In the Dark of Night: Book One of the Dark Series

Chapter 58

Gina screamed again and squirmed as she continued to be pulled into the darkness by the unseen hands. She had been taken by the guards before, but never like this. Never in complete darkness where she didn't know who was there. In the years she had been there, she had never seen a blackout. Somehow, without the comfort of the light, everything seemed so much worse.

"Stop yer squirming, dammit!" Wayne said as he clamped his hand over Gina's mouth again. He wasn't supposed to be there. The 'finders', as they liked to call themselves, were never to come to the tunnels. Juan didn't like it and if he knew Wayne was there, there would be hell to pay.

As Wayne continued to struggle with the girl, he wondered if all the trouble was really worth it. After Angel let the chocolate honey slip through his fingers, Wayne's mind hadn't been able to let the idea go. He'd never been with a Black one before and the more he thought about it, the more fascinating the idea became. A few nights before they grabbed the girl in the park, he and Angel had picked up a slightly older one at the airport.

She was a wild one. Wayne felt his body respond as he remembered how hard she struggled. She would have been a good one to bend to his will. In fact, she was the one he had been looking for when he grabbed the feisty one he held in his arms now. He settled on her because at the last minute he decided that looking for the one he really wanted would take too much time. The tunnels were a maze to him, and he could have gotten lost before he found her. He wasn't so picky that he couldn't make do with what he had. Besides, with the lack of lights, what did it really matter anyway?

Gina continued to struggle as the arms tightened around her. If she could just get her hands on the arrowhead, she could stab him with it. If she could stab him hard enough, he would let go and maybe she could find a way out of there.

Gina squirmed some more and was able to ease her hand into her pocket. Her fingers closed around the arrowhead. She gripped it in her hand and counted to ten before she brought her hand up and aimed for his neck.

Wayne turned his head and the arrowhead sliced through his cheek. The pain tore through him. His hand shot out and backslapped Gina which sent her sprawling a few feet away from him.

Gina pulled herself onto her knees. The slap shook her and for a few seconds she was disoriented. She had just gotten her bearings when she felt two hands grasp her shoulders. As she moved to a standing position, she swung her hands to defend herself against the new attacker.

Her hands moved to claw at the eyes of her assailant and when she felt hard plastic where eyes should have been, she drew her hands back in surprise. Her eyes squinted as she tried to make them focus on who or what was before her.

"We're here to help...you," the voice began. "Gina, is that you?"

Gina grew still when she heard her name. In the dark corners of her mind, she recognized the voice, but it couldn't be right. She shook her head in disbelief.

"It's me. It's Lucky. Lucky Spencer. Gina?"

Gina felt a sob escape from the depths of her soul as she said, "Lucky? Really? It's you?"

"Yes!" he said, pulling Gina into his arms to reassure both of them. He had thought she moved back home or maybe to San Francisco to be with her brother. Never did it cross his mind that she might be down here.

Nikolas watched the touching reunion with a smile until he became aware of movement a few feet away. The person...a man...began to come towards them. He held his hand to his bloody cheek as he tried to find his way in the dark. As he came closer, Nikolas recognized him as one of Dawn's assailants. The one who had attacked Nikolas from behind and later tried to rape Dawn.