Steal My Heart

Chapter 21

Recap:

Suddenly, I feel a sharp, painful prick in my back and I fall forward onto the ground.

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After I felt that prick in my back, I lost all feeling in my whole body so I fell toward the ground. Chris reaches out and catches me before I hit the ground.

I see out of the corner of my eye Charles and his bodyguards fall to the ground. I can't move. I can't talk. Suddenly, my vision blackens and I can see anything but darkness. I can't do anything

"Malia!" Chris yells right next to my ear. "Malia! Stay awake!"

"Oh, she's awake." I hear Charles' voice explain in a matter of fact voice. "She just can't move, talk, or see." He says. "Or do magic." He laughs. "She'll eventually die, though. This poison is what I planned on killing her with." I feel something wet and warm on my back and I realize that it's blood. My blood. The moment I realize I'm bleeding is when I feel the terrible pain of my back set in where the prick was.

"You bastard!" Chris says menacingly and I feel him leave my side. Oh Chris, please don't do anything idiotic.

I feel another presence beside me and I assume that it's Aorta. While I'm listening to Chris cuss Charles out I hear Aorta whisper something in my ear that gives me all of my hope back.

"Austin and his pack are here." She whispers.

"Todd! Get them in the shack and tie them up. Make sure they won't get away this time." Charles says. "Stay with them until she dies. It won't be long." He says.

"Just go with it." Aorta whispers to me again before I feel myself being lifted up by abnormally strong arms.

I am carried for a minute before I feel my feet and hands being shackled against the wall. I assume the same is being done with Chris and Aorta.

There's silence until the sound of something breaking, like splintering wood, breaks through the silence.

The sound off fighting follows right after for about five seconds. I hear footsteps coming toward me and whoever else is beside me and I pray to God that it's Austin.

"Malia..." I hear Austin's voice say my name. When I don't say anything he says it again. "Malia?"

"Dude, she's dying. Get her out of here." Chris says from somewhere across the room. They must've unchained him. I feel my chains moving and Austin's hands on my ankles.

Suddenly, his hands are abruptly taken away and my chains fall back into place.

I hear a grunt and immediately want to see what's happening but I don't of course. Because I am temporarily blind. I hope it's temporary.

"Well well well... I see you found us." I hear Charles' voice say while laughing. "This will just be even more fun. You get to watch her die. I was just going to use the poison to kill her but that's too slow. I guess I'll just have to use... something else." He says and at this moment, I have never wanted anything else more than I want to see right now.

"I'll rip your throat out." Austin says in the most frightening voice I have ever heard. Even I flinched at his tone. I hear struggling from across the room. "Malia!" He yells.

"Bye Malia." Charles says right before I hear a gunshot. The pain that I thought came with getting shot never came. Instead, I felt something fall at my feet.

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Cliffhaangerrr!!!

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