Shadows In Durango

Chapter 108

*****Sofia's POV*****

"Are you still a virgin Sofia?" He asks, as my heart sinks.

My stomach lurches, the sudden question hanging in the air like a dark overpowering cloud.

The words hit me harder than I had ever expected, leaving me breathless, trapped between the crushing weight of fear and the sickening truth of just how far Ashton was willing to push this.

His eyes gleam with something dark, something predatory, and I want nothing more than to retreat into myself, to escape the situation, but I can't.

I have literally nowhere to run or to hide...

My hand tightens around the water bottle, the plastic creaking under my grip as I try to hold it together, to keep the panic at bay. I force my breath to remain steady, but inside, I'm unraveling quicker than I can even comprehend.

I know the question isn't just a question. It's a test, a way for him to see if he can break me, if he can control me any further. He wants to see how I react, whether I'll flinch or crumble or whether I'll just give in. But I won't give him that satisfaction.

I can't.

I look at him, my heart hammering in my chest, trying to project that I was calm, trying to keep the mask in place.

"That's really none of your business Ashton, come on now..." I reply, my voice shaking despite my best effort to sound firm. It's a weak answer, but it's the only defense I have.

His smile widens, but there's no warmth in it. It's a cold, calculated expression, one that only makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up even more.

"Oh, I think it is though, Sofia. I think I have a right to know if my girlfriend has wasted herself on another man..." He states, before his smile quickly falls and he looks straight through me.

shudder, hearing him refer to me as his

I had ever felt around Ashton. "We aren't together though

know what he would

hiding, avoiding everyone who's ever tried to care about you... but you can't run from me anymore. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I actually think you love the idea of being chased and sought after... but I've eventually caught you now Sofia,

he saying? He sounded

walls of the basement closing in on me and I try to suppress the urge to curl into myself, to escape

in my hands as he takes a moment to tower

stretches between us like a taut wire, and every second feels

of my throat as his words echo around

at least I

though it's a struggle to keep it steady. "You can't force me into anything. I won't let you." I stumble out, referring to a topic that I so dreaded becoming a reality. He wouldn't go

He doesn't even flinch.

because I just love to win. It might be forced in the beginning, but soon enough, you'll love me. I'll keep you down here until you worship

is he

but it's no use against his strength, as he pulls me up to stand

tug me back towards the

bed. "I'll never let you break me, Ashton. No

think he would take things this far, but it seemed that I barely knew

knees up to my chest on the bed, as he remains stood by

to piss me off more than you already have..." he states, shocking me as he does a complete one-eighty and leaves me there - shaken up and petrified that he

his game? Tormenting

he walks off, before I hear him climbing the steps, jingling his keys

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as I fall in to a fully blown panic attack as everything seems to crash down on

weight of the silence after he leaves is