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

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

tug at the restraints again, harder this time, desperation making my hands shake. It's useless. There's no escaping

head, looking

I

all that could help

door closing and locking somewhere

stutters in my chest, and I freeze, straining my

could I say to make him

my throat as the footsteps

creaks open

Before there he is....

can't get the words out. Not yet. My voice is thick, suffocating with growing fear. "Ashton," I whisper, my voice shaking. But it feels hollow, like

the room, his figure looming

I pull my knees up to my chest, shrinking

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

a child. "You need to calm down now,

confused for a

Calm down?!

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

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

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I'll untie you, how about that?" Ashton tests, dangling the carrot of my freedom in front of me, as I instantly nod

to find an escape... but I have to play my

he was prepared to be violent and I couldn't

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

passed out for in total I wonder? Between the first time and the second? It all made me feel

that I was gone by now? Were people out looking for

when Emma knew I was supposed to stay with her...

is untying you, ok?" He seems to reach his hand in to his back 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 going

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

no chance

me at

recite, and with that, he smiles slowly - reaching a hand

the same hand that he had just

practically feel myself tremble beneath his touch as I allowed for him to bask in the silent moment for a few minutes

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