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

let me go, but how will I do that if he isn't

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

turn my head,

I

all that could help me break

locking somewhere in

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

don't know what to say. What could

throat as the footsteps come closer, nearer, until they

creaks open

Before there he is....

yet. My voice is thick, suffocating with growing fear. "Ashton," I whisper, my voice shaking. But it

into the room, his figure looming in the

He starts, as I pull my knees

into something resembling a smile, but it's twisted. Disturbing. And I

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

blink, confused for a

Calm down?!

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

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

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down, then I'll untie you, how about that?" Ashton tests, dangling the

loose then I'll at least be free to find an

be violent and I couldn't risk hitting my head for a third time

could have been days by now for all I knew, especially with the lack of windows in the room

for in total I wonder? Between the first time and

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

that I had left town?! Surely not when Emma knew I was supposed to stay

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 to

won't try to run or scream anymore... deal? Just let me show you around for a minute?" Ashton continues on, taking his time to round the side of the

would have no chance out running or even fighting him back... I had

his teeth, leaning down to face me at eye

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

he had just

in the silent moment for a few

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