The Darkness Within Her Heart

Slowly, Anna wiped a tear off her cheek and pulled her knees to her chest. "How long have I been in this dungeon?" she wondered to herself looking out the window. "1 year, 145 days, 4 hours, 45 minutes and 30 seconds." answered a familiar voice. Anna sighs "Shut up," she says to the man standing behind her. "Do you have any idea how rude it is to listen in on other people's conversations Logan?" She turned around to see that it is indeed him, Logan Kalman, the first born son of the Kalman Family. A very prestigious family who've earned their wealth through various means of business. "I saw you staring out the window and thought you were planning to kill yourself." Logan laughed "If only" Anna murmured to herself. "What was that Anna?" Logan inquired. "Nothing...can you go away now and leave me alone? You don't like me anyways, so why are you even bothering with me?" Anna replied wishing he would just leave her to her thoughts. It isn't even his normal time to be in here, the sun is not high enough' a voice in Anna's head said. As Logan started walking towards her Anna began to cringe 'here it comes' . Suddenly a voice came from behind Logan. "Logan leave her alone will you? Dad wants to see you anyways and you had better not keep him waiting." Anna turned her head slightly to see Jordan Kalman, the youngest son, standing in the doorway of her room and a small smile appeared on her lips. Jordan smiled back nodding quickly before Logan could notice. "Whatever, I was done with this b***h anyways!" Logan exclaimed, looking at Anna once more he licked his lips and then disappeared out the door. "Thank you Jordan," Anna let out the breath she had been holding. "I want to hit him in the head sometimes...well if I had anything in here to hit him with that is." Jordan started to laugh as he walked closer to her. "It would be nice if I didn't have to hear him talk for awhile." Jordan smiled pulling an apple out of his pocket and handed it to Anna. Anna looked up and smiled gratefully for the small favor. "You know you could get in big trouble for bringing this down here...why do you risk it?" Anna blushed suddenly realizing their hands were still touching. Jordan just smiled, "I've taken a liking to to the adrenaline rush of being "bad" in this house." Jordan paused taking his hand off of Anna's then cleared his throat, "Besides can't have you withering away to nothing down here now can we?" He turned and went back to the door, "It won't be much longer now." He whispered as he shut the door behind him. Anna slumped onto the bed and stared at the apple. "Yeah...it won't be much longer now." she whispered taking a bite out of the apple as her mind takes her back to the day she lost everything Flashback Anna looked up, her piercing sapphire eyes stared back at her from her reflection in the mirror ,as she styled her long wavy blonde hair to frame her petite face just right for the last day of High School. She smiled satisfied with her hair, grabbed her backpack, straightens her uniform and walked out of her bedroom. "Good morning sweetheart." a voice says as Anna enters the kitchen. "Good morning dad." she replies looking up from her phone to see her dad pouring a bowl of cereal. "Grab something fast if you want a ride, I have an important meeting at the office today for my current case." He said leaning against the counter shoveling cereal into his mouth. "I'm not that hungry, so I am good to go whenever dad." Anna replied playing on her phone. "Alright...I gotta grab my tie and we'll be out like the fourth of July." He chuckled setting his bowl into the sink. "See that I rhymed on my own time....HA...I did it again." Laughter filled the hallway as he walked to his bedroom. Anna shook her head "funny dad" she laughed quietly to herself. 'leave it to him to be the funny and serious lawyer' Anna's dad was a lawyer at a very powerful law firm and he was in line for a promotion, if his current case was successful. "Dad hurry up or we will both be late." Anna called as her dad rounded the corner scaring the crap out of her. "Well let's go slowpoke." he replied laughing his way out of the front door. "Geez give me a minute to catch my heart after that dad." she yelled back at him. As she started towards the door a loud piercing scream had reached her ears and her dad shouting something unintelligible then a gunshot rang out. Anna raced out the door and down the sidewalk to see her mom, who just arrived home from work lying on the ground face down. Her hospital scrubs were drenched in blood and there was blood pooling around her. Anna's face paled finally noticing her dad crouched next to her mom trying to stop the bleeding. "Lauren...oh god...Lauren." "Dad what's going on?" Anna questioned as her dad looked up at her and his eyes filled with horror. "Anna run" He shouted at her as he stood up only to be tackled by a man in a black ski mask. Anna turned to run into the house to call 911, but was stopped by another man in a black ski mask, pointing a gun at her head. The man grabbed Anna's arm and spun her around her back was pushed into the man's chest and the gun was jabbed into the side of her head. "Please let her go...I'll do whatever you want...just LET HER GO!!" her dad screamed as the man who tackled him pushed him harder into the ground. "Jason Cowell your daughter is coming with us as collateral" the man holding onto Anna declared. "Throw the trial you have tomorrow against Antonio Kalman and she will be returned safely...if you call the cops or try anything else she will die and so will you." Just as the man holding Anna finished talking the man by her dad hit him hard with the gun. The man walked toward Anna after knocking her dad out and grabbed her other arm and both men started to drag her. "Dad...dad..hel-" "Shut your mouth b***h" one of the men bellowed as she was hit in the head making her world go blank. Anna jumped up breathing heavily, "I can't believe I dreamed of that again." She looked out the window "Has it really been almost two years since that horrible day? she asked her reflection. Anna sat looking out that window for what seemed like hours, watching the clouds and the sun pass her by. It was how she determined the time day here in this prison cell of hers. Anna looked around the room at the white walls, the small twin bed, the small window that gave her an escape and the private bathroom that was out in the open for all to see. Her eyes moved onto the solid metal like door that she had tried countless times to break down but to no avail. The only way out was on the other side of the door and the only way she knew that was when her guest came to visit and left the door open. The first person Anna ever saw after being thrown in here was a maid. She comes in twice a week now to bring Anna a tray of food and to clean her up. The maid never speaks or looks at Anna but Anna looks at her, such fear and terror reside in this maids eyes. It made Anna wonder where she could be that even the maid was terrified. It didn't take long to find out where she was because not long after the maids third visit to her, a group of men came in. Anna recognized the oldest man of the group from the case files her dad brought home. Antonio Kalman, the head of the Kalman Family cartel. Anna's dad was the main prosecutor in the trial against Antonio and was trying to put him away for life. However, it turned out Antonio had his four sons Logan, Chase, Tony and Damien kill her mother and kidnap her to make her dad throw that trial. Her dad never made it to the trial though, he called the police after waking up and the Kalman brothers murdered him for it. Instead of killing Anna as well, Antonio decided she would be useful to his sons and himself. Flashback Anna sat on the bed in this strange room she had been thrown into hours ago, trying to figure out a way she could escape. All of a sudden the door flew open and in stumbled the Kalman Brothers and Antonio himself. Anna instantly knew who they were from the case files on her dad's desk and they reeked of alcohol. "My...my... you were right Logan." Antonio remarked looking at the man standing next to him, "She is a pretty thing...it would be wasteful to kill her...I know boys how about we welcome our newest pet?" In a flash, Anna found her self pinned to the bed by the brothers. Logan was holding her right leg down, Chase her right arm, Tony her left leg and Damien her left arm as Antonio stood between her legs holding a syringe. The syringe was filled with a cloudy white substance and Anna tried to kick and move but the brothers made it impossible. "Don't worry baby...we will be nice to you." Antonio slurred as he stuck the needle into the arm Logan was holding down. Antonio then unzipped his pants, took his c**k out and shoved it into Anna's v****a. Anna screamed out in agony as Antonio continued his assault on her. This was her first time and it was so excruciatingly painful and Antonio kept thrusting into her so hard. "Please stop....please...please." Anna pleaded looking to one of the brothers to help her but they were into it just as much as their father was. Tears were pouring down her face when Antonio did the unthinkable, he came inside of her and then pulled out. "F**k baby your p***y is the tightest I've ever had...give her a try boys...I'll be going to bed now." Antonio slurred as he stumbled out of the door. Without even questioning anything,each brother took their turn but the brothers also beat her until she could no longer move and no longer having the will to fight she just lay there. This went on for days, sometimes they'd all come in the room together or come separately but they always came with the cloudy white filled syringe. Anna began to live for whatever was in the syringe because she couldn't feel anything they did. Anna had become a drug addicted s*x slave for the Kalman Family. One day, while Anna was trying to get herself onto the bed after being beaten by Logan the door to her prison cell flew open. Anna didn't dare move but she heard someone hit the floor next to her and the door begin to close. "f**k that b***h good." Chase scoffed "Make sure you hit her too she loves that." Logan sneered then slammed the door shut. Anna heard their voices disappear and she let out a breath and cautiously turned to look at whoever it was they threw in here with her. Anna breath caught again as she saw the man's face, she knew him from school. This was Jordan, the guy she's had a crush on since freshmen year when he was a sophomore. He was so handsome with his chocolate eyes and raven black hair even the beard he had was well groomed. Just then Jordan looked up and met her eyes, he was mortified seeing Anna here. "Anna?" was all he said as he looked at the horrendous state she was in and began to cry quietly. Since that first day after seeing Jordan, Anna found a small shred of hope to cling onto in this horrible place. Jordan had become her saving grace. He came in to talk to her about anything and everything, cleaned the dried blood up that was left over from his brothers and he snuck her fruit as well. Jordan had become such a blinding light in the darkness that was her life now that she fell completely in love with him. Each time his father or brothers came into the room now, her delusional drugged out mind warped them into Jordan which made her stop screaming and fighting. He had noticed this from the way his brothers talked and asked her why she didn't scream or fight them anymore. "I've stopped seeing their faces as their own, I don't see anyone but you anymore." Anna told him "because of the way you looked at me and cried for me...because you have never hurt me the way they do...because everytime I look into your eyes I see hope...because..." Anna gulped looking into his eyes. "Because I am in love with you." Jordan gently lifted her head up, slowly moved his head towards her and then softly kissed her lips. He moved back and looked into her eyes " I love you too Anna and I promise you I will get you outta here no matter what it takes." He whispered then kissed her again.