Chapter one

~KARLA~

I gasped for air as Jason's fingers tightened around my neck.

“Jason… Jason please. I didn't… I didn't do anything" I pleaded as I grabbed onto his hand but he just tightened his fingers around my neck then leaned closer to my ear.

“How dare you deny me the right to kiss you?" He murmured into my ear, brushing his lips across my ear lobes making me shiver with disgust.

“I'm… I'm sorry, I didn't…"

“Your body belongs to me. You belong to me, do you hear that? So if I want to touch you, I can. If I want to kiss you, I can and if I want to fuck you, I fucking can. You have no right to say no, understand?" I nodded immediately.

“Yes… I… I understand" He let go of my neck and I fell to the ground, gasping for air.

I raised up my head seconds later and my eyes widened when I saw him unzipping his pants.

I sat up straight and fought the urge to crawl away from him because if I did that, I'd get the beating of my life and I had already had enough.

“Get on your knees, my love" He muttered huskily as he pulled down his trousers but before I could move, there was a knock on the door.

“Jason, there's someone here to see you" Jessie, his twin sister's voice came through and I said a silent prayer to the moon goddess.

“I'm fucking busy" He boomed and was about to grab me when Jessie spoke again.

“It's Leon. He said he has some good news to share with you" Jason froze slightly then let out a sigh before turning to me. He grabbed my face and placed a sloppy kiss on my lips.

“I'll be back for you. Be naked and ready for me" He muttered then straightened up while zipping up his pants. As soon as he was out the door, the tears flowed down my cheeks.

Jessie immediately ran in and gathered me in my arms.

“Shhh, it's okay. It's going to be okay" I pushed her away then glared at her.

“It's not going to be okay! I can't live this way. This is not what I signed up for. He's not the man I fell in love with" I cried out as hot tears rolled down my cheeks. I could see the pity in Jessie's eyes and it disgusted me because although she did feel sorry for me, she was her brother's shadow and would never do anything to go against him.

“You need to stop getting on his bad side, Karla," I scoffed.

“His bad side? Because of him I've lost everything. My family probably thinks I'm dead and my friends could care less because they warned me about him but what did I do? I pushed them all away because of him! Right now, I could care less about getting on his bad side. I just want to get away from here, from him!" I screamed then tried standing up from the ground but groaned and fell back down.

“What's wrong?" Jessie questioned as she stared at me with worry in her eyes.

“Leave me alone, I'd like to rest now" I muttered and ignored the aching pain in my ankle as I stood up from the ground. I limped over to the bed and sat down with a wince before turning to Jessie.

“Leave" She sighed as she stood up.

“I'll bring you food and an ice pack for your ankle" She murmured and was about to walk out of the room when I spoke.

“I'm escaping tonight" She froze then turned to me with wide eyes.

“What? Ho… how?"

“You don't need to know that. I just need you to make sure this door isn't closed tonight. I'm begging you" She bit her lower lip.

“I don't think this is a good idea. If Jason learns of this…"

“He won't unless you tell him, Jessie. I'm not asking you to do much. Just make sure this door is opened tonight. I'll do the rest myself" I frowned at the unsure look on her face.

“Look at me, Jessie. If you have any ounce of humanity left in you, you'd help me with this. Your brother is going to kill me one of these days and I don't want to die like this. I refused to die at the hands of him so please, help me" She stared at me for what felt like hours.

When I had already given up on the idea, she spoke;

“I don't want to be dragged into this but I'll do as you say" I bursted out crying as I ran towards her despite the pain I felt in my ankle.

I wrapped my arms around her and hugged her tightly.

“Thank you, thank you so much" She let out a sigh and hugged me back tightly.

“Just make sure you get away from him. If he gets you back, I can't guarantee your safety and I won't be able to help you then" I nodded then pulled away to stare at her face.

“I will escape and never look back" I could see the doubt in her eyes and I couldn't blame her. I had a nagging feeling at the back of my head but I pushed away.

I was determined to leave this place and today was that day. I had suffered enough!

“I'll go bring you some food to eat" I nodded at her then watched as she walked towards the door. As soon as the hard steel door closed behind her, the room was immediately filled with darkness and a feeling of hopelessness settled in the pit of my stomach.

I slowly walked back to bed and curled myself into a ball before letting out a sigh.

The tears slipped out of my eyes before I could stop them. I couldn't help but think back on how my life had been so happy.

Jason had been the perfect boyfriend but as soon as I turned my back on everyone and went along with him, he turned into this monster I couldn't even recognize.

“I'll escape and I'll make sure you experience all that you put me through"...