Part 9
Alisha woke, groaning in pain. She struggled to sit up. Her hands were cramped, and her arms ached. Then she realised why. It was because they were tied behind her back.
She focused on her surroundings. The chair she was tied to was extremely uncomfortable. Was she still at Kalika's? She seemed to be in some sort of basement. A sour, dank smell was assaulting her nostrils.
She heard keys rattling outside the door. She strained against her bonds, but it was useless. She winced when the door opened and harsh light flared before her eyes. She wondered how long she'd been out. Had anyone realised she was missing yet?
Kalika came down the steps, smirking at her. There was a wolf at her side. A *wolf*. Its cold yellow eyes regarded her somewhat smugly.
Alisha just stared at it. "Is that *Sylvie*?"
"Careful. She bites," Kalika said cheerfully, patting the animal's head fondly. Alisha tried not to shudder.
"Is it a dumb question to ask what's going on?"
She knew, or pretty much thought she knew what Kalika had in mind. She remembered from books and movies she needed to keep Kalika talking. Stall her from putting her plan into action while she tried to figure out how to escape.
"I'm going to kill you," she said flatly. "You're in the way."
Alisha frowned. "Why can't you just give up on Jayden and get your own soulmate?" she asked, annoyed.
Kalika snorted. "Because I don't want to. I wanted Jayden."
"But he's *mine!*" Alisha protested. She had known Jayden longer. Almost her whole life. He meant more to her than he ever would to Kalika. Kalika probably just wanted him because he didn't want her!
"I want him because I *love* him!" Kalika snapped, startling her.
Alisha had forgotten that vampires could read minds. Maybe there was more to Kalika than she thought. It was a shame she was a psycho.
"And my problem, is that he is blinded by this stupid *soulmate* thing with you," Kalika raved on. "He and I should be together. We're both Night People and you're *vermin*!"
She turned and stalked off. Sylvie-the-wolf snarled at Alisha, then followed. The basement door slammed shut and locked. Alisha was alone in darkness. She sighed heavily.
It would only be a matter of time before Kalika came back to kill her.
A thought came to her. When she had discovered her soulmate connection with Jayden she had been able to talk to him inside his mind without using her voice.
Could she call to him for help? Using that connection? She thought of the afternoon of the discovery. The revelation of the sparkly light, Jayden's mind and his love for her.
~Jayden?~ she called. ~Jayden its Alisha. I need you. Kalika's going to kill me. Soon. Save me!~
She sighed heavily. He'd come, she told herself. If she kept believing it, then he'd come.
Wouldn't he?
* * *
Alisha woke, groaning in pain. She struggled to sit up. Her hands were cramped, and her arms ached. Then she realised why. It was because they were tied behind her back.
She focused on her surroundings. The chair she was tied to was extremely uncomfortable. Was she still at Kalika's? She seemed to be in some sort of basement. A sour, dank smell was assaulting her nostrils.
She heard keys rattling outside the door. She strained against her bonds, but it was useless. She winced when the door opened and harsh light flared before her eyes. She wondered how long she'd been out. Had anyone realised she was missing yet?
Kalika came down the steps, smirking at her. There was a wolf at her side. A *wolf*. Its cold yellow eyes regarded her somewhat smugly.
Alisha just stared at it. "Is that *Sylvie*?"
"Careful. She bites," Kalika said cheerfully, patting the animal's head fondly. Alisha tried not to shudder.
"Is it a dumb question to ask what's going on?"
She knew, or pretty much thought she knew what Kalika had in mind. She remembered from books and movies she needed to keep Kalika talking. Stall her from putting her plan into action while she tried to figure out how to escape.
"I'm going to kill you," she said flatly. "You're in the way."
Alisha frowned. "Why can't you just give up on Jayden and get your own soulmate?" she asked, annoyed.
Kalika snorted. "Because I don't want to. I wanted Jayden."
"But he's *mine!*" Alisha protested. She had known Jayden longer. Almost her whole life. He meant more to her than he ever would to Kalika. Kalika probably just wanted him because he didn't want her!
"I want him because I *love* him!" Kalika snapped, startling her.
Alisha had forgotten that vampires could read minds. Maybe there was more to Kalika than she thought. It was a shame she was a psycho.
"And my problem, is that he is blinded by this stupid *soulmate* thing with you," Kalika raved on. "He and I should be together. We're both Night People and you're *vermin*!"
She turned and stalked off. Sylvie-the-wolf snarled at Alisha, then followed. The basement door slammed shut and locked. Alisha was alone in darkness. She sighed heavily.
It would only be a matter of time before Kalika came back to kill her.
A thought came to her. When she had discovered her soulmate connection with Jayden she had been able to talk to him inside his mind without using her voice.
Could she call to him for help? Using that connection? She thought of the afternoon of the discovery. The revelation of the sparkly light, Jayden's mind and his love for her.
~Jayden?~ she called. ~Jayden its Alisha. I need you. Kalika's going to kill me. Soon. Save me!~
She sighed heavily. He'd come, she told herself. If she kept believing it, then he'd come.
Wouldn't he?
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