Chapter 21

Waking up with a jolt, I slap a hand on my ankle. 

Damn insects, I can't sleep properly. 

I sighed and standing up, groaning from my aching back and shoulders. I stretched, trying if the aching would leave.

Nope, it turned worse.

My head hurt, I think it's a migraine but. eh.

I groaned standing up, it was still dark out, crickets singing and the stars twinkling.

I've never felt so free before in my entire stay at hell. I still smiled, even with my aching back and shoulders I felt so free, from Ashton and from the torture. 

I've never been so happy in my life. 

I heard a loud howl from behind me, my heart skipped a beat and when I was about to turn around to look at the wolf, the wolf pounced on me, sending us both to fall on the ground,The wolf on top. 

It's head was growling near my face, my heart was hammering like crazy, tears are now falling and my hands are shaking from fear.

It's Ashton.

It's Ashton's wolf, red. 

I started sobbing, tears falling freely like a waterfall, the wolf snarled at me making me sob louder. 

"No!" I yelled, trying to break free from under him, "Help!" I screamed, trying if at least someone will hear me yell out for help.

Ashton roared louder making me scream in fear, my shaking hands flew to my head, banging my head if this is all a dream, please be a nightmare, a horrible, horrible nightmare.

Please Please Please I chanted in my mind over and over, Ashton roared angrily making me yell out, "Please!" 

I sobbed, placing my hands on my chest, I stared at Ashton, fear written on my face, my lip quivering and my body shaking in fear. 

Ashton's gaze was on me, like a predator and I'm his prey, I looked around if anything will help me escape from him, anything.

I got a stick not too far and sticked it into his eye.

A loud growl errupted from the back of his throat and I shuffled to stand up, I looked back once to see him clawing the stick out of his eye. 

I started running, taking lefts and rights so I can, maybe, confuse him while he's chasing after me. 

How did he find me? Was I out for too long? or did he find me because he was faster than me? I bet. 

I screamed when I felt Ashton bite my leg, I fell down, and cried out in pain. 

My leg feels bad, worse than bad, I felt something sticky oozing out of my leg. blood, just the thought of it made me sick. 

At the weeks I stayed in Ashton's torture cell made me sick of blood. 

Blood that would stain the walls of the cell, my blood, the thick, sticky substance that would cling onto my skin for a reminder of another scar. 

Ashton started clawing onto my back, making me yell out in pain, again. Blood was dripping on my shoulder, so I think it isn't mine, my injury is at my leg. 

It must be Ashton's I guess. 

"Get off her Ashton!" I heard a booming voice yell, I glance where the voice came from and I saw Jordan, tears brimmed my eyes and my heart swelled from hope.

Save me.

I thought, I couldn't say something, my throat burned from screaming too much and black dots started to form my vision.

I felt the pressure from my back gone, and Ashton roar. 

"Why are you here?!" I heard Ashton's booming voice ask making me wince, scared, I wish they would help me sooner.

I think I can't take the pain anymore.

They all muttered something but I didn't pay attention, I couldn't the pain in my leg and back is too painful, I groaned.

"You won't get her away from here!" I heard Ashton yell. I think who he mean't by a She is me. 

"I'll kill you if I have to!" I heard someone yell, maybe it's Jeyden or Jordan, I'm not sure I just wish someone would help me sooner than later.

I think I might even die.

WAIT!

No, Jessica, don't think about death, you still have to spend time with Jordan, you still have to live your life, you still have to fulfill your dream.

But what if, they don't save me? and I'll wake up back at the dark and dirty cell? 

I squeezed my eyes shut, Don't think about the what ifs. Think about freedom, freedom that you'll have once... once that Jordan saves me. 

Once that everything is over, once that I'm free from Ashton. 

Once I get my freedom.

I heard someone roar and some yell out, I even heard a knife slicing into somebody and someone groan, I heard people scream, people groan, I heard someone falling into the ground and then silence. 

I didn't know what happend, I think I don't even want to know. 

Then I heard a loud, BANG! 

I tried to open my eyes but my eyelids are heavy and everything is heavy, I couldn't raise my arms or my legs or even move my fingers. 

I just feel... lifeless. 

I felt someone carry me and whisper something in my ear, I couldn't tell whose voice is that or whose arms are carrying me away. 

All I did was fall into darkness, deep and dull darkness.

Maybe when I open my eyes, something good will great me. 

Heaven? Freedom? Maybe I'll wake up and find myself back at Ashton's cellar where he'll r@pe ne and slaughter me to death after he took what he want from me. 

Many maybes, I don't know which one is the right one that will lead to my Fate.

I just pray to God that my fate will be better than Ashton's cellar. 

Oh I wish that my Fate will be freedom. 

But when my Fate would be back at the cell, I just don't know what I'll do, maybe I'll commit suicide, to escape hell. 

I don't know.

I just wish for freedom.