***
Back in the other room, Ty watched the livid faces of the criminals. He wanted to laugh so bad he finally gave in. The look on their faces when he burst into laughter was priceless.
“Are you actually amused?” Shark rasped. “She must be taught a lesson. Be made to know her place. We don’t tolerate such attitudes from our worms. We would have given her a really good whipping before you got here but as we said, Ghost asked us to hold on till you get here. You have to do something, Skull.”
Ty looked at the idiot with too many piercings. Worm? That must be how they referred to their victims. Asswipes!
“We have to bring her down a peg or two, Boss,” Jess said quietly.
“I think we should start by hitting that pussy.” Polks murmured, causing fury to suddenly unfurl within Ty. “Of course you call first dips, Boss.” Polks immediately added when he saw the look on Ty’s face. “That should teach her to act all high and mighty. Hell, the next thing you know, she’ll be making demands.”
Ty was realizing something very fast. Much as he liked the feisty nature of Tanesha, the men obviously hated it. They’d told him about Tanesha’s violent behaviour when she’d been brought in. He’d almost told them it served them right. Fortunately, or unfortunately, they expected him to dole out Tanesha’s punishment…which if her latest outburst was anything to go by, was beginning to look highly necessary in their eyes. Ty knew that if he didn’t act quickly, the jerks would…and Ty wasn’t ready for that because he would be forced to kill them, and the mission would go south. So he had to do something.
“Oh, she’s going to get what’s coming to her.” Ty drawled. “Trust me on that, guys.” Ty watched as sick approval and grins appeared on the faces of all four men. He wished he could smash their faces in and watch their sickening grins disappear. “Just note, I say when and how it’s done.” His voice was cold, the look on his face effectively wiping the grins off their faces.
“Of course, Skull,” Shark said quickly, whilst the others nodded.
“As for hitting that pussy…” Ty looked Polks directly in the eye. “Don’t even think about it.” His voice was lethal.
Polks blanched, obviously terrified. But he tried to sound brave. “Hey, I know she’s yours.” He said cockily. “I’m only saying after you’re done, we…”
“As I said, don’t even think about it.” Ty stared Polks down till Polks averted his eyes.
“Of course.” Polks said slowly, defiance flashing in his eyes. “Whatever you say, Boss.”
Ty stared at each man till they each gave a nod of understanding, and then stood up. “Ghost will be coming around next week. Make sure everything is in order.” With that, Ty left for this room, praying for strength. He wanted to hit something.
***
For the next four days, Ty made it a point to check up on Tanesha every morning and evening. He would have loved to change her room…give her a room with a window. But he didn’t want his actions to raise eyebrows so he left her in the old room. At least Tanesha was being fed better and treated better thanks to his bullshit story about wanting her to look healthy. Only idiots would buy that crap Ty thought, chuckling to himself. But then, just as Tanesha had pointed out, only brainless fools would do what those maniacs did for a living.
The first time he’d checked up on Tanesha, after her interesting showdown, Ty had almost burst into laughter at her attitude. He’d entered her room alone in the morning and found Tanesha sitting on her mattress.
“You good?” Ty had asked quietly, almost wincing at the brief flash of fear in Tanesha’s eyes. But the look had disappeared so fast, Ty had almost thought he’d imagined it. That look had probably been due to the surprise of seeing him in her room, Ty had later thought as Tanesha’s reaction after that brief flash of fear, had clearly shown that she wasn’t afraid of him.
“Seriously?” Tanesha had asked incredulously. “What is it to you? What do you care?”
“Listen…”
“No, you listen and listen good you asshole.” She’d gotten to her feet and said with so much anger in her voice. “If you expect me to say thanks for some stupid…better treatment, don’t hold your breath. People like you always get what they deserve you fool.” She spat. “I can’t even begin to imagine…”
Folding his arms across his broad chest, Ty had looked at the beautiful lady, mouthing off like a true lawyer in the making. Were those people taught how to talk like that, Ty wondered. He liked her fire. Too bad that fire was directed negatively at him. Much as he hated the idea of Tanesha being angry at him, he knew he couldn’t divulge his real purpose in the camp to her. She just might give up the plot and cause the death of both of them. Ty couldn’t have that. He however took the fact that she seemed not to fear him as a consolation.
Ty had completely tuned his mind off what Tanesha was saying and simply looked at her. Damn, she was beautiful. In his line of work, you learnt to concentrate on only what you wanted to concentrate on. And at that particular moment, all Ty could focus on was her luscious mouth and how much he would love to devour it. He wanted to kiss those lips so bad.
He needed to know if the fullness of those perfect lips tasted as good as it looked. He wanted to kiss her till she begged to be taken. Ty imagined licking his way down to those nipples, whose outline was visible through the tight t-shirt Tanesha was wearing that very moment. Where the fuck was the bra Mickey claimed to have bought for her, Ty groaned.
“Are you even listening to me?” Tanesha screeched. It was so obvious that the over six feet, muscular, broad-chested, powerful, and dangerous-looking spawn of the devil standing in front of her wasn’t listening to her at all. She was no fool.
“No,” Ty said simply and turned to leave a befuddled Tanesha staring after him.