Chapter 31//: The Scarlet Guard

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♕✿~♕✿~Chapter 31//: The Scarlet Guard♕✿~♕✿~

Madison's POV

We're all silent as the car drives along the road, all of our bodies jostling at each bump in the road.

Lucas, Damon, and I sit on one side with Scarlet Guard members standing by us, keeping a close eye on us. Across from us, Evelyn sits with other members. Each of the members have a weapon on them, whether it be a small knife or a rifle.

"It's sad to see that you escaped from one rebel group only to join another." Damon breaks the silence, looking at Evelyn. "I guess you like being a pawn."

Evelyn's eyes narrow just the tiniest bit. "Shut it," she snaps at Damon, her jaw tightening.

"If mom and dad could see you now, they definitely wouldn't be pro-" Damon's voice gets stuck in his throat, and he grabs at his mouth. He glares at Evelyn, who serenely smiles at him.

The whole ordeal confuses me. Damon didn't seem like the type to suddenly back down from what he was saying, but his words had stopped completely, catching in his throat. I watch Evelyn carefully, wary of her now.

We drive for a couple more minutes. We have been driving for a while now, the trees all blurring and looking the same after the first fifteen minutes. The car comes to a stop. I take a look outside of the window, frowning. There was nothing around us, no indication of a rebel group base anywhere.

I turn back to look at the occupants of the car, and feel my heart stop as the Scarlet Guard members pull out blindfolds. "We don't want you seeing where our base is," Evelyn explains as the guards come behind us to tie the pieces of cloth around our eyes.

My mind was reeled back to the time back at the Rogue Dawn base. I had always been blindfolded before seeing Nathan and enduring absolute torture. My fear was taking over me, and I felt my body slightly shaking as one of the guards pulled the cloth over my eyes, tying it tightly in the back.

I won't get hurt again, I think, trying to reassure myself. The Scarlet Guard was a rebel group wanting equality amongst all people in Norta, the Lakelands, and the land beyond. They had done a lot of damage to public buildings, but I've never heard of a death caused by any of the Scarlet Guard attacks. They were peaceful. Hopefully.

I hear the car start again, and we're moving once more. As we drive to wherever they are planning on taking us, I shake my leg up and down, too anxious to keep still. My breathing was ragged, and it felt impossible to breathe enough air.

The car continues to drive, the unevenness of the ground shaking me even more. We soon come to a rolling stop, and I can hear the car doors being opened. A hand grasps my arm and pulls me out of the car, pulling me forward.

Sounds of people reach me. I can hear murmurs, people walking and being in a hurry, and the scuffle of feet on rough ground. I feel panic coursing through me with the loss of my sight. Now that I had lost my sight again, my hearing was picking up on things I might not have focused on had I not been blindfolded.

The clank of a door and the cool rush of air that meets me tells me when we enter a building. I'm pushed right and left, and this all feels too much like the Rogue Dawn prison that it makes me uncomfortable.

Finally, I'm pulled to a stop. For a second, I stand still, my eyes covered and a hand holding my arm. Then, the blindfold is removed, and I blink rapidly as the lights above me meet my eyes.

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