Devil's Snare by Sruthionyx (top 100 books to read .txt) 📕

Alzea was at her school today, she wanted to feel a bit better and there is no better way to do that than to attend classes and go to the library after. The library is a crowded space, and it made her feel better about being there.

She was crunching numbers and trying hard to concentrate on her work but failed to. She was worried about Matt, he hasn’t called her since the incident at the club, “was he okay? was he hurt?” she thought to herself. Just as when she was about to leave, she saw him

“Matt!” she shouted from across the hall grabbing her stuff. Matt looked at her and smiled. He seemed to have handled the situation better than her.

Alzea walked over to him and asked “Matt, you okay? I haven’t seen you since the day after the club. I was worried about you,” she said trying to catch her breath.

Matt smiled at her feeling happy that Alzea was worried about him. “I am fine Zea, just regular things you know? School, assignments, and stuff”. Alzea agreed with him, she had been busy herself with the exams coming up and her babysitting work.

Alzea and Matt started to walk together, and Matt wanted to initiate a conversation but was not sure what to even say. Does he bring up the day at the club? Does she even know that he was locked in a room by a raging psycho?

“Zea”, he called stopping in his tracks. “Hmm!! Alzea responded looking at him”.

“What happened at the club?” he asked stilling her on her spot.

Alzea avoiding the conversation said, “What do you mean what happened at the club?”

“It’s just that……….” He wanted to say something but couldn’t.

“You are scaring me with your silence and half-sentences Matt, were you hurt at the club? Did someone say something to you?” she asked looking at him for any injuries.

“It’s just that, there was a guy who was asking about you at the club the other night, he locked me in a room, and let me tell you, Zee, he seemed dangerous. Do you know him?” asked Matt remembering that night at the club.

“What do you mean he asked about me? What did he ask?” Alzea asked not trying to shake.

“He asked me if we both are in love and if I know where you live”, Matt said motioning for Alzea to sit on a nearby bench.

The weather was chilly but listening to Matt’s statement Alzea was tensed and sweating a bit, the night at the club was still fresh in her mind as much as she tried to forget.  

“What did you say to him Matt”, asked Alzea fiddling with the computer in her lap.

“Nothing Zea, I told him we were both in one class and a project together and I told him I had no idea where you live”. Matt said trying to calm her down.

Alzea had a distant look on her mind, she is a natural worry wart and an over-thinker, and this is a result of her past trauma which she is still working on. “Did he believe you, Matt”?

“I don’t know Zee; he didn’t say anything after that and let me go. Do you know him, Zea? I can’t think of how you know him, he seemed dangerous and very demanding. You need to be careful Zee, he seemed to be someone who would not tolerate someone crossing his path. You need to let the police know about the incident, he could be a stalker or worse killer”, listening to this Alzea stiffened even more and looked really worried.

Matt squeezed her hand and continued “I am not saying this to scare you, Zee. I am just worried that there is a possibility of him hurting you”.

“Hmm! I know Matt but going to the police is just going to cause trouble. I don’t want this to end up on my reports or whatever you know. Besides, I haven’t seen his face, have you seen his face?” asked Alzea hoping to get some form of idea about the guy

Matt shook his head no “I haven’t Zea, it was dark, maybe he was hiding his identity, maybe he was scared that we will report him to the police?”

Deep down Alzea knows that he didn’t seem like someone who is afraid of anything.

“I will think about it, Matt. I will at least let the campus police know that there might be someone that is stalking me”, said Alzea getting up to get her job.

They both bid goodbye to each other and Alzea left home to drop her stuff off and left for her job.

Meanwhile, Rafael asked Silas to pull up the records from the club at night to get to know the identity of his brown-eyed girl.

“Here is the info you asked for Capo”, Silas walked in with a folder full of ID photocopies that he received that night.

Rafael hurriedly grabbed the folder from his hand and went through the pages faster than someone could say page. He looked at every single page three times hoping to find even a little bit of information about her, but he couldn’t.

“How come there is no info about her in this folder Silas?” aren’t the security team required to take a photocopy of every single person who comes and goes from the club?” Rafa asked so frustratedly that he cannot find his girl.

“We are Capo, but they are not underage, the bouncers must’ve looked at the IDs and let them go as they might have not seemed dangerous, we don’t take photocopies of student IDs as there is no requirement for it”. Said Silas sounding hopeful that his boss might not get angry.