Chapter

42

I woke with a gasp, my heart pounding in my chest.

Where was 12

I tried to figure out what happened the previous day and where could have been, but everything seemed to be in a daze.

I still felt dizzy, and I struggled to keep my eyes open.

Different thoughts ran through my mind, all of them in a jumbled mess.

It took a while for me to clear my head and the confusion I felt lifted slowly.

That was when it all came to me.

The ball last night, meeting with Father and Silas drugging me.

1 cussed loudly,

I passed out after Silas had drugged me, how long was I out for

And I was more upset about the fact that Sikas had spiked my drink, and I took it.

I never expected that.

How could Silas drug me?

And the way he stared at me like I had meant nothing to him before I finally went unconscious

And maybe I did meet nothing

I tried to pull my hands but then I realized the tightness in my wrists and ankles.

Panic gripped me when I realized I was tied, my arms and legs spread apart, leaving me helpless.

Just like that day.

No. No, not again.

Not again, please.

1 thrashed against the restraints, the feeling of being bound throwing me back to the day Phillip had tortured me.

had felt helpless,

crashing down and I thrashed harder

happening again, I can't be tortured

around me seemed to close

on me and his cruel taunts overwhelmed

hard, I thought it might

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cold voice cut through my panic, but

and then asked

down if

I gasped, pulling at my restraints, but Silas

just stood there, standing a few feet away watching me with that same detached expression he always

I couldn't stop thrashing

out. I needed

it. Silas ordered his voice

you're feeling right now, push it

Push it aside?

I do

slipping in and out of

felt Silas' hands by my sides holding me

here to hurt you, Katrina, you need to

for air, struggling to

him. He

reason

it hurt, but I forced myself to focus

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breathing. I took deep breaths as Istried to control my

began to fade, leaving me shaken

was with

isn't Phillip and he won't

repeated this in my head like a mantra,

shut, I tried to shove down the lingering pane

in my chest,

moment, I became aware of something else

realized

taken

I didn't miss how vulnerable I sounded but

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