Captive Of The Ruthless Warlord Boss

Chapter 7

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joint aching with a deep, throbbing pain. She was still lying on her side. Her arms, bound behind her back for over twenty-four hours, felt like dead weight. The skin arou

ad moved past a dull ache i

ottom of the heavy iron door was kicked open. Haley flinched, pulling her knees tighter to her chest. A cracked plastic tray was shoved roughly through the slot, sliding across the cement

without a second thought. Now, her eyes locked onto the moldy crust, her pupils dilating.

spered through the slot. It was a thick,

reach the tray with her mouth. But her shoulders were locked, the muscles screaming in protest. She couldn't lift her torso h

silent war waged in the dark. She opened her mouth, turned her head, and bit directly into the hard bread. The crust was like a rock. It scraped against the roof of her mouth, tearing the delicate tissue. She chewed aggressively, forcing the dry, mo

American girl eat off the floor. A flicker of pity crossed Marisol's

ad against the cold iron of the door. She needed information.

down the hallway. "Quiet

ssing her face closer to the slot.

handle of the food cart. "You should be gla

th caught. "

pered, her voice tight with fear. "Sold

ley's mind. A cold sweat broke out on the

lash of deep, unresolved grief crossing her dark eyes. "My younger sister... she was brought here two years ago. She didn't have a tag. They threw her to the cartels. I could

claimed her because of the map. "Then why hasn't he come?" Haley asked, despe

un shipments. Bea locked you down here to break you b

ing her out of spite, using Axel's absence

m the top of the stairs. Marisol gasped. She kicked the metal slot

teady, determined rhythm. She was Axel Sterling's property. It was a terrifying reality

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Captive Of The Ruthless Warlord Boss

Dionisio Wambold Mafia

“Betrayed by my own uncle for a stack of hundred-dollar bills, I was drugged at the Miami airport and trafficked to a heavily armed mercenary compound in the Darien Gap. Stripped of my dignity, I was scrubbed with industrial bleach and graded as an "A-class asset." I was supposed to be a gift for Axel Sterling, the ruthless warlord who owned the estate, but he took one look at our trembling line and coldly declared he had no interest in women. To vent her frustration, the estate manager, Bea, decided to make my life a living hell. She locked me in a pitch-black solitary cell, starving me for days. She dragged me out only to force me to watch runaway girls get torn apart by massive mastiffs and swamp crocodiles. She wanted me completely broken and begging, a mindless toy ready to submit the moment the warlord returned. Sitting in the freezing mud, covered in blood, I was pushed to the absolute brink of madness. I couldn't understand why I was being kept alive while the others were sold off to the cartels. Was it really just because I had recognized a fake 1792 colonial map in his foyer? When Axel finally returned, Bea shoved me onto the burning asphalt, throwing an oil-stained rag at my face. "Wipe them clean! Or I'll throw you back in the pit!" She hoped my clumsy panic would trigger his extreme OCD and get me killed. But I didn't cry, and I didn't beg. Recalling my university antiquities restoration classes, I treated his mud-caked combat boot like a priceless 16th-century manuscript, perfectly lifting the dirt without a single scratch. The warlord stared at my filthy, battered body, his dead eyes finally sparking with a dark, calculating interest. "Stand up. Come inside."”