Awakened

Chapter 14

It felt like a hammer was pounding at Annie's head, throttling her skull.

Her head lolled as she came back to a conscious state. She groaned, and forced open her eyes. She blinked several times, the low light still bothering her.

"This is her? This is the Female Titan?" A voice asked. It sounded masculine, but it also sounded distant.

"Yes you idiot. When is he coming? If he doesn't come to pick her up by tonight then we'll have to move."

Annie blinked again, trying to get her vision to focus. Her vision was incredibly blurry, as if she was looking through water.

"He'll come by tonight, don't worry."

Annie lifted her head slowly, and it thumped on something hard behind her. That woke her up a bit, and she tried to move her arms.

She couldn't.

She tried not to show panic on her face as she tried to move her legs, but they didn't move an inch. Her eyes opened wider and she looked at her hands and feet, only to see that she was restrained by leather straps on a wall.

She yanked on them, testing how durable the restraints were, but stopped when she heard laughter.

She snapped her attention forward, and there stood two men. One was big and buff, his large muscles threatening to rip his shirt sleeves. The other one was lean but definitely not as burly as the big one.

Both made Annie want to spit on them.

"Who the fuck are you?" She seethed, and the lean one snickered.

"None of your concern sweetheart," The lean one said.

Annie felt the back of her neck wet, and she tried to feel it, but was stopped by her restraints.

The burly one chuckled, and he came closer to her, sneering, "We got you pretty good, didn't we? Full blow to the head."

Annie grit her teeth.

"You know," He continued, "I thought you would've healed by now, but you didn't. The cut the bash on your head opened up had bled for a while. I thought it would've stopped and steamed, or so I was told when Titan Shifters get hurt."

Annie glared at him, but said nothing.

"Are you even the Annie Leonhardt?" The lean one asked.

The burly one came closer to Annie's face, his rancid breath whisking across her face making her grimace. "Oh, it's her alright." He brought a hand up and caressed the side of her face. "Blonde. Blue eyes. Pretty." He smiled at her, a dominating look in his eyes and it flared Annie's anger.

She head butted him, and he stumbled back. He held a hand to his forehead, wincing. "Shit!"

"Don't fucking touch me," Annie spat at him.

"You stupid bitch," The man growled and lunged for her, but the other man grabbed his arm, stopping him.

"Don't!" He said, pulling the burly man back. "He doesn't want her hurt. You know that. You already pushed the limits by knocking her out."

The buff guy huffed, tanking his arm out of the other mans grip. "You're lucky he wants you untouched."

"Who are you talking about?"