A Lifetime With You by Athrhteera

Chapter 54 Alena

The throbbing headache had awakenfrom my nightmare, makingyelp forward. However, my movements

were restricted as my hands were tied behind my back, along with the metal chair.

sore.

to realise | was freezing. My feet were on the cold The coldness of the room causedto shudder and it didn't

takefloor, my eyes were closed and wrapped by a thick black cloth-probably had been in this position for the

past few hours because my body had gotten Maybe, the soreness cfrom the endless beating | took.

| winced as | felt the pain on my rib and | instantly knew it was broken.

My face felt puffy and sore, making it hard forto speak. Even as | tried to scream, nothing cout of my

mouth due to the burning pain in my throat. My voice cout like a whisper How long had | been screaming?

How many times were | beaten up?

Those questions kept replaying in my head. | felt as if | had lost track of time, | couldn't remember if | was

kidnapped yesterday or a few days ago, all | could feel was the pain all over my body and how | was left

unattended.

My stomach growled in hunger and my throat felt dry from t

om thirst.

Iried to free my hands from being tied down but the struggles had only caused my wrists to burn from the

abrasion. My whole body felt weak and drained, | felt as if | was losing my mind from the unknown.

"Somebody! Somebody, help me!" | shouted, forcing my voice to cout.

My throat continued to burn but | ignored it, only wanted to save myself.

As | heard noises coming from the outside, | knew the pyscho had heard my screams. The moment he walked in

and closed the door behind him, my body trembled in fear; many things began to play in my head, different

ways of how | could die. | couldn't see the stranger in front ofbut | could feel his presence and it sent shivers

down my spine, afraid of him-I didn't know if he was holding anything. He could hurtand | couldn't help

myself as much as | wanted to. "Please, letgo." | muttered, begging.

"My family will find you The man asked, the sperson that had kidnapped me.

and kill

"Really? You've been here for three days now, they haven't done anything to save you."

My heart sank at the fact of being trapped here for three days. No wonder my body felt weak, | hadn't been

eating or drinking anything except for a few sips. It was only to make sure | stayed alive regardless of developing

any health issues later on.

It was impossible for Papa or Alexei to not find me; they were supposed to be able to trackdown. As for

Matteo, | knew he was already losing his mind at my disappearance. He wasn't going to let this one slide away.

Papa was known to hold grudges, he wasn't going to let anyone hurt his daughter. Yet, | had been strapped and

tortured to the bones, nobody cto save me.

| knew they were trying. | knew they were doing their very best to find me.

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| just needed to trust them and stay hopeful.

"When they do, they'll burn you alive." | said through gritted teeth.

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However, the man only laughed, as if | was making a joke. | could hear his footsteps as he circled around me,

taunting me. He knew | was vulnerable and he knew | wasn't able to do anything to free myself so he decided to

fool around. | held back my tears, not wanting him to see them.

As much as | wanted to cry, this was not the right time. As much as | felt the throbbing and stinging pain all over

my body, I couldn't let him find satisfaction in my suffering.

"If they do find me. You can only hope, princess." He replied, tugging onto my hair.

| groaned in pain, my head being pulled back.

could

feel his warm breath at the side of my face as he whispered, "But they will find you, beautiful and when they do,

they'll see the broken pieces of you. Nothing left to salvage. You'll end up to be nothing." He let go of my hair

and began to unfold me, makingblink a few times.

My eyes began to adjust to my surrounding, surprised to find myself in a dark room. The man in front of me

wasn't wearing a mask but | couldn't even catch a glimpse of his face, leavingfeeling frustrated. "What do

you want from me?" | asked, still struggling to break free.

"I don't want anything from you. Just from your husband," he replied.

"My husband?"

"Oh, and a little bit from your brother. It's nice to know how much I can control them when you're trapped here.

They won't do anything s****id, would they? They won't risk you."

"What do you want from them? What did they do to you?"

"Many, many, things, Alena. You're too naive to understand that,"

| shook my head, "You're not any better."

| could see his sinister grin as he turned to look away, standing near the wall. "Why would | tell you anything?

You actually have no use forhere. Oh, you actually do, you're in control of what they can do for me." "They're

not going to do anything for you."

"Of course they're not. That's where you calong,"

He stood in front ofand this time, his face was visible. | could see the darkness of his eyes, the thick

furrowed eyebrows and the grin plastered on his face-it wasn't the look on his face that had scaredbut the

look in his eyes. He had zero remorse nor fear.

| closed my eyes at the touch of his fingers, trying to move my face away because of how disgusted | felt but he

gripped my cheeks, not lettingmove.

"Even with all these bruises... you're still very beautiful. Matteo is very lucky to have you, isn't he?" He smirked,

"That little b*****d has everything. A perfect life. A perfect family. A perfect little wife."

"Letgo."

He gripped harder, "But you're quite the fighter, aren't you? Haven't stopped struggling ever since | brought you

here. Aren't

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you tired, princess?"

"Don't touch me!" | said, spitting at his face.

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The sudden action had caught him off guard as he stared into my eyes, with an intensity | haven't seen before.

Deep down, | regretted doing that but at the stime, | felt satisfied in being able to fight back. His hands on

my cheeks went away as he wiped the spit, chuckling as he did so. This man found it to be amusing.

"Quite the fighter, indeed." He muttered under his breath, smirking. "Let's see if you would put up a fight when

I'm inside you."

My eyes widened and | immediately began to scream, kicking my legs out. However, he didn't waste any time

but to slap my face, makingfall onto the ground with the chair. | landed on my side, the sside where |

had a broken rib and it tooka few seconds to recatch my breath. "Fuck,"

"I groaned in pain.

He untied my ankles from the chair and began to turnaround, my stomach on the ground.

Tears continued to

| to escape my eyes as | kicked out. | knew where this was heading and | had feared it the most-he could beat