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I couldn't realize what just happened until I felt the unbearable pain in my ears as a loud bang went off. A scream stuck in my throat and soon followed by heavy sobs as I felt a hard tug forced my face up.
"You missed me, right?"
Luckily the bullet did.
I could only huff a sob before the warm lips smacked against mine and soon followed by a tug on my hair that turned into a hard grip. I shuddered at the bruising tug as he pulled me up by the hair.
I tried not to give out any reaction to the burn of hot metal running along my cheek as he tightened his grip and trace patterns with the barrel of his gun. There was only a couple of time I had been cornered like this situation. Once or twice that i had the misfortune to witness that look in his eyes.
Soft spoken as if calm.
Gentle as if kind.
He's definitely in an episode.
A loud phone call interrupted all my thoughts as I tried not to blink at his warning gaze.
'I need to keep his undivided attention to not risk him going after my parents. After all, it was me who has contacted him my exact location in the first place,'
I sniffled a sob as I felt his grip back on my throat as soon as he put his phone away. But I felt relief washing over me at the anger radiating of him as a good sign.
" Doll... " I felt him kiss the corner of my mouth.
" Where are they?"
I sharply inhaled at the sudden tightness of grip on my neck. He's asking about Mateo Devins.
" I- don- know " I crawled at his grip as i felt him pressing my temple at the gunpoint. I tried to look around as if any aid would help me.
" Look at me!" I could only whimper as I felt the familiar traumatic event came flashing before my eyes. 'Suddenly the room felt helplessly suffocating with the stranger man shouting me to finish the plate or he would shove it down my throat.'
" What does... he look like? " His eyes bore into mine.
I gritted at the realisation of him already figuring out as my expression gave it all away.
A scream ripped through my lungs followed by heavy sobs. My vision has gone blurry as unbearable pain shot up along with the unmistakable sound of my finger being broken. I could only bite down at the hand that was muffling any sounds from escaping.
" Shhhh, you weren't that talkative moments ago, "
'Mom, Dad, please make this stop,' I was hyperventilating at this point.
" Shhhhh "
" Shhhhh "
" Now, are you ready to talk? "
My voice faltering, " I- I'm sorry, "
He was processing my words, as he gave a subtle tilt of his head. For some moments, he stood so still that I thought the time has stopped.
A loud ringtone interrupted the moment as I tried to contained my sobs in.
The hard metal pressing against my temple was gone and I felt him bundle a handful of my hair by the roots again. His mouth descending on mine the same time I had gasped in pain.
I was out of breath by the time he stepped back and took the phone out facing away from me.
My legs gave up as I slid down to a kneeling position. ' Don't provoke him. Don't provoke him. Keep his attention. Keep his attention. '
Neither did I realize I felt the familiar stinginess on my cheek followed by a metallic taste of my blood nor did I comprehend that I was up in the air with my legs hanging freely.
" You're with that fucker! Huh! Out of all people you're with that little fucker?! Henry-fucking-Merlin again?!! " His words spewed out of his mouth but did little to me. I smiled at the realisation, ' he's going to end me and I have distracted him long enough, '
Before I was pushed into that darkness again, I was thrown onto the floor. Endless cough turned into laughters as I felt him shaking me. ' Merlin? Oh yea, it must have been his last name, my childhood friend who came back into town the day I encountered Damien, '
Although I had no idea how Henry's name was brought up into this, I chuckled at the irony of my own situation, but at least my parents are off this country for good. I trusted Mateo Devins to take care of them, now I thought I could only embrace my death, but Damien just have to be that much evil that he wouldn't just kill me off easily...
I felt him crouch down near me as I laid sideways.
I felt him lightly slapping my cheeks a few times before he demanded that I open my eyes and look at him.
I let out another bubbling cough mixed with giggles as I witnessed the unmistakable look of confusion written on his face.
" I- I- I hate you, "
With a sudden tug on my scalp, he pulled me up into sitting position as he leveled his eyes as a warning.
" I hate-"
Another slap but with the force that forced my head to the right.
I spat out blood mixed with my saliva as I let out uncontrollable babbling laughters.
" Go on, h- hit me again, go on! Kill me! I- I hate you, I- I hate you! " I gasped in pain as the weight of him suddenly crushed me on the floor. He had pinned me down onto the floor breathing heavily while I could only huff few breaths.
The silence on his side only encouraged me as I seethed in rage for all the things he had done to me, " You're someone I could never forgive even if you skin yourself alive, I hope you burn in hell, you're the one who is really pathetic, Damien. No one would ever...love someone like you! You evil bastard!! Kill me! Kill me! I hate you! I hate you! "
I felt his weight off me as I kept crawling backwards until I felt the wall on my back. The footsteps of him echoed in the room as he paced around muttering, ' shut up ' repeatedly as he smacked his palms on his head.
He fell on his knees as he kept smacking his hands on his head. He was talking to himself, this wasn't the first time.
" no, she doesn't mean it "
" Lies, "
" Not real,"
" No, "
" No, "
" Don't hate me, "
" Shut up, shut up, "
I mustered up the little energy I had and peered at my side where the window was. Two storey up height definitely would kill me if I fall head first.
" Lies, "
" Not real,"
" No, "
"Vivan! " I flinched at his strained voice as I stared at his shaking figure on his knees facing away from me.
" Please, no, no, don't hate me, " he kept repeating and his voice faltering with repeating words.
I palmed the walls as support as I desperate tried to reach the window.
" Not you, not you, baby, you don't mean it, "
" Please, "
" No, "
I felt the rush of cool air brushing my face as I successfully pulled the curtain out of the view and straddled the window sill.
" Doll?"
I gripped onto the curtains for support as I turned my attention back to him.
" Doll, come back down here right now, " his eyes filled with terror as he gazed me upward not moving an inch from his sitting position as if he was afraid of making a wrong move.
That's odd seeing that how he was always one step ahead and now he looked unprepared.
" Vivan, please, baby, "
" No, no, you will not leave me! Vivan!"
" No, fuck, baby. It's okay, please come to me, "
" Vivan! I said come here! I'll fucking make you pay if you dare to attempt that stupid thing! "
" you're all I have... you're all I have"
" You're all I have... You're all I have!"
His tone dropped to whispering again before his gaze locked with mine.
I tightened my grip as he slowly but steadily offered his bloody palms open up but what I couldn't comprehend was how swiftly he had pulled out his gun and shot my left thigh.
I was screaming as my eyes rolled back towards my brains. My screams were soon muffled with the barrel shoved into my mouth. The agonising pain was taking over all my sense as I filtered out the swear words Damien was spewing before the barrel was removed from my throat.
I felt the back of my eyes burn at the painful death grip Damien had on my neck. Slowly but surely crushing my airways again.
Droplets of his tears splattered onto my face as I willingly slumped my muscles.
'Look who is crying now? '
Goodbye world.
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