Chapter 6
Tag, You're ItELSA“Hello, Little Kitten,” his mouth was close to my ear, so close that I could feel his hot breath there. “Run.”It sounded like a whisper, so quiet that anyone else wouldn’t have heard, but I did, and I ran.The hallway seemed to be closing in on me. There were so many people; some scowled at me as I bumped into them while looking behind me, and some cursed at me. I didn’t care. All I knew was that I had to go, far away from this place.“Nooo!” I screamed and struggled when strong hands held my arms from the front. I didn’t bother opening my eyes; I knew it was him.“Hey, calm down… are you alright?” I opened my eyes to see Nathan’s worried expression all over his face as he searched mine.I had no idea what I was thinking or what came over me, but I knew that if there was anyone I was glad to see right now, it was Nathan. I threw my arms around him and hugged him; I could feel his body tense up and freeze, but then he eased up and hugged me back.My eyes searched around the hall from behind him; the stalker was here, and I wasn’t sure if he was with a mask or not, but everyone here looked normal, as normal as college students could get.“Are you fine?” Nathan pulled away from the hug but kept his hands on my waist. I had no idea how I felt about it, but at least I was receiving comfort.“Y... Yes.” I nodded. “But I have to go, thank you, Nathan.” Before he could say a word, I sprinted out of the hallway; I was in the parking lot now. I knew I had to keep running; the stalker was a psychopath. What if he already placed bombs in the campus building, waiting for me to disobey or try other alternatives? Then everyone will die, just like the three girls who died that night because of me.“I gave you time to run, Frozen.” His voice filled the parking lot. “I get very pissed when people touch what’s mine, and now, I’m going to punish you for it.”I looked back, and I saw him. I couldn’t focus on his face, but I didn’t plan to stick around for long to find out what he looked like.I ran like I’d never done before, like it was what I was meant to do. He kept walking like he was sure he was going to catch me. The parking lot was empty, just cars, empty cars. There was no one to save me.“Help!” I screamed like my entire life depended on that very word. “Please help, anyone?” It was low this time; I stumbled against a stone, tripped, and within seconds, I was already on the ground. I instantly wanted to stand, but then I felt his hands grab my leg.“I love it when I hear you breathing.” His deep voice was behind me.“Stop! Let me go, let me go!” My chest tightened, goosebumps on my skin; I kicked and dragged my nails on the ground trying to escape. “Please let me go.”He spun me over to face him; tears filled my eyes as they rolled down. “I swear to God you’re never leaving.”He looked… he looked— I felt my consciousness leaving my body; I couldn’t see or feel anymore, all I felt and saw was instant darkness.***My eyelids opened slowly as they tried to adjust to the light. I was lying on something, something soft, a bed?What the hell happened? I can’t remember a single thing that happened—“The stalker!” I jerked up immediately; my heart pounded against my chest.“I have a name, you know.” His brows quirked up. I stared at him; his face was without a mask, and he looked older than me, with stubble beards on his jaw. His face was diamond-shaped, making his jawlines look stronger and sharper.When my eyes met his icy blue ones, I felt shivers all over my body. He had a scar on the end of his right brow and a little piercing there too.He was just there, sitting on the chair right in front of the big bed I was lying on, looking at me with so much intensity, as though he was trying to take in everything, from my face to my body, then to my heart, mind, and freaking soul.“What am I doing here? Who are you?” I screamed, shifting to the other end of the bed, far away from him. I wasn’t chained or anything, just… here.“Nice to meet you too.” He gave a sarcastic eye roll. He stood up from his chair and rolled up the hand of his black shirt that was open on the chest.He poured two glasses from a wine bottle, and I used that moment to look around; this looked like an actual room, not the basement or something. I’ve seen his face; would he let me go now?“You still didn’t answer me, why am I here? I haven’t done anything wrong to you or anyone, why won’t you leave me alone?” The door was on the other side of the room; if I can run…”Drink.” He ordered, turning over to me and giving me a glass cup with some liquid inside.I looked from him to the cup. “You think offering me a cup of whatever the fuck is in there will make me forget everything you’ve done?”“No, but it will calm my nerves enough for your little friend Nathan not to get a bullet in his head for touching you.” He brought his phone out of his pocket and typed in some words before showing the screen to me.“What have you…” my chest tightened at the sight, of a video of Nathan in the hallway chatting with a girl, then the video of him got smaller, and it showed the same scene but from a much higher level, another building in school; it was a—“A sniper, aimed at him right now.” He trailed his drink in his hand before taking a sip. “Do you want to give me a reason to send an order for him to be killed?”Anger and fear gripped my body as I took the cup from his hands; the drink kept pouring on the bed due to the shivering from my hand. It got to my lips, and I gulped it all in one go; his eyes were on me every second of the way. “Are you happy now?”“Maybe. But not enough to not kill him.” He twisted his head to a corner before he started walking towards me; I stood up from the bed immediately and ran to a corner of the room.“Do not come any closer.” I broke the glass on the wall and held the sharp part to him; I could feel my blood dripping through my hands. “Do you think this is the way to get me to like you? I’d never be with you even if my life depended on it.”“Drop. It.” His face went down in a frown as he stared at the glass in my hand, and I looked at the door again; I could throw it at him and immediately he was distracted; I’d run.I threw the broken glass at his position, and I sprinted towards the door; I held on the knob quickly as my hands shivered; within seconds, his hand was on my waist, dragging me back. I was in the air, screaming, punching, kicking. He carried me like I weighed nothing like I was a piece of paper.“Let me go, you fucker!” I could feel my throat dry up, I felt my back land on the soft bed. I wanted to stand, but the cold metal I felt on the side of my head stopped me.I looked up at him, his eyes stared down at me with so much interest, surprise, and joy. He looked like he was happy at what I did, trying to escape, like he was so surprised and it excited him.His right hand held the gun to my forehead; I couldn’t move, I didn’t. “You grew up to be fearless, just like I knew you would. Anyone that lets go of you after they’ve had you is sick and would need a bullet in the fucking head as punishment.”I stared at him like he was insane, he was. “Look, I don’t know who you are or what you want, but killing me isn’t going to get you that. If you let Nathan and me go, I won’t report you.”His face changed at the sound of Nathan’s name, and he cocked the gun; the sound made me want to jump out of my skin. I wasn’t with my inhaler; I dropped it while running. I couldn’t lose control now.“Don’t mention that name in front of me; I don’t want to see you with him, ever again.” His scarred brow furrowed; his voice was so deep and condescending that I felt the rumble in my bones. “Has the dickhead touched you before now?”He had no right to tell me what to do and what not to do. “And what if he has?” My anger was crying to be let out now but with a cocked gun to my head…“I would kill him—and you.” The room grew silent; our eyes bore into each other with so much intensity. “One thing you need to know about me, Frozen, is that I have no good part to show. Don’t expect it from me, and I don’t expect you to accept me either. You belong to me, whether or not you agree to it; that’s your problem.” He pulled me up by my hands, making me stand to face him. My height was still no match for his.“But let a man other than me touch you, I’d burn him alive and make you watch. Then I’d burn everyone you love after him. Am I clear, Frozen?”Tears filled my eyes; he just threatened my family. He was messing with my life, my entire existence, and I couldn’t do anything about it. “I will hate you for all the days of my life.”“Is. That. Clear?” He pressed the gun further into my head, and the tears slid down my cheeks continuously. I closed them and nodded as I swallowed the lump in my throat.He moved a strand of hair that fell on my face behind the back of my ear softly, so softly like he didn’t want his hands to hurt me. “Good girl.”More tears rolled down my cheeks. “I will never belong to you, and I swear that as long as I live and breathe, you’ll be in prison for the rest of your life for this.”“Get on your knees and take out my dick, Kitten.” The gun was on my lower chin now, lifting my face to meet his.Chapter 7The ManipulatedELSA“Get on your knees and take out my dick, Kitten.” The gun was on my lower chin now, lifting my face to meet his.My heart was thumping extremely hard now. He didn’t just… did he just ask me to… The gun under my chin made my body quiver. He could kill me right now, toss my body into the river, and no one would know; they’d think I lost my inhaler and died.“You don’t have to do this; I swear I won’t tell—““Remove my belt, Elsa.”A shiver dropped down my spine, and I took in a deep breath before going on my knees. He was wearing black trousers that looked like jeans but weren’t. My hands were shaking when I got to his belt. I removed it and tossed it away; my hand went to his zip next, and I pulled it down. I could just punch his dick and make a run for it.𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙝𝙚'𝙙 𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣.I couldn’t see his face, but I had a feeling he was watching me intently—my every move. I obeyed his earlier request and placed my hand inside the open space the z
Chapter 8The ManipulationELSAI opened my eyes, my head was banging; I was sitting on leather, or something like it.When my vision became clear, I gasped. I was in the back seat of a car which was in front of the police station. I remembered fighting with the stalker when he told me he was going to drop me here. I remembered him putting a white cloth on my nose, and that was it…“He drugged me! That fucker!”“Miss, you’re awake.” A male voice spoke up from the front seat, and I looked up at him. He was looking at me with both fear and surprise.My eyes searched all over his face; he didn’t look familiar in any way. But with his suit and black glasses, I guessed he worked for the stalker. “Who are you?”“I was asked to drop you here. Please kindly exit the car.”“You were asked? Are you crazy?” Anger flushed in my eyes. “Could you not see I was drugged against my will? You couldn’t even try to help by calling 911 or something.”He took in a deep breath. “Look, Miss. I have a child i
CHAPTER NINE The ManipulatorELSAI looked at the finger again; Nathan wore that ring today at dinner. This was Nathan’s finger. Everything we ate at dinner appeared back in my throat. I rushed to the toilet immediately and bent to throw up; my stomach was hurting so badly.I took in a deep breath before flushing, then washing my face and hands in the sink. Why was this happening to me? I haven't done anything bad to anyone; I can't even call it karma.Maybe I should move out. My brain mentally reminded me that the stalker first sent me a message when I was in Ohio, prom night. There was no escaping him.I went back to the room; the finger which was covered with blood was still on the ground, making the room stink badly. Tears filled my eyes looking at it. Nathan went through this because of me, because I hugged him.I used a tissue to put the finger back into the box and disposed of it the only way I knew how. I was going to apologize and cut ties with Nathan. It was for his safety,
Chapter 10Death WishELSAI took in a deep breath and smoothed my palm on my red round-neck top and a jean skirt that stopped at the middle of my thighs before my knuckles came in contact with the door in a subtle knock.I was outside the front porch; it was Nathan’s house. It’s been one week since what happened to Nathan, and I didn’t know how to show up at his doorstep.These past few days made me realize one thing: I liked Nathan more than a friend. The stalker had also been off my neck; he stopped texting, and I didn’t have that fear of being followed anymore. Me withdrawing that amount of money put him and his business on the edge… I hope.“Hello…” An old woman who seemed like she was in her early eighties said, opening the door with a wide smile, her dimples visible, probably where Nate got him from.“Hi, ma’am, I’m Elsa.” I looked around; just standing here made my heart ache at the realization that I caused this to him. “Nathan’s friend.”“Oh, come on in, dear.” She held the
Chapter 11 Red is for bloodELSAHello, Kitten. I recognized that voice all too well.“You… what are you… why…” I couldn’t utter words; all that was in my mind was Nathan. He was going to hurt Nathan for real this time.“Who are you?” Nathan screamed, trying not to shake. His life was already flashing before his eyes.“Please, please let him go. I swear I’d do anything you want. Please…” My heart was racing so fast at this moment; that I couldn't breathe properly.A smirk appeared on his cheeks, the scar on his eyebrows furrowed, “You’d do anything I want either way, Kitten.” His voice was so deep it held so much vibration.“Why are you doing this? It’s my life, why won’t you let me live my life?” Tears flowed freely from my eyes to my cheeks now.Nathan looked confused at me. “You know him?” His voice had hurt in it; it was all my fault. I should never have gone to his house.“You didn’t tell your little friend that the reason he is one finger short is because of you?” The stalker t
Chapter 12All for the fansELSAI stared at him like he was insane; he was insane. He wasn’t going to put a bomb on me just to fuck me and make it blow up if I scream.Someone, please tell me I’m in a dream, and I’d wake up, and then everything would go back to normal.“Do you know how much I missed you, Kitten?” He was in front of me within minutes; his hands smoothed my hair. I removed my face from his hand immediately.“You can have my body and my life, but you… you’d never have my heart.” I didn’t know how much I was shaking until a tear slipped from my eyes down to my cheeks.He reached his hand behind me, and the ribbon that was tied to my wrist released. “That’s fine by me; at least you get to keep one thing to yourself. You see… I’m not that stingy.” He grabbed my waist and threw me across his shoulder like I weighed nothing.“Let me down!” I wiggled on his shoulder, but he didn’t budge. He dropped me on something soft, Rose’s bed. I gasped when a cold metal clanged on my wri
Chapter 13To all the boys we loved beforeELSA“…Forever in our hearts.” The pastor did the cross sign before closing the casket of Nathan.“My sweet boy.” His grandma shivered, I held her hand in mine and my Aunt Tiana held my other hand from beside me, she heard what happened to Nathan and the fact that we were close, so she rushed over to the school and asked they give me one week break to recover, after the burial, I was going to her house.I felt tears fall down my cheeks, staying here made me feel guilty, like I caused Nathan’s death and here I am, mourning him. It had been two days since the police found his body, that’s incorrect since it was dumped in front of their station at midnight by two masked men.I shook my head and the guilty feeling that was eating me up and left the arena. Tiana followed me and rubbed my back slowly, I wrapped my hand over her body and let it all out, the guilt, the anger, everything.“It’s alright… I’ve got you.” Her voice penetrated through plac
Chapter 14 Maybe, Maybe NotELSAHe grabbed me by my waist and threw me over his shoulder. I mumbled through the thick cloth tied to my mouth and tried to come down from his shoulder, kicking my legs. It felt impossible.He walked to the bed and threw me on it. His hands immediately dragged my legs down, tying them to a rope I didn’t realize was there before I came in. My two legs were tied to both sides of the bed. The ropes were strong, and the more I tried to push my leg out, the more it hurt. He was by my head next, his hands moving over mine, tying them to another rope across my head. My chest heaved with fear. I had just finished attending Nathan’s funeral, one that this stalker in front of me caused. Why couldn’t today just be to honor him?The stalker stood in front of me. I was tied to all four sides of the bed. He looked over at me with a smirk at the corner of his lips. The fear that filled my eyes could barely be explained; I was certain he saw that too, he just didn’t ca