Determined to be alert when he came to her, she deliberately hadn’t swallowed the painkillers she’d been given today. As a result, she had been awake when the horrible blond man had come into the room earlier that evening, and she had watched his reflection in the dressing-table mirror as he’d given each of the girls an injection before molesting them and ordering them to put on the flimsy underwear he’d brought in for them.

Surprisingly, the girls hadn’t resisted, and Viktorya had realized as she’d watched them lick their lips in anticipation of the needle, that they were starting to need whatever drug he was giving them. That realization had made her all the more determined to take the boss man up on his offer, because the thought of being forced into a life of prostitution, addiction, abuse and pain, terrified her.

Still hoping that the boss man would come back to her, she rolled over to face the door when the key turned in the lock several hours later. Disappointed when the blond man herded her room-mates in and ordered them to strip, she watched as the zombie-like girls obediently shed their flimsy underwear and handed it to him before flopping down on the mattress.

Scared that she was about to miss her chance when he turned to leave the room, she quickly sat up, and said, ‘I need to see boss.’

Nick stopped at the sound of her voice, and turned his head.

‘Is that right? And why’s that, then?’

‘Is between me and him,’ Viktorya replied, her heart racing. The man’s aura was sinister, and she felt vulnerable in his presence.

‘Ah, well, you’re gonna have to wait,’ Nick said quietly as he walked around the bed. ‘’Cos he’s with his missus, and he can’t be disturbed – if you get my drift?’

He made a thrusting motion with his hips inches from Viktorya’s face, and she swallowed the bile that flooded her mouth when she recalled seeing him do the exact same thing to one of the girls earlier tonight – minus the jeans that were now covering his erection. As scared as she was, Viktorya raised her chin and forced herself to maintain eye-contact with him. She knew he’d mentioned the boss’s woman to make her think she meant nothing to the man, but she knew better. The boss had promised that she would be his number one, and she intended to claim that position by whatever means necessary.

‘I need speak to him,’ she repeated. ‘And if you do not bring him, I will tell him what I see you do to these girls tonight.’