The Girl he Wants

54- Elizabeth's First Instinct.

RECAP: Elizabeth's kidnappers discover that she called the cops. They find out the NYPD is already outside the old hotel they are in. They take her out at knife-point to make sure the cops don't consider entering. Elizabeth says she needs to use the restroom to get out of her binds. Asher rides to the scene and blindly dashes inside with a cop's weapon in hand to save her.

***ELIZABETH'S P.O.V***

Elizabeth will be dead soon. She knows it from somewhere deep in her soul.

All her attempts of escape have failed, leaving her with no hope. She tried to call the cops and get them to come save her, but they are stuck outside the building and aren't able to come inside. She tried to make an escape by asking to use the restroom, but as she stares at the bathroom's design, she dreadfully notices that there are no windows, no other exits, and no weapons she can use.

It's as if the world is telling her to give up. To give in.

Elizabeth quickly uses the restroom and washes her hands, drying them on her jeans. Looking at herself in the shattered mirror in front of her, she swallows.

She shakes her head and sighs. What is she thinking?

She can't give up.

"You're taking too long." The big man named Jason stalks right up to her, grabbing her arm forcefully. The pressure he applies is excruciating to her wound, and on accident she lets a whimper slip from her lips.

   The man only tilts his head and smiles. "Darling, you should stop trying to fight. We've made the decision of what to do with you."

   Elizabeth blinks back tears that threaten to fall from her blue eyes. Her heart creates a ruckus in her ears and the suspense the man is generating has her hope on hold.

   "Have you ever wanted to kill yourself?" A sneaky smile stretches across his gross lips.

   Elizabeth shakes her head and is left with so many unanswered questions, yet the man doesn't elaborate on what he means. Instead, he drags her out of the bathroom and walks down the hallway, not heading in the direction of where they had been holding her. He's leading her somewhere she hasn't been and the fact that she has no clue what is going to unfold has her stumbling over her own feet.

   The man brings Elizabeth to a blank door and pushes past it. To her bewilderment, what lies behind the door is a winding staircase that rises so many floors she can't count.

   Elizabeth's blood stops pumping, just as the man says, "You better start climbing."

***ASHER'S P.O.V***

   Asher closes the door behind him slowly, making sure he isn't heard. At first, he freezes up. Not really knowing where to go, he just glances around until he lays eyes on a single chair that rests in the center of the old hotel's lobby.

   Asher closes the distance between him and it and notices the cracked phone and multiple ropes laying on the dirty floor around the chair. Elizabeth had to have been tied up here, and the thing that makes it worse is that Asher spies blood that drips down the left armrest.

   Asher curses under his breath as his heart collapses. Elizabeth cannot be dead. He won't believe it for a second.

   Asher's eyes flicker up when he hears a noise from the dark hallway a ways back, so he rushes to find a hiding spot in the shadows. His heartbeat races like a stallion, and his entire body is pumping enough adrenaline to shoot him straight through the roof of the building.

   Asher's mouth becomes dry in an instant when he spots Elizabeth in the hallway being dragged by the huge man from before. From where Asher is crouching, he can't see Elizabeth's face, but he can tell by her strong posture that she is still okay, still healthy enough to survive this.