The Russian Selection

Chapter 12

When I woke up, I had no recollection of where I was. It took me a moment to realize that I had been hit against the head and blacked out. My eyes took a moment to adjust to the light but soon I was able to look around and take in my surroundings.

I was chained to a chair, one that seemed to be bolted to the ground. The place was dirty and I could tell that I was probably in a basement somewhere.

Only a few minutes later a door opened up and some random guy came in and threw some food at me before walking out of the room. I looked down at the paper bag that he threw and looked through it. There was a wrapped up sandwich, chips, and some water. At least they plan on feeding me.

My grumbling stomach was the cue for me to eat and I devoured the entire thing and gulped all the water down.

I have no idea how long I have been here or how long I have been blacked out. I also had no idea how long I was going to be here or if I would ever be let go.

"For a princess, you sure don't eat like a lady." A guy said walking into the room. I tried to focus on his face but I couldn't recognize him.

"Who are you?" I spat at him. I tried to tug at my restraints but it just dug into my wrists even more.

"You aren't going anywhere princess." He spat at me.

"What do you want from me?!" I yelled. The guy walked over and punched me hard in the face.

"For you to shut the hell up." He yelled right back. I spat in his face and returned I got punched over and over. "I am going to teach you a lesson girl."

He grabbed my hair and pulled hair causing me to yell in pain. Then he reached down and tore my skirt off. I started to thrash against him. He punched me hard in the face again causing me to falter a little.

Then the man reached in his pocket and grabbed a knife. He cut the ropes to the chair and shoved me off. Before I could try and get up, he was on top of me with a knife to my throat. I thrashed as he unbuckled his belt and took off his pants and underwear.

I had tears streaming down my face the entire time and was crying for help. Nothing I did stopped him. I was in so much pain. I just wanted Dimitri.

When the man finished, he stood up and kicked me so hard, I welcomed the sweet darkness that overcame me.

….

When I woke up, the room was dark again except for a single light. There was this girl by my side with a wet washcloth. At least it wasn't the man. Just remember him made tears come to my eyes. My whole body hurt from him, I couldn't believe I was violated like that.

"Be still." The girl instructed as she reached up and washed some of the blood from my face. I looked down at the bucket and saw that it was tainted red, my blood. I also saw that I had new pants on, for that I was thankful.

"Please," I begged of her. "Let me go." Hopefully this girl will have a heart and release me. "I didn't do anything."

She didn't even look at me; instead, before I could register what happened, she slapped me hard across the face. Tears instantly welled up in my eyes and I tried to instinctively reach to touch my face but my hands were still bound.

"You need to be quiet." She hissed at me before standing up and leaving me all alone again.

It could have been minutes, hours, or days, I would not have known. I kept trying to break through my restraints but had no luck. They just kept cutting into my skin and burning like hell.

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I must have passed out at some time because when I woke up, there was a guy sitting in the corner. There were too many shadows covering him for me to be able to recognize him.