SPADE
Wave unlocked the door to the deluxe hotel room and opened it, revealing Robyn alone in bed. She didn’t move, looking lifeless and vulnerable, and still wearing the same gown from the visual earlier.
I sucked an audible breath as I stood there frozen in horror, yet my hands trembled, and my knees buckled.
“Sir?” I felt Wave’s grip around my arm.
I stared at her. I couldn’t look away.
It hadn’t sunk in what could have happened if I had declined the invitation, or what could have happened to her in the hands of whoever could have purchased her.
“Robyn.” I gasped out her name through a tightening throat. My eyes began to burn, and my chest squeezed painfully at the sight of her before me. She was just lying there, and I felt helpless and defenseless to protect her.
If I just a
