Dragon's Queen

Chapter Twelve

I woke up with a splitting headache; everything was a blur. I couldn’t move, my hands and feet were bound by something. It all came back to me, the men, getting punched, blacking out. Oh no! Kidnapped, this can’t be happening! I could hear stomping and shuffling, men moving around. I stayed still so as to not alert them to me being awake.

“You shouldn’t have hit her so hard, she’s been asleep for hours” the voice sounded familiar, it was hard to think my head hurt so much.

“She’s awake” another voice joined in, I could hear the smirk in his voice. There was no point pretending to be asleep anymore. I just need to do whatever to protect my baby. Garrett will come for me, I know it.

I open my eyes and look into the darkest pair of eyes I’ve ever seen, belonging to a tall, big, hairy, angry looking man.

“Welcome back b***h” he sneered. Grabbed me by the hair and ripped my head back and straddled my ankles, that when I felt it, the knife, running along my legs. I took the opportunity to glance around the room. It was a basement of some kind, dark, dank and all that was in there was a mattress which I was laying on, chained to the wall. My heart started beating faster and a feeling of dread came over me. I hope this wasn’t it.

“I’m going to take from Dragon the one that means the most to him.” He sliced my calf and the pain was incredible. Whimpering trying to be as brave as I could be.

“No no, don’t hold it in b***h, I want to hear you scream!” Before I could prepare he stabbed the knife into my thigh and swiftly removed it. The scream tore from me I could stop it. I felt the warmth of the blood running down my leg. Praying he hadn’t nicked my femoral artery.

“That’s more like it baby, I’m going to enjoy taking you and your filthy child and watching Dragon crumble” he smirked and stoked my face before punching me so hard, I felt my teeth smash together. f**k it hurt so bad, I could taste metallic as my mouth filled with blood. I never got a chance to recover before he punched me again, harder. It wasn’t until he punched me in the side that the air left my lungs. After a few more hits, I felt a sharp pain in my stomach and a warm sensation run down my legs. Not my baby! Tears ran down my cheeks, mixing with my blood. I couldn’t breathe and then it all went black.

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My head is heavy and I feel so cold. I’m no longer being held down by the big guy and I can hear loud bangs, like gunshots or something. Shouting gets closer and the bangs get louder before I hear the door crash open. My belly is contracting and I know I’m losing my baby, but I have no strength to stop it.

“EVELYN!!” Someone shouts my name and then I’m being grabbed, my hands and feet pulled as someone undoes my chains.

“Baby, oh my God, baby, say something, please!” It’s Garrett, he came for me. I try to form words but my mouth is struggling to work.

“B-b-baby, the b-baby, c-c-coming now” I stutter out the best I can, trying to stay awake.

“Cas! Help me now, the baby’s coming, where the f**k is the ambulance.” His words start to meld into one as I’m losing the battle with consciousness.

“Stay with me Beauty please.” He pleaded but the battle is lost. Darkness overcomes me.