Hunted

capítulo 1

I woke up, blindfolded and trapped in the backseat of a black jeep wrangler. I'm cold, alone and confused. Everything is silent except for the car engine and heavy breathing from the man sitting next to me. As I can't hear the sound of gravel or other cars, I assume we're driving on grass in the middle of nowhere.

"I can hear your breathing by the way" I stated calmly even though I was literally shitting myself.

"Oh shit, I forgot she was the perceptive one, Will." chuckled a guy from the front. Perceptive one? What does he mean by that? And I'm guessing Will was the guy next to me?

"I'm not perceptive. I'm just not deaf. You're breathing wasn't that hard to miss." That was the last thing said all journey.

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Suddenly I feel the car come to a halt and my heart immediately starts to race.
Where are they taking me?
My mind starts creating all the possible scenarios that could occur. The car door swings open and I'm hit with a cool breeze. Then a pair of hands shove me out of the car and begin to guide me to the place I have been dreading this whole time.

"Don't worry Will. I got this. See you tomorrow, get some rest" a soft voice breaks the silence, "oh, and put some ice on that bruise." I feel a hand release from my shoulder and hear footsteps get quieter as I assume he walks away from us.

"So, is it just you and me now?" I ask, pretending like I'm completely okay with the situation. "Yep, just me, you and these handcuffs" he replies, as he pulls my hands behind my back and I feel the cold metal press against my wrists.

At that moment, I here a phone ring and the grip he has on my shoulder is released. I quickly realise that this is the only chance I will get at escaping the fate that lies ahead of me so I jolt left in hope of being freed but am immediately pulled back to my original position. His grip returns to my shoulder, gripping it tighter. "I wouldn't try anything sweetheart" he says amused by my failure. It was at this moment I realised, I'm probably going to die.

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After 30 minutes of walking, we eventually reached a building. We entered and walked up four flights of stairs before I am shoved into a room causing me to trip over my own feet and land on the floor.

"You can take the blindfold off now." He states as if it were obvious. "Well if you hadn't noticed, my hands are tied. Literally." He walks up to me as I struggle to get up off the floor, mumbling "Oh shit, my bad" and unlocking my handcuffs. I slip my blindfold off and open my eyes, revealing the empty stone walls surrounding me. My eyes immediately dart to the boy standing in front of me. From what I could see, he looked around my age. His hair was a dirty blonde colour and his eyes softened as they looked at me. A smile appeared on his face which comforted me for a split second. As I looked at him for longer and longer, I admired his gentle features and reluctantly admitted to myself that he was extremely attractive.

"Noah, she wants to see her now." a voice called from outside the room. His face grew stern quickly as he told me to get up and as I left the room, I felt the door slam behind me.

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Now is probably a good time to explain how I got into this situation, or at least fill you in up until now.

First off, Hi, nice to meet you. My name is Hallie and I am 17 years old. I come from a small town in Montana and I'm a pretty average girl. Well, that's what I thought at least. I was completely normal, I had great friends, a great boyfriend and standard grades. Nothing special. Don't get me wrong, I love multiple things but the only thing I was completely passionate about was reading. I love books. My whole world revolved around books.

Earlier this morning, just after school, I went to my high school library and began reading. As it got later and later, my mum asked me to go home so I packed up my stuff and left. It was roughly 6:30 so no one was around. My car was a little way out of the school gates so I rushed out of school and towards it, in order to get out of the cold.

It was completely silent, almost too silent. That was until I heard a voice from behind me. "I would've thought you'd be harder to catch since you're so important, Hallie" I stopped dead in my tracks, scared to move a muscle. "Shut up Noah, let's just get her in the car and finish this" a British accent said from my left. I quickly sped up my pace, pretending I didn't acknowledge what they had said. All I knew was that the only way I was going to survive this would be to get into my car. It was only round the corner now so I started running.

"There's no point in running Hallie. You're not going anywhere" the British man stated. After this, I started sprinting round the corner but I was quickly pulled back and blindfolded, whilst a hand covered my mouth. Almost as a reflex, I instantly bit down on his hand causing him to jolt back in pain. Before I could free myself, I felt someone else push me against a car forcefully. I opened my mouth to scream but before I could, I felt a cloth being shoved into my mouth. I was kicking in all directions but his hold was too strong.

I managed to free one of my arms and swung wildly until I felt my fist come in contact with his jaw. I heard the guy behind me start erupting with laughter. "Wow she really hit you there, Will" he said, "she's a feisty one."

"Fuck, let's just get this over with," he grunted and that was the last thing I heard before I felt and sharp pain hit my skull and everything went black.

That leads me to where I am now. Now you're all caught up, let's continue...