Bullet's Riley: Ruthless Renegades by Kat Cameron (best motivational books of all time .txt) 📗

of this hellhole. There had to be something. I wasn’t going to lie here and give up, I had been through way too much in my life to give up now. Starting off with the window, I tried seeing if I was able to open it. I was surprised when it opened without a sound. Did this man really think I wouldn’t try to escape? He must have some issues upstairs. Not that I didn’t know that already judging by the way he acted.

The window was slim but so was I and I could definitely fit through it. Checking to make sure there were no traps or anything under the window, I climbed through. I almost cried at the feeling of fresh air surrounding my body. Now to make it through wherever the hell I was would be another story. Considering he knocked me out for the ride here, I had absolutely no idea where I was.

As I started walking, I realized quickly that it was not smart to do this at night. Although it was dark and that helped me, it also reminded me there were animals out here and it was as cold as a witches tit. I didn’t have a jacket because in the winter time I only wore a jacket if it was snowing, which we didn’t get a lot of in New Jersey. It was the end of March going into April, so I was only in a hoodie. At this point in time I was sorely regretting it.

I have been walking for what felt like a good hour or maybe it was only twenty minutes, but my whole body was shivering when I heard the distinct noise of sticks crunching behind me. Being alone in the woods and hearing that is something terrifying. Knowing this could be your last moment on earth was something I never thought I would have to go through until I was older.

“Gotcha!” Nameless covered my mouth so I wouldn’t scream and started dragging me backwards until we hit a tree. “Now. You are going to be a good little Riley and walk back to the house without giving me any problems, you understand? I don’t want to kill you. I just wanted to show Axel I could be just as big and bad as he used to be for me. You see, when we were younger, he used to always stick up for me when our dad would come looking for a punching bag. Unfortunately, that just made me feel useless and led me down a path of misery. Misery because he made me feel like less of a man when I should have been standing up for him too. He thought he always had to protect me but when I wanted it all to end he wouldn’t let me do that either. Now he is going to see what it feels like to not be in control of his life. If you cooperate, you will live through this. If not, well then I am sorry, but you won’t ever see him again. It is up to you if you want to live or not but I would rather this not get messy and have to make you disappear forever.”

That was enough to shut me up and be cooperative. The whole walk home he was muttering to himself, something about stupid women and them being weak and useless. I didn’t know what Axel did to his brother, but surely it didn’t need to go this far. Maybe when we got back I could talk him off the ledge and see if I could meet him halfway with this ongoing battle he seemed to be having inside himself.

Finally we were back to the house and I honestly just wanted to sleep. I was overwhelmed with everything that happened and honestly, I was starting to lose hope. Nameless seemed intent on keeping me for however long, and I sure as fuck didn’t want to die. As soon as my head hit the bed I was out like a light.

The next morning wasn’t any better. I woke up feeling like someone was sitting on my bladder. It was not a nice feeling peeing in a fucking bucket. It was demeaning to say the least. Honestly, I was so close to tears that it was a miracle they didn’t come yet. For now, I had to keep myself strong. There was no way I would let this man break me. My day went on about the same as yesterday, although I noticed that Nameless kept the window unlocked which was really fucking strange since he knew I tried escaping once. It would have made sense to nail the window shut from the outside but he left it unlocked which baffled me.

The day came and turned into night time quicker then I thought it would. Since I didn’t have anything to do, Reese kept me pretty entertained, she was my best friend and only friend when I was younger. Even through my years of being married she was there. The ex husband didn’t let me out of the house much and when we were at parties and gatherings, I was at his side constantly.

You know I could have taken care of him sooner. It would have given you a better life, sooner rather than later.

“Yeah, and then I wouldn’t be as strong as I am today. Also, father would have been able to make my life hell sooner than he did. Thank god Stana took care of him. Now both of them are gone. Good riddance.”

Yeah, I guess so. But what fun I could have had with him too. Didn’t Stana say something about a playroom downstairs covered in plastic? Why did she get to have all the fun?

“You are something out of this world. Where did you even come from?”

How do I explain this? You were suffering and you needed me. Your grip on reality was not quite there. Even as