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 of being completely, utterly powerless... it's

can't stay here, I'll have to convince him to let me go, but how will I do that

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

head,

I hear

could

somewhere

I freeze, straining my ears. It's him. Ashton. He's coming

What could I say to

my throat as the footsteps come closer,

creaks open

Before there he is....

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

room, his figure looming in

starts, as I pull my knees up to my chest, shrinking back

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

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

for a

Calm down?!

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 around - it was

pit of my stomach, a reminder of all the stress and

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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

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

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

night time outside? It could have been days by now for all I knew, especially with the lack of

for in total I wonder? Between the first time and the second? It all made

that I was gone by now? Were people out looking

just assume that I had left town?! Surely not when Emma knew I was supposed to stay with her... she

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

want you to 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

me in both height and muscle, I would have no chance out running or even fighting him back... I had to be

demands through his teeth, leaning down to face me at eye level

and with that, he smiles slowly

he had

tremble beneath his touch as I allowed for him to bask in the silent moment for a few minutes longer - just

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