Illuminated By The Darkness

Chapter 42

Eugene:

My eyes snapped open into the darkness when I heard the door open. I rarely locked my bedroom door because no one entered without my permission. 

Someone entered the room, on tip toes and uneven footing the person came closer to me. I slid my hand under the pillow and wrapped my hand around the grip of my gun. I always rested with my gun and knife close to me. I sleep naked but never without weapons. It could be Felix, we have him without any restraints in the basement. He passed out right after he informed us about Merlin being one of the girls rescued from the fair ground and is yet to regain consciousness. But he would never get past the ammunition room, it can only be opened with security codes. 

I waited.

Once the person was close enough I made my move, I quickly turned around and grabbed their wrist, pulling them under me. A loud scream echoed in the room as I pressed my gun against the intruder's head, my finger curled around the trigger. 

"I can't take it anymore. Pull the trigger. Pl-please" her broken voice was like a bucket of cold water on my burning rage. 

Tiara!

Fuck. A little bit more pressure on the trigger and I would have fucking killed her. The thought sent icy chills down my body.  I threw the gun against the wall on my side and it dropped to the floor with a thud. 

The sudden sound made a her flinch and her hands covered her ears turning on her side. I got off her and turned the lights on while pulling on my boxers. 

The sight in front of me shattered me. Tiara was curled into a ball crying, with her hands wrapped around herself. Her tear stained face felt like a knife to my chest. 

What the fuck was happening? 

"Tiara?" I called. My voice barely audible, my heart pounding wildly in its cage.  

No response. 

"Princess?" I touched her hand and her sobs turned hysteric. 

"No! Pl-please stop" the pain in her voice threatened to kill me. 

Fuck! 

"Tiara its me, Eugene. Listen to my voice." I said.

I couldn't take it anymore. I got on the bed on my knees and pulled her into a sitting position. 

"Tiara open your eyes. Please." My voice sounded foreign to my own ears. 

She kept her ears shut with her hands and big droplets of tears ran down her beautiful face. It made the knife sink deeper into my chest. 

Fuck!

"Tiara?" I pressed my palm a little above her knees. She jerked away from me and sat against the headboard pressing her pajama clad thighs together and wrapping her arms around her legs. 

"It hu-hurts. Ple-please let me g-go. I won't s-say anything to anyone." she begged me through her tears. 

My stomach dropped.

I knew what memory she was reliving. I fucking knew it! She was transported back to the time she was abused. Touched without her consent. A nightmare she has lived. Right now she was far away from me and the reality. The darkness had consumed her once again. 

I couldn't let her be trapped in her head. 

"Tiara!" I shook her. 

With a whimper she opened her eyes. Her blue eyes filled with tears and pain.  I cupped her face as she tried to move away from me. She was burning up. Fuck!