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Hundred and Nineteen
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Set me Free, Alpha Hundred and Twenty
VALERIAJudging by the dull headache I felt, I had been asleep for a long time. I had just woken up rather abruptly. Lately, I had been doing a lot of sleeping. Who would blame me? What else was there to do in my lonely cell but to plot on how to escape if I ever had the chance, and to sleep. At least dreams brought oblivion and made me forget how miserable I was for some time.I stretched my legs, began to sit up and froze. The hairs on the back of my neck began to prickle. The room was dark as usual, but I felt instinctively that there was someone with me in the room. Someone was there, watching me. Seconds later, I was sure it was this feeling that had woken me up.I blinked rapidly, shut my eyes tightly and blinked again. Opening or shutting my eyes made no difference in the oppressive darkness of the room. I could not see a thin, just a solid wall of darkness that somehow looked more solid at a spot on my left. Or maybe that was my imagination. The feeling of being watched made m
Set me Free, Alpha Hundred and Twenty-One
DIMITRI"Noah."I leaned back in my chair, thankful to get a break. I had been typing away on my computer for hours nonstop."Got any new info about the Rosy project?" I asked as this was almost always the reason he called me."No," he said. "There is nothing new. I'm not calling about work. I'm calling about Valeria."I sat bolt upright. "What about her?""You see, that's the thing. I honestly don't know. For days she has been ignoring my calls and messages. I have an idea why. Is she doing okay?""Oh yes. She is at work in her office as we speak. Er- did you two have a Falling out or something like that? Maybe you upset her without knowing it"His answer was immediate and sure. "I didn't. We were fine... until we weren't. Besides, Valeria would not ignore my calls since I'm part of the Rosy project she's working on. She knows I may want to also give her information about the project."That was a very good point, I thought when he had hung up. Even if Valeria was mad at Noah for some
Set me Free, Alpha Hundred and Twenty Two
VALERIAI laid a gentle hand on her shoulder. She stopped what she was doing immediately and turned. It amazed even me that I was somehow able to smile at her despite the hundred different thoughts that were going through my head now and all through yesterday. Valeria (or was it Grace now?) gave me a smile and leaned into my touch.It was a few minutes past 7 on a weekday, time to head out to work, but I couldn't trust her not to want to initiate sex no matter the hour. In her book these days, nothing seemed as important as getting laid. I now had an even stronger reason not to want it."Were you looking for something?" I asked quickly before she could start getting any ideas.Her smile slowly became a slight frown. She remembered what had got her to search her handbag and half the contents of her own side of the drawer for quite a while this morning."Actually, yes. I'm looking for a folder I brought home yesterday... or at least I think I did," she added in an undertone. In a norma
Set me Free, Alpha Hundred and Twenty-Three
DIMITRIWhile Silas and Vance expressed surprise and talked of how this situation had some to be in the first place, my head was bowed. I was deep in thought. At this point, it didn't really matter to me that the woman I had been living with was Grace. Actually, it did but it was pretty insignificant in the grander scheme or things. What I wanted to know, what I had to know, was Valeria's whereabouts.I had loved Grace. I thought I knew her and what she was capable of, but now, I really couldn't vouch for Valeria's safety if she was in Grace's hands. Perhaps the woman I had loved had hurt Valeria in some way. I didn't think Valeria had agreed to stay away from me at her own volition.I hit the table with my fist. Hard. "She has to be found!" The two men stopped talking and finally gave me their attention. "Later, we will probably be able to figure out how Grace is still alive and how she's managed this deception for so long. Now we need to find where the real Valeria is. I'm sure as h
Set me Free, Alpha Hundred and Twenty-Four
VALERIA"Wake up!"After this curt command, I was shaken roughly. I curled in more on myself, afraid to open my eyes, afraid of what was in store for me the moment I opened my eyes. I gasped in pain when I felt a stinging slap on my arm. My eyes flew open. The old man who brought my meals was squatting beside me. This close to me, his nose was wrinkled in disgust.I stank. I knew I stank. The only water Grace had allowed me during my incarceration here was just water to drink."Get up," the man barked, seeing I was fully awake. "You are coming with me.""Where?" I asked.His expression turned ugly. "Stop asking questions and move. Now!"He made a threatening gesture. Not wanting to be manhandled again, I scrambled to my feet. He got a hold of the chains which he had already loosened and used it to lead me out of the room into another room which was a bathroom.He pointed to the soap dish on the floor. "Use that. Take your bath."I started to nod, because frankly I couldn't wait to wa
Set me Free, Alpha Hundred and Twenty-Five
DIMITRI"Good morning, Mr Dimitri.""Good morning, Ellen," I replied. I watched Ellen's gaze shift to the spot beside and then behind me where Valeria almost always was whenever we came to work together."Valeria won't be coming to work today," I told her."Oh." Ellen nodded and continued with what she was doing.I started to walk past her desk, but stopped, making it look like an afterthought. "And Ellen? Make sure you delegate Valeria's workload for today to others. I trust there is nothing you all can't handle. And... before I forget, make sure everyone knows not to call her about anything work related at least for today. Direct all enquiries meant for her to Sasha.Ellen assured me that she and the others would handle everything. I left her briefing Sasha on the intercom. As I walked to the elevator that would take me to my floor, I thought of how nicely my plan was working out.Phase one had been to get Grace to stay home. It wasn't that had to do as she seemed to hate anything t
Set me Free, Alpha Hundred and Twenty-Six
DIMITRIMy phone rang for what felt like the umpteenth time that day, and without looking at it, I knew it was Noah, no doubt calling to learn of Valeria's whereabouts. The man had been blowing up my phone for hours and hours. I hadn't even had a clue on how to go about telling him about Valeria, about what was going on. It had seemed much simpler to ignore him which I was currently doing.There was blessed silence in the room seconds later when the phone stopped ringing. Just before I could begin to relax and marshall my thoughts, the ringing started up again. "Damned stubborn pest," I cursed.I threw a glare at the ringing phone before shooting to my feet. How badly I wanted to turn the ringer off, but I could not afford to do that. Not now.Not when Valeria was missing and Grace was still at large. There were lots of people out there, looking for Valeria. They could call me with information at any time and I had to be ready.I had heard nothing from anyone throughout that day, on
Set me Free, Alpha Hundred and Twenty-Seven
VALERIA"All clear," Silas said as he hurried out of my house.This meant Amelia was still asleep. At a signal from me, Vance got the old man out of the car and slung him over his shoulder. I went ahead of him, led the way into the house. Vance was right on my heels as I led him into a small room which was completely bare of furniture."Keep him here," I said and Vance laid the man on the floor at once.I stepped out into the corridor, looked both ways. No one was in sight, but then I hadn't expected anyone to be after Silas had given the all clear that Amelia was still asleep.Certainly she would raise eyebrows if she saw me with the body of the man who was most certainly Grace's accomplice. If she was in league with Grace, which I still suspected she was, she would warn her.I stepped back, shut the door, locked it. Vance was still standing over the man. Silas, on his knees beside the body, was patting him down."I'm looking for any clue he might have on him," Silas explained.Afte
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