VERGLAS (Complete)

NEW ENEMY

I felt exhausted, but my mind still trying to consume everything. We were travelling since 4 hours; and I fall asleep few times in between the ride but wake up by the same bad dream. I never had bad dreams before, then why now? Maybe my minds is traumatised by that night’s incident. Adam’s face still haunts me to the core.

“Are you hungry? There is a small restaurant on this way. We will pull over there.” my thoughts get distract when Daphne asks me. I simply nod my head in agreement as I am not in a mood of conversation with her since she slapped me so I turn my face and look out from the window. The night is black as coal with starry view. It is beautiful, calm and silent but somehow terrifying too, just like my life right now, I Can relate. I giggle internally on my situation, but I am screaming silently in my mind.

Soon we reach at the restaurant Daphne was talking about. She pulls over the car in the parking and we get out of it. “Order anything you want, I can even have s**t right now.” not making any eye contact, I rushed to the restroom. I know I am not supposed to be rude to her but she have no right to rule over me like I am some subordinate to her. I went inside of a vacant stall, I peed and went out. I stand in the basin's front, looking into the mirrors, I am a mess right now, and even though I appeared a decent-looking girl with black hair. “Hope it will fade soon.” I muttered under my breath.

I get out of the restroom hastily, not being alert and I bump into someone and his tray of food fell down with a thud, “Oh I am so sorry, I did not notice, sorry I was lost in my thoughts.” I apologise to the person I bumped into while putting his food, which is spilled on the floor.

 “hey! Hey! Relax! it's fine. It was just some snacks. You are worrying like you just commit a murder, ha ha ha a food murderer.” the guy says and I roll my eyes and look at the guy who just humiliated me, and it stunned me. I have never seen a charming guy like him before. His eyes were the brightest shade of blue, piercing through the ice, and hair were the lightest shade of blonde, almost white, and pouted with his naturally pink lips. It lost me in admiring his beauty, Tom Cruise or Brad Pitt is no way near him.

I come out of my daydreaming when I hear someone coughing behind me. I turn my face to look at the person; I was shocked as the guy because he looks almost same with the guy I bumped earlier, but some of his facial features are different. I guess they are siblings or cousins. 

“Nice girl.” The boy says by looking at me, and I look him in disgust. 

“What did you just say?” I ask him in a threatening tone. He shrugged and observes me from head to toe, his eyes landed on my lips and he licked his lips in a very intimate way, and I feel disgusted.

“I'm so sorry that my brother is an asshole. Let’s go, Dylan.” He glares at his brother and both of them leave. I sigh in relief; I remember that I have to find Daphne.

I wander outside the restaurant to find Daphne, but did not find her there. I got panic as I did not find her in the car too. She is not in the car. Now I am getting frustrated. Did she leave me here, alone? No, she can’t but who knows? I call her name, “Daphne? Daphne? Where are you? Oh god! Where should I find her?” I am shitting in my pants right now. If she is not here than where did she go? I am afraid this place is totally unknown, and I don’t even know what I call this place. Should I contact the manager of the restaurant, yes, it would be the best thing to do now.

I head back inside the restaurant, but someone grabs me from the behind and drags me to a stranded corner at the right. I struggle to release myself from his grip, but whoever he is, but definitely strong. He pinned me to the wall and I look up to see my tormentor. f**k, that Dylan guy I met earlier, I knew he is a dickhead. 

“Well, well, what a beauty like you doing here alone? I can give you a ride for the night. It’s been awhile since I had any fun.” He holds me tight and bites his lower lip, if he would be my lover, than I really found his act very sexy but no, he is a pervert and I need to teach him a lesson.

 “Let me go, you pervert.” I frown and scream at him. 

He laughs and says in a serious tone, “If I have to let you go, why would I have abducted you in first place? What Dylan wants is what Dylan gets. You are coming with me, kitten.” His statement frightened me. A wave of cold shock hits me. NO!! I won’t let this knucklehead take me anywhere in this f*****g world.

He drags me to his car, but I got an opportunity so I punch him in his face, and his nose started to bleed. I run back to the way to the restaurant. But he is faster than me; and he blocks my way and pulls my hair. Screaming in pain, I call for Daphne. I felt heartbroken; I trusted her, but she left me. Tears build up as the pain intensifies; something sharp suddenly hit me. He let go of my hair and momentarily I check upon the area it hit before me, finding it bleeding profusely. f**k! it hurts! My thigh is bleeding. I glance at a knife in his hands; I don’t know what his intentions are, but surely it scared me to death.

As he made his way to me but hit by something on his head, I guess someone hit him. I got more frighten that the danger is still lurking in the shadows. I try to stand but the wound pierce and I screamed in pain, running away is not in the list of options now so I crawled, as fast as I can.

 “Silver wait it’s me." Daphne says, “oh my god! You are badly injured. Is pig did that to you?” she asks me in concern, I nod at her, much relieved to see her. She came to me and check upon my wound, “Bastard stab you with a knife. Come, you are not safe here. Let me take you to the car.” She lifts me with one of my hand on her shoulders; she drags me to the car.

“Where were you? I looked for you everywhere and gotten myself into this?” I ask her in irritation, as my pain is getting worse, so my senses.

 “I was looking for you too. You were not in the restroom so I went looking for you other places. Sorry, it is my fault that you are hurt. I should have been careful.” I can sense the truth in her voice. She felt guilty. “We have to leave now; we need to do a bandage for this.” she pointed at my thigh. She made me sit in the seat comfortably and handed a disposable box, filled with Manchurian and rice, aroma striking into the nostrils, I immediately open the box and stuffing it into my mouth. Daphne starts the car and move out from the parking area.

 “Have you eaten something?” I ask. 

Daphne turns to me and said, “I am good, you need proper nutrients for your body so have it.” She smiles at me and focus back to the road. I finish my food and dump the plate in a trash box.

My eyelids becomes heavy and start to droop, I am almost slept when I felt a jerk, my eyes opened immediately, and I turn to Daphne, “What was that?” suddenly, another blow to the car and it gets off-road.

 “f**k! Who the hell is doing this?” Daphne yells and moves, steering to get the car back on track. “Somebody following us, Silver lay down on the seat.” She screams.

“What the f**k? Who find us here?” I tried to look at the car, it is an SUV. The car speed increases, passing ours and stops in the front of us, blocking our way. Daphne slams on break and I fell down with the jerk. I sit back on the seat, crying in pain as the wound gets punctured again.

“Jotuns?” Daphne whispers but it was audible enough to hear. I look out from the front mirror; few guys were standing and coming closer to our car. One of them is Dylan, and  I tremble from fear.

 “Daphne he is..” I say to her, “SHHH! I know. Stay here, no matter what, and lock the car from the inside.” She orders me and I did what she said as the situation is f*****g dangerous now.

I see Daphne approaching to them and they were talking with each other; I guess she is there for a settlement. After a few minutes, the conversation turned into a heated argument. I can’t understand them but everyone trying to scream at top of their lungs. I am still trying to figure out what exactly happening there, but soon, one of the guys grabs Daphne’s hair and throw her on the bonnet.

There was blood on her face and I screamed her name, “DAPHNEEE…..”