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she’s fucked to hell,” he growled. “Did you get everything?”
     
    “Yeah, I got it.” His voice was low, angry, and the hint of fear wasn’t lacking. They were all afraid for her, but that phone call, listening to Hector describe what Valdez did to people, what he would do to Natalia, it made him more afraid than he had been of anything in his life.
     
    “We have to get her back.”
     
    “We will,” Preston motioned for them to start locking up so they could get moving as soon as the fax came through. “Let’s go get our girl.”
     

 

     

     

     
    Chapter Five
     
    “H ello, sweet baby.” Natalia struggled to move away as Senior Valdez ran the pads of his fingers along her cheek. The move angered him and he grabbed hold of her chin and squeezed hard as he brought her face back toward him. “You don’t move unless I say you can, you got me? You do and I’ll make it harder for you than I’m already planning to.”
     
    He released hold of her while the lackey who killed Kelly kept her pulled tight against his body to hold her in place. “She pleases you, Senior Valdez?”
     
    “Si,” his eyes roved over her body and in that one look Natalia could see the promise of pain. He was calculating just what he could do to her—what he would do to her. God, she had to get away. She needed to think; there had to be something she could do to get out of this. “You’ve done well with this one.”
     
    “We thought you might like her. It’s why we didn’t kill her like the others.”
     
    “There were more like her?”
     
    “No. None like her. This one was a diamond hidden by the coal.”
     
    Senior Valdez grinned. “Hmm…I can’t wait to break my diamond,” he chuckled. “My name is Diego, sweet baby. You remember that so you can scream it out while I take every part of you.”
     
    “Pig,” the words were out of her mouth before she even could think to stop them. His hand went across her cheek so swiftly that she didn’t have time to prepare herself. She took a deep breath trying to will herself not to shed a tear from the biting sting of pain in her cheek.
     
    “You speak when I tell you to. And you never,” he stepped closer to her, so close she could feel his body pressed against hers. The smooth caramel color of his skin looked flawless and had he not been such an evil man one might have been able to say he was moderately attractive. “Never call me out my name again or I will hurt you bad. Qué comprender ?”
     
    She said nothing and that got her another hand across her face.
     
    “Speak!”
     
    “Go to hell.”
     
    She prepared herself for another hard hit, but instead he threw his head back and laughed. “This one has spirit and spunk. It will be very pleasurable to break it.” And this time he did hit her, only this time instead of backhanding her in the face, he punched her in the gut and it knocked the wind out of her. “Tie her up and put her in the jeep.”
     
    They took her hands in front of her body. “Behind,” he motioned. “Must I tell you how to do everything?”
     
    Clearly he did have to tell them because if he hadn’t dictated how to bind her they would have tied her hands in front and she might have had a chance to get away. Now, with her hands secured behind her back she didn’t know if she could. She wouldn’t be able to open the door and throw herself out. She could run as they tried to take her to the jeep, but the gates of the compound were closed so even if she could get the lead in running she wouldn’t get far.
     
    “Now, let’s finish our business, si? You have money for me.” If they didn’t, Natalia was sure they would soon be dead.
     
    “Yes sir. We have it all in here.”
     
    A few of Valdez’s men went with him. She assumed that was for his protection, although looking at the look of hatred and sheer evil in his eyes she would say Valdez didn’t need protection at all. He was probably the kind of man to do his own kills,