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...

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

this time, desperation making my hands shake. It's

turn my head,

then I hear

all that could help

somewhere in the distance

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

What could I say to make him see

catches in my throat as the footsteps come closer, nearer, until they

creaks

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 I'm barely

into the room, his figure looming

up... again!" He starts, as I pull my knees up

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

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

blink, confused for a split

Calm down?!

you just 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

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

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

he cuts me 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

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

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

aware that I was gone by

just assume that I had left town?! Surely not when Emma knew I

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

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

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

teeth, leaning down to face me at eye level next as I swallow the

he smiles slowly - reaching a hand up to stroke my cheek

the same hand that he had just slapped

touch as I allowed for him to bask in the silent moment for a few minutes

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