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?

the pain in my wrists, the overwhelming sense of being completely, utterly powerless...

him to let me go,

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

my head,

I hear

could

closing and locking somewhere in

I freeze, straining my ears.

know what to say. What could I say to make

the

creaks

Before there he is....

Not yet. My voice is thick, suffocating

the room, his figure

I pull my knees up to my

but it's twisted. Disturbing. And I don't know why, but

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

confused for

Calm down?!

terms with the reason for my thumping headache and for

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

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to listen to me! Stop freaking 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 at the

he cuts me loose then I'll at least be free to find an escape...

he was prepared to be violent and I couldn't risk hitting

now for all I knew,

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

was gone by now? Were people out

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

ok?" He seems to reach his hand in to his back pocket, before retrieving a pair of

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

outweighed me in both height and muscle, I would have no chance out running or even

down to face me at eye level next as I swallow the lump in

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

same hand that he had just slapped me

to bask in the silent moment for a few minutes longer - just hoping that each

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