I had another fairly sleepless night, but Ruby and I had started to create a plan with some help from Ryan. Ryan was going to 'buy' Ruby the following night and then she would use her powers to help the two of us escape. We just had to make it to the down at the bottom of the mountain, where we would be safe. The FBI were going to invade the party when given the signal by Ryan; everything was left hanging over his head. I just hoped we could trust him.

Sky. Are you okay? Zed's voice came through as soon as I took my wall down.

Yes, I am. For now.

What's the plan?

Ruby, one of the other kidnapped girls, has her soulfinder coming to the big party. He works for the FBI. Ryan something...

Victor knows him. He's a good guy.

I hope so, because I'm relying on him getting us out of here tomorrow.

What do you need me to do?

There's a village in the valley near by. It's called Winterwood. Can you be there tomorrow?

Anything to get you safe. Will you let me know if you need me to do anything else?

Of course. Maybe.

I love you.

I love you.

The day went by quickly and the nerves in my stomach were determined to get the better of me by refusing to keep any food down; being kidnapped was a great diet in itself, though not one that I would recommend for anyone.

That evening, we were all given sexy yet sophisticated dresses to wear for the 'dinner' and then for entertaining the clients afterwards. My dress wasn't too bad, I just worried what the clients would be doing to the girls I had been sharing a living room space with; I knew that it was a choice for some of the girls, but for Ruby and I it was anything but a career choice. Ruby had been raped before, and I was scared it would happen again. And I was scared it would happen to me. I'd tried to steal a butter knife at breakfast, but Bella had caught me out and threatened to pass on the information to Robert or Zack if I tried anything else.

My dress was red with a thigh slit and cut out sides on my waist. It was a one-shoulder dress that showed my body shape perfectly. My hair had been pulled back into a loose bun, but I had been told I may have to take it out later on in the evening, cue throwing up again.

Dinner started at seven. We weren't going to be eating it, but we had to linger and fill up the wine and beer. Ruby knocked for me, looking older than she was in a purple thigh-slit and plunge front dress, and we headed down to the party together to greet the guests.

The men in the dining room were vile; their eyes wandered all over our bodies and they licked our lips as we walked amongst them. Most of them were overweight, sweaty and looked like the kind of rapists or perverts you'd expect the FBI to be looking for- ironic. Ryan was the only friendly face in the room, but he had to fit in with the crowd. His eyes wandered over Ruby's body and he beckoned her over to fill up his wine glass.

'Sky!' Zack called me over and wiggled his fingers in my direction. 'Come and meet our favourite client.'

I had agreed to all of this plan to keep my family and friends safe. I was doing the right thing. It just meant sacrificing myself. I took a deep breath and headed over to him. The man Zack was stood with was tall and slightly overweight, though some of it was probably muscle. He had not a single hair on his head, and had a little facial hair.

'Sky, this is Mr Jacobson.' Zack introduced me with a smile on his face.

'Wow Zack, you and your brother still have delicious taste.' He ran his tongue along his lips and smirked at me, making my stomach somersault (not in a good way).

'Nice to meet you.' I said half-heartedly. Zack frowned at me.

'It's okay.' Mr Jacobson grinned. 'I like it when they play hard to get. It's a huge turn on.'

'Well Sky is some fresh meat.' Zack winked at him. 'I'll let you tuck into her later if you'd like.'

'Dinner is served!' The Butler called, moving the food topic on to actual food and not a blonde 18-year-old girl.

The dinner went by far too quickly in my eyes. I had spent the whole time, whilst topping up alcohol, worrying about the 'desserts' and actually being the said dessert. I just hoped that Ryan would step in before anything awful happened. At the end of the meal, Robert stood up at the end of the table.

'Now is the part of the evening I'm sure you'll look forward to the most.' He raised his glass. 'Take your pick and feel free to spend as much money as you desire.'

The girls fluttered their eyelashes, flicked their hair, and attempted to come across as sexy. Ryan walked over to Ruby, kissing her hand before whisking her away. I only hoped that his big plan was going to come into action soon.

Zack approached me, putting his arm around my shoulders. 'We'll head to your room, princess.'

I tensed up as we walked towards the room I had been escaping to since arriving at this awful place. I wanted to call Zed for help, but I couldn't involve him in this. Not now. I just had to hope he would be in the town in the valley when I had made a break for it.

Once we were inside, Zack closed the door behind him and loosened up his tie.

'So, er, what did you want to talk about?' I smiled, innocently, hoping I had jumped to the wrong conclusion.

'I'm not one for talking.' He purred, unbuttoning his shirt. His chest was hairy and despite having muscular arms, his chest was not toned in any way. He walked over to me and started to circle me.

'Oh, really? That's a shame. Us British girls love to talk...'

He stopped behind me and ran his hand from my shoulder to my hip, touching the bare skin. 'What's the point in talking when there's better things you could be doing?'

'Sweetie, don't act so innocent. I know what you and your boyfriend were getting up to in that hotel in California.'

I tensed again. 'What?'

'You think I was only in the bar? I followed you around all week. Disneyland, really?' He placed a kiss on my shoulder, making me shiver with disgust. 'You're quite noisy in the bedroom, aren't you? Huh, guess I'll be finding out.'

'Please don't.' My voice came out small, like a whisper.

'Don't what, sweetie?' He leant forwards and started kissing my neck.

'I'll do whatever you want, but please don't rape me.'

'Honey, it's not rape, it's your job now. Didn't Bella tell you?' He stopped kissing my neck and grabbed my breast, breathing in my ear as he did so.

'Please just stop. Just let me go.'

'It was either this or your family and that stupid boyfriend of yours.'

Anger erupted from inside of me. My elbow swung to meet his nose and my body shoved him backwards. I ran for the door, but his hand grabbed my wrist before I got there.

He swung me around, slamming me against the door. His right hand grabbed my chin, forcing me to look at him.

'I wouldn't try to hurt me if I were you.' He forced a kiss on my lips as I swung my leg upwards into his crotch. He groaned, moving backwards, giving me some room for the door...

And then I was knocked to the ground. He held me down as I struggled, screaming. He turned me around and ran his hand up my thigh, towards my underwear.

'Please.' Tears fell down my cheeks and I was trembling with fear.

The door swung open and an alarm came from the house loudly, making my ears ache.

'What the-' Zack was knocked off of me and sent flying across the room.

Then Ruby touched me. I didn't say anything, I just followed her. Taking one last look at Zack, I recognised a confused expression- we were invisible.

I can't hold it for long, come on. Ruby's voice filled my mind.

We hurried down the stairs, hanging onto each other. FBI agents were running through the house, wearing bulletproof vests and carrying their guns. We ran out the front door, and then I knew we were noticeable again.

An FBI agent stood in front of us, gun aimed. 'Who are you?'

'Please,' I cried out, 'We were kidnapped by the Kellys.'

Gunshots rung out behind us and the FBI agent ran past us, into the house.

'Get the fuck back here!' I didn't need to turn around to know that Zack was following us.

Ruby and I kicked off our shoes and ran out of the open gate and into the wilderness. The road was blocked off by FBI vans and police; we were going to have to go cross-country. A gunshot ricocheted off of a rock as we passed it. He had a gun.

'Don't stop Sky.' Ruby pleaded between breaths.

We kept running down the hillside, hearing gunshots being fired and narrowly missing us. Then there was a sharp pain in my leg.

'You've been hit!' Ruby cried out, grabbing my arm. 'Come on Sky, we're nearly there, we have to keep going.'

She yanked my arm so that we were shielded by a large satellite on the hillside. She pulled up my dress to look at my leg and flinched. I didn't need to look at it to know it was bad. She ripped off the bottom of my dress and quickly tied it tightly around my leg to add pressure to the wound. Black dots appeared in front of my eyes and I was starting to feel a little dizzy.

'Sky, you have to stay with me, okay?' My friend told me, shaking my shoulders. 'I know it hurts like hell, but we have to keep going. We are so close. We can't let them get us now.'

'Ok...ay.' My voice sounded hoarse.

'Can you contact your boyfriend, tell them to meet us at the grocery store? Ryan said it's not that far from here.'

I knocked down my walls immediately, relieved I didn't need to hold them up anymore.

Zed. Meet us at the grocery store.

We'll be there in two. Are you okay?

Yes. I lied. Best not scare him yet.

Ruby put an arm around my waist and yanked me to my feet. 'Come on, let's get out of here.'

I tried my best to walk normally, though I knew I was slowing us down. We hobbled down the hillside, my leg throbbing with pain. I bit down on my tongue with every step, desperate to focus the pain on something else. We reached the bottom of the hillside and Ruby helped me walk across the abandonned streets. We walked a few blocks and that's when I couldn't bear it anymore.

I could see the grocery store ahead of me, but my leg gave in and I fell to the ground. 'I'm sorry, Ruby.'

And with that, I gave in to the tiredness.