*FREYA*
When we finally break apart from the embrace, she closed the door behind us and then step further into the room, apart from her hair which she had dyed ginger red, she didn’t change very much. I sat down at the edge of the bed, staring at her as her gaze roam over my body looking for obvious damage. I only have a couple of bruises on my arms which were of course coursed by Jacob.
“I expect you to be in the hospital not in a room” She finally spoke. “I really thought I have lost you forever, I contacted the police but your father had them withdraw the case, I only learned the truth month later from your mother but there was nothing I could do” A tear rolled down her face. “I’m so sorry you had to go through that”
“I’m glad I went through this, if Jet hadn’t kidnapped me then I will never have found out the kind of man my father was or the man I was marrying to was an illegal scientist who works for my father and one of the dangerous people on earth” I told her which of course earn me a puzzled expression on her face. She withdrew her hand from mine like I just shot her.
“What did you just say? You are happy about the fact that you were abducted by some sick bastard? From what I have heard from Jacob, that man is nothing but an animal! I saw one of the videos Jacob did while experimenting on him” She snapped, her eyes wide with shock.
“Jet is not an animal!” I shouted at her. “Yes I agree the method he used was wrong but would he have been allowed to take me with him if he asked? No. Plus you don’t know half of the stuff that goes on! My father is a mafia, a dangerous criminal who works for the councils, a set of people who probably want world domination. Katie, humans are being trafficked to be turned into creatures…” I paused taking a deep breath.
Before I could continue, she interrupted me. “Wow, I cannot believe you are defending that man! This man has clearly tortured you, kept you away from your family for months and you stand here in front of me defending him? You are you?”
“He didn’t torture me!” I cried out. “This bruise you are seeing is from Jacob! I live with Jet for months, he would never hurt me! He would give his life protecting me and he promise…” I broke into a full-blown sob not believing that my best friend could doubt me, I know it has been a while but the fact that she would take Jacob’s side on this makes my heart break the more.
“Then how do you expect that bite on your neck?” She pointed towards where Jet had claimed me. “Emma, are you listening to yourself? This man is not even capable of feelings, he’s an animal not just anyone but a beast!” She shouted at me and I almost slapped her but I controlled my temper.
“This bite you are looking at means a different thing, Jet claimed me and I don’t have issues with it. I wanted to him because I love him, I’m his and our lives are linked together so Katie I don’t give two fucks about what you think. You are either with me, against me or in my way” I hissed at her in a dismissive tone. I was tired of having this conversation with her, to think I even thought she might help me out of here. Guess I would have to do it alone then.
“You are in love with your abductor? You are an educated girl Emma, I hope you know it’s a mental disorder” She laughed a little. “Let me remind you dear friend, it’s called Stockholm syndrome” She concluded.
“Shut up!” I screamed at her. “It could only be that if Jet tortured or abuse me! He did neither of those things. Please Katie, you cannot believe all this. You can’t trust Jacob, that man is a monster!” I cried.
“Shouldn’t that word be directed at the same person who kidnapped you?” Jacob interrupted. “Listen to that Katie, I rescued her but somehow I’m still the bad guy” He shook his head, leaning against the door frame.
To my shock, Katie went over to where he stood and kiss him on the lips not even caring I was standing there. I gaped at the two of them as they kissed and groped each other, of course! Why else would she be trying so hard to defend him?
“How long have you two been going out? Is it why I was gone? And you still want to get married to me? Katie, why would you support him getting married to me despite the fact you guys have something going on?” I couldn’t care less about the state of their affair but I was curious to know why Katie was playing along with him. Her betrayal does sting a lot because not only is she my best friend but my cousin as well.
“It’s fine, she has always been naive, dumb and confused” They laughed at that before Katie turn to look at me. “Jacob needs the alliance with your father to achieve bigger things for example, you are the only child of Dane Grayson but you are a girl so the Grayson’s empire will end up with whatever loser you end up marrying” She chuckled. “But my baby is not a loser, so let’s say you are worth a lot. I will be his real wife, we will have no use for you once the wedding is over” She finished.
“You are really crazy Katie, you are seriously going to betray your only living family? Does that know what you guys are planning behind him? I’m not surprised, this is something people like you are good at….” She slapped me before I could finish my sentence and I didn’t wait for it to get cold, I slapped her back and we attacked each other. Jacob was the one who pulled us away from one another.
“That’s enough” He turned towards me. “I will suggest you mince the way you talk, you might be used to that animal’s way of torturing you but you are not used to mine” His threat made me shiver in fear and I took a step back as he pulled Katie who was still struggling out of the room.
Once they were done, I collapsed on the floor not believing what is happening, my life was spinning out of control and there is basically nothing I could do about it. I managed to pull myself up from the floor to look out of the window, there were guards stationed everywhere. They had guns and other weapons I don’t even recognize on them.
Since my Mom left with my Dad, I have been praying and hoping she was okay. My mind flashed back to Claire, also hoping she healed from the injury. Tears roll down my face as I recalled my last moments with Jet and all the happy times I had with everyone. Jet can’t be dead, I thought to myself, I don’t want to lose him or anyone in the pack.
I ignore the pain in my neck, the same spot Jet had bitten me. I went over to the table where the telephone was kept, I tried to recall my Mom’s phone number and then pinch then in. It didn’t ring, it just kept cutting out and after a couple of attempts, I gave up. The pain in my neck was getting harder to ignore and I reach out to smooth it, surprised when I felt something wet there instead.
I look at my finger and gasped at the sight of the blood… “No, no, no, no” I don’t know what it means but if I’m bleeding from the same spot Jet had marked me then something is terribly wrong. It was either going to be something bad is about to happen or something bad is happening or about to happen.
I raced towards the door banging heavily on it. “Help! I’m bleeding!” I cried out.
A few seconds later the door was opened by an elderly woman, her eyes widened when she saw it. “Calm down, I’ll call Mr Xavier now” She assured me before rushing away.
I was getting dizzy with each passing second, I collapsed on the floor moaning in pain as my whole body started to burn. This sounded strangely similar to a spell Sophie had cast on me in the past but the only difference is I wasn’t bleeding or feeling this amount of pain!
“Do you think this is funny?” Katie hissed but paused when she saw me on the floor, Jacob stood there staring at me, his eyes wide with fury.
“What the fuck! You did not only give your virginity to that animal but you let him claim you!” He barked at me, Katie stare at him obviously confused. “You are nothing but a slut and you deserve to bleed to death! Your death will be a slow painful one and I’m dying to watch it” He said before walking away.
I screamed as another pain stabbed at me, Jacob must know what is happening to me but… The fact that I might die a slow painful death without seeing Jet again only seems to add to the pain.
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TBC