Find Me in the Moonlight

25 ~ Clarke

Present Day

Titus left almost two hours ago, and for that, I am very thankful. I am covered in bruises and cuts; my left eye is swollen shut to the point where I can't see. I'm not sure what time of day it is, but then again, I don't really know how long I've been here either, wherever it is that I am anyway. For all I know, it could've been days ago that I was brought here.

"Titus! Have you gotten any information out of her? At all?"

"No, and I don't think we will be getting anything at all," I hear him say outside of the tent.

A long and drawn out sigh escapes the other's lips. "War it is then!"

Titus enters the tent and I flinch. He sees this and laughs, "I'm done with you. So you shouldn't worry." He chuckles though, and says something in trigedasleng. Another man walks in the room and picks up a knife. "I might have said I was done with you, but him," Titus points to the other guy, "he's not. Have fun Rilond, she's all yours." Titus leaves the tent with a wicked grin on his face.

The other man, Rilond, walks towards me with the knife in his hand. Getting really close to my face, I expect him to start slicing me up, so I close my eyes. When the pain doesn't come, though, I open my eyes and look at him, confused. He puts his finger up to his lips, telling me to be quiet.

"I am not going to hurt you. When I tell you to scream, you need to scream as if I am hurting you. Once their army has moved out and night falls, I'm getting you out of here." I look at him; shocked at the words that just came from his mouth.

"I will take you to a clearing, just beyond there is where the Commander's army sits in wait. You will go to them, get away from here. You need to run as fast as you can. If you do not, then you will surely meet your end. Is this understood?"

"What about Octavi-"

"Don't worry about her. I'm going to get her too. Do you understand?" I nod my head. "Good. Now, scream."