Rough & Rugged (Notorious Devils Book 3) Read Free Page B

parents threw a fit when I moved out on my own into my little apartment. Andy checks on me four days a week and even does safety checks while he’s on duty. We live in a town of less than ten thousand people, and I don’t even remember the last time any real crime happened. Maybe a few years ago when Jimmy Parks ran from Andy after he tried to pull him over, and he chased him through town. Jimmy was drunk and didn’t want another DUI.
    I follow Willa inside of the entrance and my eyes widen at what I see. I actually don’t know where to look first. The air is hazy, and I can smell weed and cigarette smoke, along with beer and a mix of other unidentifiable scents. I stay close behind Willa as she forges forward into the crowded room.
    There are people everywhere. Men in leather and jeans, women dressed in either nothing, or in hardly anything at all. I am not only overdressed, but I am more covered up than any other woman here. I start to tug on Willa’s hand, but I stop myself. It’s too loud in here, she won’t hear a word.
    Then, she releases my hand and runs away from me and into the arms of a man. I look at him and I don’t understand her attraction. He’s tall, and his long hair appears as though, when clean, it’s light brown instead of the greasy, dark brown he is currently sporting. He has a short beard, and I watch as he picks up my friend and wraps his hands around her ass as he grinds his crotch into hers. I wrinkle my nose. This is the first time they’re meeting and she’s acting like she’s known him for a while. Why did she even bring me?
    I wait for her to come back to me, but a group of men walk in front of me, by the time they’ve passed, she’s gone. I look around in a panic, sheer complete panic, and I can’t see her. I hold my hand to my belly as I tell myself to breathe while I try to calm down.
    “Hey, babe, how about you party with me? No need to stand there by yourself,” a deep voice says as he wraps his big hand around my arm.
    I turn around quickly and look at him with what must be wide, frightened eyes, because he blinks once before his brows knit together. I take him in. He’s tall, built, with a tight shirt showcasing his hulking muscles under the leather vest he has on. He’s handsome, really handsome, but I’m terrified, and all I want to do is cry.
    “Hey, how old are you?” he asks, narrowing his eyes on me.
    “Nine—nineteen,” I whisper.
    “You don’t belong here, girl,” he grunts.
    I shake my head as tears fill my eyes. I don’t belong here. Not at all. I want to go home. I hate Willa in this moment.
    This isn’t the first or even twentieth time she’s ditched me. In fact, she always does. I don’t know why I thought tonight would be any different, but I’m done. This is it. I’m in a situation, a situation she brought me to that could get me raped, and she’s off doing— whatever .
    I open my mouth to say something, to wholeheartedly agree, but a strong arm wraps around me and drags me away. I reach out for the man in front of me, but whoever is behind me is too strong. I get swallowed in the thick crowd in an instant. I scratch at his arms and try to break from his grasp, but I can’t.
    He’s too strong.
    “Shut the fuck up and take what I give you if you know what’s good for you,” he growls in my ear. My entire body freezes.
    Then he slams my back against a wall. We seem to be in a hallway. A dark hallway. A lonely dark hallway. I look up at the stranger with terrified, wide-eyes, and he just grins down at me. He’s not wearing a vest like some of the other men, so I don’t think he’s part of the club. Not that it matters. Once he’s raped me, I’ll be damaged no matter who has done the act.
    “Please don’t,” I whisper through trembling lips.
    “Beg me. Fight me too, bitch,” he growls as he reaches between my legs.
    I close them tightly and try to push his hand away from me, but he only wraps his hand roughly around my thigh and