Chapter 20
Sarah
I was tied to a chair. My blood colored the rope as it shafted and dug into my wrists.
“So, this is what all the fuss was about.”
Looking into the eyes of the man who loomed over me like some sort of avenging angel. His smooth face and long, slim body were average.
He didn’t look like an angel and if this was what they looked like I want my money back. I wanted to laugh at my own thoughts and I couldn’t stop the smile as it twitched on my lips.
“You think this is funny? I have you tied to a chair sweetheart and completely at my mercy.”
He was right, but that wasn’t going to change the fact he was ugly and honestly nothing about him stood out he was really plain. Brown hair threaded with gray cut close to his head and slicked back like a gangster from the old movies. Brown eyes the color of mud.
Nothing about this man stood out, he was unremarkable and if I was asked to look at a lineup of men similar to him even if he was in it I wouldn’t be able to pick him.
“You are a beautiful little thing.”
His fingers caress my cheek and I fight the urge to gag. Instead of puking all over his black leather shoes I snap my teeth at his finger.
The thought of his flesh in my mouth once again had bile trying to escape.
“I think I may keep you.”
Oh god. I thought he would torture me demand my brother’s location or something along those lines, but instead he wanted to keep me.
The things that, that implied had my body wanting to cave in on itself. My skin crawled at the thought of his body touching mine in any way.
“Never. I will never be yours.”
His laughter was cold and empty. For a moment I thought of all the monsters I dreamed about as a kid. He reminded me of the one I feared the most the monsters under the bed.
The one who lived in the shadows and wanted to skin me and eat me alive. And in a way, he wanted to do just that.
“Oh, Sarah, you really don’t have a choice in the matter.”
I couldn’t stand to look at him anymore. Scanning the room, I look for any sign of where I was and how I could escape. The room was dark and if not for the light overhead I wouldn’t see anything.
The walls and floor were concrete there were no photos and no paintings on the wall. Windows were none existent and there was only one door.
“Oh, how clever of you. I promise you there is no place to go.”
He was right. But I couldn’t, and I wouldn’t except that. I wasn’t going to rot here.
“My brother will find me.”
“Oh, Sarah he will never find you.”
“I need an air and my daughter just won’t do. Jaxson already has an empire.”
Babies? He was going to breed me like livestock?
“But first we must do something about that child taking up space in your womb.”
If I could I would have put my hands over my baby.
“No!”
“Oh yes. The doctor will be here soon.”
I kicked at him. My feet were free from restraints and I tried my best to kick him to hurt him.
“I love the fight in you.”
The husky tone he used when he said those six words had me wishing I could disappear into the floor.
“I won’t be your brood mare.”
“Oh, love, you won’t care after a few rounds of good fucking.”
I was shocked into silence my tongue stuck to the roof of my mouth its dry, rough texture making it hard to swallow.
“I thought about using that pretty little mouth of yours.”
“I’ll bite it off.”
For effect I snap my teeth again and smile. Please try it, I would love to spit dick in your face.
“Ah, it seems you need a little conditioning.”
I watch as he turns around and notice the table directly behind him. It looked like a coroner's table. Something from a few horror flicks I love watching.
But after this I’m not so sure I will be able to watch anther scary movie.
“Let me help you come around. When we're finished, you will see things my way.”
I will never see things his way. I will never let him touch my body willingly.
“It pains me to have to do this. Marring this beautiful creamy skin…”
“I hate you.”
“Oh love no one said you had to like me.”
The light reflected off his scalpel as it came closer to my arm. A burning sensation took over as the blade pressed into my skin. Blood spilled over some coating my blue jeans and some dripping onto the floor.
I fight the scream as it tried to escape. I won’t give him the satisfaction if I could help it.
“I’ve been waiting two days for this. You just wouldn’t wake up.”
I was thankful for that two-day reprieve. The blade started going up to the curve of my elbow.
“We don’t want to nick anything, so I will stay close to the surface. Just some skin and tissue nothing too important.”
Everything on my body was important to me.
“Why don’t you tell me a little about the Carters.”
“Go fuck yourself.”
Leaning forward I spit in his face. His shocked face was comical his eyes were so wide they looked ready to fall out of his head.
“Now Sarah that wasn’t very nice I thought you were smarter than that.”
I thought it was. The wet glob of spit gave him character. Giving him a smug yeah, it was look I gloat a little. I wasn’t going to tell him anything I didn’t care what he did.
“I will never tell.”
“I admire your loyalty. Maybe someday you will be by my side.”
“Keep dreaming.”
“Oh, love, you don’t want to know what I dream about.”
He was right, I wanted nothing to do with his dreams.
The scalpel once again penetrated my skin this time my other arm. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to scream or thank him for leaving my other arm alone.
“Conditioning. Have you ever heard of it?”
I couldn’t think right now the pain was overwhelming.
“It’s when you reward someone for doing what you want and punish them for not. Eventually that person much like a dog will do as told.”
Like a mindless zombie? I wanted to watch a zombie eat his face. I was no dog either. His attention turned to my leg and I pushed at him with my foot. I tried to kick him, but he caught my legs, one at a time.
“I guess I should tie these to the chair don’t want you getting any ideas now do we? I was hoping to leave them untied less work later when I take you.”
Shudders of both pain and disgust ravaged my body. I was shaking now, and I couldn’t stop.
“Daniel.”
“Boss?’
“Tie her feet to the chair.”
I watch as a lumbering man bent down in front of me. How did I not notice him before he was huge and took up a lot of space?
“Please…”
I whisper the word hoping he will take pity on me. But when his eyes met mine there was nothing there. It was like looking into a bottomless pit.
“That’s enough Daniel.”
I watch as Gigantor climbs to his feet and walks away. What little hope I had in those few moments vanished.
“Jaxson will come for me.”
I wanted him to understand the consequences of what he was doing.
“My daughter knows her place and is keeping Jaxson a little busy.”
It hurt to hear that. The implications of what she was doing was clear and it tore at my heart. One day I would learn to harden the offending appendage.
The blade sunk into my thigh right through my jeans. I was happy he didn’t remove them it would make him one step closer to his goal.
The pain intensified as he applied more pressure and dragged it to my knee. It was too much my body couldn’t handle anymore.
Letting out a scream, I let the darkness take me into its comforting embrace. Here the world couldn’t hurt me. No one could reach me. I was finally at peace.