Nostrum Fortis Leo
Unexpected
Chapter 20
Edward was dazed and groggy when he was forced awake before the sleeping pills could run their course.
“... My step-brother... Road trip for... Yeah he always... I’ve got them here... No, no thank...” was all Edward to coherently understand.
He blearily looked at a tall man dressed in an official looking uniform with a wide brimmed hat on his head. Edward tried to remember how to talk so he could tell him that he’d been kidnapped but his body wouldn’t cooperate. The car moved again.
Not much longer after that, before Edward could slip back into complete unconsciousness again, strong fingers forced themselves passed his lips and teeth. Something powdery and bitter dropped onto his tongue and he automatically swallowed it to remove the hideous taste.
Edward didn’t even notice as the blackness engulfed him.
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The routine continued the same for miles and miles. Edward sat up front for the car trip while James inhibited the teen’s body with an excessive amount of sedatives.
Even when James pulled into a few rundown, nondescript hotels night after night he didn’t allow Edward’s body a reprieve from the ingestion of drugs. He knew it was not safe for them until they reached his prearranged destination. A boy bound and gagged seemed to draw too much unwanted attention, while a sleeping boy being carried out of a car was usually not noticed.
Edward was kept in an unnatural sleep for days.
Driving again, James pried open his captive’s mouth and inserted two more tablets. There was nothing to indicate that this was any different from the times before... that was until Edward started convulsing in the car seat.
The seatbelt restrained the thrashing movements of the senseless teen. Mucus and foam collected in Edward’s mouth and spilt over the colourless lips.
James swerved the Lancer off the road, ripped off his seat belt directed his full attention onto his sickly victim. He reached over the flailing form and dropped the back of the seat down so Edward fell into a near supine position. The panicked man then pressed his ear to the boy’s chest and discovered he was not breathing.