The Chess Piece ( Nakahara Chuuya x OC)

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Ilaria's POV

I felt numb and my mind .... Well, so many things were going on all at once that I can't comprehend only one thought .

I searched for answers without any success. I keep searching on . I want to keep searching . But... I can't. Everything that has happened to me is not what I wanted . All my dreads and fears were becoming my reality . And I couldn't stop it . All the 'why' s and the 'what if' s have been circling my mind . And I can't find a way out . I was trapped . Trapped within my own mind's thoughts.

I couldn't count how many days I had spent in that underground prison . No light and sound reached that place . It was the loudest silence I had ever heard. Tachihara's threat wasn't a bluff after all. The Port Mafia was more efficient in their job than I thought they would be .

My hands were tied with some feeble shackles . It wouldn't had take me a second to break through these fragile and feeble restrains . But I didn't. How would have that helped? There was nothing for me beyond those walls . At least, here I knew I was captivated for a reason .

Nothing helped . I hadn't moved from the position from the night I was thrown here. My limbs had stiffen . And I didn't dare move thinking of how much pain I'll experience from a sudden movement .

It was dark and gloomy. The blood stains on the floors weren't helping either . I hadn't eat anything for days. I didn't know how much more toll my body could take . But I was broken more mentally than physically. I was playing right at their hands. To break me . That's what they wanted . I knew it but didn't had the power nor motivation to do anything . I was hopelessly caged within this darkness. And there was no way out. No saviour. No help.

Once or twice Tachihara came down to know if I'd agree to work with them . I had been silent all the time . I didn't answer. I didn't wanted to look in his eyes. I couldn't. They never forced me . Nor asked me twice or in a harsher voice. Of course they knew their plan was working . Any hope or light that illuminated my soul had been stamped out .

I still couldn't believe these were happening to me . It wasn't suppose to. I was close to questioning my sanity. I wasn't even sure how I was still breathing.

All thoughts were consuming my mind when I heard the sound of footsteps, echoing loudly in the deserted passage way. I already knew it would be Tachihara or another Black Lizard member. I didn't know how many more days they will be this patient with me.

I didn't look up until I heard the clicking of keys. Tachihara usually talked from behind the bars of the cell. Then...

I gapped at the figure standing in front of me . Nakahara Chuuya? Why was he here? I couldn't see his face properly . The dim light behind him was casting a shadow over his face. Also, my vision wasn't exactly clear either. I couldn't read his expression . I was trying to figure out what he might ask. Wouldn't it be the same question all over again ?