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?

the overwhelming sense of being completely,

convince him to let me go, but how will I do that

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

turn my head,

then I

could

closing and locking somewhere

heart stutters in my chest, and I freeze, straining my ears.

say. What could I say

breath catches in my throat as the footsteps

door creaks open

Before there he is....

cuss him out, but I can't get the words out. Not yet. My voice is thick, suffocating with

steps into the room, his figure

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

twisted. Disturbing. And I don't know why, but it sends a shiver crawling

soft, almost too soft, like he's speaking to a child. "You need to calm down now, I don't want to

blink, confused for a split

Calm down?!

in short pants, coming to terms with the reason for my thumping headache and for my passing out the second time around -

in the pit of my stomach, a reminder of all the stress and fear I

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just need you to listen to me! Stop freaking out! If you calm down, then I'll untie you, how about that?" Ashton tests, dangling the carrot of my freedom in front of me, as I

me loose then I'll at least be free to find an escape... but I have to play my

to be violent and I couldn't risk hitting

have been days by now for all I knew, especially with the lack of windows in the room to help me tell how long it

for in total I wonder? Between

I was gone by

town?! Surely not when Emma knew I was supposed to stay with her... she will know somethings wrong, won't

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

Ashton continues on, taking his time to round the side of the bed in which I was

no chance out

down to face me at eye level next as I swallow

slowly - reaching a hand up to stroke my

that he

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

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