Chapter five

  “Who are you?” I whispered breathlessly, my mind pondering with different thoughts when he walked into the room, maybe I was a coward for running away after he turned around.

   

  “You didn’t listen, you tried to run didn’t you.” He asked, his tone low and calm, and his blue eyes filled with serenity, why is not he yelling at me?

   

  “Who are you?.” I whispered again.

   

  “Dominic.” He said, his name held power and authority, it was the perfect name for a man like him, he stood with so much confidence and power and when he moved closer to me, I didn’t dare to show him I was scared.

   

  “You….you were going to hurt that man,” I whispered against my breath, the thought of him killing the man before he came here filled my mind, there is no doubt he did that.

   

  He smirked for a moment before he leaned in. “You seem to care about so many people, people that are not meant to be cared for Aurora,” he said and I didn’t speak.

   

  My eyes peered up and I glanced at him, if he could read my mind, he would see how terrified I was.

   

  “I just want to go home, I promise I won’t tell anyone what happened, I would pretend like this never happened, please,” I whispered and he smiled.

   

  “You are safer here- I am not,” I yelled cutting him off when he looked at me, that’s when I realized what I had just done, I yelled at the man who had murdered about two men in my presence maybe more before I knew him.

   

  “You talk back, you yell, you don’t care if that’s going to cost you anything, you kissed me, sweetheart, you kissed me and you didn’t stop at that, you made yourself known as someone to everyone at that party.” He said softly.

   

  “What do you mean,” I whispered when he moved even closer, and in a second, he wrapped his hand around me, forcing me to look at him, his eyes lingered on mine as if he was trying to understand what was happening and I didn’t speak.

   

  His scent was strong making me weak in the knees and his stares were enough to make me want to listen to him; who was this man and why did he think he could get away with anything? 

   

  “Why were you at that party?.” He asked and I didn’t speak. “I won’t ask again sweetheart.” He whispered, his breath falling against my ears.

   

  “I….” I was about saying when I went quiet, he knew, there was something about him that gave it up.

   

  “You were a caterer at the party.” He whispered and I nodded.

   

  Maybe it was foolish of me to agree to join the party after the old man had asked me to do that, I was only trying to be respectful.

   

  “Please let me go, Dominic.” His name on my lips felt surreal, he pulled his hand away from me letting me go and a tear slipped out of my eye. “I can’t do this anymore, you need to tell me why I am here, who are you and why can’t I leave, I am not going to be your prisoner.”

   

  “Unless you try to run away.” He mentioned and I shook my head.

   

  “Tell me who you are,” I whispered and yelled.

   

  “Dominic Ricci.” He whispered and a breath fell out of my lips, his eyes held honesty and that scared me the most, I could feel everything rushing back to me, the way everything happened.

   

  The way Nicholas has fear in his eyes when he sees him, the way he killed and no one cared, those guards outside the apartment building, those guards in front of the bedroom door, the way he walked like he is authority, and the way his eyes demanded respect without him having to speak.

   

  “I won’t hurt you.” Dominic finally said, I felt his hand touch me softly and I pulled away.

   

  “You…you..you are him,, you exist,” I whispered against my breath, my chest tightening against my heart and tears pouring out of my eyes. “No it can’t be, you can’t be him, he died a long time ago.”

   

  “I didn’t, it was all an elaborate story,” Dominic whispered and I shook my head.

   

  Suddenly he pulled even closer to him and his eyes were on mine.

   

  “You are going to have a panic attack if you don’t calm down.” He whispered, his voice demanding yet caring. “Breathe with me Aurora,” Dominic said.

   

  I closed my eyes for a moment and I started to breathe, I couldn’t have an attack, I didn’t like the way it made me feel.

   

  “Breath, focus on the breathing,” Dominic said, my mind being focused on his voice until I felt my heart pace slowing down and soon I felt better, my mind still had the same thoughts yet my heart had calmed down, my hands were no longer shaky and my breathing was back to normal.

   

  “What do you want from me? I’m sorry I kissed you.” I whispered. “But I don’t want to be here, I can’t stay here”. I breathed out.

   

  My heart raced against my rip-cage, my hands sweaty and shaky from the thought of dying.

   

  “For your protection, you will and very soon you will understand that you are not going to run away again- but,” I whispered cutting him off when I went quiet.

   

  “I was safe before I met you.” I breathed out.

   

  “Yet you made one mistake, Aurora, you have two choices, you stay with me for thirty days and you don’t try and run away, you will be alive, fed, and protected, and whoever is after you will be dead by then or you leave and you get killed and so does your best friend.” Dominic threatened.

   

  “Why do you even care if I die or not,” I asked.

   

  “Because once you have touched me, you belong to mine and mine alone.”