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Against my better judgement I ask, “Finish what? What plan are you trying to complete?”
“I have to kill you.”
He lunges for me, slamming me back against the stone wall and my head explodes with pain. A scream rips from my throat and I struggle to get away from him, but he is too quick and strong. He clamps his hand over my mouth, and I can barely breathe.
“Don’t fight it,” he snarls, his face a dark shadow as he leans in closer. “I know what you are. And I know what you’ve done.”
My whole body is shaking.
I’m pretty sure he’s going to kill me right now. I have to stall for time. Maybe if I can get him to wait, I can figure something out.
I try to breathe easily, to remain calm. He’s insane, but he’s also delusional, so I need to play along.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” I whisper when he lets his hand fall from my mouth. My chest is heaving, and it takes every effort not to spit on the ground to rid my mouth of the dirty taste he’s left behind.
His fingertips run down my neck, then lower, trying to pull the low neck of my shirt away from my skin. I shiver with repulsion but I won’t cry. I won’t beg. I’ve endured worse.
“You’re a killer,” he says softly.
“I’m not a killer.” I shake my head and yank away from him, sobbing.
He grabs me by the shoulders, squeezing hard, his fingers digging into my skin then clamps his hand over my mouth again, this time smothering my scream of pain. It’s not the first time he’s dug his nails into my skin, but it is the first time it’s burned like tiny red hot needles driven into my skin.
“You killed them all,” he hisses, his eyes fixed on mine.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about.” I shake my head.
“You killed the students.”
“I swear! I didn’t!” I didn’t kill those girls. I could never kill anyone. But someone has been making it look like I did, and this nutter is buying it.
“It doesn’t matter. You still have to die. It’s you, I know it is.” He turns away from me, muttering nonsensical things under his breath as he leaves, slamming the heavy wooden door behind him. A second later I hear the key turning in the lock. There’s no escape.
I shiver and back myself into the corner as best I can. I really want to wrap my arms around myself for some warmth, but I can’t with the way I’m tied. My shoulders burn and all of my limbs ache. The ropes are tied too tightly for me to escape.
But I’m alive. For now. I need a plan for when he comes back, but there’s nothing in the room I can use for a weapon. I’m helpless.
Should I have run, back at the house? I wanted to help Bhodi but that backfired. I didn’t even see him, much less save him. Could I have hidden from this lunatic, or would he have found me anyway? I don’t think I could have outrun him.
This whole situation feels inevitable somehow. The irony that the guys tried to keep me at the house for my safety, yet that was the place I was snatched from, hits me hard.
I shake uncontrollably, my bones aching even more with every passing minute that cold seeps in. My eyes begin to droop and no matter how hard I fight it, I lose. The darkness claims me. I just hope I live to see another day.
Fucking hell, I can’t believe these idiots left Malia home with just Bhodi for protection to come after me. Stupid, stupid fools.
I break every speed limit on the island as we race back to the beach hut. When we reach the garage, I make the decision to just fuck it. I’m not pulling over. The dirt track might be impassable to vehicles, but I’m going to give it a damn good go, and who gives a shit if my car gets totalled in the process.
“Don’t do it,” Cove says when I rev the engine.
“Fuck off,” I snap. If they hadn’t come after me, we wouldn’t be in this damn situation. Hell, if I hadn’t been seduced by the idea of tacos and seeing Malia again, I wouldn’t have put everyone in this position.
“Cove’s right. Don’t total the car, we might need it.”
“I don’t care,” I growl at Reef.
“We don’t know what we’re walking in to—”
“Exactly! I can get us there faster.”
