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“Oh, it’s fine, Nova. Trust me, this is exactly what you wanted all along.” He clapped his hands together and stood. “I’ll set it up. Now get ready for bed, you need rest.” He kissed my forehead and left me at the table.
Later that night, I was sitting on my bed with Dracula, my mind racing. I wasn’t going to lie to myself. I was terrified. I was trapped on this island with almost no connection to the outside world, except for a fiancé who I had a terrible suspicion might be trying to kill me. My only friend was this tiny ball of fur—and Valik, but I didn’t know if I could trust him one hundred percent. He seemed to really care for me, but I didn’t know if it was just an act. My gut told me it wasn’t, but I couldn’t be sure.
What I didn’t understand was why. Was I in a relationship with a control freak? Had Ryzen always been this way? I balled my hands into fists, banging them against my thighs.
Why can’t you remember?
It had been days since I had stopped taking the pills. I would have thought my memory would have come back by now. But it hadn’t, and the desperation that ran through my whole body was enough to make tears form and stream down my cheeks.
Valik knocked on the door and came in with a tray, and I wiped my tears away. It was our typical nightly routine of him handing me my tea and pills, then turning his back while I hid them in the plant that I had moved next to my bed. I would have to find a new hiding spot for them soon.
Or get the hell out of here.
I sat on the edge of the bed, letting the teacup warm my hands. Maybe I needed to meditate, be my own psychologist and get my brain churning. Hell, perhaps it was the trauma of crashing in such an awful way that had made me forget.MaybeI wasn’t ready to remember. I brought the cup up to my lips, blowing on the hot liquid.
And then I froze.
Alprazolam Clobinax—may be taken in liquid or pill form.
My hands trembled as I held the teacup away from me, the realization sinking in.
It was the tea. Every single night I had been drinking the tea since I had woken up here on the island. Valik had his back turned to me and I placed the cup on the edge of the nightstand, letting it fall to the ground. He snapped his head over his shoulder and rushed over.
“Damn, don’t burn yourself, Nova.” He grabbed a towel and wiped up the pool on the floor. “Are you all right? You look pale.” He narrowed his eyes at me.
“Uh, yeah. Fine, just a long day.” I leaned back onto the bed, and squeezed my eyes shut.
“Let me go get you some more tea.” He picked up the cup and placed it on the tray, along with the towel.
“No!” I straightened my back. “I’m OK for tonight.” He looked at me like I had lost my mind, and I sighed. “What kind of tea is that anyway?
He shrugged. “Hell if I know. Ryzen makes it.”
A tingling sensation moved from the top of my head, down my neck and shoulders. I’d known it.
That son of a bitch.
*****
I sawtheface in my dream that night, the same man from my other dreams. It wasn’t completely clear, but I saw scars running down his face and neck. And tattoos. Lots of tattoos. A giant scorpion covered most of his chest. Most of him was blurry, but his smile… his smile made my heart melt and ache all at the same time. I didn’t know who he was, but I knew that I loved him more than anything else in the world.
And I also knew that man was not Ryzen.
Day 71
I had to get off this damn island.
It had been days since I had stopped drinking the tea. I wasn’t sure if I could trust Valik, so when he brought me it every night, I would make sure his back was turned before dumping it into the plant.
My memory was still not coming back to me though, just random bits and pieces that made no sense. Like images of me lying on the grass with a crystal on my forehead. Or stuffing my face with pastries.
Pastry girl. That was what the woman had called me.
It would come back, I knew it. But I didn’t want to be on this island when it did. Because something told me I wasn’t going to be happy when I remembered why I had tried to leave Ryzen the night I crashed my car.
I had been doing my best to avoid Ryzen over the past few days. He was intent on having a priest come and marry us any day now. Kaviathin had said he would be back in a week, and that had been four days ago. I had thought maybe I could get him to help me, but realized that wasn’t going to be an option. He knew something was wrong, that was why he’d given me the knife, but he hadn’t offered to take me with him. No, nobody was coming to save me. I had to save myself.
I peered out the window as Ryzen drove off in his Lamborghini and rolled my eyes.Good, go blow off some of your psychopathic steam.
