The Demon’s Deal by L. Alexander EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Author: L. Alexander
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Calla
“Stop! No!” Thunder cracked angrily, swallowing my protests as a storm
raged all around me. “Let me go!”
Rough hands pulled at my arms, dragging me out the door of my
grandparents’ home into the cold rain. I dug my heels into the dirt, but it
was useless. The heavy rain had already turned everything to mud. I slid
along behind my captors as lightning brightened the night sky with lethal
beauty. The horses thrashed in the barn; their high-pitched whinnies
screeched across the yard as the heavy clatter of hooves struck the walls.
“Please, take whatever you want! There’s nothing of much value, but I
have tools and bags of rye grain ready for market. There’s no reason to—”
A meaty hand cracked across my cheek, leaving behind a hot sting and
stunning me into silence.
Taking the brief opportunity my shock provided, they picked me up and
tossed me into the back of their wagon. My ribs protested as I landed hard
on the wood floor. Hope flared as four young women reached forward to
grab onto me as I tried to regain my breath. Their hold was decidedly
unfriendly instead of welcoming, and my thoughts of gaining allies
evaporated. These were not women in my same predicament. They were
accomplices.
The man and woman who had knocked on my door requesting shelter
from the storm just a few short moments ago climbed into the wagon after
me, blocking the exit. With all of our bodies crammed into the space, there
was hardly room to breathe.
“Silence!” The woman was well dressed, though bedraggled thanks to
the heavy rainfall.
“Why are you doing this? I don’t understa—”
The man’s fist clipped me above the ear, making my head ring. “Quiet!”
he admonished, the scowl on his face stealing every bit of what might have
once made him handsome. “Girls, hold her tight. No matter what happens,
don’t let go.”
My stomach twisted, and a deep ache took root in my hip and shoulder
where I’d struck the unforgiving wagon floor.
“Yes, Father.” The chorus of their voices was weak, as though they were
empathetic to me but grateful someone else was on the receiving end of his
wrath.
“Drink.” The woman shoved a small vial between my clamped lips. I
thrashed, which only resulted in another cuff from the man. She muttered
something low while pinching my chin, and the bitter contents of the tube
ran down my throat as I sputtered and coughed. “You are a simple girl with
no living family. You ran away from a farm you could no longer maintain
on your own. You have nothing and no one.”
“What? No! That’s my home, I …” My tongue grew thick and unable to
form coherent words as I processed what she said. Whatever she’d given
me to drink made me dizzy and stole my strength. The taste reminded me of
how the tiny green berries my grandmother warned I was never to eat
smelled as they shriveled on the vine. Acidic, sweet. Poisonous.
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