Saving Natalie

Chapter 8

"Please." I begged.

He looked at me with cold and hungry eyes.

"Now what makes you think I'm going to make this easy?" He smiled a wicked grin.

"Please." I begged again. I felt the metal that cuffed my hands dig it's sharp points into my wrists.

He turned and walked to the rusty metal table that was sitting in the middle of the room with tochure devices on it.

He picked up a leather whip that had spikes on it.

My stomach churned. This is surely going to be it for me.

"NOOO!" Vincent roared from a crossed the room where he was chained to the wall.

"Oh yes!" My attacker grinned. "You know Vincent, you could have stopped all of this. You could have let me rule. You could have given up the kingdom for this pathetic mortal."

WHACK!

I cried out.

"You could have saved her the trouble."

WHACK!

Another cry of pain.

Vincent was on the other side of the room roaring and struggling in his chains.

"NATALIE!"

WHACK, WHACK, WHACK!

"NATALIE!" Vincent was the last person I heard before everything went black.

•••••

"AGGH!" I screamed and jumped out of bed.

Just a bad dream. It was all just a bad dream.

It had been two weeks since I talked to Vincent last, and without talking to him a piece of me felt empty. It didn't help that I was having these nightmares about us either.

I knew that not talking to him probably wasn't the smartest idea because he knows one of my biggest secrets, but I knew his.

Just then my phone started ringing.

"H-hello?" I groggily answered.

"Hey! What are you up to today?!" Amber asked.

"Oh the usual. Moping around my house."

After I came home I told Amber about what happened. She's been my best friend got forever and it was going to take one hell of an explanation to get her to talk to me again. So I didn't hold anything back. At first she didn't believe me, but now she's okay with it.

"Natalie, you're the one who told that handsome stranger to leave you alone. It's your fault you're depressed."

"Thanks Amber. I think I'm just going to cuddle my cat today and not come out." I mumbled.

"That's not an option, I'm here." Amber walked into my bedroom.

"What?" I asked dumbfounded.

She closed her phone and walked over to my bed.

"Dude, you don't look so hot. What's up?" Concern evident in her voice.

"I just had another nightmare." I stared down at my blanket.

"Oh." Was all she said before my door bell rang.

I looked at her.

"FIIINE! I'll answer the damn door." She marched out of my room.

"Love you Amber!" I shouted.

"Yeah kiss my white as- HOLY HOT DAMN!" Amber stated.

"AMBER!?" I shouted running out if my room.

I stopped between the hallway and living room in my apartment seeing who was standing across from me in my door way.

"Holy hot damn is right." I whispered.

Amber jerked around so fast it made me dizzy.

"Natalie." He spoke my name in that accent that made my legs like jello.

"W-what are you doing here?" I surprised myself at how weak my voice sounded.

"We need to talk."