LOGINEve.
I almost didn't realise when his other hand slid behind me. My eyes blazed with rage when he fisted a handful of my hair, jerking my neck backwards and straining my neck and shoulder muscles.
Souvenir? What's he even talking about?
"You're not worth the memory... you're worth dog food and I've got a dog to feed!"
I don't have a dog but I would adopt one to prove a point.
"You bark a lot for someone who owns a dog made specifically for the role."
My teeth clicked tightly as he fisted even harder.
"Fuck you!"
"Alright... you really want to feel like a woman so bad, huh?"
The fuck was he talking about...Why does every word that leaves his mouth have to be riddle...
Talking about feeling like a woman...
Feeling like a woman.
The second he released me, my thoughts reshuffled. I rolled my eyes all over his face... trying to find... Oh, I don't know, a flying fuck that he just harassed a woman!!
My palm clashed with his cheek faster than the second thought creeping. "Aren't you scared of Keaton?!!"
I yelled in his face, mockingly.
I stared, dumbfounded as he held the palm I used to hit him, flipping it gently and pecking my knuckles again.
"Scared of daddy? I didn't mind letting you have a passkey, did I?"
Everyone knew dad had refused stubbornly to let me own a passkey... everyone eventually took it as a mandatory... no one spared me theirs willingly until I give a valid reason.
Then Flavian shows up... Thanks to one chitchat, my hands are blessed with a passkey.
But... he didn't exclusively state it as a gift.
"Fine then. What do you want ?... Beware, I'm not spoiled.. I always have to prepare a document containing a list of what I want, why I desire it and why it's relevant in my life... dad approves some... the rest stay in my archive."
"Is that so?" I saw his lips purse, thinning , his eyes wandered off for fleeting seconds... I could tell he was contemplating something.
" I don't mind my brother"
He tilted his neck and stood toe-to-toe with me. Was he not too close for someone who should be my step-uncle?
"You don't?"
"You trust too easily, princess."
I glared from the corners of my eyes when he skirted around me.
And then my body shook at a sudden hit at the crook of my neck.
The last thing I remembered was my world tilting into the horizon and black curtains shutting my vision.
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I... can't breathe.
Were my eyes still closed? All I saw was black... pitch black...
The thickness of the darkness had my head in a haze and on top of it all my mouth was gagged. When I tried making a sound they came out as a hum.
My hands were cuffed behind me and my legs were paralysed by chains I guess. The space I occupied was tight.
I was getting dizzy again when I got an idea.
I could tell my location was a boot since there was motion feeling in my stomach... yes, but what disturbed me more was having no knowledge of whose boot.
Watch him... he's unpredictable.
My dad's words resurfaced in my mind... giving me a hint. The-hint!
Damn it! Uncle-Flavian
"Hm-mm- ngh-emmm!!" I struggled to call his name through humming as I beat somewhere with my bound legs.
It seemed like he heard because the car came to an abrupt stop.
Adrenaline rushed through my body, preparing for the upcoming unknown, when a car door was slammed shut with a loud thud.
My pulse was pounding, eyes barely pretending to remain still... the only person who had ever kidnapped me was the Rostovs, Arseny the bastard—
A bright light hit my eyes the second the boot opened. I forced my eyes closed at the repulsive light pointed directly at them.
"Good. You're awake, princess."
Click.
The light penetration stopped and I opened my eyes once more, glaring into his blinding grassy eyes.
In his hand was a slender bottle of something alcoholic... his long hair now loose down his back was more frizzy and somewhat wet... he didn't have a throbbing body odour, but the strong scent of liquoroozed off him.
He placed the bottle down before cradling me out of the boot and making me stand.
My eyes narrowed when he scrunched down beneath me, unlocking the chains bounding my feet, then releasing me from my handcuffs.
As soon as I took off the gag I gasped for fresh oxygen until my lungs were full.
I didn't know when or why I followed him into the building in front, but as I did I immediately regretted it and backstepped, ready to flee, but his hand was annoyingly faster.
"Hey, let go of me!" I exclaimed, eyeing everyone in sight around with precise naivety... people were starting to stare and I was starting to panic because some of these people in question were moving with little to no clothes on.
"You had the chance to flee after those cuffs fell... that chance expired at the step you took to get in here."
"What are you talking about—"
When the seriousness and coldness in his eyes dispersed, somehow it affected my own mood, positively.
"If you worry too much I won't give you a tour..."
Ok now he sounds drunk again
"Tour? When did I want a to—"
Ahh, I forgot his hand clamped my wrist. A hiccup escaped my lips as he whisked me forward, forcing me to move my feet without pause.
I saw things and things and things and the only conclusion I came up with was.... "Is this a fuck house?"
We stopped at the center of a room where men and women... men and men, women and women copulated... in the weirdest fetish ways.
"This is my favourite place to be... it's the 'study-chamber'"
"You mean sex study chamber?"
"Shuuushh. Shut it."
Fuck, why was I engaging him in a conversation? This man is totally mad... Drunk
My eyes focused on a man and woman. Just like the others they were having sex... however the man was rather rough, I could tell from the bruise patches on her skin... and the weirdest thing was that the woman kept on moaning with great ecstasy...
Fuck... something was stirring in my stomach. I didn't want to give attention to my body, but the live p**n happening before my eyes was knotting my feelings, stimulating feelings I swear are aliens 'cause I've never felt them this extreme before.
The excitement I felt right now was different from the type I got from watching p**n.
This was epic and it was making my blood boil... not with anger, not with rage. Lust.
It took me a while before I tore my eyes away from the mating couple to focus on Flavian...
Why did he bring me here?
My mouth parted to speak but sealed when he stepped closer but not close enough to have me strain my eyes to see him clearly, what a beautiful man...
"You feel it now... don't you?"
I hummed in question, distraction taking my eyes to his lips.
Fuck. I want...to
You can't... you shouldn't.
"Do you feel like a woman..."
Flavian."Eve put the fucking pistol away... You would have killed him!" My brother barked but it was too late now...What the bloody hell..."Fuck!!!"I cursed when the bullet hit my legTwo times in a row...Two bloody times in a row.What do you call it when your dearest rascal of a stepniece welcomes you with a pistol... Why does it always have to be Eve who catches me off guard and here I was brimming with confidence in the thought of her rushing to hug me, telling me how much she has missed me at least...."Kill him? He should be dead by now, he's not... I can see that for sure now"I narrowed my eyes at Eve, descending into a chair by the side to reserve my strength.A bullet was bleeding out of my left leg, that's a good thing. I don't have to spend too much time here then."I see you've been well baby" I remarked, looking her over...She's better than I had left her... Good. Maybe if she still has a chance at walking she'll make use of it wisely and stop chasing after devils.
Eve.For the past forty-eight hours or more, Crandon and I have been in the hospital, waiting for my dad to regain consciousness... And just when I snapped out of the screen of the laptop, I noticed Danielle approaching with Benjamin escorting behind her, I didn't stare long before turning back to my laptop."He's awake now, you can go see him," Danielle said, taking a seat on the waiting bench.Finally... But I wasn't in much of a hurry yet, I'm still trying to respond to all the emails I've received in the short span I decided to black out."How's the leg?" Asked Benjamin, having me tilt my neck to show him a little smile..."Fine..."I muttered shutting down the laptop... Because for some odd reason I felt intoxicated by their presence... And when I glanced between them I noticed they did the same too.Did Keaton really assign Benjamin to be her security guard or did Benjamin just assume his role... The latter is more suspicious... either way, I got ready to wheel myself off."What
Flavian."So.... This 'Mother' of yours set you up as a spy... So that means you live on the island, correct?""Yes...."Excellent... I've got rats in my home... Guess it's time to listen to Arseny, upgrade security to the point of weekly door-to-door identification verification.But that might not even be enough to guarantee one hundred percent security against rats like her... I know there were rats on the island, enough of them but I didn't know this little bitch would be part of it. And speaking of Arseny... The man really believes his sister is dead and in heaven, meanwhile, she's been on the very island.Then there's Eve with an undiagnosed mental illness, still suffering nightmares of her past that haven't died yet..And then there's Keaton... The master of this chaos... Just a few breaths away from actually dying. Leaving the mess.... And then there's me, unenthusiastically ready to fix the mess. "Well well well... Isn't that just wonderful," I murmured to myself.I with
Flavian."Exactly... What." I brushed past my aunt, coming to stand beside the bed, narrowing my eyes down at the little vixen... Damn her energy somehow reminded me so much of my dear Eve.Glancing at the dagger still stuck in her thigh I heaved a sigh... I won't be pulling that out yet, she was already in a lot of pain as I needed. I don't want her passing out from blood loss too.Reaching out I tore out the tape sealing her lips. "Want some water?""Fucking kill me already... Kill me, that's what you motherfuckers want ain't it?" She cried out, her melancholic voice was shaky and raspy. Poor thing... Unfortunately, she does have to die... But not yet. She's alive because someone saved her in the nick of time, and considering the location of her grave, her saviour can't possibly be a normal passerby who happens to be interested in digging out the dead. Her death was only made known openly a week after I buried her, that means It's someone in the family who dug her up that nig
Flavian."How?""Did I find you?" She finished me off, her expression stony with no flicker of emotion. "I'm supposed to be on vacation in the Maldives but you fuckers just do what you know best, fuck off my peace of mind. I'm too old to be doing this." While she nagged on and on, I wondered. There was no way that no one could easily find me, nor trace me down to this old neighbourhood, I had already lost my phone and deliberately let most of my things burn in the explosion. Right now I looked no less than a homeless thief in ragged clothes found at a mall. "How did you find me," I interjected, seeing her mouth wasn't ready to cease talking."Question and answer. You've got guts keeping an old lady at the door this long. Move. My walking stick is begging to stab your chest already."Without further ado I diligently stepped aside, letting her through.I peeped out the door, making sure no one else was around before retreating and locking the door gently."You found me. If you won't
Flavian."They think I'm dead now. Thanks to you." As if it'd be that easy to kill me. I set aside the teacup in my hand on the table and crossed a leg over the other as I reclined in the chair, fixing my gaze on the petite figure on the bed in front of me. I know there was something off about her right from the night she was at that restaurant performing a song solo. The lady in yellow. Right now she lies on the bed with arms spread open as her wrists are chained to the headboard. She wouldn't be in this condition right now if she hadn't lured me into Ivory Coast with a promise of a 'good time' to end up airing my location to the people I'm about to find out now."Who do you work for sweetheart?" I asked for the third time only to receive a snarl and a scoff."I work for myself!!" She retorted, glaring down at me in a manner that didn't sit right with me. How is it possible that her facial features are familiar yet I'm unable to make out any memory of her? Meanwhile, from our







