Aurora's POV
I dried myself and wore full clothes to hide marks on my body. I don't remember when was the last time I wore my favourite dresses. The thing is I don't even have my favourite dresses because he didn't let me keep any.
He let me walk out when he was done cleaning my body. I changed and quickly gulped down the painkillers. I can't work with the aching body all day.
I turned around when he came out with the towel hanging low on his waist and I looked down when he eyes met mine. My face held nothing but submission and I hate it.
My heart cries knowing that I can't fight against him.
He wore his clothes and I loathed the thing that now my house holds his things too. He comes and behaves like he owns it. He owns me.
I feel suffocation whenever he is around, whenever his eyes hold me captive. I constantly feel his hand around my throat.
My room is big enough to roam around without colliding with each other but he never likes when I try to distance from him.
My eyes followed his movements when he covered his back muscles with his shirt and buttoned it up with his ringed fingers. He looks royal from each move of his. Anyone could tell that he is a man who is grown up in the golden castle but then what made him so psycho? Why is he like this?
I refuse to believe that this man is a human and carries humanity. If he had even a bit of humanity inside him then he wouldn't be doing all this with me.
He fixed his hair and my eyes landed on his gun which he had kept on the counter. I stared at it.
It's not like I haven't tried to kill him, I did and failed miserably. It didn't turn out well for me. He made me pay for each and every drop of blood which escaped from his body.
That night still haunts me!
He was all ready in his polished shoes and expensive dark suit, I looked away when he grabbed his gun and I saw his footsteps reaching me. I was standing there like a slave he had purchased when he placed his gun under my chin and forced me to look at him.
My eyes were helpless and his were mischievous. He was mocking me.
"Wanna use it again?"
He smirked.
I struggled to shake my head under the gunpoint. His eyebrows scrunched as he grabbed my hair in a tight grip and I moaned in pain.
"If you don't want to use your tongue then tell me, I'll pluck it out for you..."
"I am sorry"
I cried in pain while trying to grab his hand and stop him but it was of no use.
"Please don't"
He sighed and scratched his forehead with the tip of the gun.
"Why do you piss me off, Angel?"
"I am sorry"
I pleaded while holding on his hand which was ripping my hair out. He has made it clear that he doesn't like silent answers, he wants a verbal answer whenever he asks something and I don't understand how I can be so stupid to forget it every time.
He released my hair and I tried to gently rub my scalp to ease the pain, silent tears escaped my eyes as I stood in front of him like a scared cat.
He stared down at me while placing the hand on the wall near my face.
"I asked you something"
He sounded too calm for the anger he holds in him.
I shook my head furiously.
"No! I don't want to"
My shaky hands wiped my tears but it was of no use.
He stepped closer with the chuckle while caging me against the wall and grabbing my jaw in firm grip which hurts.
I blinked my teary eyes to look into his cold one.
"You are a terrible liar"
He whispered mockingly.
"I am not lying"
I sobbed.
"Tell me how badly you want to empty all the bullets in my head?"
He demanded an answer while gently caressing the strand of my hair after letting my jaw go.
"How badly, Angel?"
He caressed my trembling lips and I closed my eyes when his warm tongue licked my tears.
My body is now shaking and I can't even hide it. Why didn't he leave after taking out his anger on me? Why is he still here?
"I don't want to, please"
I pleaded.
"Please"
He placed his forehead on mine and inhaled my scent, his stubble scratched my face as he rubbed his face on mine, if someone sees then they might misunderstand it as an affection but the reality is different.
"Looks like you need some motivation"
His breath fanned my lips and my eyes snapped open. He is not letting it go. He wants to play again and whenever he plays, I end up in pain. I don't want this now, not when I haven't recovered from last night's brutality.
"Please!"
I sobbed and cowardly backed up if that's even possible because there is a wall behind me.
"The rules are, if you give honest answers then I'll let you go and if you lie then I fuck you"
He stated and my stomach churned, I am already tired from last night. I can't, I can't take it.
"So tell me, Angel.. how did you come home last night?"
He started the game making my heart thud with every word of his.
I kept my eyes close as I had no courage to face him.
"Catherina dropped me"
My voice shook with fear.
He hummed.
"Right answer, good!"
He pecked my lips and scared me even more. Rafael is dangerous when he is angry but lethal when he acts good. It's one of his ways to play with his prey. He enjoys it.
"How many times did you smile yesterday?"
I know he knows, I don't know how but he has details of each and every second of my life. He is everywhere even when he is not around.
He doesn't like when I smile at anyone, not even women. He thinks that my smile should be only for him. He deserves it and no one else.
"None!"
I shook my head.
He pecked my lips again telling me that he is satisfied with my answer.
"Good girl"
I trembled when he caressed my cheek with his thumb.
"Next question, how badly do you want to leave from here?"
I don't know why he is asking me this question but if I lie then he will find out and I don't want to think about the consequences. I have to answer honestly, there are hopes that he will let me go if I answer honestly but still, I can't predict him. He can do anything.
"Really bad!"
I mumbled praying that it doesn't piss him off.
He smirked.
"How much do you hate me?"
My eyes snapped open when he asked that. How am I supposed to answer this question. If I lie then he will make my day miserable and if I answer honestly then I don't know what he will do to me. I can't lie because he knows the reality. He might not show it but he knows that I hate him.
He smirked looking at me knowing that he had trapped me.
"As much as you hate kindness"
I replied and he chuckled loudly. I don't know if I pissed him off or not but he does hate it when someone shows kindness to anything or anyone. I don't know why but he doesn't like that.
He has strictly warned me to stop being kind to people.
He looked at me amused while leaning down and pecking my lips proudly.
"You are a smart little thing..."
He placed his forehead on mine.
"Now tell me, how many bullets you want to empty in my head..."
I knew he wouldn't let go, he came back to that question and he won't stop until he makes me spit out the truth. I have no choice. I looked at the gun and then into his amused eyes.
"A_All"
My voice was merely a whisper.
I flinched back and closed my eyes shut when he raised his hand but I felt him touching my hair. He hasn't slapped me yet but I think he is using better methods to hurt me, slap is nothing in front of that.
"My little Vixen"
He pecked my lips and I looked at him confused. Isn't he mad? Is he not going to hurt me for whatever I said?
What's going on in his mind?
I looked at the window when I heard a loud horn. Catherina is here to pick me, she uses the same route so she picks and drops me everyday.
I looked at Rafael, silently asking for the permission and he stepped back.
"You won. Go!"
I couldn't believe him for a second but another horn made me move from my place.
He looked at me with his signature mischievou
s look when I hurriedly grabbed my purse and ran out of the room.
He is planning something, there is no way that he let me go so easily.
Aurora's POV I literally ran towards the car and got in while slamming the door shut. I won't be surprised if I get a heart attack in the coming days. "Woah! Slow down, beauty..." Catherina chuckled. "I wasn't going to leave you behind..." "Sorry" I replied, maybe I slammed her car door too rough. "Why are you saying sorry" She chuckled and started the car. "Now that I realised, you never really talk to me... You just say sorry and thank you..." I looked out of the window as she started rumbling, Catherina loves to talk and I love to hear her talk. She gives me hopes that I am still in the normal world. "By the way you are blushing today, I mean your cheeks and nose are tinted pink... It suits you, are you using a new blush or something?" How do I tell her that it's because I cried. Yeah! And the blush name is Rafael Delgado. "I don't use makeup" I chose to say instead. She always asks me what my skincare is and what made up products I use, she often checks my purse f
Aurora's POV I stepped back when he stepped forward. Adrenaline rushed inside me and I grabbed the butter knife while placing the paper bag on the table. "Leave. Now!" I pointed the knife at him. He was in his place amused while I was scared to the core not understanding what he wanted. Did I save some serial killer that night, that thought terrified me. He chuckled and stepped forward making me alert, my hold on the knife tightened as forehead started sweating. I was glaring at him but nothing seemed to phase him. I had also forgotten my mobile in the bedroom. "Butter knife! Last time I told you that you need something stronger." He chuckled mockingly. "I doubt this one is going to help you" "What do you want?" I asked not to take my eyes off of him. "You!... All of you, every inch and piece of you, your body, your smile, your tears, your pain..." He stated in determination. "Your soul and everything!" I looked at him in disbelief not getting what he meant by t
Aurora's POV I struggled, did whatever I could do to get hold of something or someone. Hands couldn't help but struggled to hold on to the water which wasn't possible. Legs couldn't find the ground to stand. Eyes were closed and saw nothing but darkness, lungs burnt without oxygen and head filled with the water through nose. It felt like my heart would come out of my chest and float in the water. My heart felt more pain than my body. I was about to pass out but then a strong hand pulled me up. I clutched on the hand tightly and sucked in the breath, took in as much as I could do like I am not going to get air again. My eyes opened as I kept gasping for the air. Eyes were burning due to water. Those mischievous grey orbs mocked me. Rafael was holding me up. "I have a phobia of water, please... Leave me!... I'll die!" I pleaded and tried to get out of the water but he held me back firmly. He was standing in the water like a king, and water wasn't even reaching his chest while
Aurora's POV I stepped back when he placed me down. I know my eyes had shown him nothing but my weakness. I was still trembling with the cold and my hair was dripping. He looked at me with a blank look like he didn't notice me stepping back but he did. He noticed it and that was my first realisation that if he is calm then he is more mad. "We can visit the swimming pool again, if you insist..." He cocked his eyebrow. "Are you going to rape me?" I sobbed while clutching on my arms tightly as if it would have saved me. "Rape?" He chuckled. "I would call it pleasure..." I followed his movements when he went to my closet and grabbed a towel. I couldn't understand what he meant, how can I get pleasure when I don't want him to touch me. When I am terrified of him. I flinched when he stood behind me and started drying my wet hair. He ruffled them gently. "Rape is when woman doesn't enjoy it, it hurts her, she feels disgusted and she doesn't feel good..." I stood there froz
Aurora's POV That night I slept like my soul had left my body, it was almost like I was unconscious due to drowning. But that nightmare didn't leave me alone, I was a seven year old child when I was playing around the pool with my puppy. He ran towards the pool, I quickly grabbed him so he wouldn't drown himself, his one leg was injured and dad had rescued him from the streets. I bonded with him quickly. I was about to get up when someone kicked me from behind and I fell into the pool along with the puppy. Same darkness, burning of lungs, feeling of body getting numb and not getting anything to hold on, fear of death, everything was the same. Someone pulled me out, it was Dad. He rescued me. "How the hell did you end up in the pool" He yelled at me, but it didn't matter because I was numb. I was shocked. When I recovered, Dad told me that the puppy died after drowning. I still regret that day and my fear of water got stronger. I don't remember who kicked me but all I heard
Aurora's POV I was reading a book after having dinner. Occasionally checking that officers are still out. It was almost past ten and I was wondering if he was going to come that night. What if he came but saw police at the door and went back? A part of me wanted him to come and get caught by police and a part of me wanted him to disappear and never come back like he never existed. I looked at the book again and realised that I was just looking at the page and was thinking about something else. I wasn't reading at all. My mind wasn't working properly, I was scared. My fear came to reality when I heard noise outside. He was out there! I clutched the book tightly as my stomach churned. I thought I won't be scared as the police were out but I was wrong, he scared me even with that hope. I placed the book down and got out of the bed, my hands trembled as I twisted the lock and opened my bedroom door. My soul almost knocked out of my body when I saw Rafael in the living room. H
Aurora's POV "Which book you were reading?" He asked while shuffling through pages of the book I was reading before that chaos. Bodies are still on the floor, one had a bullet in the chest and the other had a bullet in the head. I was shaking uncontrollably, not knowing how bullets hit the exact spot. Rafael was normal, unaffected by the bodies like it was his daily work. I had no idea how he managed to stay so calm. What was his profession, what does he do for living? I wondered. He again took a seat beside me which he left to freshen up and that's how he found my book. "Mind giving me some insights of the story, I am bored!" He was mocking me. I was still in shock, my eyes weren't living bodies. He just added to my list of nightmares. He holds the craziness which I wouldn't even imagine in my dreams. I couldn't deal with him. If the police couldn't believe me then I was ruined, that was my only hope. "It's a thriller story" I mumbled staring blankly at bodies which
Aurora's POV He placed me down on the bed and I fell on the bed like a lifeless doll thinking was I the first girl he was doing that to me. Had he forced other girls too? What will he do once he is done with me? Probably kill me after satisfying himself. I couldn't help but wonder about that. As he promised I was numb, he snatched all my hopes and left me helpless. There was no one to save me. I have no family, I have no one to call a family. Rafael got an easy target, or maybe I was wrong because I don't think even that would have stopped him. I closed my eyes when his thumb touched my lips. He didn't smell like a gun and cigarette that night. There was a hint of freshness in his scent. It invaded my mind when he leaned closer to me, I could feel his breath on my face. "Aren't you going to stop me, Angel?" He asked amused while caressing my cheek with his knuckles. His platinum rings were cold. He wanted me to struggle and then make me realise that I won't succeed. I didn