In his grasp

Trapped

**Lauren’s POV**

Opening my eyes I found myself in a room that looked like the basic style bedroom. One of my wrists were chained to the bed frame with hand cuffs and the room was empty. I started panting with panic, remembering the last thing that I saw as I passed out. He spiked my drink! I started trying to shake my hand free, rolling off the bed and pulling my wrist. It was no use, nothing was going to work, I needed the key. The door swung open and Grey entered the room, locking it behind him and walking towards me. I backed up so that my back was against the table. 

“How are you feeling?” He said sitting himself on the side of the bed in front of me, I just looked at him, anger showing from my expression. He tapped the bed, ordering me sit down but I ignored him and didn’t move a muscle. He stood up and pushed me onto the bed. I grunted as I landed on my back.

“What do you want Grey?” I trembled as he stood above me. 

“I want you Lauren, I know that you have fancied me since we were 13”. He is deluded! I know that his mother left him when he was 5 years old and his alcoholic father took his heart ache out on him. That’s why I let it go before and tried to give him the benefit of the doubt. If I knew that this was going to happen then maybe I would have done something sooner to make sure he was not allowed anywhere near me. 

“Grey, please! I know that your dad treated you badly when you were younger but taking it out on me, you are just following in his footsteps” I blurted out as I was thinking about it. All of a sudden his hand slapped across my face. I whimpered in pain and fear as he gritted his teeth.

“How dare you!” He walked over to the draw and grabbed a wooden plank like bat from his draw.

“G... Grey, what’s that?” I stuttered as I feared what he was going to do with it. 

“This is called a paddle Lauren, you smack your prey with it to punish them” he snarled at me. Joe was the only one who was allowed to punish me and he never got this aggressive and sadistic. He raised the paddle above his head and smacked my bare thighs with it. He had undressed me whilst I was passed out so my skin was completely exposed. He raised it again and hit my other thigh.

“Grey! Please stop, your hurting me!” I screamed. He completely ignored me and hit me 4 more times before throwing the paddle on the floor and grabbing another set of hand cuffs. He locked my other wrist to the bed so that I was unable to move. Tears began to well up as I felt helpless. He climbed onto the bed and placed himself between my legs. 

No one knew where I was, even I didn’t know where I was so how am I going to get out of here! He kissed my lips forcefully, holding my hair to keep my head in place. I tried to wriggle him off me but his grip was too firm. He leant up and took his shirt off. I knew what his plan was and I was scared. 

“Grey, I will do anything, just please don’t do this to me! Please” I begged as he undone his belt buckle. 

“Help me!” I shouted. This seemed to anger him and he flipped me over to my front, twisting my arms over each other and I could hear him rip his belt from his trouser hooks. “Shut up!” He shouted. I heard a snap and then excruciating pain on my bum. I screamed as he was whipping me with the metal part of his belt. I could feel the sharp edges cutting my skin. I started to cry, pleading him to stop. 

After a few more whips he dropped the belt on the floor. I felt his fingers run up the inside of my leg. I couldn’t stop crying as I knew I couldn’t do anything to stop this. I then felt him rocking around in the bed and flipped me back round. He took his d**k out of his boxers and leant down to me, breathing with excitement. I gasped as I knew he was about to enter me. 

A loud thud hit the door and he jumped up putting his piece away in shock. I screamed “help me!”. Suddenly he ran into the bathroom and locked the door just before the lock on the front door snapped and the door swung open. I cried with relief and fear as I saw Joe standing there, enraged but relieved to see me. 

“Joe!” I yelled. He ran over to me and said “where is he Lauren?” I looked towards the bathroom door in hysterics. Tom barged in and kicked down the door to find the window open and the room empty. I was scared he had escaped but happy my nightmare was over. I realised I was inside a grimy hotel room from the big sign that was shining through the front door.

“I don’t know where the key is” I said as Joe examined the hand cuffs. He grabbed two small pins from my scuffed up hair and twirled it into the lock until it released then repeated it to the other hand. I rapped my arms around him and he held me tight. I had never seen him be this affectionate to me before but I must say that I loved it. He pulled away after a short while and looked at me. 

“Can you walk?” I looked down at my beaten legs and tried to stand, shaking unsteadily and I felt Joe’s eyes focused on my bum. He gasped in horror as he saw the many cuts on my bloodied bum. He wrapped his coat around me and picked me up in a cradle. 

“I’m so sorry baby girl, I shouldn’t have let you go to this party” he said looking at me with anger. I brushed my hand on his cheek to get his attention. “But I obeyed your rules, I didn’t take drugs didn’t have any alcohol apart from the one Grey gave me and I only took that because I felt intimidated and wanted him to leave me alone. And when it comes to sex...” I bowed my head in disgust. “I tried not to have s*x and managed to dodge it”. He looked at me and kissed my cheek.

“You’ve been very well behaved, but I should have looked after you better” he said. 

“How did you find me?” I asked as we walked towards his car. He opened the door and sat me in it. 

“Baby girl, that’s not important right now” he said putting my belt on gently over my shoulder. 

“We will talk later, right now I need to get you back to my apartment and into bed” he said closing the door and turning to Tom. He was talking to him but I couldn’t make out what he was saying. Tom nodded his head and smiled at me before going back into the building. Joe got into the car and turned the engine on. 

“What did you say to him?” I questioned. He shook his head and looked at me. 

“What did I say baby girl. Nothing is important right now, we will talk in the morning”. He turned back to face the road and headed towards his work building.