Chapter 124

***Kenya.***

I struggled to open my eyes, but they seemed to resist.

After some difficulty, I pried them open. My eyelids heavy.

Blood rang in my ears as I tried to focus my mind. My shoulders ached, growing numb. I felt tugged at every side. My muscles ached.

I was naked, except for my undies.

Looking at my hands, I discovered that my limbs were bound. I was spread across a bed. I tugged my hands and the clanking sounds of chains, came. I panicked. Confused.

When I looked around, taking in my surroundings, my eyes fell on Levi, sitting on a seat across from my feet. His cold gaze on me.

"Levi" I muttered, hazily. *Was I dreaming?* "What are you doing in Baltimore?"

He didn't flinch. His hard gaze lingered. His face, expressionless.

"I own this hotel. Hi Baby. Miss me?" He grinned, darkly. A chill passed through me at his menacing look. His words.

This was weird. I heard him, but I felt groggy. Dizzy.

I struggled with the chains.

"WhyWhy am I chained?" I asked, incoherently.

*Why was I sleepy? Where was Alec? I needed to getI needed to talk to Levi.*

My mind, wild with thoughts.

"You're chained up, because this is your nightmare come to life." Levi seethed.

*Why is he angry? I need to talk to you, Levi.*

"LeviWe needWe need to talkWhy am I dizzy?"

His eyes grew colder, if it could be possible. Then he barked, his eyes still on me. "You can come in now!"

Levi was dressed in all black. Black long sleeved shirt, waist coat and slacks. His top buttons on his shirt off and the sleeves rolled up. There was a ferocity in his gaze that I had never seen.

Some men dressed in lab coats, filed into the room, bearing carts. They began setting up equipments, alarming me. Someone pushed a needle into me. I flinched.

Gradually, I regained my senses. Seeing everything.

An IV was in my vein.

I was still trying to understand, when Alec was rolled into the room. My senses more alert now.

"Alec"

"He can't hear you. Flush him." I heard Levi say, addressing one of the men in lab coats. An IV line was set up and he was infused, like I currently was. As the fluid travelled through me, I grew more aware.

"Why are you doing this, Levi?" I asked. I was still weak.

*God, this could hurt us! I had no idea what they had put inside me earlier*.

"You don't know? What were you thinking, that I'd just let you have your way? Fuck every man until you got your satisfaction. Got rid of me. Like you threatened." He was angry, sitting there, watching me from lidded eyes.

I panicked, realization hitting me.

"NoII didn't fuck anyone." I protested. The last I remembered, I was lying in bed with Alec, telling him about me and Levi. Somehow, we fell asleep. His arms around me. I didn't fuck him. Perhaps the kiss. Nothing else. Guilt swamped me as I recalled the kiss.

"We didn't have sexWe just kissed" I said, anxiously. Levi's gaze grew cold. I started at the look.

Alec woke up then. "Where Where am I? Kenya?"

Levi frowned, rising from his seat. He walked to Alec and the look on Alec's face alarmed me.

"LeviIt's not what you think" Alec said, hysterically.

"AlecYou know him?" I asked, stunned. Alec nodded frantically. His legs, arms were bound tight. Dread filled me.

"HeHe's one of my father's clientsThat was the reason I didn't want to kiss you that day" Alec confessed. Humiliation stung me, as those words filled the entire room. Levi turned to me. A dark scowl, marring his handsome face. His eyes a darker shade of green.

"You know how pathetic that sounded now? *You*, whom I have treated as a Queen, asked a man for a kiss" Levi's voice was thick with emotion.

Tears wet my eyes, at his declaration. I could barely feel my arms, but I felt the pain in his words.

"It's not like that" My voice was low. I wanted to reach out to him. Hold him. Tell him the reason I had done it all that. I wanted us to talk.

"How could you, KenyaHow could you!" Levi roared, crashing my entire world.

I couldn't turn away from his rage. I could only shut my eyes to his fury. His rage tore down the room.

"Levi I am sorry"

"Sorry? Sorry?" He called, sarcastically. "You know why I never answered you, when you confessed your love to me? It was because of this." His voice held scorn. And I was suddenly afraid to hear the next words he had to say.

"Because love hurt me before. Dad. Mum. And then Belle. Because love makes us lose control." His eyes were fully on me. He walked closer, looming over the bed. He sat below my feet on the bed. His tone dropped low, sinister.

"Because when you love a woman, she ruins you. Leaves you for her own desires." His tone was detached.

He drew closer, until our eyes levelled on each other.

"You wanted to know what happened to Belle. This is what I did to Belle."

I didn't see Levi anymore. He was replaced by a dark being I didn't recognize. His voice was detached, his eyes cold.

There was no emotion there. Only pain.

"You did the same thing she did. So it's only logical I do the same to you," he said. I shook my head.

*God I was in pain. My arms.*

"I don't know what she did... But I didn't do the same. I have been true to you. IAlec was a different matter. I didn't do anything to hurt you." I cried now. Tears rolling down.

"You didn't, but you did. K.C, remember?"

I looked at him confused. Then a knowing look crossed his face, realization hitting me.

*Oh God, no!*