Devil's Snare by Sruthionyx (open ebook TXT) 📗

Chapter 22- Why?

Alzea was done with her shower and went to bed feeling exhausted. She was confident in her door stopper and that it will keep her safe from whatever is outside, but what she didn’t know is that she cannot stop the devil.

She was ready to face whatever is on the other side, so she put pillows and made it look like she was sleeping on the bed, she closed the closet door and left a tiny bit of space to allow her to see what was going on the outside. Around 1 am, she heard a commotion outside of her room, Alzea’s ears became like that of a snake, she clutched her locket and sat there waiting for the intruder’s next move, but it never came, after a while, she could see the door open and the person entered, she heard him chuckle and say, “my dear Sia, you really thought a dresser could stop me, you really thought putting pillows on the bed will make me think that is you? I am not stupid baby girl, come out, come out now wherever you are, my baby girl………………” he said singing in a song-like voice.

While pacing in front of the closet, he said, “Let's not make this hard for us both”. It was like he knew where she was hiding, but he was so excited about it. By the look she gave this morning, Rafael knew she figured it out, that there was no more hiding. He wanted to see what she would think when he revealed himself to her. How wide her eyes will turn when he does everything to her in daylight.

"I'll count to three baby girl and if you're not out by 3, you'll be in trouble, it'll cost you more than just spanking, who knows I'll even take the most precious thing you own", he said, making Alzea clutch her mouth.

The room was utterly silent. It was the kind of silence you get in the woods at night. Alzea thought he might have left, so she opened the closet door slowly and started walking out with the tortilla stick she had hidden there. As soon as she got out, she felt the hair on her neck rise, her gut told her she was in danger, and she bolted for the door, but she got snatched. In a fit of panic, she began thrashing like a wild boar caught in a trap.

"Mr. Cavallo, please", she said.

Rafael stopped at her actions, then smirked knowingly, "So, you figured it out, sweet cheeks?" he asked amusingly.

As he put her down, he turned on the lights. There was no point in hiding now, is there? She stood there stunned and scared, unable to move. In her wildest dreams, she would never have expected that her doubts would come true. Standing in all his glory, he stood as if he were a Greek god, slowly approaching Alzea as if he were a predator eyeing his prey.

When she finally saw the face of her tormentor, the one who gave her nightmares and bruises, the one who stole the first kiss she'd never wanted to give, all she could think was "Why?"

As he stepped closer to her, she stepped back, "I already told you why Mio Cervo (my deer)", he said, looking at her scared form, his demons wanted to scare her more, make him theirs, but it was too soon.

His hands were in his pocket as he stood an inch away from her and said, "You calm my inner demons, and you make them feel at peace.".

“You are sick, you are a psycho.” You terrorized me for weeks, and you hurt me, does that bring you any happiness? Seeing someone tremble and beg you to stop? Does that make you happy, if so, then you need therapy”, she yelled staring angrily at him, she won't back down and she won't budge today. He has to know what he did with her was wrong and was not okay.

He was amused by her little outburst, he knew she had a fire within her, but he saw it first-hand today. Although he enjoyed her bravery, he knew that she needed to be put in her place. The man wanted her to understand that it was not okay for her to speak like that to him. In one stride, he gripped her throat. This wasn't something she was accustomed to, he had done this twice before, but this time he glared at her with a glistening gaze. In her effort to free herself from his grip, Alzea tried clawing at his hands, but he was stronger than her and would not budge. He continued holding her throat and kept eye contact with her, and she kept the same eye contact with him without moving her eyes away.

He then started pushing her to the corner, when they reached the corner, he pushed her back onto the wall which made her back collide with the corner of the wall. As she hissed in pain, Rafael didn't move his gaze from hers. He held her neck tight and moved closer to her face. “Just because I didn’t hurt you doesn’t mean I won’t hurt you”, he said, moving his eyes to hers, “I’m more psychotic than you can ever imagine in your worst nightmares, you don’t want to provoke me, you’ve seen it yourself. Don’t get on my bad side,” he said.

Alzea was shivering internally, she saw his madness. She tried moving away from him, but he let her. He was stronger than her and a good foot taller than her. So, she tried to do the only thing she could which was trying to kick him in between his legs. But Rafael knew what she was thinking, he was not an ordinary man, a trained assassin, able to detect other people's movements by the change in expression on their faces; he knew what Alzea was thinking, so in response he pressed his knee against hers, crushing her with his body weight, preventing her from moving. While Alzea attempted to turn away from the man before her, Rafael held her neck tighter and prevented her from moving her head.

"You can't escape me, uccellino, I think I've already told you that in our every single meeting, but you're stubborn, aren't you?, don’t worry, I know how to get you to bend my way”, he said, kissing her collarbone. “I wanted to kiss you for so long, baby, but not in the dark, in broad light.” He choked her by pressing more pressure on her throat. "I wanted to see your eyes when I kissed you breathlessly, I wanted to see you writhe under me helplessly", he said, choking her.

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