Chapter 6

I was jolted awake by a bucket of ice-cold water. When I opened my eyes, I found my hands and feet tightly bound.

And the two people who had abducted me… were none other than Alfred and Selena.

"Why do I get the feeling he can see us? Did his sight come back?" Alfred squinted, stepping closer to wave a hand in front of my face.

But I merely stared blankly ahead, not even blinking.

Selena stepped forward with a knife, a sinister smile curling her lips. "How can you tell if he's really blind doing that? Watch this."

She lunged, driving the blade straight toward my eyes.

When the tip of the knife stopped less than an inch from my cornea, Alfred quickly grabbed her arm. "Watch it! We're just here to give him a lesson. He's a useless cripple, but we don't need to actually destroy his eyes. If Mya looks into it, we're in trouble."

Selena snorted, tossing the knife aside. "I'm not stupid. I was just testing him. Looks like he's genuinely blind. He didn't even flinch with a blade right in his face. Hahaha!"

I lay on the cold ground, my chest heaving violently, shouting at them, "Alfred! Selena! You actually abducted me?"

Alfred looked slightly surprised. He walked over step by step and planted his foot firmly on my bandaged forearm before grinding his heel into my raw wound. "Recognized our voices already? Too bad the fun's just getting started."

He grabbed me by the arm and dragged me toward a massive water trough, kicking me hard behind the knees.

"Ah!"

I slammed onto the dirt floor, my knees taking the full brunt of the impact. Cold sweat instantly broke out across my forehead.

Before I could recover, he yanked me up by my hair and shoved my head straight into the water.

Whatever was mixed into the liquid burned my eyes, forcing tears out instantly. I swallowed a mouthful of the foul water, sending a searing pain straight down my throat.

They watched me struggle frantically, waiting until I was on the brink of drowning before dragging me up by my hair for a two-second breath, only to shove me right back under.

They repeated this torture until they finally grew bored.

I was thrown hard onto the ground, utterly drained. My eyes felt swollen, and every breath sent a searing pain through my throat.

Fortunately, my hand brushed against my phone, which had slipped out during the struggle. I hid it behind my back and dialed my emergency contact.

"You bastard, still trying to play tricks?"

Hearing the subtle chime, Selena snatched the phone from behind my back. Just as she raised her arm to smash it, Alfred cut in.

He picked up the phone and saw that I was calling Mya. A mocking smile curled at the corner of his lips. "Zander, who do you think Mya will pick up if I call her right now?"

He pulled out his phone and dialed her without hesitation.

Within two seconds, my call was rejected, and Mya's voice came through Alfred's speaker. "Honey, I was just in a meeting. What's wrong?"

Alfred threw me a triumphant look before faking a panicked tone. "Honey, I was driving, and one of my tires blew out. What should I do?"

"Where are you? Don't panic. I'm coming to get you right now!"

The sound of a chair scraping back rang through the receiver. Alfred smirked and ended the call.

"Let's go, Selena. Time to go set up the accident scene."

Before leaving, Selena gave my chest a vicious pinch, grinning wickedly. "Handsome, let's play again real soon."

I glared at their retreating backs, lacking even the strength to crawl to my feet.

Rain began to drizzle outside. I had no choice but to slowly wear through the ropes against a sharp edge, then limp my way back to the villa.

The entire time, Mya didn't call back once.

Inside, bathed in the warm yellow light of the living room, Alfred—now changed into clean clothes—sat with his arm around Mya, watching television.

Seeing me stumble through the door, he put on a shocked expression and rushed over. "Oh my god! What happened? How did you end up looking like this?"

He reached out to grab my arm to inspect my injuries.

The very next second, I caught his wrist, pulled him forward, and slammed my fist directly into his jaw.

Both Alfred and Mya froze in total shock.