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said. She strained to hear more without looking like she was doing just that.
    “She should fetch at least five digits. She’s got a good body, decent face, pretty young. If she’s still a virgin that price will jump exponentially, but she needs to be checked out thoroughly before we put her on the block.”
    The voice was muffled, but Ruby could hear him clear enough. It didn’t take her long to realize what her fate was. She had seen enough shows about human sex trafficking to know that must be what they were talking about, and what they planned on doing with her. Something in her snapped as fear, survival, and adrenalin pumped through her veins. She cried harder and started straining against her bonds, kicking out even though her legs were bound. She probably looked like a fish out of water, but she didn’t care. All Ruby had on her mind was escape and survival.
    Hands grabbed her upper arms, but she kept moving. She had to get out of here or she’d die. If this was what her life was, then she wouldn’t go down without a fight. Kicking both of her legs out again, Ruby renewed her strength when she came into contact with the man holding her down. She opened her mouth to scream, but the sound came out garbled. He smacked a hand down on her mouth hard enough that her eyes burned from the pain.
    “You stupid fucking bitch.”
    She continued to struggle, but he moved his hand from her mouth to her throat and pressed down hard enough that she struggled to breathe. It was the same sensation as when she was taken from the motel bed, and she tried to scream, even though the sound came out strained. With her hands tied behind her back she was helpless, and her crying only made the suffocating feeling worse. He tightened his hand on her throat, and a low laugh came from him as she struggled. The sound of a door opening came through her distress, and then suddenly she could breathe. Ruby sucked fresh, cool air into her burning lungs. Over her gasping she heard the distinct sound of flesh hitting flesh. It was only seconds later that someone grabbed her bound feet and pulled her down. She cried harder and kicked out, but whoever had her jerked even harder until she was no longer in the van, but on the hard ground. The air whooshed out of her from the impact, and then she was violently hauled up. Her head was tugged back by the hair, and then someone gripped her chin and turned her head from side to side. A moment of silence passed.
    “Decent body, if on the thin side, but she’ll look good with the others on the stage.”
    “Please. Just let me go.” No one spoke after her begging, and instead she was thrust forward and into the arms of another man. “Please, just let me go home.” Ruby cried, begged and pleaded, but there was silence. “I won’t say anything to anyone, I swear.”
    “Little girl, your home will be with whoever purchases you.” That had her blood chilling and her body tensing. She had assumed as much, but actually hearing it out loud made it solidify inside of her. There was a low, sadistic chuckle. “That’s right. You have no life anymore, and are just an object up for bid.” Before she could say anything else there was another sting in her neck, but this time the drug slammed into her fast and hard.
    “Put her in the cargo hold with the others.”
    That was the last thing she heard before she slumped forward and darkness was her only companion.

Chapter Three

    R uby hung her head and shuffled forward with the other females. She didn’t know where she was or how long she had been in captivity. Time had run together until she didn’t know if it had been days, or even weeks. All she knew was that after she had woken up the second time they had drugged her she no longer had the blindfold on, but was now bound and gagged, in what appeared to be a storage compartment on a plane, and with a handful of other females crammed inside, all in the same restrained manner.
    After what felt like hours on the