His Secret Keeper [Criminal Levi x Reader] - Modern AU

1. The Kidnappers

[ Your House, Trost City ]

Your so called 'father' finally left your arm which he had been twisting in an attempt to break it. He then grabbed a fistful of your hair and smashed your head into the wall. You flinched in pain and quietly saw little drops of blood flowing down the wall. You were used to the pain by now.

"Don't ever try to run away, you filthy bitch", he growled in a hoarse voice. "You know the consequences wouldn't be good."

He was right, every beating session was unbearable. Grabbing your hair even more tightly, he dragged you upstairs towards your 'cage'. He pushed you into your room and slammed the door shut. "I'll force your hand into boiling oil if you try to run away next time", he threatened while locking the door.

As soon as you heard his footsteps getting away and leaving the house, you crawled towards the corner of your room to cry silently. Life just was unfair.

Today was your 23rd attempt to run away from this hellhole. But like all the previous ones, this attempt had also failed, earning you a good set of new wounds. Every time you tried to run away, your father would go berserk and use you as a punching bag. You pretty much lived like a caged bird.

As far as you could remember, this had been going on since you were in 4th grade. That was the year when your mother had run away. You approved her decision of running away because your father was an abusive husband. Not a single day would pass without violence. You were getting sick of watching your mother get beaten everyday. She had left for good. Although, you wished she had also taken you with her, instead of leaving you for experiencing hell in her place.

She knew your father would do the same with you, but still she left you. It made you wonder if she ever even loved you. You never got much chance to talk to her. She didn't even leave a good bye note or anything. She just left one night, without a word. It made you believe that you were just a burden on her.

The main reason why you hadn't been able to escape until now was because your father was a police officer. Yes, policemen are responsible for protecting the society and ensuring that every citizen is safe and sound; but the Trost Police was never really involved in anything other than corruption. This maladministration had been going on for years in the city of Trost. This was why the city gave rise to so many Mafias and criminals.

However, ever since the new governor/administrator came into power, the laws have been strict and the police force is compelled to stop all the criminals activities. Until now, anyone could easily get away with illegal stuff.

Your father never really gave a shit about you ever since your birth. But a few years ago, an incident had made you his most precious belonging. You were like a lottery to him. This was all because of a deal he had made with Mr. Fritz, one of the richest men of this town. The deal was, as soon as you complete your education, you were supposed to be sold off to Mr. Fritz's son and in return, your father would be granted with buckets of money. This arrangement was mainly made so that Mr. Fritz could do illegal activities without any interference from the police force.

The deal was so cruel to you and it made you hate your life even more. You had recently started the first year of your college; one month ago, to be exact. Accounting was your main subject. However, you wanted college to go forever. Because after it ends, you had no idea what was going to happen to your life. Getting sold off to someone wouldn't be much fun, of course.

Just three years, and then my life would be a complete piece of shit, you thought and a new set of tears poured down your cheeks.

After three years, you would probably live a life like your mother did or maybe worse. That was why you were so desperate to run away.