I could have lost a whole day. Scanning the surrounding area for any clue of where we were, I expected we would be in Seattle, delivered to Frankie O'Connor. But we weren't in the city; we were surrounded by woodland, miles upon miles of dense woods. My first instinct was that they'd brought me out here to kill me and my heart leaped into my throat, but then my eyes spotted the house in the distance. I doubted they had orders to off me in view of potential witnesses. Which meant they’d brought me to one of O’Connor’s places.

"Move it." A hand jabbed against my lower back, and I lurched forward, stumbling across the ground.

We walked in silence, red-hot anger coursing through me as I strained against the ropes binding my wrists to test their strength. The rough fibers scraped against my skin, the friction stinging. Lights in the distance grew brighter and my eyes adjusted, taking in the size of the house.

When we finally reached the property, no one came out. Besides the porch lights, the place seemed quiet. The two men herded me around the back where there were a garage and some kind of windowless annex. One moved in front of me and unlocked a door before stepping to the side.

"Inside." The bigger of the two guys nudged me in the back, but I stood my ground unwilling to step into the abyss staring back at me.

"Look." He sighed. "We can do this the easy way or the hard way."

"Easy isn't in my nature." I glanced over my shoulder at him.

"Figured as much," he replied as his fist drove into my kidneys. I cursed under my breath as I inched forward trying to avoid another blow. Maybe I was a fool, maybe I should have just cooperated, but for all I knew, death awaited me through that door, and I wasn't quite ready to go yet.

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