Savage Valentine (St. Valentines)

1. Prologue

Prologue

Sydney

Age 10…

Standing on the stage in front of what seems like hundreds of people, my hands bound behind my back, my feet are cuffed and chained together. I feel gross and the lights are way too bright after being locked in a cell for God knows how long. The door only being opened to give me food, water and for these men to do the disgusting things they have to me. I haven’t seen daylight in so long. I’m here to be sold to the highest bidder. My mom owed some bad people money and when she couldn’t pay them, they killed her and took me.

“Smile, you have a lot of people wanting to bid on you! You are our biggest prize. So act the part. If you don’t leave here with me getting paid, you will regret it.” Mr. Williams says, his rancid breath making my stomach roll. He always smells like cigarettes and alcohol.

Feeling a sting in the back of my arm causes me to jerk. Within the next few minutes, my vision becomes blurry and my head feels fuzzy. I hear someone calling out numbers and saying prices but everything starts to fade into the background. Like I’m here, but also not here. I barely register hearing the word “Sold” before I’m grabbed roughly and walked backstage, stumbling along the way. I’m placed back in my chair and tied down while they grab the next girl. There’s only three of us and I don’t know any of their names. I just wish someone would save us. I don’t want to be here anymore. I just want to be loved and live a normal kid's life.

Hearing a commotion behind me, someone comes up to me and cuts my ropes loose, moving to the girl next to me. A woman with long black hair crouches down in front of me. Her bluish–grey eyes meet mine.

“Come on, we’re going to get you all out of here and taken somewhere safe. I promise, you will be safe. No one will hurt you again.” She says with a promise before standing and helping me out of my chair. I lean on her while trying to get my legs to move, whatever the injection was making me feel groggy.

After stumbling around, she finally just picks me up and carries me. The girls that were there with me, not far behind, each one being carried by some man. I’m put inside a vehicle, when all of a sudden you hear ‘BOOM’, the building we just left explodes, pieces flying everywhere. Hopefully with all the bad people still in there.

Laying my head back, I drift off to sleep. The drug that was given to me, finally taking over. Sleep. I’ll just sleep.