CHAPTER 54
“They are a bunch of vindictive coward assholes Sarah. The stories Val’s told me about Velar – They’re never up to any good”. There was a slight tremor in Raegan’s voice despite her trying to put on a brave face for her friend’s sake.
“Great. Now we just have to wait and see what they have in store for us”, Sarah sighed miserably.
The door opened with a bang and both of them jumped. The clown walked in with a mocking grin on his stupid face, “Hello again darlings, I see you’ve helped yourselves. Good, good”, he rubbed his hands together in glee, “It was very rude of my men to leave you ladies bound like that. I’ll have a word with them for the future”.
“What do you want asshole?” Raegan spat with venom dripping from her eyes.
‘Now, now. There’s no need to be rude love. I merely came to offer you some refreshments. I believe you must be hungry after such a long flight”, he put two fingers in his mouth and let out an ear splitting whistle. Two men entered carrying trays and put them on the table near the far wall. After they exited the room, leaving them once again alone with the asshole.
“I’m Titan Varamont – King of your new home and your host. And I urge you to eat your meal while it’s still hot. The roasted duck is quite delicious. It’s my favorite actually. And who knows, if you're good maybe i'll feel inclined to send in the next meal on time. Of cource it all toally depends on you my little darlings.” he clapped his hands together and plucked a piece of meat to pop in his mouth and moaned. He started walking backwards, “I’ll leave you to it now. Enjoy your food, who knows when you’ll get it again” he grinned devilishly, “We’ll meet again” with that he bowed deeply with a hand on his chest, showcased his damn teeth yet again, and left; closing the door behind him loudly.
They both let out the breaths they’d been holding.
“Varamont. Shit” Raegan mumbled to herself but Sarah heard.
“What? What’s wrong?” she asked worriedly, chewing on her lips.
“This is not good Sarah”, Raegan wiped a hand on her suddenly sweaty forehead.
“What are you talking about Ray? Tell me already”.
“Varamont was Velar’s king during the war. King Alex killed him. So this clown must be related to him somehow. His son maybe or a brother”. Raegan explained. “He probably plans revenge”, she looked at Sarah worriedly “We’re screwed”.
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They ate the food because they needed their strength for whatever was to come and huddled together with their backs to a wall. Raegan was disappointed to see paper plates and plastic forks which weren’t any useful. The bastard was cautious to provide them anything that could’ve been used as a weapon. After her little display of affection back home, he’d learned his lesson apparently. Trying to come up with an escape plan, they both fell asleep.
The loud noise of the door opening startled them both out of the uneasy sleep they had fallen into. There he stood again with his disturbing smirk. This was getting old fast.
“Hey asshole, would it kill you to be normal for once in your life?” Raegan snapped.
“Such a dirty little mouth you’ve got there sweetheart. What am I going to do to that mouth of yours? Hmm” he tapped a finger against his lips. Raegan’s heart was beating so fast she knew he could hear it from where he was standing near the wall with shackles. Dread laid its roots deep in her gut. He turned his head and looked her over with piercing eyes, like he was imagining things to do to her.
“You are so pretty sweetheart, just like a work of art. I think I’m going to mount you on this wall right here. A soft gasp left Sarah’s lips but Raegan refused to show him her fear. She lifted her chin and looked him straight in the eye. The thing about bullies is that they feed on people’s fear.
Once again he whistled and two men entered. On Titan’s instruction, they took her arms and pulled her up. She kicked and thrashed and almost got free when Titan came forward and grabbed her face in his hand. His fingers were hard against her cheeks but her eyes showed her fire. “You’re such a feisty little thing, aren’t you love?” he jerked his head to his men and they took her to the wall. Her wrists were shackled first from the cuffs hanging with thick chains. Then her legs were pulled apart and secured in shackles next.
“So beautiful. So perfect. And so alluring like a new canvas.” he murmured while trailing a finger down her cheek. She turned her head and bit his digit before he could retract. The bastard laughed. “Mmmmm I think I’m going to like playing with you”. She looked at Sarah, whose eyes were huge and full of worry for her. She tried to reassure her silently.
“Well, here’s how we’re going to play this game love”. Titan started, “If you're a bad girl and don’t play nicely, my men will be free to play with your little friend over there. If you scream; I’ll let them have their way with her in front of you” his eyes were devilish and the men standing behind her couldn’t hide their excitement. She wanted to throw up. Sarah was in this hell because of her. She’d brought her to Evreux and now she was caught up in this mess. She didn’t know if they’d make it out of here alive. She didn’t know if Val and Dimi would be able to find them in time. She looked at her friend with apologetic eyes but kept her mouth shut. She hung her head in defeat. She couldn’t make things worse for Sarah.
“That’s what I thought” Titan grinned.
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