The temperature of the room had increased, becoming warmer than before. Beneath her was a hard stone object, causing an uncomfortable feeling, making her to moan softly.
"Mmh..."she said under her breath, in seconds she felt a sharp pain, prodding at her right leg.
She tried to lifted her leg but it seemed too difficult and heavy, she stopped. And took steady breaths.
She opened her eyes to see a ceiling, she coul,d smell fire, she diverted her gaze to the lit fire in the middle of the room.
She sat up after struggling with the leg, taking a quick survey of her surroundings.
A broken and run down appartment, in a secluded spot, she was certain. The ceiling had leakages and the only furniture aside the bed seemed to be a wooden chair.
But that served the purpose of firewood. Only the legs laid close to the fire in the centre of the room.
"Where the hell am I?"Lily thought, her forehead sweating from the heat.
"My phone?"she thought and searched her pockets for her phone, but it was missing.
Her eyes caught a glimpse of her right foot and she saw a huge cut. Her blood had been fried, and she was certain that the open wound was infected already.
The sight of her leg made her very nauseaous, she was on the verge of either fainting or throwing up till the front door slowly crept open.
Her heartbeat fastened, she held tightly unto the hard bed, hoping for the best.
A head popped out, she couldn't see this figure due to the dark. She could hear his footsteps, and his statue pointed he was male.
"Who...Who are you?"Lily managed to voice out. The figure kept on walking till he got to the fire, his features fully evident.
He was a tall and well built man, with heavy biceps and thick thighs.
He had black hair and grey eyes, if not silver. He glared at her, but Lily herself sent him a glare in return.
"Have you no manners? I'll punish you if you run that mouth of yours"The man said.
He had a hoodie worn backwards, his shorts inside out, the only thing right were the shoes he had on.
"The only punishment is your fashion sense"Lily said out to him.
He stared at her then started to laugh, he had a very sweet and melodious laughter. She was taken aback for a split second, trying to drown out his laugh, but she failed to do so.
"Is that the case?"he asked stepping closer and closer, grinning. The closer he came the scarier he seemed to look. His sweet smile turned devilish the next moment.
"Where is my phone?"she asked, but he didn't answer her, he sat close to her wounded leg, staring at it intensly.
"You should learn to look before you wall past the open street"he advised.
"You might run into trouble"He said.
Lily then remembered the accident and thought that was the "trouble"he was referring to.
"Does it hurt?"he asked her.
"You nitwit! Of course it will. You didn't even have the decency to bandage my wound"Lily scolded.
He whipped out the phone and tossed it into the fire.
Lily knew instantly that was punishment for her loose tongue, little did she know how mistaken she was.
"You just burnt my phone! I need that to call for help!"she said in disbelief.
He stared at her oddly and a smile danced around his face. He was humouring himself she was sure.
He stood up to leave, he had amused himself enough for one day.
"Wait! Hold on! You cannot leave me like this!"she yelled out to him. He didn't stop back to listen or look at her, he kept his back turned to her.
"I have done enough for you, I saved you from death you must do the rest by yourself"he said to her in a cryptic tone.
"Fuck that bullshit!"she fiercely said, she felt a kind of numbness in her legs.
"You're the one who tossed my phone in that fire buddy boy, and you're going to have to get me back"she stressed.
He stopped and looked over his shoulder at her, she was wounded, yet still making demands. So daring.
"Am I?"he asked.
A silence followed.
He made his way back to her again, "what do you take me for? Some hero? You think I'll take responsibility and nurse you back to health? Or that I'll take pity on you because of your injury?"he asked staring daggers at her.
Lily opened her mouth to speak but no words came out of her mouth.
He waited for her to respond but she didn't say anything, he stared at her injured leg.
He knew she couldn't walk it out, but he was just too hardheaded to admit that.
"Such a weak-minded person"he said under his breath and walked away.
"Such a cowardly bitch"she said with swift sass.
He heard it, but chose to ignore it and slammed the door hard. He slammed it so hard that the bed vibrated a bit. The walls echoed the sound of the slamming doors.
The sound startled her a bit but she recovered from it.
"Fuck! What have you gotten yourself into now?"she thought.
"What part of the city am I in?"she furthermore thought. She never really went anywhere other than her college and the mall.
Having the president as a father was a huge hindrance.
"Wait! Dad placed a tracker on my" she stopped and looked at the fire.
" ....phone"she deadpanned.
"How in the hell am I going to get out of this one?"she thought. The stranger left her alone, helpless and hungry.
*Two hours later*
"If I knew that I would get this hungry I would have asked that man to get me something to eat at the very least. Heavens knows if he'll even come back"she said.
As if on cue, the door slowly opened and her heart beat increased. She quickly adjusted herself and the same man let himself in.
He had a bag in his hand, from KFC.
Her eyes widened, he handed her the bag, she quickly took it without any form of thank you.
She devoured the contents, on a normal day she'd have something more Dutch or Italian. Sometimes french.
But today she was okay with a burger and a smoothie.
The man watched her eat, she grew self conscious and wiped her cheek with the back of her palm.
"What?"she asked, he acted as though she said nothing and kept on staring.
"How do you intend on getting me home?"she asked. But he ignored her, his gaze on her damaged leg.
"At least get me a first Aid Kit, I am doing a medical related course, I can dress this wound myself"she said.
He seemed to take interest in that and left, saying something inaudible under his breath.
Lily stated at her leg, she tried to move it, but it was pointless.
She stared again at the door wondering if he'd return or if he's left her for good.
But most importantly she wanted to know what time of the day it was.
There was no window, maybe there was one inside, all she had were some holes in the ceiling and she couldn't make out if it was day or night.
The fire just went out, leaving in greater suspense and fear.
************
Acker stood there awaiting a response from her, his arms waiting for his book.
She had a sorrowful expression, she bit her cheek, and used her tongue to count her teeth.
"Acker... It's gone"she said, looking down.
"What are you referring to?"he asked blinking twice. She sucked on her lower lip then looked at him.
"I don't know where your spell book is....it's missing"she said and waited for his next reaction.
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