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    The harsh line of his brow intimidated , but his mid-length thick dark brown hair was wild, finger-combed and curled over his ears. While it needed a wash it looked butter soft. The stubble on his jaw was more than a couple of days of growth. But his colouring and rough look was nothing in the ferocity of his black-as-night eyes. The longer he sat there looking at her the more self-conscious Flick became.
    ‘What are you looking at?’ she asked.
    ‘How old are you?’ Again his lips never moved.
    ‘Fifteen if it makes a difference.’
    ‘It doesn’t.’
    ‘I’m twenty-seven, are you going to let me go now?’
    ‘No,’ he said , still studying her.
    ‘Where are we?’
    ‘Far away from everything.’
    The noise from beyond that door had died down and she hoped the others had left but she knew she wasn’t that lucky.
    ‘What are you going to do with me?’ she asked. ‘You told me what the others were into. Are you going to turn me out to them when you’ve had your way?’
    ‘Are you going to behave?’
    ‘I’ve been quiet, just like I said I would be. Please tell me what you’re going to do.’ When she blinked hot moisture rolled over her lashes.
    ‘Don’t do that,’ he said , almost wincing.
    ‘Do what?’ she asked as another sob shook her throat. ‘Please, I want to go home!’
    With blurred vision and a gasping sob she dropped her face to her knees. Reality had become unbearable, each hair on her skin shuddered.              
    Decisions she’d made in her life jumped throug h her mind and she had regret. Things she hadn’t considered for years she rethought, wishing she’d done things differently, and now she wouldn’t have a chance.
    Flick hadn’t heard him move, all she was aware of was the clench around her heart. The weight in her chest came with the knowledge that her life was going to be brutally cut short.
    Then someone touched the back of h er head. Raising her face from her knees she saw him seated on the floor right in front of her. As more tears escaped, he tucked her hair away, and shifted closer to gather her into his arms.
    Much as she knew this man was to b e feared, the strength in his hold and the stability of his chest gave her a security that she needed to lean on. He held her body against his, offering comfort without taking advantage, or copping a feel.
    Flick’s tears dried. Falling apart in the embrace of a stranger wasn’t something she’d do. But the shock of his gentle, unfamiliar act wasn’t the reason for her upset vanishing. For some reason he actually made her feel better. These arms if used for good would be formidable.
    ‘Are you going to have sex with me?’ she asked , resting her weight against him.
    ‘No,’ he said , and the vibration of bass in his chest rumbled through her. ‘But it will be in your interest to let Skeeve and the others think otherwise.’
    ‘Why?’
    ‘Because if they think I’m doing you they’ll leave you alone... do you want them to touch you?’
    ‘Of course not,’ she said , shaking her head. ‘Why can’t you let me go?’
    ‘I was serious about there being nothing around here for miles. You wouldn’t get far. These men are into serious things. I can’t guarantee that you’re going to get out of this.’
    ‘You’re not like them, are you?’
    In an instant he let her go and got back onto his feet. ‘You better not get comfortable, Red,’ he said. ‘You walked right into the snake pit. Don’t trust anyone. Everyone here has an agenda.’
    ‘What’s your agenda?’
    Producing a pocketknife, he cut through her bonds. ‘Are you hungry?’
    ‘No,’ she said.
    The socks he’d threatened her with earlier lay on the bed until he grabbed them up and lobbed them at her.
    ‘Put those on, it gets cold in here.’
    ‘Where are we?’ she asked, rubbing the blood back into her legs.
    ‘Get up and walk,’ he said. ‘You’ll cramp.’
    While this sounded like a suggestion, he snatched her, and