his.
He was tall and, even through his leather jacket, Lauren detected the muscles making up the better part of his frame. His face was long and sculpted, and, even in the dim light of the crowd, his blue pools sparkled as he focused on her. Maybe he was the good man in a throng of villains. He would outbid Eric and set her on the back on the road out of this nightmare.
Help me. Please…
“Where the fuck you get 25K for this cunt?” Eric challenged.
Blake turned to Eric and gritted his teeth. “Maybe I don’t waste my time on every slit on the block.”
The other men cheered and smacked their hands together. Yes. This man was discerning. Different.
Let him buy me. Let him save me. Let him…
“30K,” Eric challenged.
Lauren shuddered, but her fears were swiftly allayed when Blake rose to the challenge.
“35,” Blake challenged.
The room grew darker, and out of the corner of her eye, Lauren saw Silas salivating over the prospect of a supreme payday. Hate filled her heart, but Lauren held her tongue. Let him get his payday, and let Blake win. He would help her. He would…
“40!” Eric bellowed.
Looking away from Silas, Lauren trembled when she saw Blake pull back. Was he giving up just like that? Lauren was on the verge of screaming for him to make a higher bid when Blake made his play. “45 and that’s fucking final!”
Instead of charging forward and taking her into his arms, Blake grabbed Eric by his throat and pushed him back into the shadows. Sinking to her naked knees, Lauren craned her neck forward and gasped.
“Fucking final!”
Before Eric could get a word in edgewise, Blake formed a fist. He was about to land the fatal blow when Eric bobbed and weaved. “Fucking ass!” Eric lowered his head and drove it into Blake’s middle. He went flying, and when he stumbled to the ground, Lauren couldn’t think, she couldn’t breathe as Eric fell on top of him with a snarl. “Don’t you challenge me!” Eric said. “If I want her, I get her.”
Eric leered in her direction, and Lauren could no longer see any way out. Blake felt like her last chance, but Silas encouraged Eric to take his pound of flesh and run with it. “Go for 50!” Silas yelled. “Want a big payday for this one.”
Eric nodded, and when he pounded his fist into Blake’s face and found his way back to his feet, Lauren felt her body hauled back to the light. Eric crept close to the edge of the stage, and his hands started to run up her leg. With a wicked grin, Eric dragged his hands up towards her pussy, and Lauren whimpered as his hand grazed her cunt.
“Going once,” the auctioneer started. “Going twice…”
Lauren closed her eyes and wished that she could disappear and die before the final call. She still wanted to kick and run, but there were too many men to contend with, and she wouldn’t make it very far…
“Maybe I want her more!”
Lifting her lids, Lauren saw Blake back on his feet, and she hoped again when Blake grabbed Eric and pulled him away from Lauren’s side.
“So keep your fucking hands off!”
Blake crushed Eric into the ground, and he fell on top of him. Removing his jacket, Lauren saw the rage rippling down his back, and every vein in his arms pulsed as he started to beat Eric’s face to pulp.
“60 fucking K!” he screamed.
He was going to save her, after all, but suddenly Lauren feared that even he wasn’t the best option. Someone this rough would never be kind with her, would only turn his fists on her if given the chance…
Lauren tried to flee from the stage when Silas caught hold of her waist and glowered. “Don’t you run off now,” Silas threatened. “You’re about to bring me a huge chunk of change.”
Without thinking, Lauren started to slap Silas’ face and her body thrashed against his as he gripped her arms.
“Let me go!” Lauren screamed. “You