Chapter 46

Merigold
I woke up with a splitting headache. I'm laying on a cold, dirty concrete floor. I try to sit up and whimper in pain. Small hands grab my arms. " Let me help you." a sweet soft voice says. I let her help me sit up. It is dark where we are. Just a sliver of light coming through a small window. " Where are we?" I ask. " I'm not sure?" she says. When my eyes finally adjust I can get a good look at the girl with me. She is young, can't be more than 18, 19 maybe. She has brown hair I think but I can’t be sure. It is hard to make out her features with the little light we have. But one thing I did notice is that her clothes are torn and she is dirty.
" What's your name, little bit? I'm Merigold" " I'm Lilly." she says. " How long have you been here Lilly?" " I'm not sure. A day, maybe a week. It all runs together," she says. " Do you know how long I have been here?" " Only a couple hours. Two mean-looking guys brought you in and laid you down," she informs me. " Do you know who they are or what they want?" She shakes her head " No. But I think they want to sell me. I overheard one guy say they could get a pretty penny for me." She starts to shake. I put my arms around her " I know you don't know me but I'm not going to let that happen. Right now we are a team. And I'm going to figure a way to get us both out of here. Ok. We got this." She nods into my shoulder.
I hear the creaking of a door opening to the side of us and a tall bearded man comes in " Nice to see you awake. Boss wants to see you." Lilly moves out of the way when he grabs my arm. Good, I don't want her to get hurt. I grab his fingers from my arm and bend them back until I hear a snap. He lets go of me and howls. I try to turn to get away but he grabs my hair with his good hand. " You bitch. You will pay for that." and pulls me to him. I elbow him in the ribs. Then I get ready to slam my hand into his nose when someone grabs my other arm and pulls it behind me.
" That's enough from you." The man says and yanks my arms tighter behind my back holding them in a way that makes it difficult to move without pain. The other man is grumbling about how I'm going to pay for what I did. Whatever. Wow, I’m really tired all of the sudden. Shit, that's right I'm pregnant. I need to figure a way out of here for me and Lilly. I’m not leaving her here to be sold to some sick-o. And I need to do it fast.
They lead me to a rundown room that I'm guessing is an office. There is a cheap beat up wooden desk in front of me. A large grungy looking man is sitting behind it leaning back in a black high back office chair that looks like they pulled it from a dumpster. He is a bald, heavy set man. Even though it isn’t very warm in here I can see a sheen of sweat on his head. His nose looks like it has broken several times and never fixed right. He has a scar beside his right eye. His eyes appear black. It isn't the color that bothers me. What bothers me is they seem soulless. Almost dead inside.
He has his hands resting on his large stomach. His stained white shirt barely covers his stomach. He is wearing a kutte that looks like it isn't cared for. It is worn out and falling apart. Even the patches are barely hanging on. " So this the little whore who has been causing so much trouble?" he says pointing to me. I'm shoved in the chair that’s in front of the desk with the one guy still holding my hands behind my back.
" She is stronger than she looks, boss" the one holding me says. " Do you know who I am?" the guy behind the desk says as he walks around to stand in front of me. " Nope." " I'm the man that is going to take your brother down." I start laughing. I can’t help it. This guy thinks he can take my brother down. He looks like the only thing he has taken down in years is a cheeseburger. " Good luck with that." I say. I guess he didn’t like my answer. Because the next thing I know he backhands me across the face. Yea probably shouldn't have said that. I don't scream. I don't cry. I'm not showing weakness. I don’t beg.
Remember your training Merigold. You will survive this if you do. I hated all the lessons Alaric, Mac, Jace, and Jax had me do. I swear they worked me harder than themselves. Now I'm so grateful they did. " I am and you are going to help me," he says. " Oh, really. And how am I going to do that?" " You are going to give me information that I need ," he says with a smirk. " And what would that be? And why would I help someone like you?"
" We can make you talk. So tell me where did your little three-man crew go." Three-man crew what? Oh, he means Brick, Axel, and Rowdy." Out of town." I get punched in the ribs. " Where out of town?" he growls. " I don't know?" Another slap to the face. " Tell me." He says spitting. Gross. " I don't know." Slap to the other side of my face so hard I swear my teeth rattle. Unfortunately for me this one knocks me out.