The vehicle had been moving for less than ten minutes when it stopped.Not a gentle slowdown. A violent, screeching halt that threw me forward against the crate, my shoulder cracking against hard plastic. The engine cut out. I lay under the tarp, holding my breath, listening to the silence that followed. The front door opened. Boots hit gravel. Then the rear door was ripped open, and the tarp was torn away.Kain looked down at me. His face was perfectly still. It was the stillness that terrified me, the kind that came before a storm broke windows."Out," he said.I sat up. My legs were cramped, my dress stained with motor oil and dust. "No."He reached in and grabbed my arm. His grip was iron, pulling me toward the door with a strength that made my joints scream. I kicked at the crate, wedging my heel against it, resisting."I said out.""And I said no." I twisted in his grip, not enough to break free, but enough to face him. The road behind us was e
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