Chapter 12: Evelyn
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Evelyn's p.o.v.
Something was moving in and out of me, making my veins cry out, making my entire body feel like it's been torn apart in half. I wanted to move, but it was pinning me down. I wanted to scream my lungs out, but all that left my mouth were pathetic muffled cries.
I could taste my tears mixed with my salty sweat, could hear my heart pounding louder than the thud sound my bed was making...could feel my blood dripping down my inner thighs to the dirty pink sheets of my mattress.
I was aware, more aware than I'd ever been. But I could do nothing to stop it. I knew it will stop, eventually...but when? I have no idea. So, I just closed my eyes tightly, and let it all go.
Everything is blurred, it hurts but it will be over soon...it will. At least, that's what I'd been convincing myself for over an hour now.
He didn't stop.
And it keeps happening, in a loop... every time it's the same bed, same man...same disgusting smell above me...same cries echoing around me.
Suddenly, I hear a loud sound, something like a horn. My head spun as I felt my body plunge into a dark and seemingly endless abyss.
And my eyes snapped open, with rushed breath and sweat all over me...another nightmare.
Gasping for air and drenched in sweat, I jolted upright, frantically scanning my surroundings for any signs of danger. There was none.
I am in another car...and its interior look even more expensive than the last one. Blinking my eyes, I stared in front of me, Silas and Sebastian were already looking at me though, with that same irritating concern in their blue-green eyes.
" Are you alright?", Silas asked, and I nodded, looking around me.
Wait, I was on the plane, wasn't I?
" You looked tired, so we don't want to wake you up.", Silas said, maybe guessing the confusion on my face. I raised my brow at his emerald orbs, " You carried me here?"
" Not me, Sebastian."
I looked at him, going to thank him but he just shifted his eyes outside the window, making a weird disgusting face. Arrogant enough.
" Ignore him, he is not used to this."
I want to ask Silas, then why adopt me...or should I say kidnap me or purchase me in the first place. The way Sebastian is acting, it's clear he doesn't want me here, then why take me?
I need answers, but I knew better. If I ask anything, it gonna irritate them, and then they will show their real color and beat me. So, it's better if I just keep my big mouth shut and endure this year with them. Once I'll turn eighteen, I will be free. I'll run away without any worry about foster service catching me.
I breathed a deep sigh of drowsiness and slouched in my seat, gazing out the window at the serene river before me. The car was gliding along a grand, crimson bridge suspended over the waterway.
As I looked at the sparkling blue river, the sunshine danced upon its surface, transforming it into a gleaming, reflective mirror that seemed to stretch endlessly into the sky. "It's breathtaking," I whispered to myself, my face pressed against the cool glass, which tickled my nose.
I'd never seen something this beautiful...not in a long time. The last time I beheld such a magnificent river was when I was still living at home - a full nine years ago!
As the car leave the bridge and started driving on the road, surrounded by big trees...getting closer and closer to a big mansion, I could it see from here. I felt nostalgia, it felt like I was here before, on this same road...these big iron gates, they felt familiar. I looked behind now, at that red bridge... I saw it before...before today. And is It the same river?!
My heart started beating faster now as I skimmed at everything around me, " Is it... Is it Portland!", I asked, still staring outside the window, scared that if I looked away, it all will just vanish like some dream.
" It is."
I shifted my eyes back to Silas now, " What...how?", I breathed, " How did you know...", I asked but he only smiled at me, showing his cute dimple.
" Stop smiling and tell me.", I growled, failing to control myself, " How did you guys know me?"
Who are they?
" Did mamma borrow from you too?", I asked, trying so hard to control my heart, it felt like it will burst out from my chest. " Were you lying?"
Silas leaned down, green eyes staring back at me with sincerity, " No...I will never lie to you, Evelyn.", he said. But I don't believe him.
" Then why did you bring me to my home?"
" Because it's our home too.", Sebastian answered, making me even more confused than before.
I raised my brow at Silas to know more about it. And he slanted back in his seat, " You still didn't recognize us, do you?", he asked softly, looking at me with hope, which made my heart tingly for some stupid reason.
" Remember this giant here.", he pointed at Sebastian, " You ruin his million-dollar carpet from vodka and your blood."
What...
" So I owe you million dollars or what?", I gaped at him, "And do you even have any proof... I am not going to give you any penny, it's not like I have any, and even if I had why do you think I'll give you that for some useless carpet? I owe nothing to no one."
Silas started laughing now. It's not funny. Are they stupid...or had they planned to sell my organs to collect their money...there is no way I'll ever be able to collect millions of dollars just by selling my body. It's madness. And they both are insane.
After a very long moment, Silas finally stopped laughing at me. He tilted his head now, staring back at my wide green eyes, " No, we don't want money.", he husked, " We want you". His eyes veered lower at my lips to my breasts, so quickly, that I'm not sure that it even happened.
" But I still hadn't forgiven you for ruining that carpet.", Sebastian butted in, but I was too nervous by Silas' gaze to reply anything.
I wrapped my arms around my torso, feeling that weird tingly sensation between my legs...the way Silas is staring at me, with a clenched jaw and fisted knuckles. It felt as if he is angry at himself for looking at me, but still, he can't look away. Or maybe it's just my perverted imagination.
" I... I don't know what you guys are talking about.", I finally spoke, stuttering at my words.
And Silas sighed, " Forgive me, it's my fault, you were just a kid back then. You might have forgotten about us", he mumbled lowly.
But his eyes weren't on me anymore, they were outside the window. And for a f****d up reason, I don't like it. I want his eyes on me.
Ugh, definitely Stockholm syndrome. There is no way I would ever yearn for any man's attention. It's bizarre.
" Umm, remember, Dimitri and Zeus?", he added after a pause, opening the door. I hadn't even realized that the car had stopped. wait, how did he know my best friends again?
He came out of the car, and I followed him, " Yes I know them, but how do you...", I stopped, noticing the big estate in front of me.
I knew this place.
I could never forget it, how could I? I'd spend my childhood here...playing hide and seek with Zeus inside this dense grove. Even this big fountain...and this scary haunted house, this all is stuck in my brain like some stain.
I breathed out, staring at the big wooden door...like always, it was half open as if inviting me inside it. And these giant gargoyles on the roof, staring down at me with love. I always found them adorable, even though Zeus and Dimitri used to say that they are creepy and scary. They were wrong, Gargoyles are cute.
" We are their brothers.", Silas' voice snapped me out of my thoughts.
" Oh...So that was the surprise...", I mumbled and peered up at him, now noticing the faint resemblance in their face. But honestly, I don't remember Dimitri or Zeus' faces correctly. It was a long time ago.
And I still don't believe him, not until I saw them myself. Also, I think Silas is lying...because if I remember correctly, their brothers were older, a lot older. They should be in their forties by now, and Silas and Sebastian, they looked like they are not more than twenty-six. There is no way they could be the same. I just don't know why Silas is lying about something like that. What will he gain anyway...
I followed them when they started walking towards the door, " But they were older than us.", I argued, staring up at their faces to see any hint of nervousness. However, I am not good at reading people.
" Yeah, we are."
" No, I mean..."
" We are older than we look, kid.", Sebastian scoffed.
I frowned, why is he being such an asshole. I stopped and folded my hands, glaring up at his deep blue eyes, " I have a name you know.", I snarled, " Evelyn, if you forget."
" Whatever.", he rolled his eyes, and pushed the door open, revealing a house...full of darkness.
I took a step inside. But I still have no idea whether Zeus and Dimitri will be here or not. More importantly, if they will be the same, innocent and adorable.
Or will they grow up to be a monster...like every other man in my life.
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