The Capture
I didn’t get away. The numbers against me were overwhelming, and Karen and Elisabeth guarded the door. There was absolutely no getting past Elisabeth, and I didn’t even try. I did manage to kick her as firmly as I could a few times, just to see what would happen, but she didn’t even budge. Unarmed hand to hand combat was not something I was ever going to be good at, and I had relinquished all my weapons.
Angel and Elisabeth had picked the kidnap location exceedingly well.
I struggled as much as I could. I wasn’t completely without weapons. Scarlett received a stiletto heel in her thigh. Ava took a scratch to the face. And I broke my hand on Angel’s jaw. I screamed when the bones broke. She rocked her head back, but a wolf jaw is a lot firmer than a fox fist.
After that, they piled on, pulled me to the floor, and pinned me, face down, my arms and legs pulled roughly away from my sides. They held me like that while everyone caught her breath.
“No tattoo,” Elisabeth said. “Damn.”
I tried to laugh, but I ended up coughing and groaning instead.
“May I heal my hand before you touch it again?” I said. “It’s crushed.”
“Do you agree to cooperate while I look at it?” Elisabeth asked.
“Yes.”
She moved to me and knelt down where my right hand was held out, and we looked into each other’s eyes. Then she looked at my hand.
“Michaela, do you wish to beg the alpha to ransom you?”
“No.”
She lifted the phone back to her ear. “Alpha, are you sure? Twenty million is a good deal. She broke her hand. The bones are not aligned. I think I best align them.” She handed the phone to Angel, then took my hand and began pushing the bones into place.
I screamed and screamed, and then she was done.
“You may heal that,” Elisabeth said quietly. “They will heal straight now.”
“They would have healed straight without that,” I said, panting. I concentrated on my hand, although it was difficult through the lingering pain.
Elisabeth took the phone back. “We’ll call you in a few hours, Alpha. Expect us.” Then she hung up. “Michaela, I did that so Lara would know we were serious with you. We are going to start trussing you while your hand heals.”
I nodded and felt my bones knitting slowly.
I didn’t pay much attention when they cut my clothing from my body. I had liked that dress, too. I lay on the floor, naked, ignoring them while I concentrated on my hand.
“Michaela,” Angel said. “Michaela, come back to us.” She waved her hand in front of my eyes.
“Sorry,” I said.
“How is your hand?”
I flexed it. It was tender. “Elisabeth, please check it. It feels okay.”
Elisabeth poked at my hand. It was sore, but not bad. “Everything feels like it’s in the right place.”
“Michaela,” Angel said. “We are offering to tape your arms to your sides with your hands taped to the outside of your legs. If we do this, we have to do it before we tape your ankles. The price is your complete cooperation while we do. Otherwise we’re taping them behind your back, and we will not retape them.”
“Agreed,” I said immediately.
They pulled me to my feet. I was utterly naked. They held me firmly and moved my hands where they wanted them, then they wrapped me with tape, pinning my arms to my sides, wrapping me as completely as they had the first time, then taped my hands to each leg separately, the tape passing between my legs with each pass.
They picked me up and thoroughly wrapped my legs tightly together, then set me back on my feet. Angel stood in front of me. “You will be gagged, blindfolded, and have some nice music to listen to. We’ve already agreed to protect your hair.”
I sighed. “All right.”
“Music at your preferred volume, but loud enough you can’t hear is a new dress for Ava. Otherwise we will play it at full volume, which we know you can’t tolerate, and I know what music you hate.”
“Agreed.”
She smiled and held the
I didn’t get away. The numbers against me were overwhelming, and Karen and Elisabeth guarded the door. There was absolutely no getting past Elisabeth, and I didn’t even try. I did manage to kick her as firmly as I could a few times, just to see what would happen, but she didn’t even budge. Unarmed hand to hand combat was not something I was ever going to be good at, and I had relinquished all my weapons.
Angel and Elisabeth had picked the kidnap location exceedingly well.
I struggled as much as I could. I wasn’t completely without weapons. Scarlett received a stiletto heel in her thigh. Ava took a scratch to the face. And I broke my hand on Angel’s jaw. I screamed when the bones broke. She rocked her head back, but a wolf jaw is a lot firmer than a fox fist.
After that, they piled on, pulled me to the floor, and pinned me, face down, my arms and legs pulled roughly away from my sides. They held me like that while everyone caught her breath.
“No tattoo,” Elisabeth said. “Damn.”
I tried to laugh, but I ended up coughing and groaning instead.
“May I heal my hand before you touch it again?” I said. “It’s crushed.”
“Do you agree to cooperate while I look at it?” Elisabeth asked.
“Yes.”
She moved to me and knelt down where my right hand was held out, and we looked into each other’s eyes. Then she looked at my hand.
“Michaela, do you wish to beg the alpha to ransom you?”
“No.”
She lifted the phone back to her ear. “Alpha, are you sure? Twenty million is a good deal. She broke her hand. The bones are not aligned. I think I best align them.” She handed the phone to Angel, then took my hand and began pushing the bones into place.
I screamed and screamed, and then she was done.
“You may heal that,” Elisabeth said quietly. “They will heal straight now.”
“They would have healed straight without that,” I said, panting. I concentrated on my hand, although it was difficult through the lingering pain.
Elisabeth took the phone back. “We’ll call you in a few hours, Alpha. Expect us.” Then she hung up. “Michaela, I did that so Lara would know we were serious with you. We are going to start trussing you while your hand heals.”
I nodded and felt my bones knitting slowly.
I didn’t pay much attention when they cut my clothing from my body. I had liked that dress, too. I lay on the floor, naked, ignoring them while I concentrated on my hand.
“Michaela,” Angel said. “Michaela, come back to us.” She waved her hand in front of my eyes.
“Sorry,” I said.
“How is your hand?”
I flexed it. It was tender. “Elisabeth, please check it. It feels okay.”
Elisabeth poked at my hand. It was sore, but not bad. “Everything feels like it’s in the right place.”
“Michaela,” Angel said. “We are offering to tape your arms to your sides with your hands taped to the outside of your legs. If we do this, we have to do it before we tape your ankles. The price is your complete cooperation while we do. Otherwise we’re taping them behind your back, and we will not retape them.”
“Agreed,” I said immediately.
They pulled me to my feet. I was utterly naked. They held me firmly and moved my hands where they wanted them, then they wrapped me with tape, pinning my arms to my sides, wrapping me as completely as they had the first time, then taped my hands to each leg separately, the tape passing between my legs with each pass.
They picked me up and thoroughly wrapped my legs tightly together, then set me back on my feet. Angel stood in front of me. “You will be gagged, blindfolded, and have some nice music to listen to. We’ve already agreed to protect your hair.”
I sighed. “All right.”
“Music at your preferred volume, but loud enough you can’t hear is a new dress for Ava. Otherwise we will play it at full volume, which we know you can’t tolerate, and I know what music you hate.”
“Agreed.”
She smiled and held the
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