Chapter Forty

I spent the last five minutes trying to regain my consciousness. My head felt heavy and the left side of my face was throbbing like hell. I opened my eyes slowly and tried to form words but my mouth was detained.

"Princess, finally you're up".

I opened my eyes fully and realized I was in a car. Everything finally came back to me and my heart started racing again. I was in the bathroom and then Tyrese - him and Zed must be working together...what if all of them was working for Zed and this was all a trap? Akilah wouldn't do that to me...would she?

"We'll be staying at a hotel tonight ; tomorrow morning early I'll be taking you to home. But for now, I have a few questions to ask you and you will answer them", he said as I looked at him. I couldn't speak but if I could I would give him a piece of my mind.

"Where have you been staying since you left?", was his first question before untying the cloth from around my mouth. I felt a relief washed over me as I exhaled. I didn't want to give