Forced Paradise

Tension

I started struggling against Isabella's hold once more, frustrated by his words. "Woah there, it's no use." William said confidently.

Suddenly, Isabella let me go and I remained frozen for a second confused, but that was enough for William to grab my hands and tie them behind my back.

I tried kicking with my head, my feet, but it was no use. He managed to avoid my hits. William held both of my forearms with his palm as I struggled. "Why you-" I started when I felt a breath on my neck which made my hairs raise up, followed by a deep whisper
"Shh, little rebel. Don't make this worse for yourself."
I gulped. He was making fun of me yet again. Preparing to hit with my foot once more, he tightened his hold, making me whimper in pain and said louder this time "Now are we going to do this the easy way...or the hard way?" And he showed me yet another syringe. Damn this guy and his syringes.

I looked terrified at the syringe, my irises moving rapidly. In spite of the direct threat, I struggled once more, rage filling my brain.

In a second, William pulled my tied up arms so that I straightened up and brought the syringe dangerously close to my neck while holding me in one place in a death grip.
I lost my breath and remained still similar to the gray wall not too far away from us.
Breathing heavily, sweat rolled down my forehead and fought against the instinct  to gulp because of the threat of a needle millimetres away from my carotid artery.

I saw Isabella to my right and looked at her with pleading eyes, preparing to beg her for help, ironically since I was the one attacking her before. Isabella's face spoke sympathy, but she didn't move. As I was about to open my mouth to beg her to help me out of his strong hold, William read my thoughts "Don't look at her. She won't help you now. Answer my question, Emily."

I didn't know what to say. I had to say something, but whether my stubbornness or fear prevented me from doing so.

"Hard way it is then?" I heard his serious voice close to me.
I wanted to shake my head rapidly, but William warned me quickly
"No movements. Use words."

I whispered with a weak, raspy voice "N-no", gasping heavily for air.
He continued to taunt me, taking advantage of his favorable position. "What was that? No hard way?"

I gulped, closing my eyes, fearful. "N-no. No hard.. way." I said finally through nervous gulps and stutters.

Content with my answer, he lessened his grip and I breathed out, gathering my thoughts.

He was still holding my arms as I breathed desperately trying to calm myself down, eyes open wide from shock.
After a few moments, he pulled me slightly by the arms tied behind my back.
"Let's go then, in the easy way." he said calmly.

Raising my head, I looked around me, Isabella or Veronica nowhere to be seen.
Mute from shock and exhaustion, I obliged.
We walked all the way to the house, feeling like a prisoner with my hands tied behind my back as William walked slowly behind me, occasionally supporting me when I stumbled.

I kept my eyes down, not willing to live through the embarrassment of seeing the workers look at me like I was a convict. I assumed he had tied my arms so I wouldn't kick and scratch him, because I most certainly would have.

When we reached the front door, William stood besides me, never letting go of my hands as he opened the door, waiting for me to get inside.
I silently walked inside, followed by my captor. I stopped in the hallway, unaware of how I should take off my shoes.
I heard how William closed the door and then the clink of some keys, followed by the suggestive sound of a door being locked.

I turned around surprised, only to be met with William's chest who ordered me "Don't move." as he crouched down and prepared to take off my shoes. I could see clearly his silky light brown hair and his broad shoulders in the white shirt.

Embarrassed, I instinctively took a step back, when he grabbed my lower leg and without looking up at me, repeated "I said, don't. move."

I swallowed, terrified of this side of William. He unzipped the boots and gently raised each one of my legs and took off the footwear, then placed a pair of slippers in front of me. I was slightly trembling because of the awkward situation and uneasiness.

Without waiting for instructions, I put on the slippers, not saying anything.
He removed his own shoes then got up and took hold of my wrists, guiding me through the hallway.

I established that we were going towards the dining room.

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Hello everyone! Hope you are well.
First and foremost I would like to say a huge THANK YOU to each and every one of you for reading, voting, commenting and adding the story to your Reading lists! It means the world to me.
I will try to respond to comments, but this is my first time publishing a book and sometimes I don't know how to respond 😆, but I see all of them.

I haven't expected this dumb story to get so many reads and votes. 😭 Thank you so much.

About the story, things are getting a bit tensioned 👀, hope you won't mind it too much. Because where's the fun in everything being calm?

The picture in the header is from the anime The Promised Neverland (Yakusoku No Neverland) for those curious.

That's it. Thank you again and wish you all a lot of health to you and your families. The pandemic situation (as of 27.03.2020) doesn't seem to improve too much..so take care of yourselves and don't go insane during quarantine!

Wish you the best of luck and have a great day/good night!

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