Chapter 20

I wasn't awake, I wasn't asleep either. 

I just couldn't open my eyes or move but I can hear what's happening.

All I hear is Melisa's breaths and heavy footsteps ,Ashton's , but the footstep's aren't coming from the room but above the room. 

Ashton must be up there and... Pacing? I don't know. 

It took me minutes -felt like hours- to open my eyes and move a little bit "Melisa?" I croaked out, my throat hurt and blood was still oozing out of my nose. I couldn't breathe properly. 

"Jessica, stay put. Oh gosh," Melisa mumbled while tearing a big piece of her shirt, cleaning my bloody nose, she fixed my body, where I sat up. 

My left eye was half shut, I must have a black eye, well obviously.

"How long was it out?" I asked but it sounded like "ow wong wa ay yow.", at least Melisa understood me because she replied, "Two day's." 

I kept quiet, well I was shocked actually. Did I hit my head that hard? 

 I heard someone roar making me flinch and try to cower away from fear. Ashton.

"Don't move too much, you'll hurt yourself more." Melisa tells me while caressing my head, I shake my head scared.

Why isn't she scared that Ashton might hurt her? I opened my mouth to ask her that question but no sound came out, Tears brimmed my eyes, blinking them away I stare at the blood stained ceiling, keeping my tears at bay.

Melisa looks at me with pity in her eyes making me tear up more, I sighed, but it sounded more like a strange sound made by sand paper and nails.

I heard foot steps near the room but it wasn't heavy like Ashton's, it was light... like a girl's foot steps. 

I heard the door creak open and a tray being slid in, I tried to sit up and look what was put in but I couldn't even move an inch. 

Melisa looked at the door and back at me before smiling at me softly and placing my on the ground properly, making sure that I don't hit my head while she lied me down.

I heard her walking towards the door, she came back here and sat next to me, "Someone brought us food," she told me, obvious happiness in her tone.

How long hasn't she eaten? One week? Two? 

She placed the tray down and helped me sit up and lean against the wall, I stare at the tray of food. 

A bottle of water, canned beans, an apple and an orange. I glanced at Melisa, who's looking hungrily at the tray of food. 

She looked at me and I held on to my throat, hoping she'll get the message. Melisa nodded and handed me the water bottle which she already opened, I reached for the water bottle holding it in my hand. 

My arms and hands are numb, I can't feel anything, I couldn't feel the water bottle I'm holding. 

I brought the water bottle to my lips and drank half of the bottle, I didn't even know that I was that thirsty. 

I stared at Melisa and glanced at the tray, "You can have the canned beans and orange, is that okay for you?" I asked, but my voice was still raspy.

Melisa nodded at me and her eyes showed gratefulness, I placed the water bottle down and reached for the apple, bringing it to my lips and taking a bite.

I look at the door, keeping guard and getting ready if Ashton would suddenly come in. 

 I glanced back at Melisa who already devoured the small amount of food we were given, "How long haven't you eaten?" I asked her and she looked at me, pain in her eyes. 

"Two weeks, I guess, Ashton only gives me water to survive, I'm only given food one every two months and let me tell you the sh!t he gives doesn't even look like food or taste like it." Melisa grimaces. 

I bit my lip, looking down, feeling sorry for her. 

I'm going to find a way out of this hell hole, I'll save us. Somehow.

**Melisa's Pov** 

Silence looms over Jessica and I, we've become silent after our conversation. 

It pains me to look at the little fragile human battered and bruised. She has a black eye on her left eye and her right one has a cut on the eyelid, she has a cut on her lip, bruises over her arms, legs and stomach and whip marks on her back, her left cheek was also throbbing, from a slap mark I'm sure.

Ashton must have been easy on her because she's still alive, when he beats' the sh!t out of someone, it'll be pretty brutal. I'm surprised she's even conscious right now. 

When Ashton comes in here, while Jessica is passed out from the beatings, he'll drag me out to r@pe me, sometimes beat me when beating Jessica was not enough for him. I've gotten a scar from my ribs to my abdomen when I tried to fight him from molesting me.

Lesson learned I guess. 

I learned to submit to him, to follow whatever he says and never try to fight back, but when he threw in a petite brunette, I was surprised that she was human.

When he usually lures girls, they're werewolves not humans, it's a first for Ashton to bring a human here, I'm even more surprised when I saw the girl's face, she looked just like his real mate. 

I lost hope in escaping, but when Jessica was thrown in here, I'm hoping again in an escape. I want this to be finally over, to stop him from stealing girls from their families.

I'm going to be the one who's finishing this, once and for all.

**Jessica's Pov**

I woke up from being pulled up to my feet.

I didn't notice that I fell asleep. Ashton dragged me out of the room, I glanced at Melisa who had this glint in her eye making me furrow my eyebrows. What's her plan? I noticed the door was loose and my eyes widened. 

She's going to escape?

I looked at the route we were taking, we're not going to the torture room, but to another room. 

When he opened the door, my blood ran cold. It was a bedroom with chains on the bed. 

He's going to r@pe me. 

I screamed and tried to pull away from his grip, "Let me go!" I yelled scratching his arm, he grunted throwing me on the bed, making me yell again from the impact, my whip marks on my back hasn't healed yet. 

I stood up in wobbly feet. Ashton stepped towards me and I glanced at the door to make a run for it, I'll try. 

"No you don't," he smirks and walks towards me but stops from a scream, it wasn't mine, I'm sure of it. 

It was Melisa's she's holding a knife and about the stab Ashton but he was faster than her and slapped the knife from her hand, he slapped Melisa making her yell out in pain and fall to the ground. 

Anger fueled in me and I dashed towards Ashton, punching him at the back, he faced me and held on to my wrists, stopping me from hurting him. 

He chuckles, "You think you can hurt me? Pathetic human." he spat at me, and I kneed him on the balls making him roar in anger and cup his jewels. 

I shuffled towards Melisa, helping her to sit up, her cheek is throbbing and a huge hand print is pasted. 

She stood up first to be knocked back down by Ashton who punched her in the gut. I gasped, my hands flying to cover my mouth. 

Ashton was too busy punching Melisa that he forgot about me, I glanced at my right to see the knife lying near the wall. 

I went to get the knife and held it in my hands firmly, I walked slowly towards Ashton's back, he was facing a beaten Melisa, I raised the knife to stab him but I was stopped.

No not by Ashton, Not by someone else.

But by many footsteps, from above us. I heard yells, gunshots and heavy thumps. 

I thought that maybe Ashton's lackeys were fighting for something, brutally, but then I heard a voice screaming it's muffled but I can still recognize the voice.

Jordan.

But then everything was fast, Ashton's fist connected with my jaw, then I'm out