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he was there. It was time to get
Nadia out of the building and somewhere safe. He flipped her skirt
back down. “Maybe if you take that pretty rosy ass out to the main
part of the club and dance, I might reconsider. Come on now, up you
go.” He prayed Nadia worked with him. If they played their cards
right, he’d have her back in the main part of the club where she
could make her exit.
    “ Thank you for giving me
another chance, Sir.” She stood on shaky legs and pulled up her
panties.
    “ You’re doing fine.” He
caressed her cheek. She was the most precious thing in the world to
him. It would kill him if his work ever touched her again. He’d
have to determine the cause of her jealousy and do what he could to
diminish any worries she had. That was a task for later. Right now,
he needed to get her out of there. “I am looking forward to seeing
you dance.” He opened the door and pulled her behind
him.
    “ Not so fast, Mr. Fancy.”
Bev stood in the hall and pointed a gun at them. “I’ve seen your
type before. You will not steal this girl from me. If you want her,
you’ll have to pay for her like all the others. I won’t allow you
to make any sideline deals. All transactions go through
me.”
    “ I want to see her dance.”
He kept a hold on Nadia. “Surely you don’t want to stop me from
seeing the merchandise.” He took a quick glance at the gun. The
slide was locked back. There was no way of knowing if she knew how
to get the gun ready to fire.
    “ I have plenty of girls
available for sale. This one is new and clearly doesn’t understand
our protocol. Let me get her in the back, and then you and I can
talk about how we do things around here.” She crooked her finger at
Nadia. “Come on, girl.”
    Nadia slipped from his grip and
stepped around him. “It’s okay, Sir. I’ll go, and then you and Bev
can take care of business.” She kissed his cheek and gazed into his
eyes. He spotted her strong furrowed brow. He also didn’t miss the
beads of sweat along her temple. It didn’t please him to see the
clear signs of fear but, in the right amount and mixed with her
strength, it could be what she needed to survive a night like
this.
    He ground his teeth as she walked out
of his reach.
    “ Get down to the end of
the hall. One of the guys back there will show you where to go.”
Bev kept her gun trained on Ethan.
    Once Nadia was out of his line of
sight, he backed farther into the room. “Let’s talk.” Now, he would
get the confirmation he needed. “How much?”
    “ You understand she’s not
broken, yet?”
    He took a deep breath. The thought had
his stomach curling. “I prefer to break my slaves myself.” He had
no problem taking the conversation down the rabbit hole if it got
him the information he needed.
    “ Well then, you just
talked me into a discount.” She lowered the gun. It wasn’t her
first mistake. “It’ll still cost you though. My slaves aren’t cheap
even if I haven’t had to break them down, but she’ll be yours from
this point forward. We guarantee all our girls are free and clear.
No one will come looking for her. She’ll be yours to
Master.”
    Gotcha. “Give me a number.”
    Her eyes rolled up. He couldn’t
imagine how much brain power it would take her to count. However
long, it was all the time he needed.
    He took a tiny step to the left and
seized her right wrist, the one holding the gun, in his left hand.
All his strength centered on his grip. His thumb was all the
leverage he needed to twist her hand into a horrid angle. With his
right hand, he pulled back the slide as she fired the gun. The
bullet drilled into her chest. As she went down, he claimed the gun
and crouched over her.
    “ That amazing woman is not
for sale. None of them are, you wretched piece of shit.” He shook
her, but she didn’t answer.
    Blood seeped from her mouth and her
gaze drifted off at an odd slant.
    He tore from the room with one thought
in mind, saving Nadia. A quick check of