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  1. Cover
  2. BRUTAL
  3. Dedication page
  4. Acknowledgements
  5. Prologue
  6. PART ONE
  7. 1
  8. 2
  9. 3
  10. 4
  11. 5
  12. 6
  13. 7
  14. 8
  15. 9
  16. 10
  17. 11
  18. 12
  19. 13
  20. 14
  21. 15
  22. 16
  23. 17
  24. 18
  25. PART TWO
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  27. 20
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  32. 25
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  34. 27
  35. 28
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  44. 37
  45. 38
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  47. 40
  48. 41
  49. PART THREE
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  51. 43
  52. 44
  53. 45
  54. Epilogue
  55. BRUTAL
  56. By Mandasue Heller

‘Oh, good, you’re awake,’ Karel said, smiling at her when she gazed blearily up at him. ‘We’ve got a guest.’

Irena blinked to clear her vision, and her blood ran cold when she saw Viktorya perched on the edge of the bed with a towel wrapped around her damp body. There had been other women in the past: some Karel had picked up in clubs and had wined and dined like normal dates; others, like Viktorya, who he’d picked out from his stable. But he had never brought one of them into their bed while Irena was in it, and that told her she’d been right to be worried about Viktorya. Not only was the girl stunningly beautiful, with her dark-lashed azure-blue eyes, her flawless complexion, and her perfect body, but she was also more than a decade younger than Irena.

‘Where d’you think you’re going?’ Karel asked when Irena slid her legs out from beneath the quilt and stood up.

‘You have made your choice, so I will sleep downstairs,’ she replied.

‘Like hell you will,’ he snorted. ‘You’re my woman, and you’ll go when I tell you to.’

Confused, Irena hesitated.

‘I do not understand.’

‘Oh, I think you do,’ Karel said, his eyes never leaving hers as he pulled the towel off Viktorya and tossed it aside before turning the girl around by the shoulders. ‘What d’ya reckon?’

Irena’s mouth had gone dry, and she self-consciously crossed her arms over her own breasts when Karel started fondling the girl’s.

‘Back in bed,’ Karel ordered huskily. ‘You, me, and little Vicky are gonna have some fun.’

Barely able to breathe, Irena croaked, ‘Please, Karel, do not do this. You say you love me.’

‘And you said you didn’t screw that old fucker, but we both know you did,’ Karel replied smoothly as he loosened the belt of his dressing gown and let it drop to the floor, revealing his erection. ‘Now get back in the fucking bed, or you’ll be sleeping with Nick from now on. Is that what you want?’

Aware that he would carry through with the threat and hand her over to Nick if she argued, Irena bit down hard on her lip to keep herself from crying, and climbed back under the quilt.

36

Up and out by six fifteen the next morning, Marie drove over to Evan’s workplace and parked outside the main doors. It was all locked up at the front, but she could hear music and banter coming from the side of the building, and she made her way round there when she recognized the voice of Billy Hicks – the man Evan had lied about giving lifts to the hospital.