Shadows In Durango

Chapter 114

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

The basement door slammed shut behind me with a deafening thud, and for a split second, I felt a surge of relief.

Ashton's yells were muffled now, his voice echoing from the depths below as my body heaved for more air.

My hands shook as I fumbled with the keys, trying desperately to lock him in there, to trap him down there where he couldn't get to me ever again. But my hands, they just wouldn't stop trembling!

"Shit!" I curse, suddenly growing desperate, before the keys slipped from my fingers, clattering loudly against the floor and disappearing under a nearby cabinet.

"No! I don't have the time for this!" I hissed to myself, dropping to my knees, my heartbeat pounding in my ears as I glanced back and forth between the basement door and the darkness underneath the cabinet. My fingers scrambled over the cold tiles, searching, but the sound of Ashton's furious, incoherent shouts grew louder and I knew I had to make a move soon... He was climbing the stairs to find me!

I couldn't wait any longer or risk being dragged back down there again knowing that his strength undoubtedly overpowered my own...

Panic seized up in my chest, and I instinctively abandoned the keys and sprinted for the front door deciding to put some distance between us instead.

My breath came in ragged gasps as I threw myself against it, twisting the handle wildly, praying and half expecting that it would just be open.

But of course it wasn't.

It was locked.

Another thing Ashton had carefully considered incase this was to happen!

"No, no, no!" I cried, pulling even harder, banging my fists against the thick wood in frustration. There was no key in sight, nothing to unlock it with and I didn't even know where to start looking.

I screamed out loudly, now petrified that there was no way out.

"I'LL FUCKING END YOU FOR THIS SOFIA!" His insanity filled bellow in the distance is enough to send my feet flying on their own accord up the nearest staircase, my feet barely touching the steps as I raced up them. My chest tightened, suffocating under the weight of the fear I was experiencing. I didn't doubt for one second that he would kill me.

Right now, this was most definitely a life or death scenario... he wouldn't forgive me after this...

My body felt like it was moving on pure desperation now, survival instincts overriding everything else.

The upstairs hallway was dim, the light from the afternoon sun barely filtering in through the small windows, casting long, eerie shadows across the walls.

What day was it? How long had I been stuck here? I didn't know... anywhere between a few hours, days or even weeks?! I had passed out on I don't know how many instances that I had lost all sense of time.

I glanced around wildly, searching for somewhere to hide - anywhere where I could buy myself some more time just to think of a new escape.

A door was slightly ajar at the end of the hallway, and without hesitation, I rushed toward it, shoving it open before slamming it closed behind me.

felt thick and stale, the curtains drawn over tight as my eyes grew wider at the

dominated by an old bed, where Ashton's grandmother

for a second seeing her kind face- maybe she could help, maybe she could get me out

help! P-Please can you help me?!" I whispered urgently, rushing to her side and grabbing her frail arm, finding her

get me - A-Ashton - he's" My words trip out over each other in a panic, but when

flicked to the bedside table where a bottle of pills lay tipped over, the contents spilled across the

me as the reality set

it was the pills or something else, she was completely

on my

He mocks, his tone groggy and hinting that he was still in pain from the attack. Terror twisted itself in to my gut, and I instinctively backed away from the bed, scanning the room

the bedside table and without thinking, I

moved swiftly to the window, my fingers shaking

freedom-made my heart lurch,

down on to the concrete below

breath, I raised the lamp and smashed it against

the sound ringing through the room as shards flew in all directions - instantly cutting

in, hitting my face and filling

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didn't hesitate despite the fresh blood and the pain. I climbed through the broken window, ignoring the added stings of glass against my palms, as I made my way

roof making it hard to keep my balance. The wind whipped my knotted hair around my face as I

- as I blinked a few times to view my surroundings -

held up to his ear, standing on the porch of one of the

baseball jacket with his initials on

I was seeing - was this real? Was I maybe hallucinating

to me, as the sight before

He was real!

I screamed out at the top of my lungs, my voice cracking as I waved frantically at him with one hand, waiting for

as he hears me, his head snapping up in surprise to spot me

widened and nearly fell out of

slight moment, he just stared, as if he couldn't believe what he was

my voice breaking with sudden desperation. "P-PLEASE!" I screamed again, now

next, scrambling off of the neighbours porch as

got closer, he called up to me. "Sofia? What

panic as I turn to look back at the smashed window in fear that Ashton would appear behind me

his hand reaching for the handle but finding it to be locked like I had done

screamed again, realising what he was about to do. "The door's locked,

could finish, there was a loud smash from below, indicating that another window had been broken,

was coming up to