Chapter 1
The stench of rotting fish hit me like a solid wall.
Fuck.
It was vile.
My head throbbed. It felt like someone had kicked my temple with a steel-toed boot. I blinked rapidly, fighting the blur in my vision.
With every breath, the reek of fish grew heavier, suffocating me. I couldn’t move my neck, so I stared straight ahead.
My gaze landed on a boy. Wiry. Dark skin. He looked like a shadow come to life in this hellhole.
Oh, God.
A girl was there too. Bound hand and foot, unconscious on the dirty floorboards. She looked young—maybe mid-twenties. Her blonde hair was a messy spill over her face.
The boy was lapping at her clean heel with a hunger that turned my stomach. The wet, slurping sound was just like a dog drinking water.
Suddenly, he shoved her toes into his mouth and sucked hard.
Bile rose in my throat. The smell, the boy... I was seconds away from throwing up.
He was feral. An animal. Nearly naked in ragged underwear, looking like he’d been starving for years.
His tongue dragged along her sole, moving up to her ankle.
No.
I pressed myself back against the wall, terrified.
Where are we? Is this ship taking us to hell?
He pulled back, a twisted grin on his face.
"Tastes like sweet cream," he growled. "Bet that pussy is even sweeter."
His hand went to his crotch, squeezing his hard cock through the fabric.
I squeezed my eyes shut. I couldn’t watch anymore.
