Nine

Selena woke up and she was wise enough to remain silent. On the other side of her bed, she could feel a woman, a captive just like her, Isabella. All around the room was a dull gloom and a quietness that could echo any attempt to escape. But before she did, she wanted so badly to embrace Isabella whom she was finally reunited. She couldn't piece together how the criminals managed to kidnap her and how she fitted in all this.

A creaking door bludgeoned Selena‟s gaze there. A faint light came in with the opening door and a shadow was blocking part of it, a frame of a man. His eyes had at once revealed horrible savagery in them and she found herself wondering about the evil that was going to be done to her.

“Why am I here ?”

“My brother is in pain. He is dying-”

“You should have taken him to the hospital if you cared about him”

“Doctor, my men will get you all the equipment you need to save my brother. But not here. We will go someplace safer” he said, “We need to leave before the sun co