𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫//𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 (slooow updates)

08

"Now that we are all here. Its time for us to eat." Hoyt said. Giving a smirk at me and Roni.

This should be fun.
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Elizabeth started to wiggle her chained ankel, the sound of metal scraping on wood was heard. With the small energy she had in her, she yanked the chain, she heard Hoyt let out a laugh.

"You can try all you want, you ain't gonna yank it off. Y'all stuck with us." Hoyt said, his Texan accent playing a part. Eliza gave him a dirty look, if she wasn't in deep shit at the moment she would've of spit into his face. At the corner of her eyes she noticed Roni close to crying. Her bottom lip trembled and her body shook in fear.

The older lady grabbed a ladle from the center of the table placing it inside the pot. She took it back out directing it to her husband's bowl. She did the same thing for each person. Eliza looked down at her bowl, she scrunched up her face at the substance in front of her. It didn't even look or smell right. The soup had small bones and meat. The meat was in small and medium sized chunks. Eliza squinted her eyes a bit to inspect the chunks. She could of sworn she could see hair sticking out. To add to it, the liquid the meat was being soaked in was dark copper red color.

"What is this?" Roni asked breaking the silence. Everyone turned to her, fear washed over the teen.

"Your dinner." The elder lady said. She began to hum a tune. Both teens looked at each other then back down at their bowls.

"This looks like shit." Eliza said, she had gained some courage without notice. Her eyes went wide, the sound of a chair scraping was heard. Facing towards the noise she sees Tommy walking over to her. A small whimper left her, she began to get anxious and terrified, not only did he get up but he had also grabbed a small knife from the table. Even if it was small and seemed to have no danger to it, Eliza still found him scary and the knife adding to it didn't help. Walking closer to her he sticked the knife into the wood of the table. Sending both teens to flinch in their seats. He let out grunts point a chubby finger at Eliza.

"Boy sit down!" Said Hoyt, he rose his voice making everyone turn. "If she don't want to eat, she could starve." Tommy was about to protest only Hoyt continued to speak. "Same goes for her." He pointed towards Veronica who was now shaking in fright. Tommy went back to his seat, slamming his hands flat on the wooden table. Hoyt glared over at him before turning to his wife.

"You can start eating now." She said, they all began to dig into their food. Veronica and Eliza sat in pure silent. Roni shook with fear and coldness. Who knew the desert at night could be cold. Eliza looked down at her plate, it didn't look normal. In fact it didn't look like any meat she has seen. Hair and flesh was seen on it. It was as if they left the pig skin on it on purpose. Eliza could feel her stomach churn in disgust. Whatever she had eating days —or even hours ago – had decided to react to the smell.

"You never answered her question." They continued to eat ignoring Eliza. "What is this?" She repeated the question from earlier. It was then that Hoyt had stopped eating, facing her with a death glare. He turned towards Tommy giving him a slight nod. Tommy once again got up walking over at her. Eliza gripped on the sides of the chair, her nails wanting to dig into the wood.

He walked behind her over to the chain. He took it off from its spot, wrapping that end around his hand. Eliza stayed put not knowing what will happen next. Tommy yanked on the chain pulling on her leg, literally. He did a second time only rougher. At this point Eliza had some bravery to herself to stand up to him. Tommy let out a grunt stomping towards her. The small bravery in Eliza had completely left the second he was an inch away from her. She gulped away the lump in her throat as she looked up at him with fear in her eyes. He grunted down at her, Eliza shrunk in her seat further. He reached out a hand at her, fisting a chunk of her tangled hair.