my scarred mate

Chapter 37- The second mistake

Hello octopi! How is everyone today! I'm sorry about Aria, I told her not to trust them,but she ignored me.....

Chapter 37

Forest's POV

I could feel her slipping away.

Every tick of the clock was just another reminder that another second had slipped by and we were no closer to solving the puzzle.

"Maybe the city means this city?" Ash said, "Maybe the whole thing is literal,"

I sighed, "Yes Ash," I said, sarcasm thick in my voice, "Because every tree around here is man made, that clash in melody and are surrounded by a defining silence."

My mum sighed in annoyance, "This whole riddle is an oxymoron. It makes no sense because it's not suppose to. They are making it hard for us to succeed."

I nodded, "What do we do," I whispered, "She's slipping away," I tapped my head, "I can feel her slipping away, and I can't do anything."

My mum pulled me into a hug. "We'll find her. He can't have her. She's ours."

I nodded in agreement before turning back to the riddle. We had to solve it.

Terra's POV

"Terra," My dad sang, coming into the cell, "Terra, Terra, Terra," He was laughing, cracking himself up.

It wasn't a pretty sound.

It sounded like nails on a chalkboard.

"What," I growled out, trying hard not to cough or wince at my scratchy voice. I wouldn't give him the satisfaction of how much his torture had done to me.

"Well you see Terra," He said, a smirk on his face as his eyes danced with fire. "I had a great idea of what to do today. It's going to be so much fun."

His words did nothing to assure me, probably because of the evil tone they were said in, or the way he has never done anything nice for me.

Ever.

"Do you want to know what I'm going to do today?" I shook my head but he either didn't see or didn't care. "I'm going to teach you a lesson you'll never forget."

Between one word and the next he grabbed my hair, pulling me into the air and threw me down, making my wrist snap as I landed on it awkwardly.

He grabbed two chairs from across the room, and threw me into one of them, chaining me to it so I couldn't escape.

He then sat across from me, as if we really were in school, just two friends having a conversation rather than a mad lunatic who kidnapped his daughter just to beat her and sell her off to a random man for fun.

"Now," My dad said, smiling, "first lesson is science."

As he said that Tyler came in, carrying a tray of medical instruments.

"You know Terra," My dad said, smirking at me, "I've always loved the working of the human body. The way the muscles twitch or the tendons snap, but your brother, your poor poor brother, has never gotten to see the human anatomy, so today, we are going to show him." Then, as if an afterthought he added, "If you move less, it'll hurt less."

He grabbed the scalpel, bringing it towards my arm. His mouth was moving but I couldn't make out the words, I was transfixed on the instrument getting closer and closer to my arm.

We all watched my blood drip down my arm, but all for different reasons.

I was watching in horror, my life giving blood dripping down to become a worthless puddle on the floor.