Pose For Me, Levi

Chapter 10

Levi POV:

I woke up cold. I could tell I was not at home. The floor was wet and cold, concrete maybe? Was I in someone's basement?

I couldn't move. My wrists were tied to something behind my back and my ankles were bound together. I couldn't see. Blindfolded too, I guess.

My head hurt. Everything felt like it was spinning. Probably after effects from the chloroform. I couldn't tell what time it was or even how long I had been out. Must've been a while from the way my knees ached.

I tugged at the bonds but got exactly nowhere. This was useless. I tried to call out for someone, but my voice wouldn't come out stronger than a raspy whisper.

Defeated, I slumped back to how I originally was and waited for something to happen, listening to the sound of water droplets hitting the floor somewhere in the room.

Something like an hour passed before I heard a door open to my right.

"Ah, you're awake, aren't you?"

I know that voice.

Why do I know that voice.

Footsteps trailed closer to me and I tried to stand, to pull away, to do anything to avoid this person.

"Please, Mr. Ackerman. Don't be afraid. I'm not going to hurt you. You helped me, remember? Now I'm here to do the same for you." I raised my head to listen better, to track this woman's voice and prepare myself for where she'd end up near me.

"About a week after you left, my son died. I used the money I had left to buy a plane ticket and rent out this little house. Now I'm here. Isn't it wonderful?" I gulped, hearing her footsteps come to a halt right next to me. "It's been five weeks since I got here. Your every move was gorgeous." She kneeled beside me. I again tried to pull away only to hear her soft chuckle.

"That won't work, Mr. Ackerman. I've made sure you can't run away from me. You're all I have left, you know." She trailed a finger down my cheek and I shuddered. "The only person who was ever kind to me."

I frantically thought back on every woman I had tried to help that had a son. She had enough money to buy a plane ticket here.

No. Could she be...

"Mina?"

A laugh filled the room. "You figured it out, huh? Well, I can't say I was all too subtle in my hints. Frankly, I'm surprised you didn't figure it out sooner." The hand on my face moved to the back of my head. "Guess we can take this off then."

The blindfold dropped off my face. I was right.

"Why are you doing this? I... I tried to help you, but you tried to kill me!"

"Oh no. Not you. That boy who's always stuck to your side. He was a pain, honestly. Took me a good minute to get him down."

Panic begun to rise in my chest. "What did you do to Eren?!" Mina roughly grabbed my chin. Her fingernails dug crescents into my cheeks.

"Forget about that mongrel. You're mine now." She dipped her head closer. "Mine." And then her lips were on mine.

I struggled, trying to pull my head away, but she was freakishly strong. It reminded me of Mikasa's ability to disable anyone in her path.

She laughed and pulled away. "You can't get away, darling. Eventually you'll come to realize that." She patted my head, a surprisingly gentle action for someone who had just immobilized me with a single hand.

"It took a while to learn your routine and figure out exactly where you lived. You would've already been mine by now if it weren't for your photographer." She pouted. "Such a shame. He might've been attractive if he wasn't such a puppy for you."

"You bitch, leave Eren alone!" Mina's gaze turned cold and hard as ice.

"I told you to forget about him. If I hear his name come from those pretty little lips ever again," She trailed a finger along the crease of my lips and smirked. "I'll just have to bring you his head. Maybe then, you'll finally be compliant."

My eyes widened in horror. She had seemed so innocent and sweet. Why was she like this now?

Mina's glare dissapated, replaced again by her unnerving smile.

"I'll treat you well. If you behave, I might even untie you. But only your hands." A finger trailed from the side of my scalp to boop my nose, almost playfully. "Can't have you getting up and walking out, now can we?"

"You're sick."

"You're precious." Mina finally released her grip on my face and stood up. "Are you hungry? Maybe I should get you something to eat."

"I won't take a single thing from you, you bitch! Let me go!"

She twirled a strand of hair around her finger, smiling deviously down at me. "Nope~!" And without another word, she turned and left, leaving me alone in the darkness again to be consumed by my thoughts.

Eren. Please help me.