Disclaimer: I do not own any character, except Anna-Maria. The rest are Stephanie Meyers…
Chapter 11
Anna-Maria's P.O.V
My brain felt fuzzy, when the darkness receded. That was the only way to describe it. I felt like I giant bust bunnies, instead of a functioning brain. And so I fell into a deep sleep.
When I woke up a second time the fuzziness was gone, and I had a headache, yup, awake for sure this time. Moments later the events that led to me ending up in this poorly lighted room, slowly made themselves known.
Jumping to my feet, I fell right back down onto my butt, dizzy. Once the spinning had subsided I searched the small room for an exit. There wasn't one. I could only tell there was a door in the wall because of the break in the paint.
Slumping down on the wall I ran my hand through my hair, groaning. I knew that Oleg and my mother wouldn't know about the pack's secret, so there was a possibility of them still being able to find me, but then again they might not.
"Argh! Where the hell am I?" I screamed to no one in particular, and then started to sob as the severity of the situation sank in. The pack could never find me, and I would be stuck as a slave forever. Once, I had stopped crying I sat where I was and stared at the door, not moving or registering time passing. At one point I must've fallen asleep, because I was woken up by the door slamming open.
"Hello again, Anna-Maria." My mother pronounced all the syllables in my name. "How are you, my pretty?" she slurred.
"None of your damn business." I muttered, hoping she wouldn't hear me.
"Still as silent as ever, I see." She replied to the air several seconds later. "Good. Now let's get you into something, more, appropriate, hmm?" she sneered and grabbed my arm roughly pulling me up.
After much struggling and a few good blows I was in a tube top that hardly cover the lacy push up bra, a skirt so short you could almost see the matching thong, and heels so high I could barely walk.
"Good," my mother sneered, and then slapped my cheeks."That was for color, and for slapping me, child. Now, come." She proceeded to drag me out of the room and into another, more lavishly decorated one.
"If you do not do as this, or any man, who enters this room, asks of you, I will personally make sure you will never see the light again." She told me and left when someone knocked on the door twice. "Be patient, daughter, and you might get food."
They left me in the room alone for a solid hour before someone came in.
"She's lovely, Oleg. But are you sure she's 18? She looks no more than 16."
"I'm sure, Andrew. She's 18; you know it's illegal if she's a minor."
"If you say so, old friend." Oleg looked at me and sneered. "The room is sound proof, if you are worried, no one will hear you." I felt my eyes widen in horror, I wasn't going to go down without a fight. Once the door shut, the man, Andrew, looked at me.
"Now, Anna-Maria, let's begin. My name is Eric Lithcow, I'm an undercover agent. I'm part of a team that's going to put Oleg and Martha behind bars."
"Oh, thank God! You are like an angel sent from heaven! How did you find out about them?"
"Well we've known about them for a few years; um, mainly drug related charges and stealing, normal stuff. One day one of my buddies was undercover and over heard Oleg bragging how much he was getting for selling his step-daughter. That alerted us to their more, punishable crimes. We got a tip off of their location, from some overly large and shirtless boys, one of whom says that he is your twin. Once the team gets Oley and Martha, we'll let you see these, um, boys. And after we get your statement we'll let you leave with them." I hugged Eric Lithcow briefly and thanked him profusely. "We'll have to wait until the team opens the door. We have no worries; I paid enough money that Oleg won't check on us anytime soon." We waited for a while, and Eric had me tell him what my life had been like. When I told him that they had kidnapped me, he gasped and mumbled under his breath. I hadn't kept track of time, so when the door was busted open I screamed, loudly.
"Shh, it's ok; it's the team I was telling you about." Eric told me. "We can leave now, come on I'll walk you to go and see your brother and his friends." As he walked me out his team told him what had happened while he was with me. As we walked through the familiar rooms I tried to find good memories associated with the home. I couldn't think of any, and that made me sad.
Once we got outside I was momentarily blinded by the bright sun. While I blinked I saw to familiar tanned bodies run towards me, and within seconds two warm arms held me close. I wrapped my arms and legs them.
"Oh, Anna." A familiar voice whispered in my ear.
"Seth." I said as I pulled my face away from his chest to look at him in the eye. I meant to say that I had missed him, but instead 'I love you' came out. Seth crashed his lips onto mine, to which I responded just as enthusiastically.
"I love you too." He whispered against my lips, and then deepened the kiss. Moments later we could hear someone clear their throat loudly.
"I hate to break you two up, but I want a hug from my baby sister."
"Collin! Oh, I missed you, too!" I unwrapped myself and flung my body into Collin's waiting arms.
One day later Collin, Seth, Jacob, Nessie and I all boarded our flight back to La Push. I had spent most of the night in the police station giving my statement. Seth stayed with me, his arm protectively around me at all times, for which I was grateful. The police and lawyers told us that with my statement they would be able to put Oleg and my mother in jail for life without parole.
After that rather unpleasant night we went to the airport to go home. And in Seth's arms I flew towards my home, my new life.
FIN
A/N: Hi all, I've had this done for quite some time, but a family crisis has delayed my updating. I am sorry for the delay. This is the last chapter, unless I feel like an epilogue, but I think I'd butcher it. if you liked this I have an actual book recommendation, it's called 'A Walk Across the Sun' it is about a man who joins a team in India who arrest brothels, and two girls who get kidnapped and forced to work in the brothels. It is truly an amazing novel, it makes you think. Anyways thanks for sticking with me, and for all your support. I am planning a Leah imprint story, but I may make it a 'real life' story, with all the pack, don't know. Anyways thanks.
Much thanks and love, Miss Deirdra
