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Under His Mercy CHAPTER 21
FREYA__21**I didn't see Nikolas until the next day. The atmosphere seemed to drop by a certain degree the moment he walked inside. I refused to look away from the book I was reading, not even when he stood in front of the bed. "Freya." My name was called quietly. I didn't respond to it, still pissed about being locked up for the whole of yesterday. How dare he come here now? I wasn't interested to hear anything if it wasn't about letting me go. "You had enough time to think about it, you should understand why I need you to stay with me."Was he insane? I didn't understand anything! Yes, I had enough time to think, but it was about the million ways I could grant him a horrible death. "Freya. Look at me!" He hissed and suddenly, the book was ripped from my hand and tossed towards the door.I folded my arms to glare at him, he finally earned my attention. "You need to answer me when I fucking speak to you!" He said through gritted teeth, his icy blue eyes filled with irritation
Under His Mercy O.N.E
FREYA___01 •• "Freya, To table three!" My boss yelled out my name.I stepped into the kitchen area, I just changed from my work outfit to casual ones, did he not realize my shift was over? "Um, actually I already changed__" I started but he cut me off, his eyes filled with anxiousness. "These people are very__ uh important guests, You're the only one I can think of sending to attend to them. I stared at him in confusion. "What do you mean?"Our restaurant was the biggest five-star in town, we were used to attending to even the biggest stars and celebrities across the country and beyond, and never for once had Mr. Helder looked as nervous as he did now. "I can't begin to explain, they are waiting! Don't worry, it will be added to your bonus!" He urged me out of the kitchen. I grabbed my notebook and pen along the way. The first thing I noticed was that the other tables were empty, where did everyone go? Two men were standing at the entrance of the restaurant, they both were
Under His Mercy T.W.O
FREYA___02•• It hurt so much. Every small movement I made only intensified the pain. My head was being rhythmically pounded by a wicked hammer and I was helpless to stop it. A low groan escaped my mouth, my eyes flickering open to reality. I was not familiar with my surroundings, how did I get here?I tried to sit up from the bed only to cry out at the sharp pain that sizzled through my head like continuous bolts of lightning. What in the world happened to me? I heard the sound of a door being pushed open followed by a feminine voice. "Oh my god dear, you are awake!" The middle-aged woman approached me my eyes flickered with recognition. "Ethan brought you here last night, Young people these days are so reckless! How did the both of you drink so much?" She scowled. "You both had jammed against a pole, you are both lucky to sustain only minor injuries, you could have easily lost your lives, my house was the closest place my son could bring you to!" My brain was still f
Under His Mercy T.H.R.E.E
FREYA___03* * Even as several weeks slowly went by, the mysterious incident continued to linger in my mind, I was going crazy thinking about it. Who cleared the evidence of the accident? And why? How could the police even not know about it? They had their CCTV across almost every street. The more I thought about it, the more complicated the whole issue was. "And that's all for today! You have until next week to submit your projects!" The professor's voice broke into my thoughts. I gathered my books and other of my writing materials, too absent-minded to exchange any pleasantries with my coursemates. I walked out of the lecture hall, to the park across where Darla and I had both agreed to meet. Her car was there, but when I looked around, she was nowhere in sight. I spotted a black BMW on the opposite side of the road the strange feeling I'd been getting for these past few days returned. Goosebumps crept to my neck as I turned around in vain to find the secret eyes wat
Under His Mercy F.O.U R
FREYA___04 * * I became slowly aware of the feeling of nausea, my mouth felt flaky, and I felt like my tongue had swollen twice its size.Wait__Why was it so dark? I felt a slight pressure around my eyes and realized that I was blindfolded. My heart jerked with panic as memories flooded my head. The man in our apartment! I have been kidnapped! I tried to move to discover that my hands and legs were tied. I couldn't move an inch. I was lying on something soft and comfortable, most likely a bed. Tears of panic and helplessness burned in my eyes as I tried to figure out what was going on. Ethan had tried to warn me! Why didn't I answer his call earlier? Who were these people? Did they kidnap him as well? My body trembled as I thought of every possible thing that could happen to me. Would they kill me? Rape me? I didn't want to die, not just yet. I was too young, I'd barely started to live my life! My tears soaked the blindfold as I struggled against the binds to no av
Under His Mercy FIVE
NIKOLAS__05* *Anger, pain, resentment, grief, and other millions of hurtful emotions ever known seared through his heart like the hot sharp curve of a blade. His wife was dead. So was their child. Nikolas looked around as he inhaled deeply, puffing out the smoke of the cigarette dangling between his fingers. He was familiar with pain, but for the first time, he didn't know how to deal with it. The cigarette and alcohol could only provide relief for a short period and after that, all that would be left was emptiness. Nikolas couldn't help but blame himself, he should never have made that trip that night, he should have insisted Valentina went along with him, would she have been alive now? She had been so excited about the baby, wanting to give him the family he had always wanted. Just a day before her wrongful death, they had designed their son's nursery and did some little shopping for the baby. He should have known that their little joy wouldn't last. Happiness just wasn'
Under His Mercy SIX
FREYA__06 * *My body froze, I was unable to even draw in a breath. There was so much blood, it looked unreal. If I hadn't known Ethan so well, I might not have been able to recognize him. His dull gaze reflected only one emotion. Hopelessness. As though he thought it was already over for him and he had accepted that fact already. He was half naked, there was not a spot on his body that was not covered with bruises. A deep gash on his forehead where he continued to bleed profusely. His jaw was swollen, as though he had been punched too many times. Even his nose was abnormally angled, the blood there told me that it was broken as well. "No, let her go! She h__had nothing to do with what happened!" He muttered. If anything the hands gripping my shoulders became even tighter. "I said to leave her! I was the one driving! I killed your wife! She d__doesn't come in any part of this!" He choked, coughing vomit mixed with blood. "Stop it__" I wanted to scream but my voice was s
Under His Mercy SEVEN
FREYA 07 * *I didn't know how I managed to fall asleep after eating. Even more shocking was when my eyes fluttered open to the bright sunlight that reflected through the window. I was a fool! Sleeping so care-freely when I should have in fact already come up with an escape plan. I wished I could slap myself for being such a dummy who would die due to my own stupidity. My brain started to think about several escape plans, first, I had to at least find out where I was, secondly, I had to find out exactly how huge this house was. How many people were present, he had to have several armed bodyguards at least. The sound of the door clicking had me flinching to a sitting position. It wasn't my captor that appeared. A blonde-haired woman dressed in a lab coat, she was carrying a box in one of her hands. "I'm Doctor Chelsea, I want you to lie down on the bed, I need to carry out a few tests." I could only gape at her. "W_what tests? And w_why?" The question slipped from my mo
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Under His Mercy CHAPTER 21
FREYA__21**I didn't see Nikolas until the next day. The atmosphere seemed to drop by a certain degree the moment he walked inside. I refused to look away from the book I was reading, not even when he stood in front of the bed. "Freya." My name was called quietly. I didn't respond to it, still pissed about being locked up for the whole of yesterday. How dare he come here now? I wasn't interested to hear anything if it wasn't about letting me go. "You had enough time to think about it, you should understand why I need you to stay with me."Was he insane? I didn't understand anything! Yes, I had enough time to think, but it was about the million ways I could grant him a horrible death. "Freya. Look at me!" He hissed and suddenly, the book was ripped from my hand and tossed towards the door.I folded my arms to glare at him, he finally earned my attention. "You need to answer me when I fucking speak to you!" He said through gritted teeth, his icy blue eyes filled with irritation
Under His Mercy CHAPTER 20
FREYA__20**"How could you?!" My lips twisted in disgust, and next my palm connected with his face. His expression morphed into surprise as though he had not expected it. He was an animal, after overhearing his conversation with Angelo, I still found it hard to believe that a human could be this vile. The devil was kinder compared to him. "Why did you do this to me?" I screamed. My fists continued to connect with whatever part of his body I could touch. They hurt so fucking bad and I hoped that he felt the same. "You knew I was innocent all this time, how could you? You refused to tell me even after finding out, you're a monster!" Angry tears streaked down my face, I was so enraged and all I could think about was how to kill him. He didn't try to stop me even when I continued to hit him, the fact that he was barely having any reaction made me madder than I've ever been in my life. "Freya, wait listen__" His palms cupped my face, but I spat up at him, forcing myself away from
Under His Mercy NINETEEN
FREYA 19* *The way his eyes fell on the broken pieces of the bottle on the floor caused a bead of sweat to roll down my cheeks. My gaze met Marianna who appeared equally nervous, secretly pleading with her not to tell on me. She'd been kind to me in the past few days, and I wanted to believe that it was real. Nikolas's attention returned to mine, as though demanding an explanation. "I wanted some water, I didn't mean to break it. I'm s_sorry. I'll clean it right away." I stammered, quickly bending to my knees. I started to pick up the numerous shards of glass, my fingers were trembling so much that several pieces of glass slashed my fingers, causing them to bleed. I bit back the cry of pain that threatened to escape, my fingers were getting scraped but I didn't dare to stop. Suddenly, I was yanked to my feet, almost landing against his solid chest, and was forced to meet his eyes which were charged with anger. Oh god! He was going to strike me. I braced myself for pain
Under His Mercy EIGHTEEN
FREYA 18* * My body jerked awake from the nightmare. He had succeeded in visiting my dreams again. I could still almost hear his cruel laughter. In the dream, I had given birth to a baby. He had snatched the infant from me and had produced a wicked-looking knife to slit my throat. My job was done, he was going to send me to hell. My fingers still trembled as I switched on the bedside lamp, causing light to flood the room. I palmed my abdomen through the silky materials of my nightie. Four weeks? Six weeks? How far along was I? The baby would continue to grow even though I didn't want it. If Nikolas killed me, the child would never know its mother. He would be born into this brutal world, void of love. Sympathy for both myself and the new life overwhelmed me. I couldn't save myself from this cruel fate, but it didn't have to suffer from my own misfortune. I would be doing it a favor if I got rid of it. With these crazy thoughts running through my mind, I pushed the covers a
Under His Mercy S.E.V.E.N.T.E.E.N
FREYA__17* *Weird things have been happening lately. Marianna was a lot more friendly. I couldn't believe it when she gifted me several books to read whenever I got bored. Even more shocking was when she brought me very expensive skincare brands after complaining that my skin appeared too dull which was probably attributed to the early phase of pregnancy. It was as though she was always waiting to get me whatever I wanted. The morning sickness was no joke, I vomited anything that touched my mouth. Most of the time, I ended up with a fever and severe headache. Perhaps this was the reason Nikolas took mercy upon me, I was no longer confined to the mansion, I was allowed to be outside for how ever long I wanted. Most relieving of all was that he'd never tried to touch me, he no longed appeared harsh all of the time whenever he spoke to me. I always wondered why the sudden change of attitude. Was it only due to my pregnancy? To make his unborn child comfortable? I didn't know why
Under His Mercy S.I.X.T.E E N
FREYA__16* *The whole world was a lie. Love_Happiness_It was all an illusion. I might have had friends, and perhaps my parents must have loved me, but in these few days, I kept thinking that my old life must have been a dream. Now, all I felt was despair. I was constantly drowning, hate consumed my mind, spreading like wildfire through my veins. I hated him and even more, loathed his seed which was growing inside of me. My palms slowly caressed my stomach, there wasn't a difference. But I could feel it.And I despised its very existence. Maybe it was a relief that he was going to kill me as soon as I give birth to his monster baby. I would never get to see any of them again.A tear escaped from my eyes, onto the pillow as I turned to my side. I wanted relief from this constant pain in my chest, my heart ached like I was constantly being sliced by a wicked chainsaw. I felt worthless. I was even powerless to give myself death because he'd promised to kill everyone I
Under His Mercy FIFTEEN
FREYA__15* * I gagged, heaving the entire contents of my stomach into the toilet. I rinsed my mouth from the bitter taste of bile and also splashed some water on my face. It seemed every time I vomited, I was suddenly relieved from this strange illness that occur only in the mornings. My palms clasped around my stomach, these illness has persisted for more than five days now. I didn't want to think about the possibility that lingered at the back of my mind. It had to be food poisoning, or perhaps the weather, since I'd been trapped in this mansion for god knows how long. For the past several weeks that went past, Nikolas had ensured that I took pregnancy tests, they had always turned out negative, and while I had been relieved, he had always seemed impatient and angry. He had always been there to ensure that I took the vitamin supplements he provided and his sexual activities increased tremendously. I had just begun to hope that I was infertile or that he and I were someho
Under His Mercy FOURTEEN
NIKOLAS___14* *After the meeting when everyone had left, Angelo stayed behind. Nikolas was still tempted to ask him what his conversation with Freya this afternoon had been about and had taken the opportunity when they had both drank several glasses of alcohol, and the whiskey has started to kick. "She is innocent Nik, she told me how it happened and I believe her." His friend spoke drunkenly, then Angelo started to talk about how beautiful she was and his he couldn't believe Nikolas would hurt a woman like that. Nikolas's fist clenched around his glass of alcohol, a disturbing sensation settling in his chest. How could Angelo believe her when they had fully made their investigations? Just because she appeared innocent didn't mean she was. How had she gotten Angelo to believe her so quickly, was she throwing herself on his friend now? Rage simmered in his heart as he staggered to his feet. Angelo seemed to be unconscious of it. "She is my prisoner, I will do whatever I want
Under His Mercy THIRTEEN
FREYA___13* *"Don't trust wherever she tells you, she can't help you." Angelo suddenly appeared. How did I miss his presence? He had also listened to my conversations with Vivian. "How do you know she can't help me? I think all she wants is Nikolas and she can have him." I queried. "That's exactly why you shouldn't trust her, she'd always lurked around even when her sister was married to him. I should warn you that she's crazy, she already hates you, and she would rather see you dead than help you." Angelo stared at my resigned expression, there was a softness in his eyes that made me just want to rely on him. "Even if you do manage to escape, you won't get far. I know Nikolas, he will hunt you down, and he will catch you. You will not only implicate yourself, but your family as well, and I'm sure you do not want that." I shuddered at his words, recalling how Nikolas had his men beat my father unconscious. "But you know I'm innocent, why can't you help me? He trusts you, you
