WARNING THIS CHAPTER GETS A LITTLE INTENSE( Also my goal is 1000 words and I finally reached that goal!)
It's been two weeks since Fitz lured me into this small hut in the middle of nowhere on Everglen property and forced me to stay here. At first he simply asked if I wanted to come over and work on some cognate exercises and wanted to practice in a secluded place in Everglen I had never been to before. FItz said he was going to go get some mallowmelt and left me in the room. Fitz and I had broken up a few years ago but after a while we decided to give our relationship another chance and we got back together. But now I was having second thoughts about our relationship. I loved Fitz but our love started to feel more like a chore instead of a joy. He would lash out at me and say horrible things but I would also neglect him for day son end and our bond as cognates which we thought would get stronger when we became a couple actually got progressively worse and worse. And to make matters worse the Black Swan gave access to the matchmakers so I could enroll for a match on the condition that they never tell me who my parents are and to not share it with anyone but themselves. And just two days ago we had all opened up our match maker packets and I had Fitz as my number five and surprisingly Keefe as my number one match. Fitz hugged me and said that I was his number three match and we were so excited but as the day went on I realised I was not as happy as I pretend I was when I got my match packet. And that night in bed I realized that it wasn't Fitz I was in love with. It was the boy who had been there for me through thick and thin. I was in love with Keefe and I was in a toxic relationship with his best friend.
I quickly hailed Biana and told her everything. That the spark was gone and every time Fitz flashes me his movie star smiles My heart doesn't flutter like it used to. I told Biana about me planning to break up with her brother and she was sad but completely understood why. Biana then asked me who I thought I liked and I said in a tiny whisper ¨ Keefe I think I like Keefe, but I don't think he feels the same way. Not in the slightest bit. He probably just sees me as a little sister. ¨ Biana let out a fangirl squeal when I said that and gave me a huge hug and told me to break it to Fitz quickly.
Anyway where was I ...oh yeah, so it had been about thirty minutes and Fitz still had not come back so I tried to open the door but it was locked. I frantically pounded on the door screaming at the top of my lungs trying to get someone to hear me. I tried reaching out to Fitz telepathically but something kept scattering my concentration. I finally collapsed on the floor in tears wondering where Fitz was when I heard the door open I jumped to my feet and let out a sigh of relief. ¨there you are I thought you forgot about me and the door was locked and... Fitz are you okay. ¨Sophie¨ he said in a dangerous whisper ¨Were you really planning to break up with me for Keefe.¨ I looked down at the floor and tears dripping down my face and apparently that was all the answer he needed. He cupped my face in his hand and then punched me with his sucker punch.
I was thrown against the side of the bedpost. My blood dripping into my eyes from a deep gash on my forehead . Fitz picked me up and threw me against the wall. I felt my ribs pop and crack I let out a blood curdling scream. And yet no one seemed to hear me. Fitz then grabbed my arm and forced me to look into his eyes. And said the scariest thing I have heard in my life. ¨You are mine Sophie. And you will come to your senses and we will be together forever.¨
Days passed and Fitz kept being horrible to me. One day he even went into my mind and transmitted me nightmares and horrible things for hours on end trying to get me to crack. He even pulled me against him and started kissing me. (Then I threw up in his face.) After that he didn't come back for several days but continued making my life hell by transmitting horrible things to me. Insults, the dying screams of my friends and family blaming me for their deaths. My echo started acting up and then it fully awakened and without Flori and me being too weak to fight it the monster took control of my brain.
I blanched out for a day or two because of the echoes and I have no idea what he did to me during that time but when I woke up I had a knife wound in my leg, a concussion, and a broken arm. After about a week of this torture Fitz stormed in holding a knife and with a murderous look in his eyes. But I noticed that he didn't shut the door all the way and I think I saw Keefes face looking at me but I thought I was imagining things. Anyway he started threatening me again and gave me a long gash on my left arm with his knife. But what I didn't notice was that the knife was serrated, and burning hot. I screamed and I couldn't seem to get myself to stop. ¨ Had enough Sophie if you just said you loved me this would all be over Fitz whispered into my ear. I looked him dead in the eye and said in a choked voice through sobs. ¨ You can do whatever you want to me Fitz Alvory Piece of BullShit Vacker but I will never ever love you and that is the truth.¨ Fitz let out a guttural scream and was about to dig his knife into my face when suddenly I heard a grunt and Fitz fell to the floor unconscious and there standing over me was a tearstained Keefe.
