Charlie shook her her head. “Just promise me you won’t interfere.”
“You can’t ask me that!” Bass thundered. “You’re my wife, of course I’m going to interfere if I need too.”
Charlie pulled away, a mulish expression on her face. “We need to go. We’re late and the last thing we need is a warclan on our ass.”
Bass opened his mouth to say something but she was already walking away. Looking over at Connor who just shrugged, Bass followed his wife through the streets of Vegas. They arrived at a tent where a few of Duncan's men stood guard outside, letting them pass.
The interior of the tent was brightly lit, showcasing a round cage that was currently hidden behind tarps.
“You made it,” Gould said as he approached Charlie. “I guess I lost that …show more content…
“And, I love you, Charlotte Monroe. Don’t you leave me.”
“Never,” she sighed pressing her lips against lips once more before hurrying away.
Bass and Connor found a seat up front, as all manner of sounds came from the covered ring and then the tarp was falling to the floor.
Bass took one look and jumped to his feet wrapping his hands around the bars of the cage. “No!” he screamed, “Absolutely Not!” rattling the cage with all his might.
There in the middle of the cage, stripped from the waist up, hung his wife from a set of chains strung across the top of the ring, one of Duncan's men standing behind her with a whip.
“There’s gotta be another deal we can work out!” Bass demanded circling the ring so that he was near Duncan. “Please, don’t do this.”
Duncan shrugged as she gave her man the signal to deliver the first lash, which he did causing Charlie to arch her back, screaming.
“The deals been made, Sebastian,” She signaled her man to strike again as Bass rattled the cage angrily.
“Granted, I wasn’t expecting the pregnancy