Twisting Her Fate
Chapter 102

Leilani frees Evie from the swing, Evie's wrists and ankles instantly healing from the abrasions caused by the thick strapping. Leilani eyes her skin as she pulls the girl into her arms, stroking her back and coaxing her once more. Evie collapses into Leilani's embrace, feeling the safety and security that she has been missing for such a long time. Leilani is happy to look after Evie, but she has to remember that they are still in a perilous situation, she doesn't know where the man is, she still has not regained her strength and she just promised to protect Evie. If Evie is here, is it possible that all the others are here?

Leilani thinks about Evie's healing wrists and asks.

"Can you shift?"

Evie purses her lips and shakes her head..

"It is like my wolf is there, but I can't shift to my natural form, I can't seem to access any of my abilities except healing and even that is a little slower than I would expect"

"Hmmm, the material technically shouldn't be able to do that damage to an alpha blood like you"

"You know so much?"

"Yes, we learned about your case in training. There was a massive search for you. Two large packs were involved"

Evie's forcibly shuts her eyes, trying to hold back the tears.

"Damon?"

Her mate, they were so close to her birthday, they were so close to being together, she had everything planned, their love story was to be epic, and now?

Leilani just squeezes her embrace a little tighter.

"I am sorry, I don't really know, we only focused on your disappearance and the fact that sometimes, no matter how many resources someone throws at it sometimes it just isn't successful."

Evie buries her face in Leilani's soft hair, breathing in her calming apricot scent, Evie has no idea if that is meant to make her feel better or not, but that knowledge doesn't take away what has happened to her all these years. She whispers.

"You managed"

"It was pure luck, we went in a different direction and it paid off. The search for you was huge, you still being here was not from lack of trying to replace you"

Evie nods as she shudders a sob once again. Leilani decides to get Evie out of the room of her torment. Lani wraps an arm around Evie's shoulders and guides her out of the room, moving quickly over to the pink monstrosity. She cannot decide which room is worse, at least the other was what it was at face value, whereas the pink room seems more like a coat of bright paint on a seedy underbelly.

Evie has not been into any of the other rooms. Her whole life is lived in that room. They have a tap with some running water, all excrement goes in a bucket that is sealed with a lid so the smell isn't so unbearable between the times the man comes and goes. All their food is in freeze-dried packages, she has long forgotten the taste and texture of fresh fruit and vegetables, forgets the comfort of a warm meal, the smell of fresh cooked food.

Evie gasps as she looks around the pink room. It is absolutely nothing like her room at all.

"Why is this like this..."

Evie gestures toward her own room wildly with her arm.

"And mine like that?"

She can't remember the last time she has seen color, while this is disturbing and almost blinding.... The difference, it is too much. Leilani purses her lips, shutting the door and then scratching the back of her neck in a slightly awkward motion. "I guess it has something to do with the pictures provided"

"Pictures?"

Leilani keeps an arm around Evie as she tries to explain.

"It seems that he liked two types of people, either the sort of sweet naive type or the more open, so I guess he sets up a room to suit each personality"

Evie frowns as she looks around the pink room.

"I don't understand why I would get put in the room I did though"

"It is nothing against you or your personality..."

Lani lifts up her hand in a sort of surrendering motion.

"...It is nothing against you, to each their own to me. As long as you're consenting, you can do whatever you like, but I guess he took it to the next extreme"

"I don't really understand. Is it opposite? The sweet and innocent get put in that room?"

Lani scrunches her nose as she grits her teeth.

"No, no nothing like that, it was just the photos that you provided"

Lani cups Evie's cheeks and looks in her eyes seriously.

"I am not victim blaming at all, because I believe you should be able to do whatever the hell you want, the fact that he used that to torture you is just sick"

Evie looks into the stormy blue eyes, confusion written all over her face. She doesn't understand why she would be getting victim blamed, she has no idea why she is here at all or what lead her to be here.

Before she opens her mouth to say anything, there is a noise. Lani grips her arm and guides her to move in under the bed, before laying herself down as before.

'Boys?'

'We are close'

'Move faster, I am in no condition to fight and protect'

The boys are running down the hallway at full speed, dig a little deeper. Levi and Terrance have returned back to the vehicle and are driving it closer to the site so they can work out of it.

Lani lays on the bed in the exact same position as she was placed, giving the impression that she hasn't moved, her heartbeat and breathing are calm and even, the same can't be said for the girl under the bed. Lani whispers.

"Calm yourself, I am right here. I won't let anything happen to you. My brothers will be here soon, we are all going to get out of here. I will be right beside you"

Evie squeezes her eyes shut and tries to calm her breathing, but she is sounding more like a woman in labour than anything else.

"I will keep you safe"

Lani reaches down, offering Evie her hand, Evie reaches out her own trembling hand and clasps Lani's smooth and soft hand, it is so different to her own, while hers is cold and clammy and was a frightened shudder, Lani's is so calm and gentle, giving Evie a reassuring squeeze.

Lani has this way of calming, Evie returns the squeeze of the hand, borrowing Leilani's calm and strength, her shoulders relax and she feels a genuine sense of calm wash over her, something that she hasn't felt in so many years. Lani whispers. "Do you trust me?"

Evie's heart rate decreases to a steady thump, her breathing, which was short and sharp pants, eases to a gentle and steady breath as she opens her lips.

"I trust you"

Lani hears Evie calm, smiling softly to herself as she squeezes Evie's hand once more before returning her side just in time for the door to open. Leilani feels X's eyes on her and even though the curiosity is killing her, she doesn't dare to open her eyes. If it was just her in the room, she would take that chance.

"Good night beautiful, I will be back really soon to have my fill of you"

The sound of the door shutting sounds and Leilani breathes a sigh of relief.

'How are you going?'

'We can smell various scents, we are getting close'

'Good because we are about to be found out'

Just as predicted, the door across the hall opens and a shout sounds. Leilani could have left Evie in place and avoided this but she didn't want that man to lay hands on her even one more time.

The damage is done, but it doesn't mean that a repeat is needed.

The boys share look.

"WHAT THE F*CKKKKKKKKKK"

X stares into the empty room, with Evie nowhere to be seen, the swing just hanging there empty, the restraints are undone, not torn, all of them in tact, meaning that Evie didn't escape herself. She was released.

He turns and runs to the room opposite, sliding the locks across in anger and nearly ripping the door off its hinges as he pushes it open with great force, causing a gust of wind to blow into the pink room. His aura is flowing and he is ready to kill. No one has ever played tricks on him, no one has ever managed to do the impossible. No one has ever escaped.

Instead of the two desperately helpless women huddling in the corner holding each other closely and whimpering, which is what he was expecting, he opens the door, replaceing the girl, his new favourite, standing in the doorway, just at the perfect distance that the heavy door didn't hit her as it opened.

Golden blonde hair hangs loosely around her shoulders, her cotton dress making her small figure look even more petite. Everything about her body, her dress sense and her hair is the picture of innocent perfection.

Her face shows none of that, she has a malicious half smile with white gleaming teeth bared, her face is slightly downcast while her eyes are turned up to look straight at him, the green contacts are gone to reveal stormy blue eyes that are filled with so much wisdom and heavy violence.

She looks like something that would appear in a horror movie.

She looks like a nightmare re-imagined.

While her aura is still subdued due to the serum, it is still powerful.

There is no sign of the sweet and gentle girl that he thought he had taken, there is no naivety, fragile, meek or weak girl that was taken from a dark alley without even a single shout for help, without a shred of struggle. "What do we have here?"

Lani's voice is cold that it is filled with ice. X stares in shock at the woman in front of as he takes a large backward step. "Surprise you f*ck"