by Belle Frost
“It is just some fun,” the Prince says, lifting his shoulders in a shrug.
“Fun?” Charlie raises his eyebrows, and turns to his coward audience. “Maybe I should get all your wives here and have my men belt them and gangbang them for so long that their flesh shakes. How would you all like that?”
The ballroom is in quiet shock, and I'm just about to pass out with it when Charlie tells Maksim, “Send Blaire home, now. She doesn't need to see this.”
The Prince arches an eyebrow, flabbergasted by Charlie’s audacity. Maksim is stunned and humiliated, stuttering to defend himself but nothing worthy comes out.
“You'll have her on all fours next”—Charlie continues belittling my master, shaking his head at me in disgust—“getting fucked by this brainless lot.”
I feel a surge of rage go through James, and he steps forward for Charlie. The five men who are Charlie’s armor lift their guns in our direction, so I grab the back of James' sweater to stop him, my heart drumming in my ears.
Charlie isn't bothered by James' attempt, and why would he be? He's got an arsenal. He shakes his head at me again, pity burning in his eyes. “Since when did men start having young girls protect them, huh?” Before anyone can answer him, he turns away with the girl in his arms and leaves just as quickly as he came. His men follow out the double doors like a pack of wolves, and they shut us in.
No one is sure what to do—we're all just glancing at each other—but then Maksim rushes after Charlie, telling the Asian Prince, “I need to make sure there's no tension after this. That was Charlie Decena.”
The Prince’s face turns white.
“What the hell was that all about?” James says under his breath, his eyes glued to the exit doors. “And why doesn't he address Maksim properly?”
“I have no idea,” I say, dismayed by Charlie's bizarre act of kindness to save that girl.
Voices break through the silence, discussing Charlie and what he's just done. Some know who he is. Others don't. I try to listen in—I want to know who he is—but Maksim returns. He marches up to me, his expression tight with nerves. “Go home now,” he orders in Russian. “I'll call you if I need you.”
What?
“Do not stop to talk to anyone,” he says in a charge of Russian words. He can't seem to relax, looking back and forth between the exit doors and me. “Just get in your car and leave.”
I'm paralyzed with confusion.
James nudges me onward.
Maksim grips my arm so tight I can feel his fingers digging into my flesh even through my combat sweater. “Get a move on.”
I don't question him, even while I know this is out of character—he's never ordered me to leave before. Putting my head down, I walk through the murmuring ballroom, sort of thankful that I no longer have to endure the party.
What Charlie saw is nothing. It'll get darker as the night goes on.
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It’s a fact well known that an oiled machine runs perfectly. Thanks to Eli, Niki, Trish, Vicki, Lani, Momma Min, Nina, Michelle, Kaye, all my beta readers, street teamers, bloggers, supporters, ARCers, and everyone beautiful in-between, I’m chugging along nicely. Granted, I could benefit from not being so impulsive, but there’s still time. Don’t give up on me just yet ;) I adore you all beyond words and cannot even begin to thank you for what you do for me.
It goes without saying that I owe everything to the love of my life, Shane. Without you, I wouldn’t be living my dream. XOXO
About Belle Frost
Belle Frost is Anita Gray’s PNR pen name. Anita Gray is an International Top 20 Amazon Best Selling Author and Audible Listener Favourite with several awards. Her titles are available as audiobooks and are currently being translated in numerous languages. BLAIRE Part 1 and 2 are now available in Hebrew.
Food fanatic, music lover, and book addict, Belle lives in The Garden of England with too much wine, Mollie and Bella (her dogs), Prince Caesar (the almighty cat), and her best friend, Shane (well, he's actually her boyfriend but needless to say, he's her whacky best friend, too). Belle is obsessed with Disney films, The Originals, and The Walking Dead (mostly The Walking Dead). When she's not binge watching all her favourite things on repeat, she's either reading everything from Jane Austin to Anna Zaires, or she's mind-deep writing what she hopes is unique, suspenseful romance with kick-ass heroines and badass heroes.
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