Twin Tormentors By RARE

Chapter 44

LEIGH-ARI

The following days passed in a blur. The twins decided to have a new security system installed and doubled up on the guards on patrol. The motion sensors were upgraded by a hundred, the CCTVs in the west wing were also installed. I had fought with them tooth and nail for installing the cameras in my room. They claimed it was for my safety and I understood that, but I wasn’t going to be under surveillance even when I was sleeping. The bedroom was my safe fortress, where I escaped to when everything got too much. It was the only thing that was keeping me sane even though it didn’t belong to me alone (since the ; twins had taken the liberty to sleep with me against my will.). Having the cameras installed was going to deprive me of the little sense of privacy that was left and I wasn’t going to let them take that little piece of me away. They had taken too much already and I didn’t have anything left of myself. 1

Vernero wanted to be pig-headed about it, and then I told him if they go ahead with that and don’t respect my decision and my feelings, then I’d leave. I remember their reaction vividly. They had frozen for a full minute. Just stood there and stared at me, unmoving as if someone had hit pause on them.

Then they had shaken themselves out of the daze and gave in. And just like that, I had successfully saved the little strand of sanity I was hanging on.

And Xander on the side, he was still as mysterious as before. Very unseen. His movements were swift and very undetected. Despite the gazillion cameras, top-notch sensors, and guards, he managed to slip a few things into my room and remained undetected. Within days, I had gotten used to his unannounced appearance and the little “gifts” he left behind when he didn’t show himself, just to let me know he was still there watching me. It didn’t freak me out like it had the first time he just popped up in my bedroom.

I didn’t know how to feel about him, about his stalking ways. Because he was an expert at it. A t the same time, he didn’t seem to be fostering any malevolent intentions towards me. But that didn’t mean I was going to recline on my throne and just relax. I was so alert and cautious about everything, one thing I have learned since stepping foot in this castle. 1

him. But the only thing that made me bite my tongue was the thought of what they’d do to him. They wouldn’t just butcher him, they would destroy his possible existence as well as one of his ancestors and descendants. H e would be a history in a matter of hours, minutes and

even if my safety was at stake. It’s not like I hadn’t experienced the worst things ever in my life. Trust me, I have

about me before the

towards me, or at least that’s what I

of those you keep

Xander

me about something or someone. And that made me soften a little when I thought of him. Although I still didn’t understand how he made it past the security into my bedroom without getting caught every time or why he was stalking me. Maybe he wanted to use me as a bargaining chip in their shady shenanigans, I honestly didn’t

I burned it to ashes, I couldn’t keep it and risk it being found the twins. I honestly didn’t want to think what they would do if they knew Xander has been

OCC

I was tired of this life, I was drained, mentally, physically, and emotionally. Everything was just so crazy. The twins who didn’t allow me to step outside the ‘walls of the castle, Xander the ninja stalker, and whoever that was working i n shadows against me that Xander warned me about, not being allowed to connect to the outside world, it was all too much for me. I missed my old life like crazy. I missed the morning rush, I missed driving through the morning traffic, the little beeps of my pager when there were emergencies at the hospital. The OR, my doctor, I missed cotton candy outside the

was a prisoner. Yes, one would think I am crazy, I mean no prisoner wears designer