SLAVE TO THE VAMPIRE KING

ABDUCTION

Samantha

The foggy lights in the back of the contrast were getting faded away and the commotion seemed only the honks of the cars around me. There was a significant smell of leather and polish in the air which made me nauseous yet my headache made me roll my eyes like a hundredth time in a minute. Before I could comprehend the situation, I found my hands were tied behind my back and a blindfold was covering my eyes. Touching the scraped leather of a seat, I realised I was in a vehicle. I could feel I was in a moving car, but hell how?

Wasn’t I dragged into the woods by an unknown force? The last thing I remember was those blazing red eyes and the dark shadow around me. Certainly, it was just a hallucination. The nape of my neck still numb from the poor positioning in the car seat. It was a thought which terrified me, how long i have been in this car and how long I have been taken far away from home.

I shut my eyes tightly and focused on the night when I passed out.

When I felt the tap on my shoulder, all of my senses stopped working, but I still thought it must be a prank by my sister Amanda to scare me, but I was wrong! Something powerful grabbed me and dragged me all over the woods, crossing them in seconds. How can something be so fast, even faster than air? Sounds intriguing but it wasn’t, when that thing is pulling you like a puppet. The crunched leaves parted away when that force dragged to the heart of the woods, where it was darker than black and whiter than milk.

All my senses went numb around that shadow with those red eyes, then something happened which changed my life, a figure came out from it. So beautifully created, so handsomely sculptured, is that man a god?

Suddenly, the car halted and I slipped into the spaces between the both seats. Yet it hurt my back but I was still silent. My voice got lost and my throat was dry as hell. This was traumatising but I got immune to the pain, I no longer feel it, and the emotional trauma I had gone through was nothing comparable to any physical pain. Even if I wanted to get up and run, I couldn't. Laying down was the best option.

I guessed the driver got down from the car. I breathed out the breath I was holding tight. My hands were shaking from the fear of being abducted. Nothing else made sense. The door of the car opened and someone grabbed my leg, and dragged me with the force like I am a rag doll.

“Get out, b***h! Don’t act like you are precious or something, I saw how your family treats you, don’t worry, they won’t shed a tear on your disappearance.” A heavy toned voice screamed in my ear.

I have been abused or beaten a lot of times, but this time, I had a feeling that something worse is about to happen. The way this man was treating me was different, like I am a filth or something degraded to him. He grabbed me roughly and made me stand while my body kept losing my balance. Then, I realised they were actually two. Not sure who grabbed my hand but they forced me out of the place.

I can’t see where he was taking me but I can smell the unpleasant odour around this place. From the woody smell in the air, I was sure I had been in the woods but what place, I can't say. My feet landed on a hard surface and my sleepers clicked slightly on the polished tiled surface. They took them inside a cabin or a house. The noises faded and I could sense I was taken into a basement.

“What place is this? Where have you taken me? Why are you doing this?” My insecurity and fear of closed tight spaces woke me up and my hands pushed me on the wall so I cannot walk down the stair set. My abductors laughed at me and I retaliated. No one had kept me caged so I tried to escape but he slapped across my face. My cheek got swollen and stung badly.

“Do as I say!! Or you will never see the sun again.. Got it?” He pulled out a knife and put it on my neck. The cold blade sent shivers down my spine.

I nodded silently and let him drag me wherever he wanted to. The cold was erupting from the walls beside me and my delicate skin brushed hard against it when the man behind me threw it in a room, and locked me away. I managed to escape the fall and tried to look for a wall to lean on.

“Please!!! Don’t leave me here! Let me go!! At least untie me…..” I was screaming at the top of my lungs but no one listened or responded to my painful cry. Still, I could hear those fading laughs when they locked me in the cage.

I was lying on my back and wouldn't be able to move. My wrists got bruised badly against the rope ties. If I could get rid of them by myself. Honestly, I don’t remember when my tears dried because I kept sobbing for hours. What time was it? Was it a night or a day? I could hardly find it. Although, I kept screaming for those men to return and answer my query but nothing came out of it. Moreover, My voice was hoarse from screaming for hours.

These brutal men won’t listen or help. What am I supposed to do now? I have no place to run or escape, I don't even know if my family will come to my rescue? I shouldn’t have gotten intimidated by those luring eyes. Now, I have landed in a hell hole. Why am I like this? Why did I have to be a rebellious child? No way I will stay here and let those men do something horrible to me.

After struggling a bit more, the ties loosened up and I was able to release my hands free from those ragging ropes. Immediately, I took off my blindfold and gasped as much air as I could, but that wasn’t something impressive that took me aback. The whole place was a goddamn room, a luxurious one, yet I felt so scared and dangerous by these walls. Couldn’t take off this unwanted feeling of getting watched all the time. The colour of the paints and the furniture was contracting against each other, complimenting the looks of this room, screaming only royalty… Where have I landed? What is this place?

Not sure, but this doesn't look like a five star hotel or something, I don’t remember anything royal nearby the town. What is this place? I was lost drooling over the room’s anterior, that I didn't notice the door getting opened and a figure approached me from behind. When I felt a presence, I screamed with a high pitched resonance.

I stood and walked back without turning my back, something muscular or hard pressed against me. I gasped when two strong arms held me from my shoulder. My body went numb and I couldn't move. Something paralysed me, maybe it was the fear.

“Have you admired this room? I have more important things to talk about your presence in my modest house.” A voice whispered to my ear and the blood turned cold in my body.

I screamed and struggled to get away from the masked stranger, who got his grip on my shoulder tight.

“Leave me!!!” I yelled loudly but he pushed me on the floor.

“Ouch!! Must have hurt you?” He asked while grinning. I could feel his gaze burning my back.

“Who are you?” I demanded an identification while getting up from the floor.

“I don’t give answers, I give orders… you have no idea where you have stepped on…” He smirked while grabbing my chin roughly..

I jerked his hands off me but he slapped across my face and I landed near the couch placed in the room.

“That’s your fault, you should have chosen some good words to introduce yourself. Now, I don’t want to explain anything to you. Anyway…” He clapped and two maids appeared from the door.

“Give her some proper treatment and good dressing to… get her ready in two hours, before the show starts…” He instructed his workers and left before leaving a glare at me.

“Make her a star, tonight…” His smirk was plaster all over his ugly face.

My heartbeat drummed faster than anything and I don't feel good about this show. My fists curled up.

“Samantha!! What have you done?” I whispered to myself before the maids approached me.

They held me in place and undressed me. Though I have a shy personality and feel violated when someone invades my privacy, I couldn't help but let them do what they wanted to do with me.

Not because I can't fight, but I am too exhausted to put up a fight. Not being fed for two days has weakened my body and my head feels heavier than it could be. I started to see darkness at the corners and soon it engulfed my vision, and I let my head rest without worrying for the next moment.