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Prologue

It was cold in this basement. I was shivering like a chihuahua. It felt like a blizzard in the middle of the winter. I only had a dirty, smelly t-shirt on and my underwear. He stole my clothes. My abducter did. He abducted me and stuffed me into this dog kennel. He only takes me out when he wants his way with me or when it's meal time. I didn't expect it. I was just walking home from school and he said he needed help with his daughters car seat. I didn't know he would put a rag over my mouth and I'd pass out, waking up in a cage. I've been curled up into a ball for who knows how long, my knees ache. My hair keeps getting tangled on the top of the kennel. I looked at my dirty, fade painted toes, thinking about my mom and how I'm all she has left since my dad left her for another woman so young I thought she was still in high school. I'm pretty much the only thing my mom has left in life. She's probably worried sick about me right now. I'm worried about myself. He already attempted to rape me but I'm too wiggly and he just gives up. He's beat me so much to the point where I'm surprised I'm still alive. He said he'd kill me but I remind him too much of Anna even though I have no idea who that is but what if he does kill me like the rest of them? I started to tear up at the thought of that. I didn't want to die, I just got accepted into University of Virginia with a full solarship because of my academics. My IQ is 198 which is impressive. I don't know what program I want to go into yet and I only have a couple months of school left.

I heard the door slam open and quick steps going down the stairwell. Was that my abductor? Why is he home early? He isn't home till dark. Is he goi going to kill me today? Someone came to my vision, they had on dark jeans, long sleeve button up and a black vest saying FBI. He flashed his light at me and turned it off while putting his gun away. I started to cry happiness when I read the vest.

" Veronica? " He said, kneeling down.

" Yes? " I said, with a dry throat.

" My name is Spencer Reid and I'm here to help you. " He said, looking at the pad lock on the kennel door. I felt relieved that the FBI has been involved in finding me. My abductor tells me all the time about the other girls he's taken and killed because they weren't the right one.

" You might want to scoot back. " He said, taking his gun out. I obeyed and scooted as far back as I could. He started hitting the lock hard with his gun so loud, it was making the whole room loud. He finally got it and the door flung open. I began to crawl out of the small area.

My attempt to stand up ended up with me, trumbling to the cement ground because my legs were weak.

" Alright, here we go. " He said, putting my arm around his neck and his arms around me, picking me up bridal style and began walking up the stairs. I now can see he has golden colored hair, long with curls stuck to his neck and dark brown eyes but still had some sparkle in it.

" We caught the Unsub in a nearby grocery store but we couldn't get him to crack the address so we ran the drivers licenses and licenses played under his maiden name and eventually... "

" Reid, take it easy there. " A voice said, interrupting him. A black man, very handsome with combat boots and black pants and the same vest as Reid but with an olive green t shirt.

" Going to need an ambulance. " He said into his radio.

" may I? " He said with his arms out.

" No thank you, I got it. " Reid said, leaving the house and out the door. The warm breeze heated my ice cold skin, making me smell the freshness of spring.

" She's fine, just please keep me up to date on her. " He said, laying me on the guerny. I grabbed his arm before walking away.

" You saved my life, Spencer. Thank you. " I said. He kneeling down beside
Me and handed me a card.

" Please call me whenever you need me. " He said smiling as I took the card from his gentle hands. We kept eye contact until the ambulance door separated us but he still hasn't left my mind and when I lost eye contact of my hero, I knew exactly what I'm studying for.