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Just as I open the door, my phone drops.
“Shit,” I rage.
“Rose? Rose!” Sam’s panicked voice seems far away as I reach down to grab my phone.
“Sorry,” I say, putting the phone to my ear.
“You fucking scared me,” he says through clenched teeth.
I stand up again. “I just dropped my—ah!”
The hit to the back of my head makes me sway. Pain radiates from my neck to my eyes. I try to turn around, but dizziness overtakes me. My vision narrows and blurs. I drop my phone again as I try to hold myself onto the door. I miss and fall onto the harsh ground.
“Mia rosa.” Bianco’s face appears above mine. “I’m back now. Don’t be scared.”
Sam’s faint scream through the phone reaches my ears just as I fall into blackness.
* * *
A groan of pain and discomfort escapes me as soon as I’m conscious again. I don’t need to open my eyes to understand I’m tied up. My wrists are tied behind my back, and I can’t separate my legs. They’re bound at the ankles.
My heart kicks as soon as I remember the last face I saw.
Bianco is free.
He was released from prison and came to find me right away.
Now all I know is that I’m lying on cold tiles.
Wherever I am, I need to leave.
My head is throbbing. A sharp pain keeps shooting from the back of it and makes it impossible for me to focus on anything. I’m on my side, and as soon as I manage to open my eyes, I realize I’m in complete darkness.
I stir, doing my best to try and sit up. My head feels too heavy to lift and I sit down with my chin to my chest.
Come on. Wake up and find a way out.
It’s tape that binds my limbs, and in a way, it reassures me. With enough strength and a bit of sweat, I can get out of this in no time.
I just need my head to stop pounding for one second. My eyes keep fluttering open and closed, hardly focusing long enough for me to try and find my senses.
Wake the fuck up, Rose. This is life or death.
With all my might I want to, but as soon as I lift up my head, a ringing pierces my eardrums and dizziness overwhelms me again. It’s worse in the dark. I don’t have depth perception and can’t get my bearings.
A wave of adrenaline shoots through my veins, and I can see clearly for a second. My eyes are adapting to the room around me.
There’s a wall not far from me, maybe one step or two. With my gaze, I follow it to a corner and recognize the outline of a door.
Bingo.
Now the ties. I try to work my wrists first, but exhaustion overtakes me quickly.
I must be badly concussed because every time I make a movement, I feel like my head is going to explode and my eyes twitch.
I try my ankles, shifting my legs in the hope of freeing myself but a few seconds in, a wave of nausea overtakes me.
No.
