All Chapters of CAPTIVE - Sweet Darkness #1: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

The night was dark and the lonely street brought back bad memories, the freezing rain was like needles against her skin, her hair was a sticky misshapen mass against her neck, the sound of howling wind hurt her ears. he could barely feel his face from the cold, his hands felt limp at his sides and his teeth clicked together in an attempt to find warmth, but his clothes were too sodden to allow him any kind of comfort, the only lights that indicated that there were people living in the area were miles away, and she was still walking on the path by the woods, too slow to get anywhere, her legs too shaky to bear her weight, her feet too sore to hold her, she walked almost by inertia, or perhaps by force of will, whoever had seen her would probably have thought she was terrifying, her makeup had faded long ago, leaving black spots on her face, and the red of her lips was now thanks to the blood that covers them from blows.Every step felt like torture, she didn't even know if she was stil

Once she was asleep in his bed, Klaus took a drink of whiskey while watching her carefully, he knew practically everything about the woman, even if she refused to let him in, Klaus was fully prepared to make her suffer in the worst way. , he would break and destroy her heart, he would take everything she had ever held important from her and crush it before her eyes, he would make her suffer, exactly as she had made him suffer, the fact that the woman did not he seemed to even know who he was, and that he refused to receive medical assistance was to his advantage.Someone knocked on the door of the room, it was probably Igor, so he got up, making sure the woman was still sleeping, Klaus's plan was to get Anika to trust him, he needed the woman to go voluntarily, the kidnapping had been a method to speed up the process, he planned to be her savior, he wanted to see the look of betrayal and pain in her eyes just before he pulled the trigger, make her beg for mercy as he made her life sli

Klaus led the woman into the living room, although her bruises looked dark and would probably take a couple of weeks to fully fade, she seemed less sore than the night before. He let her observe her surroundings, the penthouse was impressive, he knew it, but he also knew that the woman was as used to all kinds of ostentation as he was, so although she didn't seem completely surprised, she did seem curious to understand where she was. In the main room, Alenna was waiting, attentive to her every move, her sister not exactly the normal sight of a fourteen year old girl she should be, always alert and blank expression, long straight hair one of the few things she was allowed to express herself, Igor had gotten some clothes for her, and while Klaus hadn't shared all the details of his plan, he'd gotten some silence in exchange for a couple hundred bucks, Alenna She wasn't exactly a fan of her father, but she was close enough to Klaus for the man to trust her. The girl had a purple jumps

Although it took her a while, Anika managed to give herself a sponge bath, even if it had taken almost an hour, she finally felt like a person, even if her body ached and it was hard for her to even walk, the effect of the medicines had worn off. long ago, so she was finally starting to feel pain again, her cast making it uncomfortable for her to move freely, but with some effort and using her left hand clumsily, she rummaged through Klaus's drawers, the man had indicated where she could find a shirt and pants, but she would need some underwear, which was embarrassing for herShe fumbled around in one of the bottom drawers, wondering if perhaps she should ask before reaching for one of the man's boxers, even his underwear was expensive-looking, she thought as she reached for a pair from the top, shutting the drawers, resisting her curiosity. snooping around for something to reassure her she wasn't in the house of some kind of psychopath.She quickly dressed in a loose-fitting pair of

On the way to the winery, Klaus tried He had to consider the proportions of the two women to vary, he was sure that his secretary Abbie probably did not have as much bust as Anika, so the woman filled the dark top perfectly."Where are you taking me?" she asked, for the tenth time, making a pout, Klaus looked at her over her sunglasses, using them to hide from her indiscreet eyes."I have issues to solve" he said finally "and we have to talk, about your kidnapping."He saw her tense immediate"I am not a saint, much less " he said "I promised to help you until you recover, and I plan to do it, I will be an idiot about it, but I fulfill my promises. And to protect you, I need to know, is there anyone who wants to hurt you? I don't know anything about you, Anika, as far as I'm concerned, your single presence could be a trap""Do you think I would pretend something like that to get to you?" she asked, pushing his hand away, he had offended her, of course he knew it was not something she