Chapter 57: Peter
TRIGGER WARNING
Lyra's eyes greeted darkness as soon as she opened her eyes, her mouth was covered with duct tape preventing her from making any sound, she tried to move her hands but soon realized that they were bound with a rope, she panicked and started struggling to break free from it, but it felt like her body was devoid of any strength. After some time the door to the room she was in opened and a tall burly man entered inside "You are finally awake kid" then he roughly removed the tape from her mouth.
Lyra's eyes watered as she spoke in her baby voice "Wh-who are you?"
The man smiled eerily and patted her head "There-there pretty doll don't get scared, I will not harm you"
Lyra shrunk back in her place "I want to see my mama and papa, please take me to them"
The man narrowed his eyes "You are staying here from now on" then he put the duct tape back on her mouth and left the room.
After the man left he called one of his underlings "Take good care of that girl, we don't want our product to be damaged before selling it"
The man nodded his head and followed his boss. Inside Lyra's muffled cry filled the entire room, she was very scared, the man she met earlier looked like a bad guy that her father warned her about, she just wished that her father could come and save her from here.
After crying for a long time she was exhausted and fell asleep. Right at that moment, a commotion broke out of the room jolting her awake, police sirens with shoe steps were approaching her. The door was opened and the burly man that she met earlier strode towards her and picked her small body from the ground and hid inside a small compartment inside the room.
From a small gap outside the compartment, Lyra caught sight of her father with policemen, her eyes widened and she started struggling against the man, he glared and whispered at her "Stop struggling, or I will kill you"
Lyra choked on her tears as she watched her father leaving the room without finding her, she was helpless, Lyra wanted to scream at her father to not leave the room, but the man held her from doing any movements.