His Plaything
one of them sneered, kicking the back of Dante’s knee.
He hit the floor with a grunt.
I swallowed hard, refusing to get even more attention by causing a fuss.
The one farther away—the same one with the stinky mouth, was spinning a metal rod over his shoulder. His grin widened when our eyes met. “Well, look at this. I didn’t realise we were babysitting royalty,” he said, squatting beside me to show a picture of me and Dante’s side profile taken by paparazzi. “A billionaire and a washed-up model. Y’all gotta be worth something.”