VENGEFUL HEARTS

HELEN‘What the hell is going on, and who is this bitch?’ I asked, even though I knew too damn well from what they were doing when I walked in that she was one of his bitches.‘The hell, don’t you dare call me a bitch’ the lady screamed back at me and adjusted her skimpy gown, which didn’t do much in covering all the mass of fat on her ass.So this is what he wants now? Curvy women?‘Tyler you didn’t even give me five minutes before inviting someone else into the house? Our kids are upstairs for gods-sake, did you even think about that?’I asked him, even when I knew that he didn’t give a fuck about the kids or whatever they saw. He was no longer the man they used to know anyway, and he wasn’t even try to be there for them anymore.‘Enough of this bullshit, I am out of here’ the lady he had brought in who still seemed to be in her early twenties.What in heaven’s name did they even see in him anyway? The last time I checked, he was as broke as a little boy still depending on his drug

CHAPTER 4HELENWhen I opened my eyes, it was hard to tell where I was and what was going on.I tried to remember, but everything was as blur as the room in front of me.What is going on? Am I dead? Did-TYLER!What did he do to me? Where am I kids?I wanted so desperately to understand what was going on, but nothing made any sense at all.I got down from the bed and hurried over to the door, but just before I could turn the door knob, the door was pushed open and is slammed right into my face.Fuck!I held my face for a moment, with my palm over my eyes eher the door had hit until the pain had subsided a bit for me to see the intuder. The same person who would not even apologize for his actions even if he didn’t mean to.‘You are finally awake’ he said and continued quickly before I could ask any questions or say anything at all.‘Dress up quickly, the boss will be downstairs in a while’ he concluded and turned to leave.‘The boss?’ I asked and held his hand to get his attention, but

LUCIOThe fierceness and authority in her voice made me want to find out who she was even before one of my men made it clear that she was not like the others.I knew what he meant when he said “dfferent” - he definitely meant older, stubborn, and far from pretty like the other young girls. She didn’t look like she was pure either. She stared at me with the eyes of a woman who had seen a lot of the world and wasn’t scared of anything that will come her way anymore.She was clearly bad for business.But still, she reminded me so much of Valeria. Not in her physical qualities though, but in her poise, her fearlessness and the way she stared back at me like she was daring me to try anything stupid with her.I ran my hands through her hair, and even though she smelled like a mess who hadn’t had a decent bath in days, her hair was still as velvety as silk, and flowed between my fingers like oil.I know this woman. I know I have seen her somewhere - or is my mind playing tricks on me?I wante

HELENI sat in silence as the two girls told me everything about the initiation while bathing my body with milk and some really aromatic soaps that left my body looking and feeling like a baby’s - if I was not so worried, I would have inquired more about the whole skin care package.Everything they told me didn’t prepare me for what I witnessed later in the great hall downstairs that was called the den.I was wearing next to nothing when I was finally led out of the room to the den - just like the other girls I had last seen the previous night before they were taken to their cells.May and April - the two girls who were assigned to me - had made it clear that it was just a matter of time before we were all taken to our new homes, and advised me to be good tonight or risk ending up in the gallows where girls were nothing more than sex slaves to horny street dogs.On any normal day, I wouldn’t mind wearing something skimpy - I was the queen of clubs and the wild life. If only Camille was

HELENI had no time to sulk anymore.I could not just resign everything to fate and act like my life was okay.I was always the little Helen, full of live and hope and adventure. Maybe now was the right time to return to the former me.My life had suddenly taken a turn since the fateful day I agreed to go to prom with my high school crush - Tyler.It all seemed like a dream at that time - going out with the cute and popular high school football star - and even with the constant warning from friends about the kind of person he was, I went ahead and did what I thought was “following my heart”.He taught me all the wrong things; skipping classes, sneaking out, smoking weed, and giving up my virginity. Everything I had never done before or ever felt comfortable doing.I went from being the straight As student, to attending extra lessons to get at least a C.But I didn’t mind doing any of that for him.Even when I caught him with Sasha - the school’s cheerleader - getting at it in the locke