Web & Lies- The Secret To Unravel

Chapter 36:- His Lair

DARKNESS!!!!

Aiko groans softly as her sense starts kicking in. The loud hammering in her head and the weight of her eye  felt so painful and nauseous that she wanted nothing more than to given into the abyss . She was about to slip back  when a sudden rush of memories jerks her mind alive.

Brother! Happiness! Aleksandr! Kiss! Maria! Pain! Lost! MAK ! Hands!!!!.

She jerks awake but grunts in pain when she feels her body stiff .She wanted to move and when she couldn't, panic settles in. She could feel something cold restricting her hands behind her back and that's when she realizes what has happened.  and it surely wasn't her wild imagination but a truth, a bitter and fearful truth-SHE HAS BEEN KIDNAPPED!!!

Shaking her head, she tries to clear her foggy vision ,and sees herself engulfed in pitch black darkness with a  cold and hard surface beneath her. Tears trickles down her cheeks as fear settles in her heart. She wanted to scream for some help, she wanted to scream for her brother! For Aleksandr , to tell her what is happening but nothing but a sob escapes her mouth when she realise she is all alone and nobody would hear her, nobody other than those who are behind this.

Sniffling ,she wipes her tears with her shoulder and  shivers in her wet cloths. She felt stupid and hatred for her own self. If she would have just kept her heart locked , if she would have just ignored the cries of her heart, she wouldn't be here. If she would have just ignored the betrayal when she saw them so intimate; she wouldn't have wandered in an unknown city only to be kidnapped at last. Her heart aches whenever that moment flashes before her eyes but she knows she can't be weak ,not now, not especially when she has better things to think about , such as getting herself out of here.

Letting a breath out, she moves her body up and leans it against what felt like a wall. Breathing in,  she twists her hands around only to feel plastic ties around her wrists while an adhesive tape binding her legs . She had to do something, she can't sit here defenseless and expect a knight to rescue her.

She runs her eyes around, trying to look through darkness but it was useless, it was a closed room, without any window or opening, making her feel claustrophobic . She could feel herself panting hard, the dust particles in air , worsening her condition.

Taking small breaths, she uses her energy to twists her hands around, pulling them away from each other and wincing when the sharp edges cuts through her skin making it sting. She wasn't someone who cry over wounds but the continues movement over the fresh wound was enough for the tears flow down her cheeks and a cry to escape her mouth.

She knew she shouldn't bleed herself but she couldn't stop. Her own blood was going to help her. Her dehydrated ,hungry and barely breathing self was weakening with every second but she kept on going until she feel the tie expanding.

Smiling weakly she again pulls her hands apart ,grunting in pain , as it digs to the wound, cutting her flesh. What felt her last remaining energy, she give a last try, and the tie came loosening around. Sighing in relief, she tries to remove the tie only to feel her body loose strength and blackness consuming her.

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MAK Living Qaurter do Raj:- 5 hrs later

Flashback: 2 yrs ago

"Alek! You need to put that laddle down! I definitely still have some energy left in my old bones to cook something for you!" Alek's mother narrows her eyes as she  unsuccessfully tries to drag Alek out of her kitchen. Its been  six months since he has come into her life. It was always her and her daughter, struggling against the world and living a quiet life but now this young lad  just came and took a place beside ,her daughter in her heart.