• CHAPTER 185 - SAVAGE

    Just when you thought the wait couldn't get any worse, it does.

    Lying on my side, I fondled with my mother's necklace that was still clasped around my neck. I repeatedly traced my fingers over the "friend" symbol with the small diamond in the center. I sighed several times and groaned at the corroding hunger. I had been in the prison for my third day already and I barely had anything more to eat than a loaf of bread and a few glasses of water. They were starving me and I was surviving off of what little body fat I had left. Were they trying to kill my babies by starving me? They probably knew how much hungrier I was since I became pregnant, so starving me was probably entertainment.

    I had four days left to prepare myself for my day of doom, according to Minoru. So far, I was almost prepared; Kai was no longer around, so he wouldn't have to watch me die anymore. But whenever I would think about how much he was suffering alone at home, I would run my fist into the ground and curse out Minoru and Kaiba out loud--occasionally Hisao as well.

    I continued to think about my life and how it had all turned upside-down over the past two-and-a-half years, starting with my sister's death. I had to adjust my life to a life of living with Vampires, Werewolves, and Angels. I had to understand that I could never live a human life again; I could be a human, but I could no longer live like one. Just as soon as I had gotten used to all of the blood and violence and the thrill of love, I was stripped away from all of that and forced into a nasty prison cell as a prisoner where I was going to be eaten mercilessly by Vampires.

    My mind was going crazy; I was burning Minoru in my head. Minoru was a bigger threat than anything; Kaiba was more withdrawn, so I didn't seem to have to worry about him as much. I definitely had to keep my eye out for Minoru; who knew what he could do to me?

    "Oi, you awake?" Minoru's voice barged in and he nudged me with his dirty shoe.

    Words were absent as I sat myself up before Minoru could force me. I leaned against the wall and looked down, not wanting to look at or talk to Minoru. He seated himself next to me and reached over to grip my chin with his thumb and index fingers. He frowned at me as I stared at him in apathy.

    "Apathy is no fun, you know," he examined me. "I could make that pretty face of yours change."

    He leaned over to inhale the scent on my neck and I wiggled away from him and looked away. He gripped my arm and pressed his mouth against my neck and inhaled deeply and I bit my lip. I knew he was only trying to scare me; I knew he wasn't going to draw blood; he wasn't allowed to.

    "Stop," I breathed. "Stop it; get off of me."

    "I'm so damn thirsty," he hissed. "But yet I still have to wait for four more days."

    "That's your own problem for agreeing to be a part of the contract," I scoffed. "Don't think you'd have to wait without suffering."

    Minoru chuckled sinisterly, "Oh ho, you do make a valid point," he pulled back and smirked at me. "I suppose everybody but Hisao has suffered through this contract."

    "Your suffering is hardly anything," I glared at him. "You're just an impatient, spoiled brat."

    His smirk faded and he lightly ran his right talon over my left temple, causing chills to slither down my back. He chuckled again, "I suppose I am, in a way,"

    "I don't even know how you can live with yourself," I hissed. "I'd be so ashamed of myself if I were you."

    Minoru chuckled a little louder, "Stop trying to guilt me into sparing you," he tsked. "Your begging only makes me want to kill you faster."

    Dammit, he trapped me; that was all I was doing at that prison was begging. I was always begging for them to spare my life and wait a little longer. I was continuously begging for Minoru not to hurt me anymore, but it only enticed him. There was nowhere for me to go.

    "Your blood is even more enticing," he smirked and inhaled my scent again. "Especially when your heart races." He leaned in to my ear. "I can't wait to indulge in your flesh."

    I shoved him away and slapped him in the face, "God, you're sick!" I blustered.

    For a moment, Minoru stared at me in apathy with sinister ways in his eyes. Before I could make another move, Minoru had me on the ground on my stomach. He pressed his lips against my ear and hissed audibly.

    "I thought I told you to stop abusing me," he hissed again. "You should have learned your lesson by now."

    As soon as his fingers wrapped around the waistband of my shorts, I started panicking and screaming, "No, no, don't!" I panicked. "I'll stop! I'll stop hitting you!"

    "Too late," he seethed, sliding one hand halfway up my shirt. "You've had more than enough chances, young lady."

    "Please don't hurt me again," I started choking on the lump in my throat. "I promise I'll stop whatever I'm doing wrong."

    He unbuttoned and unzipped my shorts and that was when I started to truly panic. I was kicking my feet around aimlessly to try to get him off of me but there was no point to it. I was regretting ever hitting him; I didn't think he would take such extreme measures.

    "Please stop!" I sobbed. "Get away from me!"

    "The more you squirm, the less chance you have of escaping," Minoru chuckled and breathed into my ear. "You should know better than to provoke a Vampire."

    ~*~*~*~*~*~

    Bruises, bruises everywhere. My wrists and arms were especially bruised; my bones were nearly snapped. Minoru hovered above me on his hands and knees as I was gasping fervently for my breath while sobbing simultaneously. He stared at me sinisterly and brushed some of my hair out of my face.

    "This is your punishment," I could hear the evil humor in his voice, "for everything that's happened the past two-and-a-half years."

    That had to have been the longest, most dreadful hour in my life. I still couldn't even process the fact that Minoru forced himself on me. I was so dazed and out of it that I couldn't scream or even speak anymore. My fingertips were scratched and bloody from trying to claw my way away from Minoru. The only clothing left on me was my bra and camisoles.

    "You're quite the screamer," Minoru chuckled. "But I don't appreciate it when somebody calls out a name other than my own."

    The whole time he was hurting me, I had been calling out for Kai to save me. Even though I knew he couldn't hear me, I still had a little hope that he somehow would and would come to save me. My world was never that lucky, especially now. I was border-line ready to end it all and ask Minoru to kill me on the spot. I broke my promise to Kai; I vowed I would never let another man inside me, ever.

    "Speaking of which," he said, reading my mind. He reached down and ripped my engagement ring off of my ring finger. "Since you broke your vow, you don't deserve to wear this."

    "No!" I finally spoke up and tried to reach for my ring, my heart. "No, give it back!"

    Minoru shook his head and tsked, "Nope, you broke your vow to your baby daddy,"

    I punched his chest, "Give it back!!" I cried.

    "Wait until Kai finds out," he smirked, holding the ring away from me and holding me down on the ground. "I could spice up the story a little bit, if you want me to."

    "Don't you dare," I cried. "He would never believe I would do something like that voluntarily."

    "But you did," he smirked a little wider, completely lying.

    "Shut the ******** up!" I screeched. It was all too much; my life officially couldn't get any worse.

    Minoru gripped me by my jaw and forced me to look him in his red eyes. His face was turning angry and his gaze was going right through me, "I need something to occupy me while I wait for your blood," he hissed.

    "You're disgusting," I cried. "You're a monster, a savage."

    "Whether I am or not, you're a dirty slut," he chuckled. "How dare you betray your lover while you're pregnant with his children."

    Before I could call him out on that, he forced his lips onto mine once more. I wanted nothing more than death; I felt disgusting and unfaithful. My heart was wrenching and I had nobody to comfort me anymore.

    Eventually, Minoru escorted me to the bath once more and set me in the hot water and removed the rest of my clothing in doing so. After he lectured me about staying in the tub while he left, I was contemplating. The contract couldn't stop me from killing myself, could it? I glanced at the bottom of the in-ground stone tub and noticed a couple of bronze handles conveniently nestled at the bottom. I didn't know how much longer it would be until Minoru would get back, but I had to take my chance.

    I kissed my mom's necklace and kissed my newly bare ring finger. I apologized over and over again to Kai about what had happened and I was begging everybody I knew for forgiveness. Calmly, I took a deep breath in and delved into the water and gripped onto the handles. The tips of my fingers were still bleeding and stinging from earlier, but it would all soon go away. With everybody I loved in my mind and my heart, I closed my eyes and waited for my actions to do the deed.