Blind Spot by Sakshi C (the reader ebook TXT) 📕

It was a sunny day. I stretched my legs and leaned back on my hands, soaking the sun. I twiddled my thumbs, waiting for Andrei. I had chosen this place specifically because no one comes here as nobody knows about it. You can say, it is in the middle of a jungle. It is desolated and is ruled by a deep silence except for the chirping of birds of course. Obviously, nobody knew I was here nor did anyone care. Dad had been too busy in his own life and Maria had started to change after the wedding.  

I was still waiting when I heard footsteps accompanied by incoherent chattering. My ears perked up. My hearing ability is sharp. I turned to see two old men walking in my direction. I watched them with curiosity. I was too small to realise that not all people are good. 

Their gaze fell on me and they stopped. 

I watched as they whispered some things to each other before shooting a wicked smirk my way. 

“You alone here, little girl?” one of the men asked, approaching me like a predator.

I stared at them. I sensed something was off. I gulped and stood up. 

“Little girl shouldn’t roam alone. Didn’t your Mom teach you this?” the other man’s lips stretched into a wicked sneer.

I took a step back and was about to break into sprinting when one of them grabbed me from behind.  

Tears burned my eyes. 

“Where are you going, Kiddo?” 

“Levitsky will give us good money for her,” the mane with broken teeth chirped. 

“Yes, let’s take her away,” the one who was holding me added. I thrashed in his arms. He slapped me, making my head spin. That was one of those moments when I wished I wasn’t a mute. Tears ran down my cheek as they dragged me away from my home. 

“ Let her go,” a familiar voice resounded in the air, making the duo stop. I turned my face and saw Danzel coming towards us. I never felt so happy seeing someone.  

“I said, let her go,” he demanded furiously. I would have fallen to my feet and begged for forgiveness if his anger was directed towards me but I was relieved at that moment.

“Go away, boy,” one of the men said, not taking him seriously. 

“Leave her this instant or I’ll kill you,” he fished out a gun from behind his back and training on them, turning the men into stone. 

“Pu..put it down. Put it down,” the man with crooked tooth stuttered. 

“Pur her down,” Danzel walked forward without a fear. The man who was holding me put me down and upped his hands in the air.    

I immediately ran towards Danzel. For the first time since he had come here, I saw concern in his eyes, for me.  

He scanned my face and his features hardened when he saw the red fingerprints on my cheek.  

He stroked my cheek and clenched his jaw. He turned me towards him so that my back was on those men.

“Close your eyes and ears, princess,” he said softly. There was so much warmth and care in his voice that I complied instantly. I closed my eyes and covered my ears as he had asked. He pulled me into a tight embrace. His body jerked backward before I faintly heard two loud firing shots followed by a thud sound. An eerie silence ensued the noise. 
 

“You can open them now?” he told me. I lifted my face from his stomach and opened my eyes. I was about to turn around to see what happened to the man when he stopped me by putting his large hands on my tiny shoulders. 

“We should leave now,” he said and scooped me up in his arms. 

“I can walk,” I gestured with my hands. 

“ No. There are lots of thorns and pebbles on the way. It can hurt your feet,” he put me on his hips and started walking towards home. I didn’t know how he understood what I was saying. 

“What happened to them?” I asked. 

“I put them to sleep,’ he answered. I couldn’t understand what he meant by that. How did he put them to sleep from that far? Isn’t it usually elders who put youngers to sleep?  

“You hate me then why did you save me?” I asked with my fingers. I don’t know how he was understanding everything I was saying. 

“Because you are mine, doll,” he said. Now that was unexpected.  

“Yours?” I furrowed my tiny brows at him, puzzled. 

“Yes. You are mine. Solely, entirely,” he stated so casually as if it was a universal truth. 

I liked the sound of it. 

“How?” 

“Because I said so. No matter what others say, no matter who you will marry, you will always belong to me,” he said. 

“Understand?” he asked. I nodded and yawned.

‘Good. Now sleep, doll,” he rested my head on his shoulder and pressed a chaste kiss on my cheek. I slept without a fear. 

He returned to his brooding self after that incident. Glaring and scowling at me whenever our eyes crossed paths and more so whenever I was playing with his little brother.