Mad Girl (The Chronicles of Anna Monroe, book 1) by A. A. Dark & Alaska Angelini

Author:A. A. Dark & Alaska Angelini [Dark, A. A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-12-28T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 22

Anna

Whack!

Whack!

A scream left me. Pain exploded over my ass and side, and no matter how hard I tried to move to get away from the weapon he held, there was nowhere to go. I may have been standing now, but with my hands cuffed above my head and my feet secured to the restraints bolted to the floor, I was trapped and unable to see what he was beating me with.

Whack!

Whack!

Whack!

“Say her name. I want to hear it leave your mouth.”

He stepped to the side and his hand lifted in my peripheral. I sobbed through the helplessness. Through the anger and hate I had for not only him, but myself. The emotion knew no bounds. I knew no bounds. An apology wouldn’t fix this. I’d already tried to take that route. The only thing my Christian ways got me was laughter. No One didn’t want my weakness. He wanted my monster. He wanted me to fight and be the Annalise he’d always dreamed of. To crumble under his torture and start begging would only get me so far—dead. And I wasn’t ready to die. If I had to be the woman I tried so hard to keep locked away, so be it.

“Do you really think I cared to remember her name? She was no one to me. You are no one to me. I think you of all people would have picked up on that.”

Whack!

Whack!

“Ahh!” My legs gave out from the pain, but I managed to push myself back up as the man circled around. He was fuming. He was thriving, just as I knew he needed to. I wanted to continue to goad him, but I could barely breathe through the agony my body was undergoing.

Abuse was becoming a daily thing. From beatings to sexual assault from his fingers—there wasn’t an hour where something wasn’t happening. I didn’t even get to sleep alone. The table he kept me fastened to became his bed as well. The killer didn’t leave my side. Not for meals. Not even to go to the restroom or shower. Everything he needed was right there, and from the looks of it, he had enough supplies to last as long as he wanted.

“Surely we’re not going to spend all day playing this game again? Have you learned nothing?”

“I’ve learned a lot, actually. I know we’re in a basement or partially underground. I know we’re relatively close to the city. I heard sirens the day before yesterday. It was faint, but it was unmistakable. I also know—”

Whack!

Fire blazed along my shoulders, taking my breath away. More warmth traveled down my back, giving an itching sensation. He’d broken the skin again.

“You’re just so smart, aren’t you?”

To argue more was something I couldn’t afford to do. Instead, I switched gears, gaging every reaction that flickered on the man’s face. I wanted to know him. To see how he thought and felt toward everything. I needed to find his weakness.

“Do you believe in God?”

A deep laugh. “That’s right. You’ve been born again.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.