Darcy“What is going on?” But Rhys was already on his feet walking away.“Can you tell me what is happening?” I followed him around naked.“Not now” He threw a shirt over his hand and wore his pants before hurrying off.I didn't even get the chance to say more. From the window I saw him driving off and I couldn't understand anything.After a while, I called him several times and it went straight to voicemail. I held my phone close hoping he'd call and I didn't know when I dozed off.Soon I was in a weird place, Rhys bleeding, and I was tied with ropes that were digging into my flesh was also making me bleed and I felt so weak, the blood loss was taking too long but the adrenaline rush was keeping the pain at bay, the fear at bay.Someone took steps towards me, I thought for certain that he was going to kill me right then and there and it would've been okay but not with Rhys lying on the ground in the pool of his blood like that.“Now that you know that no one else is coming to your re
Darcy It was already one in the afternoon and Rhys was not bad. After that weird dream, I had a nagging feeling that something was terribly wrong and if it wasn't that, then I was losing my mind.The first month after my surgery that made me a whole new person physically, I started therapy but I stopped committing to it.Now I wanted so badly to talk to somebody, anybody and I decided that I needed therapy. Maybe my therapist would be the right person to tell me that I was losing my mind.As I walked in, I couldn't pretend that I wasn't anxious, it felt like it's been ages since the last session. It felt like the first day all over again.Beads of sweat formed on my forehead despite the cool air conditioning in the waiting room. The steady drip of water from a faucet sounded in the background and my heart beat faster than normal. Sweat dripped onto the table as well as the palms of my hands. A couple of strands of hair fell into my face and I brushed them back.I sighed for the umpte
DarcyThey pounced on me without mercy and I didn't know what to do.My demons, of all places, of all times choose now to show up again.Panic engulfed me in a warm hug that grew tight, almost suffocating as I stared at what was in front of me.The hair in my arms stood straight up like spikes, my breath caught in my throat.I could hear my heartbeat racing and I couldn't think, could hardly breathe. I couldn't speak or move, as I tried to focus solely on their voices, which seemed to grow louder with each passing second.There were loud cackles and I knew those sounds. I had heard them so many times, burning in my nightmares. Sounds that shook deep into your soul like they could tear you and your deepest desires apart. Sounds that screamed chaos, they were pounding at me like a cat playing with its food before devouring it and leaving the bones to crumble underneath the weight of its appetite. I knew those sounds. “You weren't expecting anyone to discover your dirty little secrets,
RhysHow was I supposed to find her? I turned on the tracking app on my phone and followed its directions. She was in front of a hospital, curled in a corner.Her arms were wrapped around her as she rocked herself back and forth, rocking slowly. I hurried towards her. My feet stumbled over some debris and I almost fell. She didn't notice me yet but when she did... I froze with terror when I realized how fragile she looked. How much she needed help. The pain that was radiating off her wasn't physical; it was mental and emotional. It radiated from where I stood and all I wanted to do was wrap her up in my arms. Soothe her mind and take away this pain for good. Instead, I just watched her, afraid if I spoke or made even the slightest movement she might collapse and not wake again.She was mumbling words, words I couldn't hear and her eyes seemed to be fixed on something yet unfocussed.I hadn't seen such raw pain from anyone before and I could feel the heat of it coming off of her, seari
RhysI felt her lips pressing against mine,soft, warm kisses that seemed to melt me. I felt the heat rising in my belly and I couldn't stop my hand lifting to cup her face, drawing her closer. She moaned as I kissed her harder, harder, harder, and the feeling of her lips against mine sent electric pulses shooting through my whole body. My heart began thudding wildly in my chest, and I felt the air rush out of my lungs as she wrapped her arms around my neck, pulling herself against my body as she deepened the kiss. I lost myself, letting my instincts take control as she pressed further, closer until my entire body was engulfed by the warmth of her. My body reacted instinctively. I was no longer thinking, only reacting and allowing my body to do whatever it pleased.I kissed her deeply as she continued to press herself against me, her fingers fisting themselves in the hem of my shirt.Our bodies melted together and I felt as if nothing mattered except the woman in my arms. For once i
Darcy“What do you want?” if Cory was surprised at my response she didn’t show it, instead she focused on the child she was carrying.I looked at her and back at the boy in her arms trying to keep my face straight.Looking at him now I could see traces of my mother in him, he was mine, he was supposed to be in my arms not hers, and yet here we were, with him in her hands, and my heart was hammering hard as though someone had punched it right out of my chest, and I hated that.“Not the warm welcome I was expecting but we stopped to say hi” Her eyes beamed with the kind of mischief that made you want to hit someone just for looking at them.“Go ahead, touch him, I know you want to” She insisted as she pushed the child in front of me, his eyes went wide when he saw my expression and he squirmed a bit like a rabbit ready to bolt.His movements reminded me so much of myself that it hurt. Regardless, I held onto the child and my heart felt warm from our mere contact, I tried to keep my face
DarcyI stared at her eyes wide as saucers, I couldn't move even if I wanted to. I just stood there frozen. I was afraid that if I moved I'd shatter into a million pieces. I couldn't even take the smallest breath, I had nothing left except pure fear and the overwhelming desire to throw up.Her lips formed into a smile that made me want to vomit. “We'll talk later”With that she walked out leaving me alone, trembling.I was scared but also terrified. I wasn't able to process any of what she had said without feeling dizzy, I couldnt comprehend that this could be happening.My son cried loudly as she took him away, I wanted to run after them, run after her. I wanted to scream at her to give me back my son but I stayed frozen where I stood, I couldn't move, I couldn't breathe. I couldn't think. All I could see and hear was red and black and white. My eyes started watering. It could not have been what she meant. Maybe she was talking about something else? Maybe that's what happened and sh
DarcyMy thoughts were muddled and my mind still felt like cotton candy on a hot day at the beach. It was a bad day to go out and drink. I was overthinking things.Maybe I could run away from it all if only for a little while. If I went somewhere where no one knew me and everyone thought of me as a nobody... But I knew what Cory and whoever the fuck was stalking me were capable of.And Rhys? After all, I recently knew, was he going to haunt me like a predator would after its prey had escaped if he knew that I knew? And I wasn't stupid, I understood all too well how much power those blue eyes had over me. My body might have been able to withstand the effects of his poison but not that way.After I left the room with what I had found, I ate breakfast and cleaned up. The empty feeling in my chest grew larger and stronger. It spread over my face and shoulders.My head started hurting. But I ignored it. It would go away. Eventually. I hoped it would. But that hope faded with every m
Darcy“I love you, Tessa” His words made my heart race and the world stopped spinning around me. His voice was so calm but laced with determination.My knees gave up underneath me, I felt dizzy and weak. My heart was pounding and everything seemed to come to a standstill for the moment.How did he say those three words to me? I mean I loved him. Of course, I loved him, I loved him since forever.I had always dreamed of when I would hear him say those words to me, but this wasn't how I imagined that moment to happen. The first time I heard them, it was obvious it was because he wanted me to keep this child. And now? It was to make up for calling me stupid. Not once did he mean those words.YetI felt like I couldn't breathe, my chest heaved up and down as if I were running. Every fiber of my body was shaking, my legs couldn't seem to support me anymore.Why was he saying this? Was he really thinking that I would buy whatever he just said? Was it a trick to manipulate me?Or did he truly
Darcy“Try? Do you realize how stupid you sound? Do you? Why can’t you see the red flags? you are so gullible that you believe whatever anyone says to you. I've been betrayed before, I will always be betrayed, no matter what. And you seem to think that I am just like any other person? you think that I'll change because you tried to make me happy? You need to grow up Tessa! fucking grow up and get your head out of all those fantasies” I couldn't get them out of my head ; They stayed inside my mind like poison. I kept repeating them over and over, like the mantra, like the mantra that kept repeating in my mind.I knew he was right, I knew how cruel his words sounded . My mind was running wild, like I was going insane with the way it kept repeating those same words. It took everything in my power not to burst out crying on the spot. I was still breathing heavily and I didn't even notice when I stopped walking. I simply kept walking, taking long deep breaths. My body was shivering with s
Rhys I thought my head was going to explode from the pressure I was feeling at that moment. My heart was beating so fast I swore it would give out any second. I couldn't breathe. It seemed like I had forgotten how to and I was suffocating. I couldn't think straight, it just didn't seem real. All I could see were black dots. I was used to everything being black and white, it was easier to pick sides and focus on the side you have chosen but right now it was all blurry and gray, like looking through a thick layer of dust. Everything around me was dark except for those black spots, which weren't really spots, they seemed to be tiny holes in space. They made me feel sick and nauseous. Like I was drowning. Or maybe I was dying. But what kind of death?There was no lead or response from the contact I had reached out to. Mr Stark still wasn't allowed to talk to anyone, Vincent was still roaming freely after killing our grandfather.What was I supposed to do now, just collapse into a puddle
DarcyIt had been three days, three days since I last saw Rhys. Three days of craving his presence, of missing him more than any other person I’d ever known, in ways I couldn’t quite explain to myself and would probably never be able to fully comprehend even if I wanted to. I didn’t know what I was supposed to do now that he wasn’t here- no he was here but far. I certainly hadn’t gone over the past three days planning an elaborate, intricate plan for what I could possibly say or do when I'll see him. It hadn’t crossed my mind once. I hadn’t done anything but stare at the door of my room as if it would magically make him appear.It was three days of wanting his touch, his kisses, and his arms around me every single second of the day. To feel the warmth radiating from his skin while we lay together on a bed, listening to the gentle patter of rain hitting against the window pane. To feel his lips pressed against mine, the taste of him lingering even after I pull away, the soft sigh of r
Unknown “What? why did you call me out here?” I demanded once I opened her front door. I glared down at her with eyes so intense and as always I expected her to cower away but instead she stared me down right back.“Because I wanted to see how you were doing, that’s why. And to ask why you had not called me to apologize for what you did the last time”I scoffed at her and shook my head in disbelief. “You expect me to apologize? You want to talk about apology when you are the one who is in violation of the terms of our deal. I am doing nothing wrong. I did what was necessary to keep myself safe from your unnecessary gossip and I refuse to let you disrespect my husband. You are the one who owes me an apology Blair” She looked at me confused, trying to find any signs of remorse on my face. She finally settled into shock at the fact that I hadn't just spat at her. “Unbelievable!” She snorted at me, rolling her eyes in disbelief. “You are unbelievable!” I couldn’t tell if it was a threa
Rhys“Didn’t I ask you to leave Claire?” I tried to control my voice but failed but the rawness didn't go unnoticed, the snarls from my voice were as loud as sirens.“It’s me,” I heard her voice and I turned to her. I wanted to ask if she was okay but she seemed a little nervous until I watched her whole body relax.With the way her large greyish-blue eyes were looking I could tell she was taking in my appearance and the look of shock on her face only confirmed that I looked like a mess, a total disaster.But it was nothing compared to the battle I had going on in me. The little voice in my head was begging to be released, to pounce on anything but I couldn’t let it, not when Tessa was here. I didn’t want anything to go wrong.I didn’t want to lose control and hurt her just like I had done with the guard, so I turned away from her scrutinising stare to focus on my walls which suddenly seemed almost peaceful, almost interesting.I could feel Tessa’s gaze, boring holes on my back and I
Vincent His arms were tied, mouth sealed while tears and sweat streamed down his cheeks to free himself from a strong grip. He tried desperately to kick away the arm holding him still, but that only made things worse for the man holding the other end of his chains. The men surrounded him, rough hands holding him back at each side as he fought against them with no success whatsoever. There was nothing he could do.I walked back to where I was and pulled the tape off his mouth.“Please Sir, I am sorry” He wailed. “Please, sir. Don’t hurt me anymore. Please, I beg you.” He begged me in vain. I ignored his pleas. I didn’t have the time to be nice. My mind was on something far more important at the moment than some silly human life. It wasn't about him, it never had been.“I gave you a simple job, I paid you for it, and yet, you failed me in my one request, you failed us all by your own incompetence.” He flinched when I spoke, his entire body trembling at the mere thought of what I was g
DarcyRhys stared at me in disbelief. His face showed pain and he struggled to control it.“I need to go” He suddenly announced.“Rhys…” I began but I didn't continue and he didn't stop either. I felt my heart ache once the door slammed behind me.I didn't come out of my room the next day, I wasn't sure what my place was in the house anymore, and I wasn't sure of what awaited me. I guess it was an act of cowardice, but what would you have had me do? what would you have done differently? Rhys didn't come back to my room, I didn’t blame him, I saw him fighting to keep his emotions in check, that alone was enough to make anyone want to take action against something they couldn’t control. But somehow I felt I was right.When I couldn’t deal with the tension and when my curiosity got the best of me, I left my room.The house was dead as a corpse, and my presence made no difference to any of it. It was as if the events of the previous day had taken its life, I could hear the maids whisperin
DarcyWe got back home, Rhys and I.By the time we returned, finding those photos was the last thing on my mind. We couldn't get to see Mr Stark as the doctor strictly advised against it. He insisted that the old man needed time to be monitored and need to rest properly without the bustle that came with visitors.I could not remember much from last night but when I woke up to a throbbing headache . It felt like someone was pounding on my skull with a giant hammer. My eyes were heavy and I could barely focus them. For some reason, I was in my bedroom- still in my bedroom. But I had the most bizarre feeling of déjà vu...“Relax” that musical voice told me. “You are safe now . No one will hurt you.” That voice… that beautiful yet cold voice was familiar to me somewhere...Rhys.My eyes that I had closed suddenly snapped open as I looked into his mesmerizing pair of sapphire eyes , staring back at me, as if he knew what I was going through.“No one is here to hurt you...”He repeated, rea