The Gans

Chapter 31

Timur

I tried to open my eyes but they felt heavy and droopy. My arms and legs refused to move but even if they could the vise-like grip I was in wouldn't let me. I heard the crunching of leaves and the whistling of the wind against tree branches, nothing like near where Amur lived.

I willed my eyes to open again and luckily there was no bright light to blind me but what I didn't expect to look up at was Brooks. Suddenly everything came rushing back to me.

Gained enough control of my arms to push away from his chest, falling to the ground. "W-Where are we?!" I asked frantically, crawling away from him. "The Gans, Sweetheart. Now come back to me. We don't have long before we need to be there."

My face paled at what he said. We were in the Gans?! I never wanted to be back in this position let alone with someone I didn't even know that well. I didn't know how long I'd been out so we could be miles away from the border.

"Why did you take me here and why did you call me sweetheart?!" He started to walk to me and I cowered, scooting further back until my back hit a tree. "So we can be together because you're mine."

My eyes widened and I shook my head. "Where are we going? I want to go back to Amur..."

"DON'T you dare say his name! You are mine now... where we are going is irrelevant, what matters is that we are together," He walked toward me and bent down, picking me up. I flinched at his touch and tried to push him away but he wouldn't budge.

Tears rolled down my cheeks and he licked them and kissed them but he only made me panic more. "Please let me go..." I pleaded, hoping the hurt in my voice would convince him to see reason. "I'm afraid I can't do that. I love you too much. I promise I'll make you forget all about Amur. I'll treat you better."

"Please no..."

"It'll all be over soon and then we can be together," he started to squeeze at my windpipe, cutting off my air.

"Amur, help me..."

Amur

I woke up feeling groggy and disgusting. My throat hurt like hell from both dehydration and having probably thrown up. Pills were already sitting on my bedside table along with a cup of water.

I downed the water along with the pills but something didn't feel right not including the massive headache I was having.

I tried to remember all that had happened last night but my eyes drifted to Timur's phone on the nightstand stand and that's when it all came flooding back to me.

I jumped out of my bed and rushed to the door, throwing it open only to see Anthony standing there about to knock. "Where's Timur?" I asked, hoping that it was all a dream and Timur was sleeping safely in his room even though he should be in mine.

Anthony looked down guiltily before raising his head, "That's what I came in here to talk about... after you left Timur left to go to the bathroom... and never came back."

I growled angrily at him about ready to smash his head into a wall. "All I said was protect him and you couldn't even do that. All suck in your feelings about Slov, who's just lying to you," I saw him wince but he took a deep breath and looked back at me with a face of stone. I walked past him, grabbing my shoes, keys, and Timur's phone with him following me.

"I admit that I've been very neglectful but you would've done the very thing for Timur if you were in my place so I don't want to fucking hear it. Slov actually helped me find you and gave us a hint as to where Timur is. He said 'If you find him you find me'... so where would that be..."