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.

I had felt helpless, the pain I felt and my ribs

came crashing down and I thrashed

can't be happening again,

breathing quickened, and the walls around me seemed to close in on

his hands on me and his cruel taunts overwhelmed my senses.

hard,

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my panic, but the tone

up and then asked me to

calm down if

gasped, pulling at

feet away watching me with that

I couldn't stop thrashing

out. I needed to

over it. Silas ordered his

fear you're feeling right now, push

Push it aside?

could I

hours in this position, slipping in and out of consciousness, and I was

felt Silas' hands by my sides holding

to hurt you, Katrina, you need to

gasped for air,

don't know about trusting him. He had drugged me

reason for

hurt, but I forced myself

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I managed to slow fny breathing. I took deep breaths as

to fade, leaving me

was with Silas, not

Phillip and

repeated this in my head

eyes shut, I tried to shove down the lingering pane

chest,

aware of something else my skin was

eyes snapped open, and I realized with a jolt

taken off

I didn't miss how vulnerable I sounded but I couldn't help

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