The Systems Prince (DISCONTINUED)

ARC 1 finale

Lucas awoke tied to a chair.

He blinked several times as he fought to regain his consciousness. He took in his surroundings with a drowsy confusion. He was sitting in a chair, no, tied to a chair. Panic alerted him and he jerked awake, desperately trying to free himself from his bonds. The ropes tying him down were so impossibly tight, and tied everything but his head to the chair, restricting him. The harder he tried to free himself it seemed his bonds became even tighter. He started to breathe heavily as the memories of the night prior came flooding back to him. He became aware of where he now was. He was in Adonis's kitchen, sat at the dining table.

"Fuck..." He muttered to himself, his eyes fresh with tears. He got caught. He failed, when he was so very close. Now there was no telling what Adonis was going to do to him.

"It's a shame..." A hand slithered up his shoulder and Lucas winced in pain when a hand caressed the side of his face. There was obviously a bruise swelling. Lucas refused to look at Adonis as he sat in the chair beside him, continuing to caress his face lovingly.

"How did you find me?" Lucas said through gritted teeth.

"I put a tracker in your phone." Adonis stated bluntly, now finding no reason to hide his dark intent. "It didn't take me long to wake up, or to find where you had run off too. Since you decided to borrow my truck, I called a cab to drive me there. Your pills didn't last as long as you thought, you know."

"How long was I out?"

"About 8 hours."

Lucas frowned. It was the next day. His mother or someone must be wondering where he was.

"I texted your mother through your phone that you were spending the night, don't worry."

It was uneasy how comfortable Adonis was with this situation. Did he not realize he was holding Lucas hostage? How could he act so perfectly fine when he has killed someone? His own father? Has he killed anyone else? Hurt anyone else?

"I know what you did," Lucas spat, "I know that you killed your father."

Lucas winced when Adonis pressed harder into his forming bruise, "My 'father,' beat me on a daily basis. That scum deserved what was coming to him."

"But you... you killed him!"

"And?" Adonis tilted his head as if he didn't see what was so wrong with that statement. If anything, Adonis wished he would've tortured his father more before granting him death.

"And?! You... you're crazy."

Adonis smiled sadistically, "Crazy in love, yes. Did you like my pictures? I made sure to capture your beauty to the best of my ability. But I have to admit, it's much better having the real thing." He continued to caress Lucas's face, his eyes shining with adoration.

Lucas couldn't help the tears that streamed down his face. He could no longer pretend to be strong. He was scared. How had he gotten into this mess? He tried to plead with Adonis, hoping his words might reach his insane stalker, "P-Please let me go."

"Let you go?" Adonis frowned, "You always say the most ridiculous things, Luke darling."

Lucas squeezed his eyes shut as Adonis leaned forward and licked a trail under his eyes to be rid of his tears. Adonis stopped by his ear, "I'll be back, I've got to take of something first. And then, we can truly become a family." His words were shaky with excitement as he said the word 'family.'

Lucas was relieved when Adonis stepped away, but tensed up again. "W-Where are you going?" Lucas asked desperately, straining to turn his head to see Adonis walking towards the front door.