Tasting Darkness

Chapter 6

Chapter 6

Hours passed. I spent most of the day sleeping on the cold concrete floor. I was too lethargic to move. My ass went numb hours ago, my legs were asleep, and they had pins and needles, yet moving them felt like too much effort. My teeth chattered as my temperature plummeted, and the day turned into night. The coldness of night seeped into my bones, making them ache worse. I was asleep when I heard the steel door open.

“And you are back. Is it morning already?” I murmured. Hearing the cell door open, I instantly knew something was wrong as he never once ever came into the cell. My eyes flew open to see Darius standing in front of me.

“Oh, shit!” I curse under my breath.

“Oh shit is right, why aren’t you eating?”

“Not hungry,” I tell him, and my traitorous stomach growls at the mention of food. His eyes flickered, and he glared down at me. He walked over to me, and I  had to fight the urge to shrivel into a ball.

Darius growls before reaching down and grabbing my hair. He jerks my head back painfully, but I can’t even fight to loosen his grip. My entire body felt like a dead weight. He sneers at me, looking me over.

“Fucking disgusting,” He says, letting me go and shoving me against the brick wall. My back hits the wall so hard it knocks the air from my lungs in one short wheeze.

don’t even want me, so why keep me?” I ask, trying to catch my

kicking the plate towards me. It resembled toast, only white with no color, but it was as stiff as toast. I turn my face away, looking back

to give you three seconds, or I will make you eat,” He says

at him—a big mistake when his foot came down my shin. I screamed. The sound echoed off the walls and

my leg, his foot crushing it still as I panted. He counts slowly again, and I could only gasp and stare at him

hurting me meant nothing to him. I suppose it did mean nothing,

from me, yet I was too weak to stop him, and my magic was all

my hand. I hear the sickening crack of my three middle fingers. Bile rises

it is bent inward in the middle. Just moving causes me pain, and my blood coated the floor beneath it. The bone jutted out of my skin, and I fought the urge to throw up again at the gruesome sight

The pain receded, and I knew I was in shock. I welcomed the shock, anything

asks Tobias, making me look toward him, but I couldn’t see him,

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