Sky watched TV absently as she listened intently for any sound from outside the room, Brent and Matty were stretched out in another chair and on the lounge relaxing as they watched the motor racing show. Sky knew that they were really there to watch her while the group of men outside the house decided her future. She was being given no say in that future. Nor was she allowed to listen as the men talked.
Occasionally she could hear a voice raised in anger and she would glance towards the door nervously but for the last hour and a half she had been in the lounge room watching the tv.
Finally after another half an hour she heard footsteps coming into the house and towards the lounge room. She moved her legs from beneath her and sat up more alert. As she turned her head towards the doorway as she held the now thawed ice pack against her cheek.
Seth walked passed the door followed closely by Roy and Zane. Sky got to her feet and moved stiffly to the chair furthest from the doorway. She sat down uneasily and glanced towards Matty and Brent making sure they were between her and anyone who came in the door.
Sky couldn't remember ever being afraid of anyone until the night Hawk and Jake had snatched her. Now it seemed as if every few days someone new came along for her to fear. As the youngest of four children she had been spoiled and pampered by her parents. Her two older brothers had doted on her and all four children had enjoyed a secure, stable, happy home life.
Sky had dreamed of meeting someone special, falling in love, getting married and raising her own family. That dream had come to a rude death the night Hawk and Jake had abducted her and raped her. Now all she wanted was to be treated kindly by Hawk. She had tried twice to run away from him but both times she had failed and after the punishment she had received from him the last time she knew that to try again and fail would have severe repercussions.
Hearing more movement in the house Sky watched the door nervously.. Jake passed the door shortly followed by Hawk, Sky could hear Jake talking angrily but couldn't understand what he was saying.
Sky wondered at the remark Zane had made about Jake and Hawk: were they . .? She stopped at the thought, too stunned to try to consider it. She had noticed they had a close friendship, but .. no, it couldn't be she told herself, after all Hawk had really seemed to get intense pleasure in forcing her to submit to him.
Sky turned her head to look towards the door as more footsteps could be heard. She looked away as Ren and Brad entered the room. She felt her body respond to Ren's presence with the now familiar tightening in her lower stomach, the feeling of heaviness in her breasts and the pebbling of her nipples. She listened as both men walked over near her and she chanced a glance towards them when they stopped. Ren had squatted down beside her chair and he reached out to take the thawed icepack away from her face. Sky cowered away from him not wanting him to touch her. The things Hawk had said to her about Ren where dwelling on her thoughts and she now feared the sensual pull she felt for Ren.
She saw how the other men heeded what Ren said; it was clear he was in charge. He had money, much more then the other men but so far Sky had seen no signs of how he earnt his money.
Sky knew Brad done leatherwork and sold it. Jake and Hawk worked repairing engines for different bikers here and there. But Sky had yet to see any indication of where Ren got his money.
"Hey Blondie, Seth, Roy and Zane are leaving, they can't hurt you anymore," Ren told her softly.
"My name is not Blondie." Sky said faintly.
"No, your name isn't Blondie but you are a blonde." Ren told her, his tone of voice alerting her to the fact he was trying to tease her into a more friendly response.
Sky didn't look his way. When he reached out a second time to brush her hair back she cowered away from him not wanting to be touched.
Ren withdrew his hand and stood up. Something stirred in his stomach leaving a sour taste in his mouth.
"No one is going to hurt you." Ren said softly.
Suddenly Sky's unpredictable temper flared. She turned her head to look at Ren, her glare scathing. "Who's gonna stop them? You? You didn't stop Wilson hurting me! And Seth hurt me! Who was stopping them!?" Sky demanded then turned her head away as tears of anger and self-pity welled in her eyes.
She heard Ren take a ragged breath and waited for his retaliation for speaking to him in such a manner but he turned and left without saying a word.
There and then Sky decided she had to escape, she would always be at the mercy of whatever men were around and there was no guarantee of safety, no guarantee of protection from those who wished to hurt her.
* * * * *
"You can't be serious about leaving!" Hawk said to Jake.
"I'm out of here!" Jake said angrily.
"We've been mates too long for you to leave just like that!" Hawk said snapping his fingers.
"Mates?" Jake asked coldly as he faced Hawk. "I thought we were a hell of a lot more than mates!"
"Yeah well, more like brothers . . " Hawk said faintly.
"Brothers! Then what we been doing is fucking mental! I don't know why I ever got involved with you! You're one sick puppy! I have never seen anyone who likes torturing a sheila the way you do Sky!" Jake snarled at him.
Jake turned away then turned back. " If I had known how you were going to treat her I would never have helped you grab her that night!"
Hawk stood there stunned. He couldn't believe Jake was about to leave. They had been lovers for the past six years. They had seen their share of tough times but this, this was totally without any warning signs that Hawk had seen.
Desperate to keep the relationship intact he took a deep breath then asked, "What will it take for us to stay together?"
"You sell Sky. Sell her to someone who'll treat her decent." Jake said in a tight voice.
"If I treat Sky better would that make a difference?" Hawk asked hopefully.
"I don't believe you wouldn't revert to how you treat her now." Jake ground out.
"I swear I'll treat her the way you want me to. I promise." Hawk said earnestly.
"No. I made my decision. Either her or me; both is not an option." Jake said tightly.
Hawk turned away for a minute, when he turned to face Jake once again he had a pained expression on his face.
"You know how bad I want Sky." Hawk said miserably.
"You've become a different person since you got Sky. Hell! We always knew I'm bi! But until you fucked Sky you claimed you weren't interested in pussy!'" Jake said angrily.
"Yeah, but Sky's different." Hawk said bewildered.
"Different alright! It's her in your bed each night!" Jake yelled angrily. "And you sneak off to spend time with me. You leave her with someone else so she don't find out your dirty little secret!"
Hawk looked at Jake shocked. He hadn't known Jake felt that way or that their relationship had been forced into the background.
"Your choice! Her or me!" Jake said suddenly sick of the argument.
