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?

in my wrists, the overwhelming sense of being completely, utterly powerless... it's

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

restraints again, harder this time, desperation making my hands shake. It's useless. There's

head, looking around

then I hear

could

and locking somewhere in the distance before

stutters in my chest, and I freeze, straining

to say. What could I say

in my throat as the footsteps come

door creaks open

Before there he is....

get the words out. Not yet. My voice is thick, suffocating with growing fear. "Ashton," I whisper,

room, his figure looming in the

He starts, as I pull

a smile, but it's twisted. Disturbing. And

voice soft, almost too soft, like he's speaking to a child. "You need to calm down

for a split

Calm down?!

slapped me!" 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

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

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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

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

was prepared to be violent and

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

Between the first

gone by now?

when Emma knew I was supposed to stay with her... she will know somethings wrong,

learn to trust me. We will work on it. The first step 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

promise me that you 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 bed in which I was currently tied to. I only nod again, already knowing that it was in my best interest to stay calm right now since I didn't

both height and muscle, I would have no chance out running or even fighting

me at eye level next as I

p-promise..." I recite, and with that, he smiles slowly - reaching a hand up to stroke my cheek

the same hand that he had

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

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