Shadows In Durango

Chapter 103

Chapter 103

*****Sofia's POV*****

I wake up to more pain.

It's sharp and bruising

a heavy throb that pulses from behind my eyes, spreading like wildfire throughout my head.

My whole body feels numb and sore, like I've been through something terribly violent...

For a long moment, I can't even remember where I am. The darkness presses in around me, wrapping itself around my chest and squeezing the breath from my lungs.

I blink back slowly, trying to push myself up, but... something's wrong. My wrists.

They're tied.

Wait... I've been here before...

I'm tied up, again.

I freeze.

A sickening weight settling in my stomach, heavy with the realisation of where I still was.

I struggle, my heart starting to hammer in my chest as I yank at the restraints, but the plastic digs deeper into my skin, and the pain only intensifies.

I gasp loudly, panic rising up fast, the world tilting around me as I thrash against the bed and start to scream hysterically.

I can't breathe. I can't think. My body trembles uncontrollably as the overwhelming feeling of being trapped presses down on me.

Everything was blurry after... after Ashton. Passing out. The car. The conversation. The slap...

I shudder, remembering the coldness in his eyes.... his face coming in to my mind like a crazed stalker.

I blink again, slowly this time in an attempt to calm my breathing, forcing myself to take in the room around me properly.

It's small. Barren. White walls that feel sterile and unwelcoming. A door that's slightly ajar, the faintest sliver of light spilling in from the hallway, but nothing else. No windows, no sounds from outside. Just suffocating silence. This is a nightmare.

I must be dreaming?

my wrists, the overwhelming sense of being completely, utterly powerless...

convince him to let me go, but

this time, desperation making my hands shake. It's useless.

head, looking

I hear

that could help

door closing and locking somewhere in the

and I freeze, straining my ears. It's him. Ashton. He's coming

to say. What could I say to make him

throat as the footsteps come closer, nearer, until they

creaks open

Before there he is....

Not yet. My voice is thick, suffocating with growing fear. "Ashton," I whisper, my voice shaking. But it feels hollow, like I'm barely

steps into the room, his figure looming

again!" He starts, as I pull my knees up to my chest,

lips curve up into something resembling a smile, but it's twisted. Disturbing. And I don't know why, but it sends a shiver crawling

a

blink, confused for

Calm down?!

I state, the words falling out in short pants, coming to terms with the reason for my thumping headache and for my passing out the second time

as I felt the nausea sitting in the pit of my stomach,

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listen to me! Stop freaking out! If you calm down, then I'll untie you, how about

be free to find an

to be violent and I couldn't risk hitting my head

time outside? It could have been days by now for all I knew,

long had I been passed out for in total I wonder? Between the first time and the second? It all

by now? Were people out looking for

assume that I had left town?! Surely not when Emma knew I was supposed to stay with her... she will know

pocket, before retrieving a pair of scissors as my eyes immediately light up with hope. This is seeming to go a little better than the first time around... at least he's

Just let me show you around for a minute?" Ashton continues on, taking his time to round the side of the bed in which

I would have no chance out running or even fighting him

He demands through his teeth, leaning down to face me at eye

with that, he smiles slowly - reaching a hand up to

that he had just

in the silent moment for a few minutes longer - just hoping that each second would add to his

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