*Flashforward*
I could taste the sourness of the bile in my mouth, begging to be expelled. But I was frozen, what had I done? The warm sensation of his blood against my skin made me want to scrub off the top layer of skin. I stared wide eyed at his lifeless body. Oh god. Running to the bathroom, I made it just in time to expel the contents of my stomach.
Crawling back to where his body lay, I curled up in a ball on the floor, sticking to the corner not wanting to be sitting in the pool of blood, letting my tears run loose. My sobs unmercifully rang out through the apartment as I kept my eyes glued onto the gun that I had just fired.
I had killed him.
*Present time*
(Embry POV)
There was a strong sense of Deja-vu as the similar burning of my lungs and muscles made themselves known. After this I swear I’m never exercising again. I internally screamed for joy seeing a town coming up so close after only having run for about three minutes.
This was an impulsive decision I’ll admit, and it wasn’t meant to have worked for as much as it did but I wasn’t going to mess it up. My thoughts had been racing just as fast as my heart ever since I had left that car but I think I finally had a plan that would work.
I knew going to the police station here would be risky, it would be the first place Noah would go, I also knew I couldn’t return home before going to the police. That left me with one more option, get on some form of transport, get as far away from here as I can and then go to the police and watch from the sidelines as Noah rotted in prison.
I picked up my pace as I saw the sign for a train station in front of me. I knew I would need to change my appearance slightly, I would be lucky if he didn’t have any of those creepy men always in his house in the station but there was nothing more I could do about it. The police station was a dead obvious place but here, I had a chance and that was enough for me.
Finally reaching it, I threw some of the money I had run off with into the machine and got a ticket for the farthest stop. I felt giddy as the train appeared in front of me, the taste of freedom lingering on my tongue.
Searching for a free seat, I scurried towards the end of the carriage with very few people, making sure to hide behind my hair. Taking the seat closest to the door I was prepared incase I needed to make a quick escape.
This was the furthest I think I had ever gotten, and all by myself. I let a sense of pride bubble warmly in my chest, maybe I didn’t need Noah. I let my mind drift off as the train ride continued, presuming I had gotten on the train about seven to ten minutes after I left the car and I had been on it for around fifteen minutes now I was ecstatic. Twenty-five minutes or so of freedom already and they felt just as good as I had imagined, granted I was ignoring the constant fear within me and the looming thought that Noah would be disappointed in me. No, I couldn’t be that girl today, no more chronic people pleaser for me.
I could feel my heart rate rocket again as an older man sat directly beside me. I was trying to tell myself it was paranoia but with all the free seats around us, I knew that most likely, nothing good would come from this. Pushing myself as close to the window as I could, I stared wide-eyed as he held a phone towards me.
“A call for you miss” his gruff voice echoed in my mind. I couldn’t run because he was blocking my exit from the seat, oh crap. “I-I’m sorry, I think you’re mistaken” I smiled, hoping he would realise he was in fact wrong and get up and leave. “Take the phone Embry”, his voice was void of any emotion. I could feel my breaths becoming shallow and quick as I reached a shaky hand out to grab the phone.
Holding it to my ear, I willed myself not to cry, it wasn’t over yet. “H-hello” I whimpered, expecting to hear his furious voice shouting profanities at me. “Hey princess, I see we’ve issued a little escape plan from my brother, you didn’t go to the police straight away, that was very smart on your part” furrowing my eyebrows in confusion I realised it was Sebastian.
“H-how did you-“, “it wasn’t hard to find you Embry, not when you have skills like mine.” Despite my predicament I didn’t pass up the opportunity to roll my eyes at his arrogance, “it’s okay, I’d be rethinking my decision on which brother I should be with too if I was you, your little bitch boy couldn’t even find you himself” he snorted.
“I guess that’s why he has you” I whispered hollowly knowing I was going to be in deep shit once Noah got to me. “Tsk, tsk, not so fast princess, have some faith in me please, I’m not going to tell Noah where you are” shooting upright in my seat I tried to figure out if I had heard him wrong.
“You’re not? Why?” I eyed the door to the carriage expecting Noah to burst through any moment. “I won’t under certain conditions, no police and no parents, if you can manage for six months without him finding you, I’ll bring you to the police myself but if you think of breaking any of my terms, well let’s just say it’s obvious I can have men on you in less than a minute and then you’re all his.”
“Why would you do that, I thought you didn’t like me?” I shot back trying to figure out just what exactly was happening. “You aren’t particularly my favourite person no, but I find you quite interesting, I didn’t expect you to last this long, especially being so trusting and naive, I want to see the kind of things you will do plus I’m bored”, about to make a comment he beats me to it.
“And anyway, our father may be a douche but he values his reputation a lot, he has the police under his thumb, it would have been a waste of an escape attempt, now it can be exciting. I also need to get my back on Noah for beating the shit out of me several times.”
I had no idea what to say, this was all very crazy and nothing like I expected. “S-so what do I do?” I question, “You don’t go to the police and don’t return to your old house unless you feel like walking back into your husband’s oh so loving embrace, and of course don’t get caught.”
Weakly, my lips tilted up into a smile, it was another chance, six month, I could do it. “How do I know I can trust that once the six months are up I’ll finally be free?,” biting the inside of my cheek I tried to ignore the looming presence of the man still beside me.
“You can’t, but it’s the best option you have,” shutting my eyes I sucked a deep breath in, “okay, I’ll accept your deal.” “I always knew you were a smart one princess,” about to pull the phone from my ear and hang up I was stopped. “Oh and Embry” he spoke lowly, “I know in some ways I’m a lot worse than my brother, but I would never drag somebody into this life like he has, so don’t screw this attempt up because you never deserved any of it” and with that he hung up the phone.
What. Was. That.
(Noah’s POV)
Wiping the blood from my hands, I slide into the front seat of the car that was brought to me. Driving away from the massacre I had just created. It was time to go and find my little bug.
The concept of a speed limit was not a thing to me as I raced back towards the house, the hour drive being pushed down to thirty minutes. Bounding into the house I raced towards the office I knew Sebastian would be sat in. I watched as he pulled his phone down from his ear, clearly having been on a call, not having even sensed my presence.
“Where is she?” I demanded, pacing around the room, conjuring up different ways to punish her once I got my hands on her. “Hello to you too little brother” he smirked, not thinking twice I pulled the vase from the shelf to my left and shot it towards him. “WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK” he yelled, jumping back from the glass which shattered against the wood in front of him.
“I’m not in the mood for your games Sebastian, now unless you want me to cut off your dick and shove it down your throat, tell me where she is” I threatened, feeling myself lose a piece of sanity for every moment I knew she was slipping further from me. “Okay, okay, look I have men at every police station, taxi rank, bus stop, train station for the next five towns over, there’s been no sign of her at all.”
Screaming out, I felt as though my blood was on fire, running through every inch of me, burning me. Picking random crap from the shelves and table I threw them with as much force against the walls, floor and windows, basking in the pleasure the sound of destruction gave off.
“I can’t lose her, I refuse to lose her” my body became weak with all the emotions pulsating through me as I fell to my knees, clutching my chest. The pain was excruciating, I had been shot, stabbed, burnt and whipped but no pain was comparable with this one. Not when they had dragged me from her in that courtroom and not when the only connection I had with her while in jail was in my imagination.
I could feel the unfamiliar warm liquid trail down my face at the feeling of loss that surrounded me. I was going to find her, and I was going to make her feel twice the amount of pain she was causing me right now.
Enjoy your freedom while it lasts little bug, because you’ll never be leaving my side again.