Part D: Chapter 74

***Jemila’s POV***

My eyes fluttered open and I took in the dark room I had been locked up in. It was the same everyday, they would come and torture me, make me bleed and then why would leave and I would fall unconscious once again. I didn't know how long this had been going on but my will to live was no longer there. I just wanted them to kill me and get it over with. I was tired of all this but it seemed like they were enjoying it, especially the woman who had come in a few days ago with a young girl. I remembered seeing the smile on her face as one of the men poked me so hard in the ribs with a knife that I felt blood gush out.

I had been crying and begging them to let me go. I didn’t know what they wanted from me nor did they bother questioning me. All they did day and day out was torture me and mock me with their thick German accents. I couldn’t live like that anymore.

Was Aidan still looking for me or had he completely given up hope on ever finding me?

I looked at the little trickle of moonlight streaming in from the bars above. Goddess, if this was my destiny then I didn’t want to live anymore. I was tired of living my life like this. I still had no idea who I was or where I came from and it was one misfortune after the other. Please just kill me.

“Just kill me already,” I shouted through my bruised lips. I could feel blood rushing through my ears as my head fell. The chains were stopping any blood flow to my wrists and my head was spinning. I hadn’t eaten anything since they brought me here and locked chained me. I hadn’t even had any water. “Kill me, please. Take away this pain. I’m tired.” I shouted once again, feeling my throat drying up the more I used my voice.

There was a gentle breeze that whooshed on my face, moving my braids as it went and I thought I heard a whisper being carried through the breeze.

*You aren’t alone. I’m watching and waiting for the day when you will remember who you truly are.*

The voice said but I had to shake my head. Was I now hearing things because of all the hallucinations? I’d dreamt that I saw Aidan with a woman who looked like him, his mother maybe and they were in a field but that was all probably in my head. I had never seen a photo of his mother anywhere so why was I seeing things like that.

“Hello? Is anyone there?” I asked, my voice coming out in sharp breaths. I felt the pain in my sides the more I tried to exert myself. I couldn’t feel my feet either, much less the ground.

*You are the daughter of the night. You have nothing to fear.*

The voice came again, that breeze getting colder and I shivered as I looked at the bars above me, they were too small to be carrying such a large gush of wind into such a dark room which from the looks of it, looked like it was underground. “Who is there?” I asked, turning my head ever so slightly around in search of the source where the voice was coming from.

*Fear not my child, you will be saved.*

It came again and this time I paid close attention to it. At first, I had thought it was a female’s voice but then it sounded more static than anything. Was my mind playing tricks on me? Was actually still alive at this point?

“Whoever you are, leave me alone. I don’t know what you want from me and I have nothing to give you. Just let me die.” I sighed as I hung my head once more, feeling that initial fight begin to fade and getting replaced with numbness. I wanted to die, living like this and not knowing what had happened to Aidan was killing me from the inside. “If you’re still there, can I ask you to kill me instead? Save me from this torturous life.”

*For only through death will you remember who you are daughter of the night. But that isn’t for me to fulfil. Your greatest wish will soon realise itself and you shall feel whole again.*

The voice came again, this time it sounded like it was right in my ear and I screamed but there was nothing there

*Trust in yourself and let go. Only by letting go of all your fears will the truth become clear to you my child.*

I shook my head so much and kept calling out to anyone who could hear me to come and help me. It didn’t take for the guards to show, their guns aimed and pointed as they rushed into my cell.

“What was all that commotion for?” one of them asked in Germany and I was surprised that I understood what he was saying. “Are you that stupid or what? I wonder why the Alpha hasn’t killed you yet. You are annoying and not that pretty to look at.”

Ouch, I thought to myself but pushed his comment away. “Please help me, there was someone or something in here with me just now,” I responded back in Germany which shocked me. How was that even possible? I didn’t remember learning the language.

The guards walked around the place and then came to stop in front of me. “Why are we wasting our time with this one, she is a lost cause,” the bigger one of the three said. “If the Alpha finds out we had entered without permission all of us will be killed for not following orders.” He turned to the other two, one of which had been the first to respond to me.

“But what if someone got in under our watch? We would surely be killed because of that,” the one who hadn’t spoken so far said. “I have a family I want to start and I can’t die now.”

They looked at each and the bigger one stepped in front of my face, though there was a huge difference between us because I was hanging from the ceiling. “What did this thing look like?” he growled, showing me his yellow teeth.

“I-I don’t know, I just heard a voice speaking to me and I felt a cold breeze,” I answered and not even I would believe myself.

“There is nothing here, you waste our time with your stupid games,” he used the back of the gun and rammed it hard against my face when I saw stars dancing in front of my eyes. “Let’s go, she waste our time for nothing.” he said in English and the three of them left.

I spat blood, I should have known it was all in my head. How could someone have gotten in when the doors were sealed shut from the outside.

*Only you have the gift.*

The voice came again and I shook my head. No, no, no. I was not going to fall for this again. “Leave me alone, you’re just a figment of my imagination and nothing else.” I said, shutting my eyes tightly. “Leave me alone.”

I’m here to help you find your way back to the light. Your destiny is far more wonderful than this. You will change the world. Open your eyes and see me.

I bit my lip and slowly opened my eyes. I stared in shock at what I saw floating in front of my face as she stretched her hand and cupped my face.

*You are safe with me by your side.*