Page 1 of Devilish Debt
Chapter 1
Zero
Most people dream of dining with royalty.
Me?
I dread it.
Why?
‘Cause unlike the fairy tale shit you read about as a kid or see in movies, they’re not friendly.
They’re fuckingruthless.
And I’d know.
This isn’t the first one I’ve met.
Though, it is the first one to kidnap me.
Maybe this means I’m truly moving up in the food chain.
Or is that down?
Is trapping me big game hunter shit or more of a Cub Scout badge of honor sitch?
Prince Thaddeus Weslington of Hoalkey – an island country slightly smaller than Australia with some of the most beautiful beaches in the world – casually gestures his warm tan, open palm to the empty seat across from him.“Sit.”
Doesn’t seem in my best interest to deny the demand.
Could be because the same asshole who cornered me when I stepped out of my penthouse elevator to zip tie my hands, cover my head with a black bag, and throw me into what I imagine was the trunk of an SUV is giving off do it or die vibes.
Don’t care for those.
A lot like I don’t care for being here.
I may not be a pack animal –like at all– but I’d rather be in a pack right now than one on one with a hungry fucking predator that’s sizing up my lissome frame like I’m the next piece of meat he’s gonna slobber over.
He doesn’t wait for me to slink into the cream-colored plush seat to continue speaking, his English-like accent simultaneously sexy and scary, “You are quite a difficult man to locate, Mr.Fiorenzo.”The forkful of bloody steak soars towards his thin lips.“Even for me.”
“Apparently not difficult enough,” I mumble under my breath prior to glancing over my zebra striped shirt covered shoulder to further drink in the white tablecloth filleddining space that’s currently only occupied by him and his security team.
There’s one of me, and six of them.
Lurking.
Circling.
Like African wild dogs just waiting for me to run so they can chase.
Outpace.
Exhaust and eventually devour me.
Yeah, that’s not exactly the type of devouring I had in mind for my Wednesday night.
I was hoping to do a little non-gender specific feeding.
