•NOTE: Chapters 85 and 86 take place on the same day, on the same timeline• •Evangeline•╌─═❁═─╌I opened my eyes to a dimly-lit room, I could see the faint sunlight seeping into the room through the thick drapes. I squinted my eyes and swallowed, my throat had dried up and a splitting headache spread through my head. I sat up with difficulty, I looked to my side and saw a glass of water with two pills and a note that said: “Take these, you bitch—Bee”Although, my head was hurting pretty bad; her note made me smile a little. I plopped the pills into my mouth and drank the whole glass of water in a single go. I got out of bed and noticed that I was still wearing the dress from last night. I did my daily routine; taking a shower with cold water also helped with the headache.Wearing some comfortable clothes, I went downstairs and saw Bianca sitting over the dining chair, eating breakfast. I walked to her. "You are here..." She stopped eating and shot me a glare. "I was worried for
•Evangeline•╌─═❁═─╌He turned and an inaudible gasp left my lips. It felt like it had been so many years since I last saw him. He had grown a beard, her blue eyes had darkened as they raked over my body. "How did you get here?" that's the first thing he asked me. "Why did you think that I was Katerina?" He gave his head a shake, brushing his thumb over his lower lip. "Answer my question, Evangeline" I breathed out a sarcastic laugh. "I'm not here to answer your question; I came here to get answers" He let out an amused breath, he leaned his butt against the dresser he was standing in front of and crossed his arms over his chest. "And how do you plan on doing that?" I furrowed my eyebrows. He was acting as if nothing had happened between us, he was acting like the last one and a half months didn't happen, he was acting like he just didn't care about any of it. I took a deep breath in. "Are you cheating on me? Is that why you are doing all this? Is that why you've been so distant
•Evangeline•╌─═❁═─╌I was dressed up, my hair made perfectly, and my bag was resting beside me on the bed. I stared at myself in the mirror and saw my hollow eyes. I passed out last night when Nikolai injected me with something and I woke up in my bed at home. I didn't want to think about what happened last night. I didn't want to dwell on it. I had made up my mind. It was over. The face of Nikolai I saw last night, I never want to see it again. There was a monster behind those piercing blue eyes, a monster he keeps under the wraps in public. The monster that was glaring at me last night, the monster that sat over me, restrained me. I never wanted to see that monster again. I shook my head and pulled out a notebook from my bag. I ripped a page out of the notebook and wrote a note. After I was done, I placed my cellphone over it, leaving everything on my bed. I grabbed my bag and looked around the room. Tears brimmed at the corner of my eyes and I immediately went to the mirror,
•Nikolai•╌═❁═╌"Niko, she isn't here! I have checked the entire building myself four fucking times, our men are all over the place!!" Marco yelled over the phone. "She isn't here!" I got off my seat. "Well, fucking check the building again! How could you let this happens, Marco? If something happened to her, You are a dead man, you're a fucking dead man!" I hung up and called her cellphone instead. It rang and rang and rang but she didn't fucking pick up. I hung up and called Alessandro. Agitation rolled off me, I needed a fucking drink but I needed my wife more. "Niko?" his cold voice came through the phone. "I want you to track my wife's phone, NOW!""Give me ten minutes" Hanging up, I went out of my office. Did someone get to her? If someone fucking kidnapped her again I'm going to burn the entire fucking New York City to the ground. Shit! How could I let this happen, I fucking promised her I won't let it happen again. I went down the elevator and it annoyed me how fucking s
•Evangeline•╌─═❁═─╌I shook my head. "I'm not going in there" Leo grabbed my arm and ducked as a helicopter flew by over us. Leo opened up the trap door again and pleaded with me to get inside. "Evie, it's either this or Nikolai!" he whisper-yelled. Taking a long, deep breath, I stepped down the unsteady wooden ladder that led to nothing but deep darkness. I couldn't see anything, the second my feet touched the ground I heaved a sigh of relief and looked up at the faint morning light coming from the trap door. "Leo!" I called and there was no answer. A certain tension and anxiety crept up as Leo didn't answer, I looked around the dark place, my heartbeat accelerating. Goosebumps crept over the back of my neck. "LEO!" I called again and I was ready to climb back up the ladder. A second later Leo appeared in my view, he stepped down the ladder and closed the door behind him."Evie, touch the wall to your left, there is a flashlight mounted on it, grab it and turn it on" In the
•Evangeline•╌─═❁═─╌It's been more than one month in this hell hole. I haven't seen sunlight, I haven't breathed in the fresh air. This is the worse kind of isolation I ever had to endure. Every time I feel like I'm finally gonna be free, I end up in a way worse confinement. I heaved a sigh and played around with the scrambled eggs on my plate. We have limited electricity down here, we have an oven, a microwave, and a refrigerator that we can use in the kitchen. In the storage room, the clean drinking water bottles, boxed ready-to-make meals, cereals, beans, and so many more things were available but I didn't feel like eating anything. I'm so sick of everything. I glanced at Leo, who was silently eating his food. Without even looking at me, he said. "Eat, Evie, you need food to survive" I blew out a breath. "What am I even surviving for? More confinement and isolation? Even if the people—who you refuse to name—will be here and take us out of here, what then? It's not I can live fr
•Nikolai•╌═❁═╌"I swear I saw them, it was the same man that was in the news and the same girl was with him" a teenage boy explained, "They are living down there, I was sent to deliver the milk, I was supposed to just leave it in the middle of nowhere." "Then where did you leave it?" Scott asked. He pointed to the ground. "Right here, I put the milk right here and hid behind the bushes. I was curious" He pointed towards the area that was covered in leaves and tree branches. "The man came from under there" "You can leave now" I ordered. "But I can help—" "Leave," Scott told him. "Alessandro" Alessandro nodded and grabbed the boy's arm, taking him away from us. I went over to the pile of leaves and ordered my man to see what was under it. As they did, a trap door came into my view. I nodded to them to open it, it was way too quiet for anyone to be there. A broken-down wooden ladder led down, Scott and Lorenzo stepped down and I did as well. I had no fucking hope that she was
•Evangeline•╌─═❁═─╌I trained day and night, I fought with men twice my size and won every single time. Alone, out here, I had the freedom to let myself out. No one to tell me what are my limitations. No one to degrade me. No one to make me doubt myself. I felt free. No diffidence. No restrictions. When I first started I didn't even know what I was doing but I always end up surprising my own self. I didn't even know I was capable of such things. I thought I wasn't like him but funnily enough, I realized I was just as twisted from inside. There was certain darkness inside of me, I don't know if I was born with it or if he put it inside of me. I didn't cower away from the sight of the blood. I have killed men and slept through the night like a goddamn baby. It's like I finally understood what he was. The more everyone pushed me, the more confident and in control, I felt. I was done being pushed around, taking orders, or obeying someone—day by day I got stronger, and day by day I st