Dagger
I took in a deep breath, squinting my eyes to see where that voie had come from but to no avail.
“my bad.” Aria’s voice came, as though reading my mind. “but i can’t afford to be noticed right now, so i turned off the lights, hope you don’t mind” she said, finally turning on the lights.
I covered my eyes for a split second, trying to adjust to the sudden brightness that had enveloped the room.
“all better now, right?” she said, her voice overly soft.
I ignored her, looking around to see that it was just the two of us in the storage room.
“are you looking for something?” she said, sounding genuinely concerned.
“don’t you fucking play dumb with me, you know what i am looking for” i said, shoving the supplies to the side,
“careful! You don’t want to create a mess!!!” she said, trtying to gather the boxes as well as other things back in place.
“you think this is some kind of joke!!” i thundered, not even caring who might be hearing or who might not be.
She looked at me, a bit startled for a moment but i did niot care. “you know what you did! I heard his voice as i walked in!!!” without meaning to, i had tears rushing down my face as i spoke, only noticing that i was in fact crying when everywhere started getting blur.
“you need to calm down now and-” i did not hold back anymore, in a stride, i covered the distance between us, slapping her right across the face.
“you don’t bloody tell kme to calm down when you pulled such a stupid prank on me!!!” i yelled, wiping my eyes with my arm. “you think this is funny? You think you did something noteworthy? How about your stupid dead mum to the equation to see how it feels” i yelled. I did not miss the way her eyes darkened at the mention of her mother.
“you have no right to disrespect my mother with such filthy mouth!!!” she yelled, a bit enraged, even going as far as wanting to hit me back, but she was not quick enough, loosing her balance as i went of her way so her hands would not make contact with my face.
"i would disrespect her in any fucking way that i want and you are not going to do anything about it.” i sneered, looking at her with anger. “you think you can just…” suddenly, i found it impossible for me to breathe, looking at her with this mischievious look in her eyes.
“sometimes, i think you forget that you are weak, and certainly no match for me.” i watched her, my airway becoming tighter by the minute.
“are you sure about that?” i said, closing my eyes, trying to preserve as much energy as i could.
“no need to be pig headed though, go ahead, beg for forgiveness” i opened my eyes to those words looking at the smug look on her face.
“go ahead, kill me” i struggled to get out. “b…but we both know that you would not because you need m…e” my lungs were on fire at this point, they were practically screaming at me to get some air,
She seemed to get annoyed at the fact that i was telling the truth, shoving me to the side and releasing her hold on me.
I fell to my knees, grasping for air like my life depended on it, because it really felt like they did.
“pathetic” she scoffed, looking down on me as i struggled to get in as much in my lungs as possible. “so weak but yet feeling as entitled as a prat” she scoffed but i did not mind, “look at me” she said, but i refused as tears had gathered my eyes. There was no way i was going to let her see me in such a weakened state.
“did the lack of air air perhaps do something to your hearing?” she said, squatting so that she was down to my level. “i said…” she said, grabbing a fist full of my hair “look at me” she said with a sweet smile that did not match her devilish personlality.
“i would rather, pluck my eyes out” i said through grited teeth, trying to not let the pain show.
“you might be useful to me..” her eyes turning red. “but don’t think for a moment, you would do as you please.” she continued, her hand on my neck tightening.
“where is he” i said looking at her, tears stricking down my eyes.
She laughed, a full on laugh as though she had heard the joke of the century “are you really stupid or are you trying to play dumb in the moment?”
She looked at me, the smile increasing by the second. “i swear, you will pay” i said, the tears increasing as i spoke.
“oh really??” the look of amusement on her face. “and how do you plan on doing that?” she said, cocking her head to the side.
“you know the last time i checked, you really don’t have any power, you are just a worthless, pathetic girl” she said, whispering into my ear.
“what do you want from me?” i muttered, looking straight into her eyes, trying to show her that i was not scared of her.
“that’s more like it.” she said, loosening her grip from my hair, letting my scalp breathe again. “you know you could have started with that and cut us all the drama don’t you think?” she smiled, deeping her hands into her pocket.
“i have something for you” i felt my breath hitch as her hands came out of her pocket, “Darius is weakened now, and this would be the best time to strike.” she said, pressing the blade into my hands.
The cold metal burnt into my hands, making my body go still. “don’t go all dramatic on me, and you will see your dad when the job is done…”