07. Falling apart

Ophelia's POV

My body is sore, I haven't slept in days and I am in dire need of food.

I have been alone for the last couple of days. My door is locked and Dennis hasn't come by yet.

My body is shutting down and there is nothing I can do about it.

A few hours pass by and I am humming a song to myself.

I can hear the rustling of keys and the door being unlocked. Someone quietly opens the door and looks around the room.

When I look straight into their eyes, I find out who it is. Hedwig.

"Ophelia!" He chimes and jumps onto the bed.

" I w'nna play." He is adorable with his lisp.

"Sorry Hedwig... But I am not in the mood. Maybe another time?"

He sadly nods but then he has confusion written all over him.

"So, Ophelia... Why don't you wanna pl'y etcetera....?"

I sigh and muster up some strength to sit up and look at him.

"Sometimes people don't want to play because they are very tired Hedwig." I smile at him, I do like Hedwig but he really is a child.

"Oh. But why don't you night night then?"

"Because I don't want to okay?" He looks hurt and pouts.

"Fine! You don't have to tell me! Et cetera...."

I nod.

"I 'll show you out."

I am really not in the mood to talk with him right now.

I stand up and immediately fall flat onto my face.

"Shhh! Damn it!" I rub my nose and sit up.

I look around but Hedwig is nowhere to be found.

I slowly stand up but my muscles protest, causing me to lose balance and I fall forward, expecting to hit the ground, I close my eyes and brace myself for impact but it never comes. Instead I feel two buff arms sneak around my waist and my face comes into contact with someone's broad chest.

I expected Dennis but when I look up, it's not him. Not even close.

Instead I look at a man with a crazed look in his eyes and he is so tall and muscular that he could squeeze the life out of me.

I start to shake and pointlessly try to rip myself from his grip.

"Let me go! Let me go!"

He's amused at my futile struggling.

"Don't. I won't kill you!" The look in his eyes tell me something different but I give up and just lay limply in his arms. His eyes light up with excitement and he drags me with him. We pass some halls and at some point we are out in the open standing at a huge pool.

"Like swimming?" He asks.

"N-not very m-much." My teeth are chattering at the sudden coldfrom the freezing winter air.

Before I can even protest, he throws me into the pool of my cold liquid death.

I never told anyone, but I can't swim. Nope. Never learned that.

As soon as my body hits the ice cold water, I panic, causing all the air I had gathered to pass out of my mouth.

My lungs are burning but I keep sinking to the bottom.

I faintly hear some splashing and someone grabbing me and pulling me up but water enters my lungs and I lose conciousness.

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I feel soft lips locked onto mine, giving me air. I turn my face to the right, all of the water that entered my lungs coming out and my breathing is rigged.

"Are you okay hun?" Barry.

Barry saved me.

Dennis did nothing, he would've let me die.

My body starts to go into shock as I am still in the freezing winter air only now my clothing is soaked.

Barry quickly carries me bridal style inside and puts me next to a fireplace I didn't even know he had.

He magically finds a set of clothing for me, which consists of a fluffy pyjama bottom and top, of course I gladly take it.

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He gives me some choco and puts a blanket around me.

"Sorry."

Is the only thing he can say.

"Kill me." I mutter.

He grabs my face and turns it around almost causing me to spill hot choco onto his shirt.

"I would never you are the most beautiful girl I have ever seen and you like us. You accept us, we could never kill you."

"YOU ALMOST DID!" I scream at him, a tear falls from my eyes and he sees it. He comes closer wanting to remove the tear from my face. I push him away.

"Stay a-away from me!" I am absolutely terrified. The confidence I once had is now gone. He has broken me.

He did what he probably wanted to do all along.

Break me.

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