Chapter 291
WILLA
It had been a long day. The roar of the waterfall in the background was soothing to the ears.
I rolled up my jeans, kicked off my loafers and started to wash my feet in the pool. The water felt so good to my sore muscles that I kept my feet in it for a long time.
I took in a deep breath, inhaling the fresh evening air as I let the cool water work it's magic on my tired muscles. After a while, I went on my knees at the pool's edge.
Scooping up a handful of water, I started to wash my face.
As I did, I reflected that today had been tiring in more ways than one. Whenever I had caught Lucian's eye, he had been glaring at me.
He hadn't said a word to me all day. In fact, he seemed to be avoiding me.
I didn't know if it was because I had told him I wouldn't be his slut or because I had said that Theron kissed me better.
I had done it then to piss him off, to make him as unsettled as he had made me. But if I could turn back time, I thought I probably wouldn't have said that.
Anyway, it was top late for regrets now. Soon the camp trip would be over.
We would all be back to Worchmount, and I could go back to ignoring Lucian. Something that was almost impossible out here.
A small fish jumped in the water as I took another handful of it again.
I was letting the water run through my fingers when I felt something or someone behind me. I started to turn.
My hair was grabbed, my head pulled back so suddenly it felt like the bones supporting my neck would snap.
I tried to scream, but could only manage a harsh of exhale. Overheard a bird lazily circled the cloudless blue sky. I started to twist my body back, to reach for the hand holding me prisoner.
As I drew in a breath to scream for help, my head was shoved into the water. My forehead connected with a rock in the pool, sending a bolt of pain through my skull.
I barely even noticed that. I had just drawn in a breath to cry out and the water had come rushing in through my nose and mouth.
I started to choke. Then gag. I vomited in the water.
The puke mixed with the clear water and started to spread slowly. I screamed, my voice trapped in the water. Bubbles escaped to the surface as I used the last of my air.
I struggled, tried to reach for the hands behind me again. By twisting my arm up to an almost impossible angle, I managed to catch hold of an arm.
I squeezed it, tried to yank it off. The grip on my hair tightened. Long nails dug into my skull hard enough to split the skin. I could feel blood beginning to flow there.
I snorted water. My lungs burned. My movements slowed.
No! I shouted frantically in my head. No, Willa. You can't die. You have people at home. People who love you. You have to fight.
But it was becoming really hard to. Maybe it would just be better to give in.
The hands shoving my head under water were too strong. No one was near enough to see what was happening and help.
The others didn't get to use the pool until a couple of hours time. By then I would be-
"Dead," I thought a voice behind me hiss.
Or maybe it was just my imagination. I felt like I was floating now. My heart beat sluggishly in my chest. My hands suddenly seemed to weigh a ton.
They dropped to my sides. I pushed them into the soft dirt, tried to push myself up but they felt like they were weighted down with lead. My eyes started to drift closed.
And then suddenly the pressure at the back of my head was gone. I summoned enough strength to jerk my head out of the pool.
I fell on my back and lay there, struggling to draw air into my lungs. Water dribbled from my nose and mouth.
Coughing and spluttering, I turned on my side. I coughed up what felt like a bucket full of water.
My heart was roaring in my ears. I couldn't hear a thing. My chest hurt but it felt good to breathe again.
Fear that whoever had tried to drown me was still around gave me the strength to sit up. My fingers closed over a loose rock as I turned, ready to ram it into the head of whoever was closeby.
I saw Noami. She was staring at Lucian, wide-eyed with fright.
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