My Hockey Alpha novel Chapter 104

Nina

For hours after I threw up my medicine, all I could hear were the sounds of Edward beating Enzo in the room next door. I wished that I could just go in there and stop him, but I knew it would be a futile effort; I had to be smart about this if I really was going to get Enzo and I out of this place.

While Edward was next door, I planned out my escape. I had noticed him once, when I first came here, put a slip of paper in his pocket after using the keypad on my door. I had forgotten about it because of the medicine, but I could see it clearly in my mind now that I was sober again. Edward must have changed the codes on the doors whenever he brought in a new “patient”, so he kept the codes in his pocket in case he forgot. If I could get the codes out of his pocket, I could sneak out again when he was gone and get into Enzo’s room.

First, I cleaned up the vomit with a pillowcase and shoved it under my bed. Next, I would lay down on the bed when I heard him coming, and I would pretend to be tied up again. When he tried to pour the medicine down my throat, I would distract him by spitting it out into his face; it might result in a beating, but I could grab the codes out of his pocket before he noticed.

Eventually, I heard the beatings stop. I quickly ran and got into place on the bed, taking extra care to place my hands and feet in such a way that he couldn’t tell that the restraints were broken.

“Good morning, Nina,” Edward said as he entered. I pretended to be groggy and lifted my head to look at him. “Are you ready for some more medicine?”

I nodded.

Edward smiled and approached me with the cup of medicine in his hands. He still had a bit of blood splattered on his shirt from torturing Enzo. It made me sick; I wished I could just attack him right now, but I couldn’t feel Cora’s presence, so I had no strength to borrow from her.

Edward held the cup to my lips. I took all of the medicine in my mouth, then…

I spit it out, directly onto his face and his shirt.

“God dammit, Nina!” Edward shouted, stumbling backwards. “What the fuck is wrong with you!”

He turned his back to wipe the medicine off of his face, and while his back was turned, I reached out toward his pocket… But he turned around just as I did so. His eyes widened as he realized that I was free from my restraints, and he grabbed me around the wrist. His grip was so tight that I was certain he would break my wrist as he dragged me off the bed and began beating me.

My vision became clouded by the barrage of punches being thrown at my head. I took the beatings, feeling as though my skull was about to explode, as I continued to reach for his pocket with my free hand.

Through the sound of the punches and the curses that flew out of Edward’s mouth, I heard something else: the sound of Enzo’s screams coming from next door.

“Don’t touch her!” he yelled. “Get the fuck away from her, you bastard! Beat me instead, coward!”

Edward’s fist stopped midair just as he was about to hit me again. I cracked my eyes open to see a bit of spit dripping out of his mouth, his teeth bared and his face red with fury while Enzo continued to scream for mercy next door.