The Boy in the Shadows

"Oh God, look at your face." he said, his fingers brushing against the few patches of soft, unbroken skin on my face.

"I-Its not that bad. Really, I think it makes me look tough." I gave a cracked smile, looking up into his electric blue eyes.

"The toughest chick around. C'mere." he grabbed my hand, interlacing our fingers. He sat down in the corner of the concrete room, and pulled me down with him, engulfing me in his warmth as he wrapped his arms around me. I cringed slightly, as his hands rubbed over the bruise on my shoulder.

"I promise I'll get you out of here Piper Jane." he whispered, his breath tickling my ear. I nodded, a single tear falling down my face because I knew, that wish would never come true.

Kidnapped, and confined in a prison of torture, pain, and a psychotic family. Piper and Noah are trapped, and are pushed to their breaking points as they are beaten, and abused in a experiment by ex-doctors. What will they do when they begin to develop feelings for one another, something forbidden when you are in a state of utter uncertainty. Battling each day, not knowing if it is your last. But Piper can't help but fall in love, with the boy in the shadows.