CHAPTER 20

                Alice shuddered at the sight of the man who was hellbent on assaulting her, he stood merely inches away from the bed where she stayed defenseless, her cries for help to her invicible rescuers seemed as though they were soft tunes to him as he grinned all so widely at the sight of her vulnerablity, he inched even closer and suddenly stopped, her eyes trailed his hands as they reached for his back pocket, he dug in deeper and then drew his hand out, with what followed being an eight inch long dagger, slowly he pulled it out of the sheet, and dropped the sheet on the floor, as he continued to the bed.

             "  What's wrong Alice, you seemed so confident before, what happened all of a sudden ? " he questioned and dropped beside her on the bed, " where is that fire i saw in your eyes earlier " he questioned again, and pressed his face against hers, disgusted, she pulled her face away, but he placed the dagger under her chin, and with it he pulled her face back to him, " what did i say about looking at me when am talking to you ? he asked softly, answer me !! " he yelled when she didn't respond.

     

              " You won't get away with this, " she finally responded, her heart raced inside her chest, as he kept his eyes locked on her before breaking into a laugh.

              " Get away ? Alice i don't want to get away, " he responded and climbed on top of her as she struggled to keep him away, turning her face from side to side when he moved even closer, A" at least not with you here " he answered again and then proceeded to kiss her neck, her protests made him even more excited, he took a moment as he pulled away from her and brought down his zipper, " your legs are so tight, " he added and stared at her tied ankles, " let's make this interesting shall we ? " he continued and cut the rope that tied her legs, " that's better, isn't it ? " he questioned with a cunning grin and kissed her feet, Alice hadn't expected that, she was expecting he'd cut her with the sharp blade of the dagger, but even more surprising was the way he yanked her up from the bed, and in seconds pressed her body against the wall, the sudden impact as well as the pain caused her to winch as he slammed his much larger body against hers, she panicked not being able to push him off her as he dropped his lips on the side of her neck, the more she resisted, the more he forced himself on her, his rough damp lips against her shoulders and neck made her stomach hurt, she felt dazed as her strength had begun to fail her, she struggled, pushed, shouted, but no matter how hard or how long she did it, it didn't make a difference in the game he was playing, if she allowed her weakness get the better of her, then it would only be a matter of time before he got what he wanted, seeing as her protests hardly made any difference, she shot her eyes frantically round the room in search for anything she could use against him, there wasn't anything, except for the dagger he still held in his hands, with that being her only option she uttered with what sounded like a more than confident tone,

              " Cut me loose " she said softly, he heard her clearly but in disbelief he pulled away from her neck that he had been kissing and fixed his eyes on her, " what did you say ? " he questioned again.

              " Cut me loose, I won't fight, there's no where I can run to and no one is coming to rescue me, it's more than obvious that I'm at your mercy now, you don't have to struggle, I cannot please you when my hands are tied  " she added clearly, sweat running down her forehead hand, as her shaky voice pushed for composure.

                He studied her carefully and looked behind him for a moment before turning around to look at her, " why do you suddenly want to do this, minutes ago you were pushing me away, and now you want to please me ? " he questioned.

               " What other choice do I have, whether I struggle or not, you will still get what you want from me, I can't run away, I don't even know where I am, I'd rather have it my way than fight a battle I won't be able to win " 

               " You know this was supposed to be a punishment right ? it's called rape because i don't want your permission, " he responded while studying her reaction.

               " Maybe I want you to punish me, maybe I have all along, " she replied as she pushed herself against his body, closing the distance between them, he hadn't noticed but he had pulled away from her after her sudden change of heart, she rested both her hands on his chest and looked at them then slowly looked into his eyes, in less than a second her lips collided with his in a passionate liplock, she kissed him softly and slowly then deeply, moaning as though she enjoyed every moment, but he pulled away from her again, his eyes casting a scrutinizing look about her, he starred at her carefully, and then he placed a hand at her waist and drew her closer to him, so that it made her gasp right before she exposed a seductive smile, scanning him from his eyes down to the zipper he had brought down a few minutes earlier. All the while looking in her eyes and she in his he grabbed her tied hands and cut them loose, she hissed and rubbed on her wrists, but he had his hand at her waist again and pulled her even closer to him the next minute,

               " I have cut you loose, now, show me, just how well you can please me . "

                 With both her hands she pushed him on the bed as the dagger dropped beside him, he watched her linger towards him, she crawled on all fours and moved in between his legs, then she dropped a kiss on his chest, and nipples, she continued kissing him and went even lower, he moaned from the pleasure of her mouth working on his skin and lifted his head to look at her, but as she went further he closed his eyes and dropped his head back on the bed, she heard him grunt and felt his hand on her hair, he enjoyed every moment of what she did, lost in the pleasure and the softness of her kiss, he bit his lips as he relaxed on the bed, but pleasing him was only a part of her plan, she had her eyes on the dagger but it was a few inches too far from her grasp, she glanced at him without pausing so he wouldn't get suspicious, he wasn't looking, stretching her hands a bit further she tried to reach it, a little push and her hand touched the hilt, but so did his, he pulled himself up, and very easily knocked the dagger out of her hands, before she could do anything he grabbed her by the neck, and pressed hard, shoaking her he questioned , 

               " Do you think I'm a fool, he questioned with his hand still firm round her neck, " you tried to be smart, but sorry, I'm even smarter, you wanted to stay with me did you not ? " he questioned and pressed her neck even harder, she gasped and coughed, beating at his hands, it was useless, his grip was as strong as his desire to end her life, he hadn't forgotten about the order had he? she thought to herself, the instruction was to keep her alive and not hurt her, but this one didn't seem at all bothered, he tightened the grip round her neck and suddenly threw her across the room where she landed on her side on the hard floor, gasping for air she placed a hand under her neck, raising her eyes she saw him coming for her, his intent was to hurt her if not even kill her, he finally reached the spot where she sat shaking and pulled her up with her hair, she screamed from the pain as though he was pulling her head from her body, she reached for his hand but again he threw her across the room, this time with twice as much force, she hit her head against the solid wall and immediately dropped on the ground, her head banged and burned from the searing pain after the collision, she reached for her forehead, something wet followed her finger as she brought it to sight, placing it before her eyes, thick, red, warm, it was blood, this was real and happening, he would either kill her or if luck favoured her she would kill him first, the situation was a familiar one, right before Mike died she had witnessed one such dilemma, she had hesitated then and it had cost Mike his life, here however there wasn't anyone standing in between the bullets, or in this case the dagger, no one would suffer for her mistake, if she even made the slightest mistake or hesitated for even a second, the consequences would completely be hers to bear, she may have been through hell for the past days but there was still a whole lot more to live for, she heard his footsteps as he approached confidently, with her head down and her hands supporting her as she sat on the ground, she saw as he stopped in front of her, again he pulled her by the hair, but this time she wasn't screaming or pleading for mercy, she groaned as he pulled at her hair, her eyes met his, he had a crazy grin on his face, and the excitement had once again burned in his eyes, 

                " You know if not for anything, I did like the way you kissed me, " he taunted her " tell me, will you kiss me again ? " he questioned and yanked her hair back that made her gasp, he smelled the skin on her neck like a hound, too confident he hadn't realized he had let his guards down, again he questioned ..

                " Will you kiss me ? " 

                  He pulled his nose away from  her neck, and met her gaze, her head still tilted backwards by his hand that gripped her hair, she responded breathing heavily,in a tone nothing short of a whisper, 

               " Go to hell ? " 

                 As soon as the words escaped her lips she drew her head back, shot at him almost immediately, releasing a mouth full of saliva on his face, he closed his eyes, and shifted back, cursing as he cleaned his face with his hand, she staggered leaning against the wall, while he raged as though it had'nt been saliva but acid that was poured on him, he finally stopped rubbing at his face and shot her a disgusting look, again he rushed at her, she wasn't sure if he would kill her before, but now she was certain, he threw a punch at her but she managed to dodge it and ducked just in time, making him punch at the air, but the second was fast, a quick hit on her face with his left hand sent her falling on the ground, holding herself up with both her hands and knees, she tasted blood on her mouth, and blood dropped from the wound she had on her forehead as well, she saw as the thick drop hit the floor, and a searing pain came from inside her mouth as well, she spat out blood mixed with saliva all the while panting and holding herself with her hands and knees.

             " I won't kill you, " his voice floored with contempt, squatting down beside her he pulled her hair back which made her winch, and whispered into her ears " I'll make you wish you were dead " 

               She felt his tongue on her face licking up to the side of her eyes right before he dropped her head and spun her around on her back agressively, he had a malicious grin again as he reached for the v-neck of her blouse and ripped it apart, then he grabbed at her breasts with both hands and squeezed on them so hard it made her groan, but he only licked his lip and fell on her shaking body, 

              " I will make love to you so hard you'll remember to never mess with me again, " he threatened and kissed her violently, squeezing even harder at both her breasts, she groaned under him, his hard posterior  flogged against her weak skin, he reached for the hem of her skirt and slithered his hand up her tighs, but when she protested he slapped her again on her face, one time, two times, the weight of his body keeping her from moving even an inch, she felt the last of her straight fading away, her protests falthered and soon she feared her body would give in to  his pressure, she wasn't crying out loud but the tears still trickled down her blood stained cheeks, her vision blured and for that moment it felt like the end, the light around them dimmed, right before the thunderous blasts of bullets permeated the air, the sudden gunshots seemed to startle him like it did her, but washed with exhaustion she remained still while he pushed himself away from her and quickly reached for his gun, he angled it at the door holding the trigger in place ready to shoot, moving stealthily he reached for the door handle and just before opening it shouted out to his partner one more time, anyone could detect the fear that laced his voice, he tried calling a second time but just like the first there was no response, instead what came crashing through the door was the body of the so called partner he had called out to, soaked in blood that oozed from multiple wounds, he was seriously injured but still breathing, his body dazed moved slowly from one side to another as he groaned in agony, it happened like a flash, before he had the opportunity to react or regain composure something knocked the gun out of his hands, and he found himself reeling back, punches were thrown by quick hands, multiple kicks on virtually every side of his body, he wasn't a match for whoever had attacked him, and not long after he collapsed without a fight, crashing against the ground, Alice couldn't see the face of the person responsible for beating both men to a pulp, but whoever he was he had rescued her and coming even closer now his stature and movement gave her a pretty good idea of who he was, soon, strong hands wrapped round her back and under her knees, his warm hands pulled her against his chest, and for some reason she felt safe enough, right before everything fell into a world of darkness.

                    

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