Page 96 of Catch My Fall
“I wouldn’t. It won’t end well for any of you if you do something stupid,” Austin warns.
“Let them go,” Gage spits.
“No, I don’t think I will.” Austin stalks towards where I’m sat. He towers over me, and I have to force down a wave of nausea as his fingers trail over my face.
In a flash, he has his fist wrapped in my hair, wrenching my head back to face him, my neck bent at an uncomfortable angle, and for the first time since I woke up, I’m forced to look him in the eye.
His eyes are piercing as they bore into mine, a mixture of hatred and arousal in his stare but I don’t allow the fear wracking through my body to show on my face.
I decide to show defiance in the face of my abuser.
“I like having your sister tied up for my pleasure,” he says to my brothers, his eyes not leaving mine. “And you like it too, don’t you sweetness?” His other hand trails down my body before cupping my roughly between my legs.
I spit onto his face, satisfaction rolling through me at the sight of my saliva coating his face. “Fuck you.”
“Oh, I already have, remember? And with any luck, maybe I will again.” The speed of the back of his hand against my face makes my head spin. “But that’s the last time you do that, you little bitch,” he snarls, wiping his face on the back of his sleeve.
“You bastard!” Alec shouts, earning him yet another punch to the face while Gage and Rafe lunge forward, fighting to get to Austin as the room erupts in chaos.
There’s shouting everywhere. My brothers struggling against Austin’s men, the whole scene turning into chaos.
Something cold and hard presses to the back of my head, and the sound of the safety clicking off a gun has my body locking up.
Noticing the gun trained on me, my brothers concede, their shoulders slumped in defeat as Austin’s men regain control. Peter has his gun trained on Gage, and Wayne has Rafe on his knees, a knife pressed against his throat.
“I really wanted to drag this out, boys,” Austin begins, “Play with you all a little, maybe play with her a little, too. But I think I should just get this over with, don’t you?”
My heart is in my throat as he presses the gun deeper against my skull, anxiously awaiting the moment he pulls the trigger.
“Austin. Don’t do this, please,” Gage pleads, the sound of his voice cracking has my heart squeezing.
Austin scoffs. “Did you listen to my brother when he begged for his life? Huh?”
“Kill me! Leave her out of this. I killed Bryce, I’m the one you want!” Rafe shouts, hissing against the sting as the blade bites into his neck.
“I hope now you’ll know the feeling of having a sibling murdered in cold blood.”
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“No!”
“Austin, don’t!”
“Kill me instead!”
Gage and Rafe are frantic in their attempts to break free from the men who hold them in place, and all I can do is watch in horror as that bastard points his gun at the woman I love.
Even though I’ve managed to untie the rope around my wrists, doing something now like trying to overthrow him could put Sierra in even more danger, because as much as I hate to admit it, Austin controls the room.
He holds all the cards and we’re part of his game.
“Kill me, not her!” Rafe shouts.
“Austin!”
Sierra turns to me, tears streaming down her beautiful face, her entire body physically trembling as her hazel eyes hold mine. “Alec, I lo—”
Bang!