"Stop fucking around and put on your headphones."Damien laughed as he reached forward and took his while I grabbed mine. A few moments later, the music blared into the headphones and I began to sing my part.I watched as Damien kept his eyes down and his foot tapped to the beat. But when his part came up, he looked up and locked eyes with mine as his mouth touched the mic and magic came from his lips. I was in a as I watched him rap his lyrics. When the part came for both of us to sing in unison, I couldn't stop gawking at him.The music cut and Milo's voice roared through the speakers. "Earth to Mia! What the fuck are you doing in there?"I shook my head, looking away from Damien. "Sorry, let's roll it again."And that's what Johnny did as the music began in my headphones once more.After I hung my headphones up, I felt Damien wrap his arms around me as I froze."Great job. Can't wait to hear the playback." He stood up, opening the door behind him."You, too." I followed him out loo
MELISSA'S POVI had never felt my heart drop so hard in my life as I jumped off of Damien and covered myself with a couch pillow. Milo sat in a chair in the corner of the living room, watching us intently."Milo," Damien covered himself the best that he could with his hands, "we, um..."Milo eyed Damien skeptically, a wicked smile tugging at his lips. "Well, don't let me ruin your good time."I was terrified as dark scenarios kept running through my thoughts of what Milo would do to me the moment Damien left.He was an evil son of a bitch, and I knew he wasn't happy.Damien looked over at me with a confused expression before he stood up, but Milo jumped up and reached into his pocket. In three steps, Milo was in front of us with a gun in his hand. He pointed it at Damien as I shrieked, making him sit back down."Dude, what the fuck?" Damien croaked. "What the..." he looked over at me as my own fear gripped my chest.Milo waved the gun to get Damien's attention again. "You two were in
"Careen..."A moment of silence filled my hearing before a rustling sound crackled through the line."Melissa?" Careen's voice hushed through. "Melissa, is this really you?""Yes..." I sobbed, unable to control my emotions. I didn't know who else to call."Holy fuck! Where have you been?! Where are you now?! The club has been losing their fucking minds trying to find you!" She went silent as I continued to cry. "Melissa, babe, where are you?"Panicked, I pulled the phone away and hung up. By the hushed tones of Careen's voice, I knew she was trying to be quiet for a reason. She didn't want them to know who was on the line and that fucking terrified me even more. They were losing their minds trying to find me? I could only imagine how pissed they were. I couldn't tell Careen where I was because the club would come for me. They'd take me out and bury my body in an unmarked grave. I've seen it done before. It was what we did to traitors, and I was traitor number one.Eighteen months. Tha
**TRIGGER WARNING** This chapter, you guys, gets VERY dark. I've cut out one part of it, but the abuse is descriptive. Please read at your own discretion. You have been warned.MELISSA'S POV Sitting in a cocktail bar down the street from the studio with Milo, I sipped on a too-sweet cosmo and cursed. I would die for an ice cold beer right now. Lord knows I needed several."You sounded good today," Milo stated as he stirred his whiskey on the rocks.I nodded. "Thanks," I replied softly, afraid to speak much louder as usual. He had completely diminished me to nothing.Milo scanned the crowd before us and then smiled at a man who was staring over at us. Or rather, staring at me."He wants you."Glancing back up, I followed Milo's gaze to a man in his late thirties, wearing a grey suit. He looked like the lawyer type and it made me squirm in my seat. How was I supposed to reply to that? He wasn't my type, but as I looked over at Milo, his stone expression frightened me."What do you thin
Frank shrugged as Milo pointed toward the living room. "We'll do it in there. That's where she likes it." He grinned at me as I swallowed back the bile rising in my throat.Walking into the living room, Milo gripped my arm tightly and pulled me along before he shoved me further in. "I have something for us all to share." Milo grinned as he pulled out a small bag with small blue pills in it from his front pant pocket."Is that X?" Frank eyed it with curiosity as Milo nodded. "Sweet. I haven't had that shit since college!"My entire body shook as if it were frozen to the core, but it wasn't chilly in here at all. I hadn't done ecstasy in years and knew what it would do to me. Instead of screaming on the inside and wanting to slit both of their throats, the drug was going to put my mind in a fog as my body became a sex-machine. I was going to enjoy it if I took that little blue pill and I didn't want to.Milo opened the bag, handing each of us a pill. I didn't take it from him at first u
MELISSA'S POV It had been three days since I received the worst beating of my life. I felt like I had been run over by a damn semi-truck and broke every bone in my body. I didn't remember much the first day after the beating other than a man wrapping my ribs in bed while Milo stood over him. He had said some things to her afterward that I slowly remembered now. Apparently, I was not to go to the hospital and I was not to go to the police. If I did either of those things, he would make everything even worse.And I knew he would somehow.I was finally able to stand on my own as I went into the bathroom and turned on the light. A small note hung on the mirror in Milo's handwriting.I'm in Seattle on business. The studio is not expecting you, and I want you to stay in your condo. Don't answer your phone or the door. See you in a few days. Xo-M.I ripped it down and shredded it into a hundred pieces before I threw it into the trash. This mother fucker thinks he can control me?! And left a
"I care about you, too," I whispered back.He lowered his face and gently kissed the side of my lips that had the least amount of damage. I still winced when our lips connected, but it was nice. He let me go and we started digging for the contract.We had gone through two boxes with no luck when the doorbell rang again."It's probably Johnny. I locked it after he left," I stated as I set down a stack of files and stood up. Damien kept working as I went to let Johnny in."That was fast," I teased as I opened the door. But it wasn't Johnny. Fuck!The blood ran cold in my body as my legs began to shake and my mouth went dry. Alexander Smith stood on my doorstep. He had his back to the door as he finished his smoke; his leather cut and the words WICKED SAINTS greeted me. I wanted to jump into his arms, so thankful that he was here, but then another thought entered my mind.He was here!I released the door and stepped back, knocking things from the small table in the foyer. He came here to
MELISSA'S POV Was I in a dream? Was Alexander actually here? In the flesh? Once things settled and Alexander released Damien, I couldn't help but reach out and place my hands on Alexander's strong chest. His muscles flexed beneath my hands as he let out a small groan."You're real," I whispered before I looked up into his perfect aqua blue eyes.He gave me a small grin. "Of course I'm real."“Who is this guy, Mia?” Damien interrupted our little reunion as Alexander groaned."Her name is Melissa," Alexander growled. "And I should be asking the same of you!" He turned back toward Damien, making my hands slide off of his chest.The two men were in a stare-off as I slipped between them. I pressed my back into Alexander's chest while I faced Damien."Let's sit down and I'll explain everything." Then the front door opened and Johnny's voice filtered in. "There's a sweet ass bike parked upfront." He stood in the hallway, looking at all of us with a confused look on his face. "Oh, hey... Wh