Chapter 14

I couldn't take my eyes from him, I stayed frozen staring in shock. My heart was thumping wildly, threatening to break out of the rib cage.

"No." I sat back on the bed, my breaths coming out in pant. I wrapped the duvet around my body, also using it to clean the blood off my face. I could still feel the metallic taste of blood, his blood. I knew it would only take a few seconds before they found out.

No, he would kill me.

My eyes watered and I stared down at my hands and up at the room, the ground painted with blood. I did not let her out. No! She forced her way through!

I started sobbing when I heard hurried footsteps in the hallway, just before the door burst open forcefully. I expected to see the guards or maybe somebody else, but Damien stood at the open door, his eyes burning with anger. He looked like he was about to explode in rage.

About three guards stepped into the room, their faces mirroring shock, but when their eyes landed on me, rage and despair flashed in them.

Damien