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The Spring air is chilly, sharp to the lungs. A yellow Kia Soul parks in the driveway of 124 Maple St. in the small town of Cedarville, Illinois. Steps out beautiful 24-year-old Elle Bradley, whom had just came home from her work at the local animal shelter.
After she unlocks the front door, Elle steps inside. She looks up ahead at the living room. The thin blonde wonders why her dog, Maxie, hasn't come running.
"Jackson, I'm home!" Elle calls as she locks the front door, "Maxie! Here girl!"
Elle puts her keys on the table beside the front door. She arches a brow at the silence.
Odd. Elle pouts her plump lips, shrugging. Jackson probably took Maxie out for a walk.
Elle walks through the entrance hallway of the house that leads into the living room. The blonde looks around but sees no sight of her big brother or her beloved Bulldog. Elle heads up the stairwell to put her purse away. As Elle takes each step forward, she begins to feel as if someone is watching her. The blonde quickly turns around to see no one.
Pff, I'm paranoid. Elle rolls her eyes at her own paranoia.
Elle walks back down the stairwell after she stashed her purse under her bed. Heading to the kitchen, the blonde begins to think of what she would want to snack on. Before she had left, Jackson had told her that he wanted Elle's famous home-made spaghetti for dinner. The blonde couldn't understand why her big brother insisted that he bragged on her spaghetti when they have it twice a week and it's usually soupy with sauce.
As Elle begins to walk into the kitchen, she hears a low whimper like sound. Her first thought goes to Maxie, whom has a bad heart condition. The blonde hurries into the kitchen, seeing no sign of Maxie. Elle shrugs and begins to walk to the pantry. She suddenly hears a splash like sound from under her feet. The blonde arches her brow and looks down, expecting water. But at the sight of the pooled blood that she has stepped right in the middle of, Elle screams loudly.
"Oh my God!" Elle screams, her brown eyes wide.
The blonde quickly but cautiously follows the bloody trail from behind the island bar in the middle of the kitchen. When Elle catches a glimpse of a body laying on the kitchen floor, she covers her mouth as she screams loudly. As she gets closer, Elle sees that it's her older brother, Jackson. The blonde quickly takes in details that will haunt her forever. The multiple gunshot wounds to the front on his chest and head, his opener eyes that are lifeless, and the sight of the gun in his hand.
"Jackson!" Elle screams loudly as hot tears burn down her cheeks.
Suddenly, arms have themselves wrapped around Elle's middle and her mouth. The blonde screams as she begins to violently thrash in her captors arms. From what little she can see past her blurred vision, the young woman can see that there are others in the room. But soon, Elle becomes very weak and sleepy. Her body goes limp and she can no longer fight as darkness surrounds her.
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The sound of a dog barking in the background wakes Elle up. Her face scrunching up with every moment she begins to gain consciousness, a heaviness weighing her down. She lightly whimpers at the pounding against her skull. The blonde tries to sit up, her vision dizzy. She falls back down.
"Don't get up." A soft, feminine voice says.
"Where...Where am I?" Elle says below a whisper.
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Safe With Me
أدب الهواةElle Bradley is kidnapped after she witnesses her brother being murdered by a gang called the Snakes. Elle is taken to the Snakes headquarters and discovers she isn't the only girl who has been kidnapped before. Unable to leave, Elle is "assigned" t...
