'I'll make sure your brother stops breathing.' The words rang loudly in Calla's ears with each passing second. He was being serious, and a man like himself doesn't bluff.
She couldn't say no and risk her brother being killed. She didn't want to say yes either.
She was stuck, and every option scared her.
She stirred painfully in the chair. Her jaw was bloody and bruised by this monster of a man before her. He didn't look fazed, matter of fact, it was as if he enjoyed her suffering.
The door was pushed open and a man walked in. He was really tall and bulky. With shining bald head and a nose piercing.
Calla's gaze didn't stay long on him, as they drifted to the little figure beside him.
"Lyra!" Eli yelled, dashing towards her, but was pulled back by the man.
"Eli!" She called out. Fr
