''Hello?'' I ask and a light deep chuckle comes as a response ''I see, you are awake? " the voice says, his footsteps drawing nearer ''Try to feel comfortable, not the best bed there but you have to adjust, you might be here for a long time" ''May I at least know who you are? '' ''Curiosity kills the cat'' he says and finally I can feel his presence right in front of me, lurking and looming over me ''I don't want you dead before I can get my cash'' ''Do you think you can lure money out of my parents?'' I laugh, the words am about to say already stinging my mouth ''You would have to try harder, you using me as leverage means your plan already failed'' ''Don't get cheeky with me '' he says ''He would want me dead anyway, and you would already be dead before you can find another victim'' I look up ''Trust me'' ''You are feisty'' ''You are unskilled'' In one quick movement, he grips my face and for a second I see a sharp gleam from what I think is his eyes. ''I'm skilled in so many ways you don't want to know'' ''Is that a flirt?'' I quipped, managing to remain composure. ''Think of it as a threat - the last one I would give before I chop your lips off your face'' I gulped before he tossed my face and his footsteps began to retreat. ****************************** Amber, a victim of abuse, gets kidnapped right in the middle of her rushed escape. Follow her unravel years of family secrets, free her mother, make him suffer, and possibly find love. 'He can't win'