Chapter 485

Jabi
“You have nothing to be afraid of, I am never going to hurt you,’’ he looks at me through the rearview mirror as he goes down the road. I am not tied up, just seated at the back of the car but I can’t move.
Tears are pouring out of my eyes, but I don’t care. I feel like I am going to go insane right now. He took me away from the community which just means he walked in with no fear. He is the worst type of person.
How can he do this to me? My eyes are focused on the road but I see everything. The roads that we pass, all the street signs. I want to know where we are going and how I will get out of this mess when given the chance.
“Why are you crying?’’ he asks me calmly.
How can he ask me this?
“I don’t want to be here, let me go,’’ I try to move but my hands and legs are numb. I don’t know what Lenny has done but this all seems planned. Like he didn’t coincidentally meet me at school. Like he has wanted to do this all along.
“Do you know why I took you away from Darrien?’’ he asks me as he focuses on the road.
I don’t want him to say his name. I don’t want to know anything. I just want him to let me go.
“Please, don’t do this to me. I thought you wanted to be my friend,’’ I tell him desperate for a miracle.
He smiles “I am your friend. I will be whatever you want me to be,’’ he adds.
I want to scream at him to just let me go but I have no voice. Tears run down my face. I don’t want this to be happening.
“He is going to find me. We are connected,” I tell him in a low whisper. It feels like I am losing the little strength I have left inside me. It is almost like he is taking it away from me when he wants to.
“I know that, have you noticed that you can’t send him a mind link?’’ he asks me calmly.
I don’t know what to do. I am just sitting there. He is driving for what feels like an eternity.
“I had to do a lot to make this happen, so you have to know how important you are to me.’’
“Please,’’ I try again.
He sighs “I am not the monster that you think I am. Give me a chance and you will see that this could work out.’’ I have no idea what he means by these words but I am scared. I don’t want to be around him.
He took me against my will.
For what?
“Why me?’’ I ask him.
He turns the steering wheel “You are the only one of your kind. At least the on you that I’ve seen so far.’’
I don’t know what to say. I don’t want to be around him.
I remain quiet because I don’t even want to continue this conversation.
After a few minutes, he stops the car and turns to me slowly “I promise you’ll be safe. You can trust me.’’ I would love to believe him but there is a huge problem here. I don’t trust him, I don’t want to be with him.
I hate him so much.
I want to go home, I want Darrien.
I turn away from him and he starts the car again. I keep my eyes on the road and I watch him as he takes turns and turns. I watch him for as long as I can hold out for. The weakness I have been feeling suddenly takes over again and I feel my eyes closing again. My heartbeat is slow, my hands and legs are numb. Slowly, my eyes close and I succumb to the weakness.
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I open my eyes and I am in a dark room. The only light comes from a window at the far end of the room. The sky is dark, the moon is shining brightly. I sit up from the bed and look around. I can’t see anything but I know I am being watched.
Suddenly, there is a sound from outside the room. I stay on the bed because I am scared. I don’t know what is happening but I am not myself.
I feel like a completely different person and I don’t know how to get out of this mess. I don’t know how to go back to what is important.
The door to the room opens slowly and Lenny walks in with a bottle in his grip. He is wearing dark jeans a white shirt. Different from what he has on when he A smile sprawls on his face when he sees me “You are awake,’’ he mutters as he walks over to me with the bottle.
“Here,’’ he hands me the bottle and my sense heightens immediately.
I know it is blood instantly.
“I don’t want anything from you,’’ I turn away from him.
He sighs “You will go crazy if you don’t take it,’’ he nudges the bottle at me but I just shake my head. I won’t give in to him, I will not let him think he has won. I will find a way to get out of here.
I am not weak and I will fight to get out of here but first, I need a plan.
I can’t just sit back and let him think that he has won.
“Whatever you are thinking, just stop. I don’t want to have to hurt you. I want to be good to you if you would let me.”
I clutch my hands into fists as he gives me a small smile. He is acting all high and mighty. I hate it.
I don’t want to hear anything from him.
I lie down on the bed with my back to him. I don’t even want to have to look at his face. I don’t want to talk to him and I don’t want blood from him.
“You are precious, you have no idea,’’ I hear him as he stands up and I hear the door as it closes with a click.
I want to go home.