Twin Alphas Under My Arrest

Chapter 5: Stay Or Run?

(Maria POV)

I heard different people's voices in my head, and I tried to open my eyes but failed.

“What is wrong with me?” I asked myself, and I heard the laughter of several males.

“You think she will be able to do it… Nah! She is too weak to do that.” I heard my bullies’ voices.

“I will do it,” I answered, and tried to climb the wall during my police training, but failed. I fell on the ground with a loud thud and felt a sharp pain in my right shoulder.

“Hahaha! I told you so. The girls are good for only one thing… bed. And they should stick to that,” They laughed, and I wiped my tears with the back of my hand and got up with determination.

“No!!! I will do it,” I said, and with this, I jolted awake. I looked towards the window, and the sky was still dark, which meant I woke up in the middle of the night. I touched my forehead and felt a tightness in my lower abdomen.

“F*ck! I want to pee,” I mumbled, looking around. No one was there to help me, so I slowly removed my IV and tried to get up from the bed, but the pain increased in my wound when I moved my body a bit.

“Sh*t! It wasn’t supposed to hurt this much,” I gritted my teeth in pain and gathered my strength before grabbing the side table for support.

“Come on, Maria! Y-you can do this,” I said to myself, but the moment I put a little bit of pressure on my back, I hissed loudly with pain. Tears welled up in my eyes.

“Sh*t, sh*t, sh*t!” I wanted to punch someone to lessen my pain when I felt a strange, familiar smell of blood.

“F*cking f*ck! I opened my wound,” I felt stickiness in my back when, suddenly, my body relaxed. It took me a moment to understand that someone had picked me up in his arms. I turned to see the grim face of Luca.

“W-what are you doing here?” I asked, but he didn’t answer me because he was in a bad mood.

“So, you invented this way to hurt us, hmm?” He asked, and I looked towards his face, dumbfounded.

“I asked you something, Angel.” I looked at his face and then looked towards the bathroom door.

“Angel?”

“I-i don’t understand what you're talking about?” I answered in a clipped tone.

“Why did you hurt yourself?” He asked again, and I gulped hard. F*ck! Am I supposed to die like this… embarrassed to death? Is this what they will write on my gravestone? I thought and looked at his face.

“Put me down,” I whispered.

“So you can hurt yourself even more, hmm?” He asked and shook his head like he was disappointed in me.

“I didn’t want to do this, but you forced me to behave like this,” He said, and moved towards the wardrobe.

“What are you doing?” I asked in a panicked tone.

“Going to cuff your legs to bed like before, so you will not be able to hurt yourself like this again,” He answered in a solemn tone.

“Are you f*cking out of your head?” I almost yelled at him, but he didn’t listen to me and pulled those cuffs out.

“N-no! Are you insane? Why would I hurt myself for you guys?” I asked in a panicked tone. And his grip tightened on my body a bit.

“Then what were you doing, Angel?” He asked, and my face turned red, but the answer got stuck on my tongue.

“Very well then! I have no other option,” He said and opened the cuffs.

“You f*cking lost your mind, Luca! I was going to the washroom to pee, you Asshole,” I raised my voice in panic and his hand stopped midway.

“What???” He looked towards me, dumbfounded. Tears welled up in my eyes with shame and embarrassment.

“Oh! I-i didn’t realize this, Angel. I am sorry,” He quickly put me down, but the moment my feet touched the floor, I hissed loudly with pain. He again picked me up quickly.

“Let me help you then,” He said, and I shook my head in no. I wanted to say no to him after his rude act, but my body wasn’t healing properly, and the pain was too much for me to endure.

He opened the door of the bathroom, and I looked at his face.

“You can put me down here,” I answered, and he shook his head in no.

“What? Are you going to see me relieve myself?” I asked in a horror-stricken tone.

“Tempting offer, but nope!” He put me down in front of the toilet, and my face turned red. When he didn’t move from his place, I looked at his face.

“What?”

“You can finish your business here. I will wait outside for you. No need to hurt yourself anymore. Just call me and I will take you to your bed.” I gave him a curt nod, and with this, he left the bathroom. The moment I heard the clicking sound of the door, I quickly pulled down my PJs and hopped on the toilet seat. My whole body relaxed when I relieved myself.

“F*ck! Who knows, a simple thing like this will become a tedious chore for me with this wound!” I mumbled under my breath and quickly got up and hopped towards the sink without making much noise otherwise. He will surely barge in without any ounce of shame. I washed my hands and looked towards my reflection in the mirror.

The girl in the reflection looked entirely different from Officer Maria Blake, who was determined to chase the notorious Mafia Leader Joseph Marcello. My lips were looking chapped, my eyes hollowed out, and my skin looked sickly pale after this dangerous wound. It seemed like someone s*cked the soul out of my body.

“Is this what my life will be like?” I asked myself and watched my dull eyes staring back at me. I looked like a girl who was on the verge of death, not a girl who was enthusiastically leading a team with determination. I moved towards the door and called Luca. He entered in the bathroom and noticed my blood-soaked bandages. He pursed his lips but didn’t utter a single word. He picked me up delicately, like I was made of glass. He put me down on the bed and handed me a glass of water before leaving me there, drowning in my own thoughts.

After a few minutes, a doctor entered my room with a nurse.

“We need to change your bandage, Luna,” He said, and with a curt nod, I handed back my glass to Luca. He left the room, and the doctor started changing my blood-soaked bandages.

“Am I here to stay? Will I give up on my life and freedom just like this?” I asked myself, and my heart said ‘No’ loudly.

“I have to find a way to contact my team.” Another thought came to my mind, and I saw a mobile present in the white coat of the doctor, who was busy with his work. I gathered my courage and slowly grabbed it. My heart was beating so loudly, like I had just finished a marathon. I looked at his face to see if he knew about my feat or not, but he didn’t show any reaction to it, so my body relaxed a bit. I gripped the phone like my life depended on it.

“All done, Luna! Here are the painkillers. You can take them if the pain becomes too much for you to bear, okay?” He asked, and I gave him a curt nod, then they left my room. I quickly hid the phone under my pillow.

“Are you feeling okay now?” Luca entered in my room and I hummed in response.

“You can rest now, and if you want anything, you can press this bell. No need to hurt yourself again,” He said before putting a bell on my bedside table.

“Good night,” He said with a soft smile and then left my room. I was looking at the door with several thoughts running through my mind. At this point, I could not differentiate right from wrong.