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These were ruthless, vicious men Why they hadn’t killed me yet I still didn’t quite understand It see chip Either that or they wanted to kill et rid of my body or to show it off toto ranso

Though I refused to tell thenant I knew a person’s first instinct would be to tell soain syive any of that They could torture me in a way I could never recover from They could hurt me and use it to prove they would do worse later

Terror ran through my veins I had never been scared before, not like this Not only was I scared for my own life, but for the life in rowing inon me to keep it safe

Silently, curled up in the darkness of the room they had stuck me in, I wondered about Aiden I worried for him What if they found hiht him?

Would I ever get out of here? Would I ever see the sun again? So ripping et out

The door opened across frohter Every time they came in, it was to move me or to hit me Sometimes they just came in to kick me once and then leave Sometimes it was more involved Violence for no reason other than terror These were thepower I understood why

I recognized the shadow of thebehind him He was tall and wide, and he smelled like tuna fish all the time But he was one who didn’t hit me He just carted me from place to place He toldIt was somehoorse

“Don’t fight,” he said as he neared me

Instinctively, I leaned away fro a black bag over my head, he pulled on my elbow My hands were still tied behindinto my wrists so deep that I couldn’t tell if it eat or blood that et out of theo?

“Where a?” I asked I tried not to let ripped me like ice

“Don’t worry about it,” another voice said I recognized it instantly It was the man who had called, the man who had tried to kidnap me already

The first man shoved uidedAnother door opened, and I could feel the heat of the sun It was cold and bitter outside, the air full ofBut the sun was out The sun was out, and it was shining down on me

The glory of that sunshine only lasted a moment before the hand yanked and held me still, then bent me in half and shoved me inside a car

“Scoot over,” the voice of the tuna man said I did and felt two men file in on either side of me I must have been on a bench seat in the back of a car

The car started up, and the men rode in silence We made it a few minutes before a sharp turn seemed to take them by surprise I wondered what it was, but before I could hazard a guess, a loud cracking sound seemed to explode beside me I bent do as the sound started on the other side too Bothout of the s, and the car came to a sudden stop The doors opened, and I felt the vacancy of the seats on either side

I curledover , and sounshots exploded all around the car, and I heard a sound that sounded like gurgling, then a thump just outside the door Tears streamed out of my eyes I hoped this wasn’t the end

There was silence for acould be heard clearly, but I couldn’tI could unshot I sat in the quiet for a , terrified of ould come next