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?

pain in my wrists, the overwhelming sense

here, I'll have to convince him to let me go, but how will I do that if

time, desperation making my hands shake. It's useless. There's no escaping these stupid little

my head, looking around

I hear

could

closing and locking somewhere in the distance before

in my chest, and I freeze, straining my ears. It's

What could I say to make

as the

door creaks

Before there he is....

pulse quickens. I want to scream, to yell at him, cuss him out, but I can't get the words out. Not yet. My voice is thick,

his figure looming in

as I pull my knees up to my chest,

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

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

blink, confused for

Calm down?!

the words falling out in short pants, coming to terms with the reason for my thumping

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

us for the complete experience all for free. The next chapter is eagerly waiting

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 instantly nod at

cuts me loose then I'll at least be free to find an escape...

to be violent and

knew, especially with the lack of windows in the room to help me

long had I been passed out for in total I wonder? Between the first time

by now? Were

not when Emma knew

hand in to his back pocket, before retrieving a pair of scissors as my eyes immediately light up

around for a minute?" Ashton continues on, taking his time to round the side of the bed in which I was currently tied to. I only nod again, already knowing that it was in my

no chance out running or even fighting him back...

face me at

I recite, and with that, he smiles slowly -

the same hand that he had just slapped

his touch as I allowed for him to bask in the silent moment for a few minutes longer - just hoping that each second would add to his trust

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