Chapter 3

Hoyt's P.O.V.

"Tommy, get up here." I screamed. He quickly came. "You need to go get those boys and bring them downstairs. Then you tie three girls to the beds. You leave the pregnant one to me." Tommy shook his head. "What do you want, boy?" I asked.

He then pointed to a chair. "He wants to keep Rebekkah for himself." Mama said. I look at him frustrated and he keeps on pointing. I realized he's not going to budge so I said, "Fine, just leave her in her room."

"Now, Tommy, is there a specific boy whose face you like?" Mama asked. Tommy nodded his head. "Which one? Buzzed black hair?" Tommy nodded yes.

"I thought so." I said. I saw the way Tommy looked at him. Envious. "Go get to work, now." Tommy nodded.

Tommy and I went upstairs to the room with the pregnant girl and shaggy hair boy in it. Tommy grabs the boy and walks out of the room; I picked up the pregnant girl and took her downstairs. I tied her to the chair. She began to wake up, so I put my hand over her mouth.

"You scream, you die. Do you understand me?" I asked her. She started to nod her head as fast as she could. "I'm going to move my hand, now." I removed it and she didn't make any noise. I put tape on her mouth and went to check on Tommy's progress.

Rebekkah's P.O.V.

When I woke up the sun was definitely high in the sky. I wondered why the group didn't wake me up. I got dressed in another dress, this one was a lot like the other one but it was a navy color and had ruffles above my breasts.

I went downstairs to see if anyone was in the kitchen, Luda Mae was at the sink and Holly was at the table. She had tape on her mouth, I was so confused. I walked up to her and pulled it off, and she began to scream. Luda Mae turned around with a cleaver in her hand and walked towards me. I backed up, but I bumped into something hard. I turned around and seen it was Thomas.

"T- T- Thomas, w- w- what is going on?" I stammered a little. He just stared at me and stood blocking my way out of the kitchen. I turned around and faced Luda Mae, who had moved closer to Holly.

"Now, Rebekkah, don't do anything rash. Just sit down and let me talk to you." Luda Mae said. I said down next to Holly, feeling a really didn't have a choice. "You were nice to my boy and he likes you. I'm going to offer you this one time, you can either take it or leave it. My boy needs friends, and I've always wanted a daughter so we're going to let you live as long as you behave and follow all of our rules. If not, you will be killed painfully and maybe even treated to some of Hoyt's fantasies." She said the last part with disgust but the rest like it was an everyday occurrence to threaten people's lives.

"What about everyone else? Holly? The baby?" I asked.

"Well honestly, we in this house believe in always being honest, the boys will die and become part of dinner, the two blondes will be raped and tortured until Hoyt gets bored and then they too will become part of dinner too. Holly will carry the baby to term because we don't kill children. Her fate will be determined then. The baby will either be raised here or by one of our distant family members." Part of dinner? I was stuck on that. I didn't particularly like my cousin or her friends but for them to die? I didn't want to die and I liked Tommy and Luda Mae. I didn't know Hoyt or Monty, but I didn't want to be raped by Hoyt no matter what.

I turned and looked up at Tommy. His life had been hard and if I wasn't has friend he probably never would have any at all. "What are the rules?" I asked calm as ever.

Luda Mae looked at me happily, "Don't leave the property, do the chores that will be assigned to you, take care of Holly until the baby is born, and never leave. Also, we are a loyal family, so if you become our family, you will be loyal to us, not your friends."

"Okay." I replied simply.

"You can call me Mama if you'd like. I know this isn't easy, but Tommy didn't want you to die, so it's this or death."

"Mama, I like that, never really had one of those before. Mine died when I was five of cancer." I felt a hand on my shoulder. "Can I go outside?" Mama nodded yes. "Would you join me Thomas?" He looked sad but he followed me.

We sat on the same bench as yesterday. "Why do you look sad?" I don't know why I felt so upset that he was upset. He was kidnapping me.

He pointed at me. "I made you sad?" I asked. He nodded. "How?" He touched my lips, but just barely, it sent heat straight down to my pelvic region. "Something I said?" He nodded again. For someone who didn't talk, it was easy to communicate with him. "What did I say?" He thought for a minute and then pointed at himself. I was confused at first and then realized it was his name. "You like it when I call you Tommy more than Thomas?" He nodded again.

"That's fine, Tommy." I smiled and he smiled back at me. "You want to know something?" I paused waiting for his reaction; he nodded, so I continued. "I had a dream last night about you."

He moved his hands in a gesture for me to continue so I did. "Well, you were sitting in a field and I came up to you," I paused, embarrassed. He waited patiently. "I then kissed you." He looked surprise. "I wish I knew what you were thinking." I said.

He pointed at me then his lips then at his chest, and then shrugged his shoulders. I took it to me he wanted me to tell him why I kissed him. "I wanted to." I said shyly. He looked at me with glee in his eyes, again I wish I knew what he was thinking.

"Tommy, get your ass in here." Hoyt yelled. Tommy got up and began to walk away. I grabbed his hand and reached up and kissed his cheek. It was a long reach. He looked really surprised, but he smiled.