INTO THE DEVIL'S HEART

Audrey's eyes snapped open to be welcome by darkness, her body aches she can't explain what it feels like.

"Where am I?" She murmurs and try to set herself free but the rope that binds her hands and legs together made her every effort futile.

The last thing she remembered was her and her dad, in the car. He promised to show her a big surprise he's set and she was so happy.

"Is this the surprise? Where is he?" No matter how much she try to think positively, she couldn't stop her heart from beating. It aches.

"D-dad, dad!" She stutters as she called on him repeatedly, hoping he is close by.

This can't be happening.

"He can't do this to me, no he can't" she couldn't believe he was capable of doing much to her. "He is my dad and he's supposed to protect me" she tries to comfort her aching heart.

She was so scared, she has no idea where she is and the silence and darkness in this room are suffocating her.

She didn't realize she was crying until she tastes the warm and salty liquid causing her to cough out.

Just then, she heard the sound of heavy footsteps. It was getting closer and she knew this was it, whoever is responding to her kidnapped is here to make it known.

The sound of the cracking door was loud but the steps slowed down, it seemed to have stopped by the door. She couldn't see because of the black thick clothes on her face but her hearing could help her know what was happening around her.

"Is this the girl?" She heard a man ask in a deep voice, he seems to be the leader, based on his commanding tone.

"Yes, boss!" Another male voice came. Now she's more than sure he is the boss.

Even though she didn't know how to escape this man and this godforsaken place, deep down she believed she can. "I cry, but that doesn't mean I am weak" she murmurs to herself.

All she wants is to run away, to her dad. He's been the only family she's had ever since her mom passed away and she loves him. She hopes he is fine.

She could hear the footsteps getting even closer, her heart stopped for a second and so did her breath.

She can't tell, the feeling was too much to brush away... This won't end well.

All of a sudden, she felt his hands on my collarbone as he caresses her cleavage.

This act of his almost made her puke, just how dare he?

Out of instinct, she flung her leg upward and luckily, it hits him as he groan in pain.

She doesn't know which part of his body she hit but she hopes and prays she got his generation.

"Such a brave little brat" He groans. She is sure his face is plastered with anger and frustration.

She was about to smile when all of a sudden, her cheeks stung as waves of pain engulfed her entire being.

He slapped her as though they were fighting, just what type of a man was he?

Tears prickle down her cheeks, she could feel them roll down her cleavages.

"Dad!" She cried out, hoping and praying he will come to save her. But what he said next left her broken to the bones.

"Tell Mr Rex that I accept his little girl," he said, " she's such a brave and daring one, and beauty too... She will make a huge sale"

She could feel her heart shattering into million pieces, but she refuse to believe it. "dad can never do such a thing to me, no!"

"Y-you are lying, my dad will come for me, he will make all of you pay for everything!" She yelled angrily, there is no way she will believe them.

They are a bunch of lying bastards and illegal punks.

He let out a bray laughter as he reaches for her again.

"What a fantasy mind you have there!" He snorts. " Keep waiting for your superhero dad, but I assure you, he will never come back for you" he let out devilish laughter.

"You will give me money, much money!" He was so close, she could feel his chest almost hitting hers.

"Your body is as silky and innocent as a white butterfly, holly as a dove" he trails down her arm. "This quality makes you my top sale, I will sell you to the richest person"

She trembles at his cold lips on her shoulder. There was no other way she saw fit in crying, her heart was dying out.

" Why not sell her to the highest bidder, boss? " Someone said from behind. " The upcoming auction will be a perfect time, considering all the Mafia Lord will be present not leaving out Don Cannon, the Lord of the 'Dark Hell Underworld' " he further explains.

" That sounds nice, I will make lots of money than I thought " The boss's lips widen in a mischievous smile. " You are smart!"

" That's why I am your assistance, the second in command," he said.

Whatever they were saying didn't get to her, all her head could think of is the fact that her dad, someone she's loved all her life and thought will be her protector was instead the one that throw her away like nothing.

It would have been better to send her into the dark street to faint for herself, but no! He instead pushes her out to the darkest and cruelness of men, to be used as a piece of diamond. Maybe a diamond is too much.

"She's crying!" She heard him say as he reach out to her thigh. Even if they want to use her now, she can't do anything. She had no strength to fight, what else is preferable to death?

He groans out, his hands making their way in between her thigh.

"You must indeed be as sweet as honey or more, your body is a big temptation to a man" he whispers as his hands reach for my breast he slightly kneads.

She quickly bites her lips to stop herself from responding.

"Boss! Pardon me but you can't do this, or else she won't be working the money you want and you can't afford to let such a huge opportunity go to waste!" His second in command said.

"Right!" She felt him retract his hands and stood up. " Count your stars I love money, I would have made you squirm beneath me, moaning and crying out to me while I suck away your breath, hitting your G spot with my never-unsatisfied pleasure stick!"He said, groaning " get me a girl, can't keep him standing " his gaze falls to his little brother down there.

" And, make sure to get more girls, it's our chance to make money, to be even wealthier than we are now! " With that, he left.

Audrey knew the other guy was still there, so she stay quiet, not daring to shake.

With the sound of the closing door, she burst out in tears, everything hurts but what hurts more is what she never thought of, if a soothsayer would have told her that the same person she cherished the most will be the one to stab her in the back, she would have thought it's a fake one.

Audrey stood on the spot with light shining directly on her pale silky body, hundreds of eyes staring at her in lust and desire.

She was dressed in a pair of black lingerie with a black cloth covering her face.

She was the last girl to be brought up at the auction centre and the one with the highest bidding.

"Here's our last and top most beautiful offer we have for you. But, she won't be sold directly, the highest bidder takes her home" the auctioneer chanted, the silence of the room was broken by a sudden bid,

" One million dollars!" A brown hair man said.

"Two million!" A red hair man interjected.

"Three! Four, five..." The bidding continues as the filthy rich men kept on bidding, with each one of them wanting to take her.

Audrey was weak but her sense was still intact. She heard them bidding on her like a piece of property, and it hurts to know this is happening to her now all because of her dad.

"Stop!" Audrey yelled all of a sudden, causing the room to grow death silent as they all stares at her in shock and awe.

She couldn't see their faces because of the cloak on her face but she could picture the expressions.

"You all don't get the right to price me out like an animal with no sense of their own, I am a human, a girl, someone's child" her voice grew softer, she tried so much not to breakdown into tears, even though they won't see her cry.

"I have the right to choose, even if I can't fight for my freedom at least I can choose whom to be my master, to serve all my life" She yells, turning round as if able to see them.

"And that I will do, I won't let you sell me off like a dog. I am not one and will never be."

"You!" She points to the man in the gold-like chair at the centre of the room. Everyone gasped in surprise at how bold and daring she was.

Cannon's brow raised in amusement, " me!?" His low bass-like voice resonated in the room sending chills of superiority bringing everyone down to their knees.

But Audrey was hellbent on sticking to it as she stood her ground, unwaveringly. She knew she's has put herself into a bigger mess but there was no backing out.

Audrey is a strong will lady, always standing for the choices she makes and what she believes in.

"Yes, you" She was so bold that she was confused and surprised but she didn't lose focus as she stayed firm standing like a seductress undercover who is willing to walk into the world of lust and hungry men.

"I want to go with you!" She said the word she never believed she could say it. She's indirectly offering herself to a stranger she doesn't know and she has never seen.

For the first time, Cannon let out a chilling laughter. "Too bad, I don't find interest in you" he mocks, " taking you will be a waste of my money, can do better things with it"

This got Audrey fuming. What does he mean by that?

"Are you saying I ain't beautiful enough to be qualified as one of your possession?" She asked with anger evident in her voice.

She doesn't know why she's this angry with what he said, she should be happy but she isn't. He makes her feel like she is just like any other girl.

"Not while you still have that cloak on, but" his gaze travel down her silky body, his lips lift in what seemed like a smile, " you ain't that bad, but not my type" his words grew colder.

Instead of backing down, Audrey was hellbent on making him take her.

"It's not like you have a choice!" She said, " I am going with you"

Cannon's gaze lowered to the tiny figure before him, she was indeed a daring little bunny.

He steps down from his gold-like chair, his long legs taking long strides toward her. Out of instinct, she moves two steps back upon hearing the approaching footsteps.

"Scared" he mocks. He was now standing before her, towering over her like a giant.

She could barely reach his shoulders.

Audrey shakes her head in denial, as she tries so much to keep herself intact, she can't let him see she's scared.

He lends down to her level, their faces were just an inch away from each other.

His gold-like eyes stare at her.

"Better run little bunny, you are about to sell yourself to the devil" He whispers to her ears.

Audrey swallows hard as sweat forms on her face. Thank god for the cloak, no one could see her frightened face.

"What's worth serving a human mean while I can serve the devil directly!" She said, Cannon, smiled.

"Ready to dive into the deepest part of darkness huh? " His hands caress her arms, and she shivers in response." Such a responsive bun," he said seeing her reaction to his touch.

" That's nothing to what I want," she said, " I am ready to ride with you into the devil's heart! " She sounded bold and sure of herself but deep inside, she was shivering.

" Stop Audrey, you'll get things worse, just let them do their bidding and whoever wins takes you" the good part of her spoke, in her mind.

" No! You can't just sit back and watch them sell you off like a f*cking pussy, you have to do this, remember you are worth making your own choices at least! " The dark side said. She was stuck on what to say. She didn't have the luxury of time to think as his word almost got her scream but luckily she was able to bite her lips shot.

"You don't have to, not when you are willingly offering yourself to the devil himself" he moves round, circling her. " And you know what he's capable of doing, torture is what he's good at"

"If I am standing before the devil himself, then" she pause before continuing, "I am ready to ride into his heart" she was bold.

" You don't seem to be scared of darkness, do you? " He tilts his head to the side.

" Not when I've spent my every second in darkness," She said trying so hard not to cry.

" I am ready to be consumed by the darkness in hell, to be bound to you for as long as I live and afterlife if only you make me yours! "She spoke out in a confident and decisive tone.

" Little bunny," he was more than amused, " you don't make a deal with the devil! " He warns.

That didn't scare her, as she spoke out." I already have"

He let out devilish laughter, as the building vibrates in response as if experiencing an earthquake.

His gaze travels back to the bunny, " SHE IS MINE!" His tone was so firm, claiming her before the Mafia Lords.

"No! This can't be!" Wendigo spoke all of a sudden, stunning the crowd except Cannon.

"You can't have her, the rule says the highest bidder takes her home" He spoke out. There was no way he will let him get the girl, she belongs to him, not Cannon.

"Who makes those rules?" Cannon asked.

Wendigo couldn't open his mouth, he knew it was more reasonable than to push his life to the line where it will be placed on the board so his head will be chopped off his body.

"You make the rules!" Capo Baston said. He is the second in command.

"No!" Cannon denies, "I am the rule, and whoever goes against me faces my wrath" he gazes intensely at Wendigo who couldn't help but tremble under his domineering gaze.

"She is mine" he turns to Audrey, "right bunny?" He asked, caressing her arms.

She nods but that wasn't enough.

"Say out loud, to their hearings" his voice was threatening and void of any emotion.

"Yes... I am his, I belong to him for the rest of my life" Audrey found herself saying those words even before she could process them.

"Good" Cannon was satisfied with her response.

"Black gun!" He calls out to the man in the far right corner,

"Don Cannon!" He responded with so much respect, head bowed to the ground.

"What's her cost?" He asked.

"Twenty B" Black gun spoke out, shivering.

"Await my response soon, while I get my prize going" with just a gesture of his eyes, Audrey was carried as if weight nothing as they followed him behind.

Wendigo stood to his spot, boiling in anger. There's no way he will sit around and let Cannon take her without fighting, she belongs to him, and he should be the one having her.

The moment he set eyes on the girl, he couldn't bring himself to let her slip off his hands, everything about her made his body scream, yearning for her touch. He was the one that started the bidding hoping to get the others active so he will finish at the end but everything went wayward when the stupid girl willingly offered herself to Cannon.

With one last glance at the Black gun, he walks away.

No one seems to respect him, but soon enough, they will all come crawling on their knees begging him to see them. Just very soon!

*In the Dark Hell Underworld*

Audrey couldn't tell how they got here because her eyes were still blindfolded.

"Welcome to hell" she heard Cannon speak, voice void of any emotion.

She swallows, frightened by his words.

"Wasn't she the one who insisted on being his? Claiming to be used to the darkness, why was she being a baby rat now?

He let loose her Cloak, she blinks a couple of times to get herself adjusted to the bright light.

" How can he say hell when everywhere is this bright? Is he knots? " She thought to herself, blinking.

When he made mention of hell, she believed. Anyways, it's not like she had a choice and deep down, she was willing to go to hell, to be his servant if possible his minions so she will have the powers to come back for revenge.

There's no way she's letting her dad go, not after what he's done to her.

Her eyes grew wide at the sight of the man before her, his beauty was out of this world.

" Is he truly the devil?" She thought to herself. She's always heard stories of the devil being a monster and an ugly being but, this was the exact opposite. More like light and dark.

"Are you, an angel? " She found herself asking.

"Why that name, of all names?" He seems to be angry by her question. It will be better if she addressed him with different names not that, he hates it to the guts.

"I-i... You look like one" she said, " so beautiful" she murmured but his hearing was supper good, nothing was left unheard

"Tell me little bun, when you say angel, what do you mean," he said moving closer.

She could hear her heart beating off in her chest only to, later on, stop as if she was dead.

His tilted head, which only made him super beautiful, and his huge tall figure didn't help.

She could swear he is a god, a non-human. There's no way he is a human.

His golden eyes staring at her left her shivering.

"Um... It means you are, um... Super beautiful" She said all of a sudden. It took her a lot, she didn't know what to say but thank God she came up with something.

His lips slightly lift into a smile that didn't reach his eyes." you ain't that bad, either" he inhales her smell, "you smell good"

He reaches out to her neck, taking in her sweet scent as his lips found her collarbone.

She's never been a fan of kisses and the rest but he was different, capable of sending her to the cloud and back.

All of a sudden, her head starts spinning, hands trembling and without realizing it, She pushes him hard almost sending him flying if not for his strength and stamina.

Her eyes blaze with fire as she stares at him as though she will rip him apart, layer by layer.

Seeing her sudden change, his lips lift in a smile,

"Finally!" He said and laugh triumphantly.

"too bad you will end with me, in my hands" His smiling face quickly disappeared and was replaced by an ice-cold one, eyes blazing red.

The room was hotter than normal, and the number of powers leaving the two beings was capable of roasting a normal human being.

"you have no right to do that!" She spoke out, feeling angry by what he did.

Cannon didn't budge, he buried his hands into his pocket, waiting for what she had to offer.

Just when she was about to form a shining ball in her hands, she passed out falling to the ground.

He didn't move, he let her hit her small self on the floor.

" What a weakling," he grumbles knowing he can never get into the portal without her being powerful. This only means he is to get her to know herself better.

"But, how did his touch trigger her powers all of a sudden? There can only be one reason" he thought to himself, eyes staring at the lady on the floor.

He grits his teeth, at the realization of what might have transpired.

In anger, he stumps away leaving the girl still on the floor.