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I’m shaking with adrenaline and half-formed plans. “Why are you here?”

“Look.” She puts a hand in a hidden pocket of her dress and comes up with a small foil packet. “Take this in the next minute, and you should be relaxed for... for the night. Okay? Just try not to fight it too much.”

“Fight what?”

“Fight him on what he wants. He’ll be up here any minute. The man who bought you—he likes when you’re quiet, and you just take what’s coming.” The expression that crosses her face tells me that what’s coming won’t be pleasant. “Just imagine it’s someone else. You can do this.” Savannah pulls me into a giant hug, which I accept as gracefully as a piece of plywood. A hug? What is going on? Who is this man? “I’m sorry I was such a bitch,” she whispers, and then she lets go and heads for the door.

“Wait—”

She does not wait.

The door closes behind her with a soft, final thud. I don’t know how to time this so that there won’t be anyone in the hallway. If Savannah’s still out there—if the man who bought me is out there—I’ll be screwed. A wild laugh hurts my throat. I’m screwed either way. My legs feel frozen in place, my hands pinned to my thighs, and all that practice with faking orgasms has come to nothing. There’s no way; there’s just no way…

The window behind me shatters.

I cover my head on instinct, and by the time I straighten up, they’re on top of me. Three of them. Dark clothes. Ropes at the ready.

This time, I’m prepared.

Heartbroken, and prepared.

If he’s not going to stop them, then what choice do I have? It’s this, or the man who bought me, the man I don’t want.

“Don’t bother with those.” I gesture to the ropes. “I won’t fight you this time.”

It won’t save me anyway.

Only Zeus can save me, but he wants to sell me to the highest bidder. He only cares about the money. I can’t keep pretending this is better than being sold to my uncle.

The first one has a gag and he comes forward with it. “In case you change your mind,” he says, and then it’s in my mouth, and then it’s too late. He picks me up, not quite as easily as Zeus would, and they take me out the window.

I’m being carried down the side of the building when the door to the room opens. “What the fuck?” It’s a man’s voice, but not Zeus’s. A client being deprived of his purchase. Because his purchase is being placed into the back of a van. The flooring is covered with a thin layer of industrial carpet, and my ass protests.

One of the men stands over me to shut the doors, and the other two climb into the front, and it starts, and it’s moving.

The van rumbles along a street.

It comes to a stop and I lose my balance, my head hitting the side of the van. I wait for the doors to be torn open. For Zeus to rip the car apart with his bare hands. For him to take back what he said to all those men. For a miracle.

There’s no miracle.

We trundle forward again. One more turn. Another. Another. And then an acceleration. We’re getting on the highway. I don’t know which direction we’re going. Anywhere—we could be going anywhere.

They’re silent as we go over the familiar bumps on the highway. I think of Zeus’s eyes. Being carried in his arms. The beat of his heart. The road is like that too—a heart beating. He’s not here, it says. He’s not here. Zeus is not here.

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I'll get away from Hades–I have to. Even if it costs me everything. And it will cost me everything.

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I expect him to kill me. He doesn't.

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Amelia Wilde is a USA TODAY bestselling author of steamy contemporary romance and loves it a little too much. She lives in Michigan with her husband and daughters. She spends most of her time typing furiously on an iPad and appreciating the natural splendor of her home state from where she likes it best: inside.

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