Rose of royalty

XIII

I woke up cold, my head sore and my wrists restricted. I went to try and get up but the rustling of chains prevented me from doing so, when I full came to my senses I saw my clothes a mess, cold concrete floor and bars in front of me. Where was I?, everything echoed and I heard voices of males in the distance talking to each other. I pushed myself up looking behind me at the chain, the foul smell of smoke, distant screams and the slamming of cellars. "Catherine nice to finally meet you" a tall man appeared in front of me, it was an unfamiliar face, he walked up to me making me subconsciously move my body backwards until I hit the wall behind me. He held a piece of black cloth in both hands coving it over my eyes and tying it behind my head. My vision was impaired, I tried pulling off my chains on my wrists feeling the friction only rubbing on my skin and the soreness.

"No use struggling just behave and it will be over quicker" he said as I felt a sting on my cheek, I felt my arm being roughly grabbed and my body pushed down hard against the concrete. I shivered feeling the cold but I was quickly frozen in feel hearing the sound of fabric tearing and grunting followed by a sting of pain. "Boss she's awake!" the man called and I heard another set of footsteps, I could feel my body trembling as I listened to the voices not seeing what was happening. "Ah you caught her Catherine Delarouche" I turned my head to the sound of the voice hearing more footsteps and a door close, I could feel the tension in the room as I stayed seated on the floor hearing the clicking of the chains. A hand roughly grabbed the sides of my face forcing me to face their direction, I felt another sting across my face making me land on the floor followed by a sharp and cold blade being pressed against my cheek. "Stop crying and cooperate" he yelled and I tried moving away despite knowing the blade was cutting my cheek.

I heard muffled sounds after that before my body was flipped over and all I could do was kick to get him away. The adrenaline and panic that consumed me as his strong grip grabbed a hold of my waist squeezing tightly. A sharp pain shot through my body as I felt him push himself inside of me, I screamed only to be slapped across the cheek and the blade to be pressed against my neck. I could hear his laughs as he thrusted himself inside of me followed by groans, the pain I could feel in my lower half was excruciating. Seconds turned to minutes feeling like hours as I waited for this part of the nightmare to end, I heard the door slam shut and curled up into a ball half naked on the floor.

The next time I woke up I was in pain from before and I could smell a mix of weed and alcohol surrounding me. I looked out of my cell seeing the dusty concrete and the blood left on the concrete floor from where my head was, I touched my cheek seeing the blood on my fingertips then I realised I could see and at some point my blindfold fell off. The rusty black bars of the cell and the hanging chains, I looked behind me seeing my ankle still chained and only my wrists free. How the hell was I gonna get out of this, I pulled at the chain and wiggled my ankle thinking I could slip through but it wasn't big enough. Looking around for some sort of pole or anything to break the cuff, I moved my hands around the floor feeling something metal and thin but think enough that it could be a rode of metal.

I grabbed it and looked closely trying to decipher what it was in the dark, I could feel ridges and see some sort of spiral pattern. I looked at the cuff then at the rod before swinging it hearing it hit the metal, I tried wedge the rod at the screw of the cuff moving it about trying to somehow make the bolt loose. I kept swinging the rod at the cuff hopping with enough force it would break, I was sure my swings were sloppy given I was trying to do it quick to avoid someone coming but I knew it was loud. I heard a snap followed by feeling a sharp sting, I looked at my ankle seeing the cuff broken but my ankle cut and blood leaking out.

"Where the fuck is she!" I heard a males voice yell, I picked up the same rod and limped up to my feet trying to make it to the cell door. I went to swing at the cell door and I got more lucky then when I was breaking the cuff, I broke the lock watching it fall off and took my chance to escape. I hid behind a wall hearing the voices drawing closer and seeing shadows of figures coming closer. "We use her as the bait" I heard someone say and i huffed feeling frustrated, I heard a click and the footsteps come closer so I took my chance swinging first. "Argh fuck you little bitch!" One yelled and I swung again making him fall to the ground splitting his head open, I felt a hand from behind grab my arm and I stepped backwards landing on his foot.

I went to swing the rod one more time letting go as I did hearing the gut wrenching screams of the man as it impaled his shoulder. I ran as fast as I could despite the pain shooting through my foot and how heavy it was. "What the hell is wrong with you!" I heard an older man's voice yell and he had a more raspy voice then the other two. "She got away Antonio" was all I heard but it didn't stop me from running. "Find her!" He yelled and I fell over my own feet dragging myself in a corner to hide. 'Who is this man?' I thought to myself as I peeked my head out around the corner. The coast seemed clear so far but I was still scared to attempt a run for it and little did I know where I was going to go because I woke up in the cell.

I wrestled with my thoughts for a minute before deciding to make a run escaping my hiding spot, more like limp trying to find an escape. I had my eyes focused on finding the first door I could enter. I heard a few more voices and steered clear of them to avoid being caught. "Find her!" Antonio yelled and it echoed through the cement walls. I looked around hoping there was anything I could use that was easier than the metal rod, shuffling my feet around on the floor trying to feel if there was anything that would've been dropped. I heard what sounded like a soft screech as if something was being dragged. I bent down feeling my hands on the floor until I felt the ridged sharp edges of what seemed to be the size of a knife. I picked it up dropping the rod and felt the grip of the knife. I put it in my pocket and entered another door hopping it was one step closer to the way out. I tumbled down feeling the pain in my ribs feeling a thud as I landed on the floor. I groaned feeling the immense pain in my ribs and my ankle, some new scraps and grazes on my knees and elbows. I pulled the knife out again and held it tightly like my life depended on it and it really did at this point.

I pushed myself up onto my feet wincing as I did feeling the pain shoot through my entire body, my head felt like it was spinning. It was cold and the floor felt wet, I looked around seeing no sight of this Antonio guy or his henchman. How did he even know my name that really freaked me out because as far as I knew I was born into a normal family only Dad disappeared. I was caught up in my surroundings looking for my next exit when a hand grabbed me.