AXELThe night was filled with dark clouds, so dark that there were hardly any stars and the moon was equally hidden away. It was also chilly and the road I was driving through seemed lifeless because the atmosphere was only filled with fall leaves and the rustling of the trees nearby and nothing else.The mission had been going smoothly and It had almost come to an end, my heart calmed at the realization that everything would soon be concluded and I could finally have all that I’d ever wanted.I was driving with a convoy after we’d picked up the shipment successfully, we only needed to get it to the safe house and we could tag the mission as a complete success. The road we were driving on was specially reserved at this time of the night for us alone, to the rest of the public it was closed temporarily due to unknown road hazards.This road blockage was orchestrated by a member of our team that worked in high places amongst the state’s traffic wardens. It was done so t

AXELI woke from what felt like a trance when the chilling feeling of cold water being poured down my face and entire body hit me. I felt as though I’d been electrified and anger consumed me at the thought of being treated that way, but more than anything I was confused and could hardly remember how I’d gotten to where I was.Everything that had happened in the past few hours flashed before my eyes and I winced in pain as I remembered how chaotic and emotionally draining it had been, I had no wish whatsoever to relive it- not even in my memories.With vigor, I tried to raise my head to shake off the thoughts that had begun to occupy my mind but as soon as I raised my eyes, I was met with my father’s angry face. I’d seen his angry face countless times but it was rarely ever directed at me so this was a foreign experience and I had no idea how to respond to his anger.Instead of speaking, I let my head drop while I tried to think of how I’d gotten to where I was, and more importantly -

LISADespite knowing who he was and why he'd come for me, as soon as his feet thudded while he landed in my room from the window, I staggered and almost fell backward because I'd lost my balance briefly. I'd been impatiently expecting him for the past few days, but his presence startled me still and my feet betrayed me by turning into jelly underneath me as I took in his physique.He took a more defensive stance on seeing me lose my balance so suddenly and I assumed that he'd mistaken my staggering for an attempt to try and call for help. On instinct, he moved dangerously closer to me and my heart got stuck in my throat as he approached me angrily."Don't you dare try to call for help" He said in an unusually dark and authoritative tone that made chills run through my spine especially since I knew that his displeasure was directed at me, even though I deserved it- it still stung like crazy having experienced it now."I wasn't trying to call for help, I swear" I barely choked out the w

AXELI stood in a spot as I was mere inches away from Lisa, I knew that I wasn't sane enough to be dealing with the stubbornness she’d been putting up concerning eating her meals. Why wouldn't she eat when it seemed like she’d been starved for days even when I kidnapped her? She had absolutely no right to make me worry about her now when she was meant to be nothing but a common prisoner to me.I didn't know if she wasn't eating as a sign of protest but I didn't want to show her any emotion rather than the anger that had boiled through my veins nonstop for the last few days, so I tried my best to act as though her appearance and her refusal to eat didn't bother me in the slightest way. Also, if my anger would coerce her to eat so that I’d stop giving a fuck about her well-being, then I was willing to pull a few strings and make her eat already.“If you know what's good for you, you'll eat every single meal that’s brought to you because trying to do a little protest by going on a hunger

AXELMy head always ended up being a mess after any little interaction with Lisa these days, I could control my emotions and expressions with anyone else but not around her. Even when I managed to successfully control my emotions by masking them, it's a fucking struggle and I almost always lose the struggle.I don’t know why I’d asked her about the memories we shared when I knew deep down that her answers would most likely hurt me. It had slipped out of my lips before I could drop myself and it rendered all the commandeering I’d been doing earlier as null and void somehow. It's all because I let myself get lost in my head while it replayed all the memories of where I would've given the world just to keep watching her smile. I should've never let myself get wrapped up in our memories after what she’d done and how she’d crushed my heart.After the question had slipped out, I needed to do damage control so I masked my feelings again just to get an answer out of her. Things had gone south