All Chapters of The Bait, The Ruin: Chapter 91 - Chapter 100

100 Chapters

Tito...

WELLINGTON'S POVI don’t know where I’m being taken.I sit on the cold floor of the cabin with my back pressed tightly against the wall, my eyes glued to the black dog chained to a steel rod near the entrance. Every time it breathes or shifts, the chain rattles softly, making my chest tighten harder.The huge man sitting across from me drags deeply from a cigarette, filling his already dark lungs with more poison while his gun rests lazily on his thigh as if it belongs there more naturally than his own hand.The motor of the boat vibrates beneath me, humming endlessly under the floorboards. The beeping from my watch has finally stopped, but the red light still blinks steadily. I think it reacts whenever it gets wet or something like that, because now that my clothes are drying, the sound is gone.Everything else, however, is still loud inside my head.The waves.The blood.The dead fisherman’s eyes.Donna laughing.“You are a good catch.”I swallow hard and hug my knees tighter.“What

Thorns, Clips

WELLINGTON'S POVThe boat’s engine dies with a violent noise, followed by a deep silence that presses against my ears so that I jerk upright.A second later, I hear movement outside the cabin. Boots scrape against wood, low voices murmur, and then the huge man gets up from his seat and opens the cabin door, letting sunlight pour into the dark room so suddenly that my eyes sting from it.“Get up and let’s go, Tito,” he grumbles as he bends to unchain the dog beside him.“Don’t call me that.” I stand slowly, my body aching from the uncomfortable ride, and hold out his jacket to him before quietly stepping out of the cabin, careful not to get too close to the huge dog whining beside him.The beast doesn’t like me. I can tell from the way it bares its long teeth every single time I move, like I’m some piece of meat it expects to sink its teeth into sooner or later. Honestly, being torn apart wouldn’t even be the worst thing that could happen to me. At least then, maybe this miserable life

Mummy, Where's Daddy?

DAHLIA'S POV“Wake up, bitch!”I don’t even realize it’s morning until Sunny’s loud voice crashes into my sleep and sunlight spills through the curtains, landing directly across my face and burning against my closed eyes.“Come on, it’s almost midday and you’re still in bed? Even Cleo can’t relate!” she complains while yanking the sheets off me before spanking my bare buttocks hard enough to sting.“Ouch, bitch, that hurts!” I jerk upright immediately, swiping a tired hand over my face while my head pounds heavily from sleep and exhaustion.“What's my name, Little Storm?” She imitates Wellington’s deep, heavy voice so perfectly that I nearly choke.The second I look up at her, shocked laughter bursts out of me before I can stop it. Sunny grabs her own neck dramatically, sticks her tongue halfway out of her mouth, and pretends to choke while rolling her eyes backward with exaggerated moans.“No, you didn’t hear that!” I cover my burning face with both hands, already feeling heat rush i

Getting Fucked Over

WELLINGTON'S POV“Hurry, follow me!” Kay whispers, waving at me.After dropping our ropes so they fall over the other side of the wall, she moves around the structure and drops into a squat. I do the same barely a second later, just before a powerful searchlight sweeps across the exact spot where we'd been standing.“Fuck, that was close,” I breathe near her ear as the beam rolls toward the main entrance.“Shit, we won't make it inside without getting caught,” Kay whispers back as we watch armed men begin taking positions around the compound.There's no fucking way we can beat that many men.The plan had sounded simple when she explained it. Get into the operating rooms, hijack the systems, trigger multiple alarms, create confusion, then give my men outside a chance to breach the facility while everyone is distracted.Now, staring at the patrols, cameras, and heavily armed agents, the entire place looks more like a military fortress than a government facility. That's if it's truly a s

Anonymously Back

DAHLIA'S POVA tap on the door breaks the tension growing in the room.I have no answer to give Cleo. Anything I say would probably be another lie, and I don't want to deceive her anymore. So whoever is standing outside that door is a lifesaver.“Who's there?” I ask as I walk to the door and check the monitor before opening it.“Your phone, ma'am.”It's one of Wellington's men.He's dressed entirely in black, just like the others stationed around the house. A machine gun is strapped across his chest, and his sharp eyes constantly sweep the surroundings as if danger could appear from thin air at any moment.For a second, I wonder if any of them ever truly relax. He stretches the phone toward me, and surprise flickers through me.I honestly thought I'd lost it somewhere along the way while this entire nightmare unfolded. As I take it from him, he turns to leave, but curiosity gets the better of me.“How were you able to find the phone?”The man pauses and looks back.“It was brought in

I Will Call You Wellington

WELLINGTON'S POVPlaything. The word keeps replaying in my head like a broken record that refuses to stop spinning, twisting deeper into my thoughts with every step we take as we walk into the grand Victorian house. My heart pounds heavily against my ribs, a constant reminder that I have never been in control of anything, not even my own life. The entrance hall stretches out before us in all its polished glory, empty of people at first, but my eyes cannot help but take in the magnificent flight of stairs that curves gracefully up to the second floor. It feels as if those same pairs of eyes watching me earlier through the window are pulling me forward now, inviting me into this unknown world whether I want it or not. Then, suddenly, she appears from one of the rooms above, her soft features and calm nature catching the light as she begins to descend the stairs with quiet steps that barely disturb the air around her.Before I can fully take in the gentle curve of her face or the pea

Ask To Meet

DAHLIA'S POVI do not come out of my room for days on end, shutting myself away from the world as if the four walls could somehow protect me from the crushing weight of everything that has happenedAnd I refuse to eat anything they bring me, hoping desperately that I can just starve to death so the endless pain inside my chest will finally come to an end. Deep down, I know Christina feeds off my pain like some wild beast that thrives in the darkness, growing stronger with every tear I shed and every moment of my suffering, which only makes the emptiness inside me expand. My body grows weaker with each passing hour, my limbs heavy and unresponsive, yet my mind races endlessly through memories that cut deeper than any knife ever could.I wet my pillow with hot, silent tears every ticking second of the day and night, my aching heart beating so hard against my ribs that I truly think it might be bleeding out from all the emotional wounds that refuse to heal. “You're going to get up fro

Trust Your Knowledge

WELLINGTON'S POVI start to lower my weapon slowly, the heavy metal feeling like lead in my trembling hands as I raise one hand up in surrender, my palm open and exposed while I keep my eyes locked on her the entire time, searching desperately for any sign of the ally I thought I had. It's my fault for always trusting so easily even after facing all the disappointments and witnessing what trust costs people, the kind of painful price that leaves scars deeper than any blade could carve into flesh. My heart pounds with a mix of regret and exhaustion, torn between the desperate need to believe in someone and the bitter knowledge that trust has only ever led me into betrayal. I can feel the sweat trickling down my back, my muscles tense.One of the men steps forward, grabs my hands roughly and pulls them forcefully to my back, twisting my arms in a way that sends sharp pain shooting through my shoulders while he pushes me forward without mercy. She just stands there and watches, her ex

The Bait 2

DAHLIA'S POV“How do you know it's a man?” I ask, frowning at Sunny.“What gender has the time to watch someone from a close distance and send anonymous texts? It's either a stalker or someone trying to scare the living daylights out of you. Men fit both categories perfectly.” She shrugs and pulls out her phone.“I'll get a duvet and tuck Cleo in here. I can't let her out of my sight.” I feel terrified, so even if I can't protect myself, I must do my part to keep her safe as a mother.I help Cleo lie down on the couch before rushing upstairs to grab a bedsheet from her room. My legs feel heavy with exhaustion, but my mind refuses to rest. Every second Wellington and my mother remain away feels wrong. I cover her body with the soft fabric, pulling it up to her shoulders with gentle hands, and put one of the throw pillows under her head to make her comfortable, watching as her little chest rises and falls in a peaceful rhythm that stands in such painful contrast to the chaos unfolding

100| If This Is The End

DAHLIA'S POVI stagger backwards at the impact of those words, this time not strong enough to keep myself standing as my legs give way beneath me, so I slack to the floor in a heap, feeling my heart swell up painfully and then burst into waves of unbearable pain that radiate through my entire body. The message hits me like a hammer to the chest, shattering what little composure I have left.No, she couldn't have done that. He's lying, I try to assure myself, repeating the words over and over in my mind like a desperate mantra, clinging to the hope that this is just another cruel trick meant to break me further, but the doubt creeps in anyway, gnawing at the edges of my sanity.My mother came back for me, she wants to make up for all the years she's lost and maybe fix whatever she can. She couldn't have set Wellington up, at least, for my sake. Was the whole grabbing me, saving me from DSS men and taking me to St. Martins and… fuck, was all of that a plan to lure him to that place?I

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