72 | A Rescue Mission

◇ KEL ◇

Hold it in. You're safe...

It was what my brain kept reminding me as his hug tightened around my cold, shivering body.  I winced.  My limbs felt like rotten vegetables.  Every muscle ached.  My eyes stang and felt strained.  Sleep was a rarity last night.

After he snatched me from the pool and terrorized me last night, Leandro had been kind enough to transfer me to a room with a decent bed, clean clothes, and a shower...but only to keep me prisoned in an old dirty room in the basement. 

Worse? He had tried to gag me but decided otherwise when I pleaded for him not to and told him I was claust