Chapter Three

Samantha began to come around, head throbbing as if she smacked it hard against something, and when she tried to move, she found her hands tied behind her back and her feet bound together. Blinking away the last remnants of darkness from her vision, she noticed someone watching her from her kitchen island. Though she didn’t know who it was or what exactly they wanted, she knew that they were dangerous and meant her harm. William eyed Samantha as she came around taking in her surroundings and struggling against her bonds, he watched her for another minute before finally speaking up and introducing himself.

“I see you’re finally awake, and by now you’ve probably figured out that I’m here to cause you harm, but don’t have a who or why. Allow me to fill in those missing pieces for you Samantha...”

“How…. how do you know me?”

“The question is not how, but through who, and I know all about you and your father, as well as the other members of your team. I’ve been patiently waiting the last four months for this, time well spent in my opinion.”

“That’s not possible... we would have noticed...”

“Noticed me? That’s where you would be wrong love, I’ve always been so successful at what I do, and not being noticed is one of my best skills. Though I suppose technically your whole team has been looking for me for quite some time.” He couldn’t help but release a small chuckle, in doing so it clearly unnerved Samantha. He could see by the look on her face that she was trying to piece it all together but failing, and as much as he relished the thought of her suffering time was of the essence. He needed to get this out of the way before Detective Montgomery showed up.

“As much as I love the thought of mentally torturing you, we really must move this along love. No, you don’t know me, but you know of me and you knew my brother before he was murdered by your Father…. Thomas was a wonderful young man, full of life and promise, but he made the mistake of taking you from one of our body drops. But nothing compares to the mistake your father made when he shot and killed my brother rescuing you, I’ve waited for 4 months to avenge my brother. Now its Detective Riley’s turn to feel the pain of losing a loved one, I have a lovely week all planned out for us, and your friend who should be here momentarily, much as you have a lovely voice, I’m afraid we can’t have you spoiling the surprise.” William grabbed his roll of specialty tape and cutting off a piece began walking over to where Samantha was sitting on the floor.

“Do you really think they won’t notice me missing and not come check on me? Or even notice that Detective Montgomery is also missing? You’ll....” Before she could finish the sentence, William placed the tape over Samantha’s mouth and pressed firmly down. This tape was truly one of Williams favorite tools, he bought it from a local fetish shop. Super soft to touch, but secure and hard to remove, and best of all it reduced the sounds coming from the gagged victim. On a lesser note, it also had a lovely way of contouring to the lips and mouth of the victim, Samantha was no exception, those beautiful lips of hers beautifully outlined. Samantha only managed to let out one muffled yell before William grabbed her by the throat and warned her not to do that again.

“Mmmmm!” Acting quickly William grabbed her by the throat, “Don’t try that again! I absolutely cannot stand when people spoil my plans, make no mistake love I will not hesitate to slice that pretty little throat of yours so you can no longer scream. Now you be a good little girl, do exactly as I say, and I promise when the time comes it will be quick. Unlike my brother Thomas, I always try to provide my victims that small curtesy.” Gently removing his hand from her throat Samantha only let out a small whimper this time, “There’s a Good Girl.”

William got up from the floor where he had been crouched by Samantha, and at the same time there came a knock on her apartment door followed by Nick Montgomery’s voice. William couldn’t help but smile as he made his way towards the door, taking one last moment to glance back at Samantha before opening the door to let Nick in.