Three years later.The first sign of dawn appeared, the calmness and loneliness around the house near the mountain started to fade away as the few birds started to chirp cheerfully.In an upstairs room, the light was still on, the light which her mum had switched on last night. Silently, the door opened and her mother appeared, a sad smile on her lips. She breathed out a distress then switched off the light to close the door behind her, with a sigh again. She didn't go and disturb her daughter as it was now a usual habit to see her like this every morning, not on her bed but by her table with the diary opened in front of her.For the past three years, no one knew what happened to her during that holiday. She kept on telling them that she couldn't remember, but deep inside, her mother knew that something hurtful had occurred and that each and every night, her daughter's blood turned into ink, writing out the words she couldn't speak aloud.In the room, a broken woman has fallen asleep
The sun was setting. The chirping of birds were fading while some bats could be seen flying freely above the mountain. Higher above, a few stars were already shining. Unconscious of the occurring dusk, the girl sitting by her desk, pen in hand was completely lost in her writing. Suddenly, the door of her room flew open and her mother stormed in. She switched on the light. ''Dear Lord, what are you writing in this darkness? Put on the light at least!''Unwillingly the girl stopped and raised her head. Sarah Brown, a twenty three years old lady, wearing nerdy glasses, behind which laid two big blue eyes, shadowed by a cloud of deep melancholy, followed by a straight nose and thin lips which could melt hearts when curved in a smile. Her blonde waist length hair tied in a messy bun on top of her head. When she stood up, she was a medium height not too tall, nor too short. She had a very slim and vulnerable appearance yet coated with a striking beauty.''What, mom?'' She asked in a soft
Despair and fear ruled over her and she started to run. Sarah took the way in front of her and kept on running, although she had no idea where she was heading. Her vision started to blur by the frightening tears and her limbs felt like jelly. Her head bent down. Sarah suddenly ran into a wall of bricks, stumbling back. Luckily, she retrieved her balance seconds before she fell down.''Ah,'' a small cry escaped her lips as her eyes focused in and she looked in front of her. A gasp instantly escaped her. Her eyes widened in its saucers. To her terror, she found out, it wasn't a wall of bricks that she ran into but a wall of chest!Sarah’s heart started to accelerate to such an extent that she was able to hear the beating in her ears. Her throat ran dry, her limbs turned weak. And when she raised her head, her big blue eyes crashed into a pair of silver grey ones! Her whole world froze. Frowning grey eyes, a long straight nose which was inhaling deeply, a thin irritated mouth, clenched
Big blue eyes twinkling with tears looked up at him. They were the most beautiful and vulnerable eyes he’d ever seen. Just by looking into them, they revealed the feeling of the person. Just like when she collided with him and he saw a cloud of shock and fear in them. They were replaced then by a mixture of terror and horror when he has killed these rivalry gangsters. Now, the girl laid unconscious on his bed and she seemed so vulnerable and innocent that he felt a feeling of protectiveness rising inside him and this unfamiliar feeling completely disturbed him.Devlin glanced at her again. She was a very beautiful young woman probably in her early twenties or maybe even eighteen or close. She had a pale, milky innocence, thin and somewhat frail looking body, yet possessing a steely attraction. Her hair was braided with very few bangs covering her forehead. Her eyelashes were long and it was difficult to say whether they were real or fake. However her face was bare of any trace
Numbed with shock, Sarah stared at him with open mouth. She just couldn't believe what she just heard. Her heart started to accelerate and her blood ran cold. She was being kept here against her will by this arrogant beast? Unlike her usual introverted and shy self, a strange anger and bravery spread in her veins and very quickly she spat her thoughts out,''So, in other words you kidnapped me?! What do you want from me?!'' Her eyes brimmed lightly.''Kidnapping is not the word I would use, miss...?'' Rising one eyebrow, demanding her name. When Sarah kept her mouth shut, the rude stranger barked,''Well, miss 'whatever your name is', I am keeping you here for your own safety. Today, there is a high probability that one criminal saw you with me in this old house and definitely they will come seeking information from you and may even harm or kill you in the process! So, I am doing you a favor, keeping you safer here!'' He opened the door, slammed it harshly. Safer here? Sarah screa
If that day was a long day, then the next two days felt like two weeks. They were dragging seconds by seconds. However Sarah was holding it pretty bravely. It looked absurd to herself how lightly and well she was coping with this reality. Or maybe, the reality hadn’t hit her yet? For Sarah, all these dramatic events in her life felt nothing but surreal. Maybe she had fallen asleep and was sucked in a very long nightmare. Or perhaps she had been summoned in a novel and she had turned into one of the characters. But there was no way that this was happening for real in her life. More bewildering was her own behaviour. Sarah was this kind of girl who would not even dare to raise her eyebrows to strangers, let alone to men! She had always been warned by her father to stay away from them and she had never really been in the company of any men except for her classmates. Yet, here strangely, she had challenged and even exploded at this man who was supposed to be her kidnapper, this monster
Hard, murderous grey eyes bored into her petrified blue ones. Sarah, squatted down on the road in the downpour rain with the angel of death standing arrogantly and dangerously beside her. Her heart was rattling against her chest bones like a flock of birds in a cage and a pulse throbbed at the base of her throat. Numbed with shock and terror, Sarah couldn’t react until she was ruthlessly pulled up from the ground and was dragged towards the car. Returning to reality abruptly, she suddenly started to struggle wildly but the grip on her arm was so hard as steel that she was sure tomorrow it would leave a bruise, that is if she was still alive. Remembering all her efforts and perseverance, Sarah decided to fight back and not give up, although her heart begged her otherwise.''Leave me, you bastard!'' She cried in a high, breathless voice which she hardly recognised as her own. But she didn't dare protest again, as she was silenced by the grey of his eyes which were just as steely as hi
''What?!” Jordan blinked. “You are worried about that girl?! She almost escaped, Devlin! She nearly reported you to the police! And all you are worrying about is the security of that girl?!''Instantly Devlin turned his face and glared at him. Oh God, Jordan screamed mentally, the lion was indeed very angry. Throwing up his hands in surrender, he apologised quickly,''Sorry, sorry. I shouldn't have said that. I just- it just slipped,'' and put his hands over his mouth, trying to ease the tension in the room. However, Devlin sat upright, the frown gone, replaced by a determination in his eyes.''Prepare hiding spot number three. Tomorrow I will take her there. It’s closer to the place where I’ve met her and I’m pretty sure there, we can find some information about her and her family.''And the game instantly changed. Sarah swallowed down the lump in her throat for the third time. She could feel how sweaty her palms were as she tightened them. Her heart was not beating fast, yet it sk