83 Am I cruel mother?

Violet took Salvia's silence in another way.

She lowered her eyelashes and instantly tears filled her eyes. Her eyelids trembled and her thin lips quivered.

She then guiltily spoke, "Am I cruel mother?"

She continued, "I know I am cruel and my words seemed crueler. It is just that I am so angry at her that I wanted to punish her with my own hands. She destroyed my life mother and I can't help but wanted to punish her. I know Alyssa is my sister and I shouldn't think like this about her. I am sorry mother that I couldn't stand up to your expectations."

Lies. Every word Violet spoke was a lie.

All she wanted was to make a positive image of her in front of Salvia and make Salvia do all the dirty work for her. So that, later when circumstances change for her, she will not be held guilty because of this.

Salvia smiled gently and with determination in her eyes spoke, "No, absolutely not. Your decision has proven that you are my child. You have my temperament and my character. I am very blessed to have you in my life."

"Your attitude is suitable for a leader, suitable for a queen." After saying this, Salvia smiled mysteriously.

'Suitable for a queen? What does this even mean?' Violet had no clue what was going on in Salvia's mind. she threw the question at the back of her mind. Most of the things that Salvia says were beyond her thinking capacity.

Salvia picked up the phone kept on her desk and dialed a number.

Alyssa was feeling weak. Her head was dropped down and her eyes were feeling tired. She could feel senseless on her fingertips and the area around the wound felt numb to her.

The abductor once again took something from the box that he had brought with him and pierced the metal through the backside of Alyssa's palm.

The metal had a pointy end and was thin. It easily passed from one side of the palm to another.

The abductor closed her eyes and with a small smile playing on his lips, waited for Alyssa to scream. But she didn't. All that emerged from her lips was a pained moan.

With a frown, he opened his eyes and glared at the blindfolded Alyssa.   

"Don't hold back your scream. Let it out. Let me hear it." he spat.

Alyssa remained strong, even as she started to feel a little lightheaded from the rapid blood loss, she didn't utter a single scream to give her abductor any kind of satisfaction.      

This scene was too played on the monitor.

Suddenly the phone of Alyssa's abductor rang.

"Hello." The abductor answered the phone.

"Patch her up," Salvia commanded.

He was previously told that he could do anything to her. he could even kill her. And when he was enjoying his game, now they are commanded him to patch her up. He was frustrated.

But he was smart enough to not question them.

"Alright." He replied through clenched teeth and hung the phone.

Alyssa thought that he got a new order. Maybe it was to speed up the process of killing her.                                                 

"If you are going to kill me, do it already." Alyssa chocked after the call was ended. But there was determination in her voice.

The man remained silent for a while.

He groaned and ran his fingers through his hair. He released her arm that he was holding and walked away from her, returning a few seconds later with what Alyssa assumed were some bandages.

Alyssa was surprised by his action. But she didn't dare to utter anything. She too wanted to get her wounds closed up so that she can live. It was useless to run her mount in these circumstances and defy him and be dead. She was smart enough to know that only by living she has the chance to escape.

The abductor carefully torn through her blouse and jeans and applied pressure to her wounds making Alyssa flinch a little.

"Be still." He commanded in his familiar and yet unfamiliar voice.

Alyssa gritted her teeth in pain but remained still making him wrap the gauze on her wounds.

"Why are you doing this?" Alyssa questioned.

"Orders." He said through his teeth.

He then changed his tone and spoke, "It was nice playing with you, princess."

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On the other side, Violet said to Salvia, "Where is she kept? I want to see her."

"She is kept in a faraway place. If we drive now, we will reach there by evening."

"Good. Then let's go." After saying this both Violet and Salvia rushed out of Salvia's study room and got into their car.

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"Please stop this and let me go." Alyssa pleaded once again. "We can pretend this incident never happened." She tried to keep calm so that he would not see through his lies.

She continued,

"I have eight hundred dollars buried near the Royal High School football ground. That would be enough for you to run away with and start a new life." She persuaded him.

"You mean, you would just let me go after I did this to you?" the abductor said pointing at the wounds on Alyssa's body.

"Yes." Alyssa lied.

The man laughed heartily this time. It was an evil laughter that sends chills down to her spine.

"You are such a terrible liar, Princess." He said between her laughs.

"What kind of fool do you take me for? You have no idea what I am capable of. I could end your life right now, just like I ended the life of your sweet assistant Noah."