Lyla’s POV
Just like the theory of evolution started, so did my entrance into my parent’s large apartment. I looked around to see my father and my mother talking and laughing while my brother, Henry, was sitting on the couch with his phone in his hand.
They all almost turned at once to look at me with a smile on their faces.
“Come here, my flower” My dad gestured for me to sit beside me and patted my head lovingly as I sat between him and my mother.
He called me flower like he used to. I couldn’t control my emotions as tears rolled down my eyes.
“Why are you crying, baby?” My mother asked worriedly.
“You died! I had a very bad dream that you died and I lived a long time without you both” I replied through tears.
“Stop being so silly, Lyla. Mom and dad are both here. Fake dreamer” My brother mocked while my dad glared at him.
My mom moved towards him with a spray gel, trying to spray him some senses like she used to say. Henry hates spray gels and that’s why mother usually threatened him with it. Henry stood up even before mom could reach him as I and dad laughed at their childish behavior.
Suddenly, dad held my hand and turned me to look at him.
“Beautiful flower of mine, even if I died, I’ll always be here with you. No matter what may happen, always smile through it, and always know that I’ve become the wind that blows, the flower that grows on the roadside, that big, blue butterfly that will always cross your path. I’m alway with you”
I closed my eyes as he patted my cheek and kissed my forehead.
“Don’t be scared of anything, promise me?” He asked
“I promise, daddy,” I replied.
I hugged him tight.
“Now Open your eyes!” He commanded.
My eyes fluttered open at once and the next thing I saw was light, I tried lifting up my body to see where I was but I couldn’t. It was as if my whole body had been set on fire, even my bones were in pain.
I shifted and I froze when a stabbing pain hit my side, I groaned out in pain because I didn’t want to scream.
“You’re awake?” I turned my head to the direction of the voice and I saw that it was Ruth. She was sitting on a chair placed beside the bed I was lying on and a smile was plastered on her face.
“Where am–I?” I asked. My voice was rough from being dry.
‘I need water’ I told myself.
As if reading my mind, Ruth stood up and poured me a cup of water from the jug placed beside my head. A pink straw was inside the cup and Ruth instructed me to sip gently.
“Where am I?” I asked again, once I finished drinking the water and regained my voice perfectly back.
“You’re back at his house, child” She replied as she used the blanket to cover my legs properly.
“His house?”
“Damon’s house. Will you eat something?” She questioned.
“How did I get back here?” I asked her before replying to her question. Food wasn’t the next thing for me right now.
The past event came back to my memory as I blinked back tears that had threatened to make its way to my eyes as a result of the pain my body was going through.
“I’m in no place to answer any of your questions, child. Damon would soon be here to give you answers but till then, do not try to move while I get the doctor. Your body is still healing, it’ll be better if you stay put” She advised and before she walked out of the room, she helped me to sit up.
Every time I closed my eyes, all I saw was the chain being wrapped around the old monster’s hand and every time I opened it, I felt suffocated. I couldn’t even dare to change positions.
The door leading into the room that I was in suddenly opened and then, someone came into view.
My eyes almost ran out of its socket once the person walked in, out of fear, out of anger and out of pain, I hissed.
“You must hate me that much” Damon went on to sit right beside me on the bed.
“Be gone, satan” I glared at him and turned to the other side to avoid looking at him.
“Good you know who I am Bunny. Don’t mess with me next time, you might not just get lucky the third time”
“You should have just killed me instead of sending me to that place” I replied through gritted teeth as another lone tear dropped from my eyes.
“That was my plan but then I realized just how cute you are as a bunny so I decided to rescue rather than kill you. You should be grateful that I was fast enough to save you again or else you would’ve died in his hands”
The fact that he had come to save me even after he sent me to that place surprised me and only gave me one clue to what he was doing.
“Am I a joke to you? Is my life a joke to you? Why are you playing games with my life?” I called out.
For a moment, I saw regret in his eyes as if my word hurts him.
“Games! I don’t have time for stuff like that. I’m too busy for games”
He replied, giving me one of his wicked smiles.
“Fuck you, Demon. Fuck you for bringing me here, for making me into this puppet” I cursed at him.
“Exactly what I want you to do. Fuck me!” He replied, his tongue rolling over the tip of his lips seductively before touching my cheek.
“Stop touching me” I groaned.
“That’s impossible now. Not after the bargain I made to save your life the other day” he stood up from the bed.
“What stupid bargain are you talking about?” I screamed out, eager to know what he was playing at this time.
“Let’s just say I and your brother, Henry Salvatore, correct? Reached an agreement” My eyes widened at the sudden mention of my brother’s name.
“Where is he? Where is my brother?” I cried out.
“Still in his part of the universe, I guess. As I was saying before you interrupted me, I and your brother reached a really solid agreement which in few words, means you’re my property now”
“My brother would never make such a deal or stupid bargain with anybody”
“Well! Unfortunately for you, he did”
“I want to talk to him. I need to talk to Henry”
“In-”
He was about to give me an answer when a knock sounded on the door, Damon opened it and Ruth walked in with a nurse and a doctor.
For a moment, I thought I saw the doctor bow his head as he acknowledged Damon along with the nurse and I was also baffled at how fast these two got here when Ruth only just left the room.
“How do you feel?” The doctor asked and I could only nod as I whispered that I was fine.
“You’re not supposed to be asking her that. Checking her vitals, wounds should be your next priority, Doctor” Damon spat.
“I’m trying to do my work here, Alp___” Damon glared at the doctor before he could finish his sentence.
The doctor coughed and continued, “Damon, I need to ask her those questions, please”
“Any body pain”
I turned to look at Damon who was in turn looking at the doctor as if he was going to rip his head off his neck.
“Not with him in the room. I want him out of here” I begged, referring to Damon.
“Bunny, do you think you have a say about my presence?” He asked angrily.
“I think you should leave Damon, she needs it and if you want her to get well soon enough, then it’ll be best if you do her wishes”
Damon moved closer to the doctor and whispered some words to him. I wasn’t interested in whatever he was saying so I didn’t bother to listen.
But with the look on the doctors face before Damon walked out, whatever he had said was bad.
“So, let’s get back to your health. How do you feel, Lyla, right?”
“Yes, Lyla. I feel weak and my body is in pain”
“You just have to be careful with your movement for the next few days and please don’t stress yourself no matter what. I’ll prescribe some painkillers for you and j believe those should work out just fine. You can tell me if you have any complaints or questions” He rambled out as his nurse checked my wounds.
“Can I get a phone?’ I eased.
The doctor and the nurse shared a look before they both walked out without saying a word or replying to my request.