Chapter 14 — Out-of-the-blue Questions.

“A hundred dollars for Alpha Julian's thoughts?”

I glanced at Jacob as he walked in, and flopped unto a couch.

“Nahhh. A hundred dollars ain't enough.” I said back.

Surely, a hundred dollars couldn't buy her, or the thought of her. She was priceless, and she probably knows it.

“She safe?” I asked.

Jacob narrowed his eyes at me. “No. I sold her off to traffickers at the outskirts of town, and they're probably about to gut her up, and ...