Chapter 101

He pouted his lips, tilting his head as his expression took on a hurt one. I wasn't buying it. "What makes you think that I am holding you hostage?" Without uttering a word, I moved my hands that hung above me, causing another rattling noise to erupt in the small room. A surge of pain rumbled through my arms at the movement, but I never once showed it on my nonchalant expression. I wasn't going to give him the benefit of seeing me suffer. I knew very well that he was highly aware of how tight the chains were bound around my wrists, but he never once bothered to mention it. "Oh, that," he said, his expression taking one of boredom. "That is just to keep you in place."

I raised my eyebrow at him. "What? Afraid I would run or put up a fight once I woke up?"

He smirked, standing upright and taking a step away from me. "Now that would've been highly amusing to see actually. But it's not like you would've had a chance anyway."