Prey Island
Chapters (72)
- Dedication
- Prey Island Map
- PROLOGUE
- ONE
- TWO
- THREE
- FOUR
- FIVE
- CREED
- SIX
- BILLIE
- SEVEN
- EIGHT
- NINE
- TEN
- ELEVEN
- JIRO
- TWELVE
- BILLIE
- THIRTEEN
- FOURTEEN
- FIFTEEN
- SIXTEEN
- SEVENTEEN
- EIGHTEEN
- NINETEEN
- TWENTY
- TWENTY-ONE
- ROW
- TWENTY-TWO
- BILLIE
- TWENTY-THREE
- TWENTY-FOUR
- TWENTY-FIVE
- TWENTY-SIX
- TWENTY-SEVEN
- TWENTY-EIGHT
- TWENTY-NINE
- THIRTY
- THIRTY-ONE
- THIRTY-TWO
- THIRTY-THREE
- THIRTY-FOUR
- THIRTY-FIVE
- THIRTY-SIX
- THIRTY-SEVEN
- ACHILLES
- THIRTY-EIGHT
- CREED
- THIRTY-NINE
- BILLIE
- FORTY
- FORTY-ONE
- FORTY-TWO
- FORTY-THREE
- FORTY-FOUR
- FORTY-FIVE
- FORTY-SIX
- FORTY-SEVEN
- FORTY-EIGHT
- FORTY-NINE
- ROW
- FIFTY
- BILLIE
- FIFTY-ONE
- FIFTY-TWO
- FIFTY-THREE
- FIFTY-FOUR
- FIFTY-FIVE
- TO CONTINUE THE ADVENTURE…
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
- ALSO BY KENDRA
Dedication
For everyone going into their villain era right now
Sharpen those claws and draw blood, Queens.
Prey Island Map
PROLOGUE
My breath saws in and out of my lungs as I run. The howl behind me makes my blood freeze in my veins, but I don’t stop. I can’t stop, not if I want to live.
This isn’t how I imagined my life, but this is what I have to do now. This is what it’s come to, and I will not be beaten down by these assholes. I won’t go down without a fight.
My legs burn from days of exhaustion. My chest burns with the rough breaths I force out.
I shouldn’t be here, but I am, and so I’m going to take them down with me. . .
Even if I go down with them. . .
ONE
Eight Days Ago
The club is livelier tonight than it’s been in a while. The drinks are flowing which always makes the money flow faster. My kind of night. I usually walk away with a couple grand in tips on nights like this. I don’t even care where the money comes from, if it’s from men who sell drugs or men who are pulling the last couple dollars from their family savings for the illusion that he stands a chance with me. It’s none of my business. What is my business? The music that starts to play signaling that it’s my turn on the stage.
“Everyone, put your money where your mouth is for Freya, Goddess of Love!” the DJ announces as the song starts. “Come throw some money at a goddess and get a taste of the divine.”
The new DJ is good. I’ll give him that. He’s really selling this illusion of me being a goddess, as if the goddess of love, death, and battle would be moonlighting at an upscale gentleman’s club in the heart of Denver, Colorado. But these men in the crowd don’t care to think about that. It’s all a fantasy, just like the name, just like the outfit, just like the laurels in my hair. They want to think they’re powerful enough to bring a goddess to her knees, to dance for them, and I’ll let them believe it as long as they keep the money coming.
I start to move with the music, smiling coyly when the hoots and hollers start. Someone whistles and I shake my ass in his direction, prompting him to throw a twenty on the stage, another in his hand ready to go. Ah yes. The money is definitely flowing tonight.