I followed Adam down the short corridor, but not before a string of protests were thrown around by Leah and Maggie that they should see him first. At first, I declined, trying to let family who knew him first see him before his pain medicine kicked in, but Adam declined, insisting that I had to go first. I felt terrible, I did, but this is what he wanted. The hallway was longer than I imagined it to be, with a small set of stairs that led down. The new corridor we were in only had two doors, Adam stood outside the door of the room that was furthest down the hallway, turning to look at me, "Go ahead." I stood there for a moment, unsure of what to do, so instead, I stalled for just a bit longer. "Is he in the confused state yet? Or is he still coherent?" "Still coherent, he's only on a morphine drip. It honestly doesn't do too much, but they're going to increase it in the later stages." He spoke quietly, crossing his arms against his chest. "What is it?" I murmured, wanting to know what
"There's a bonfire tonight, Isabella. It's to celebrate your return... You should come." Mary spoke as she slid into her parent's car. "It is for you, after all." Leah smarted off, snorting, sliding in behind her. I gritted my teeth, trying not to be hostile on my first day back. Why was she so damn rude? I shoved my hands into the pocket of my hoodie as I watched them get into their vehicle to leave. That was my only saving grace and respite from the rude family member I had. I didn't expect to have any problems with anyone until after Grandpa passed, not the first damn day."She's probably tired. You don't have to go if you don't want to, Bella." Adam said, closing the door behind his daughters, rolling his eyes, knowing that his daughter was being rude. "Sorry," he mouthed before opening his door and leaning on it. "No, I'll go.. It'll be rude if I don't." I shrugged, knowing that Leah would have to deal with me again tonight. Plus, I didn't want to give her any more ammo to use for
The night went much longer than I wanted, so I left Maggie alone to find her own ride home. I was exhausted and the feeling in my bones I had from earlier seemed to be staying for good. After my interaction with the real Alexander, I seemed to be on vibrate, like everything in me was moving and itching to figure out more- more about him. I wanted to get out of there, I didn't like the way it shook me to the core. It was bizarre. This whole thing was weird. Everything about this place felt off like there was something they weren't telling me. I especially didn't like how they were all so afraid of this Alexander guy, sure, he was intimidating as hell, and yeah, he was hot. But I didn't like how Maggie seemed to be scared of him, and I knew that she didn't know him. Why was everyone was so scared of him? I just wanted to sleep it off, and hope tomorrow would be different. Because if this was how things were going to go, I didn't know if I would last two weeks here before I had to leave
I sat in the dark closet for hours until heavy, swift footfalls approached the bathroom door. I pushed myself up against the shelves, trying to get away from whoever was growing closer. My heart raced, and I worried that I would pass out from fear. Or have a heart attack. In that case, I just hoped that I would die and whoever was in the house with me would see that I was dead and leave my poor body alone. But that wasn't the case. The person opened the bathroom door, making me cover my mouth, trying to hide my heavy and ragged breathing. I screamed when the door opened, my eyes wide until I saw a familiar face. It was my Uncle Adam. I had never been so happy to see a stranger in my life. I jumped into his arms, "What's going on?" I hiccuped. He enveloped his large arms around me, sweeping me off my feet, "I don't have time to explain, Isabella. It's not safe right now; we have to leave." He expressed it as calmly as possible."Why? Why isn't it safe, Adam?" I spoke as he carried me,
I ran into the forest, and the sounds of birds and other woodland creatures echoed around me. In any other circumstance, I may have been enchanted by the woods.I glanced over my shoulder to see the two men standing at the edge of the woods, watching me, almost as if they couldn't follow me here. I slowed down, watching them. They wouldn't come into the woods with me. It was like there was a barrier between us. I wasn't sure why they would chase me through town but wouldn't follow me in here, where there was no one. I didn't want to overthink it; instead, I turned and continued into the undergrowth. My feet were stinging from the needles and pokey things on the ground. It was frigid here. The lack of sunlight made it even cooler. Now that I wasn't running, my body heat dropped again. It had to be in the lower 50's at least, something that I wasn't used to. I knew I would have to find somewhere to exit, to get back to my grandparent's house. I had to get to my phone, wallet, and everyt
I didn't know my way around the spacious house, and I didn't want to get lost. So I stayed put on the stairs and waited until Alexander or someone came around to help me. Not that I minded too much anyway, my body was sore from the amount of running I had done. Yeah, sure, I was a nurse, but I didn't have to run that much. Also, I was warming up from the chilly outdoors. My skin felt less and less like shards of ice were slicing me open from the cold, bitter New England air. I don't really know how long I had sat there when someone opened the front door, causing me to jump slightly. I peeked up to see Alexander entering the house, his massive shoulders covered by dark tattoos and a sheen of sweat and what looked like dirt. He had a pair of loose-fitting joggers that hung loosely around his hips and a dark shirt in his hand.The door latched behind him, his cool blue eyes on me for a moment. He sighed before strolling past me to the room on the right side of the house. I made a face, h
I sat there at the table for longer than I ever wanted, listening to conversations that I knew nothing about. In a weird way, I liked that I was included, but I didn't want to be here at the same time. Maggie and Adam were talking about some sort of ceremony in a month's time, my Aunt Adelaide had left the table to talk with Leah and Charlotte about dresses being altered or something. So I was left alone to wonder when I would be able to leave, I was dreadfully tired still, my body even sorer right now than it was a few hours ago. I had eaten enough to fill my stomach for now, and all I wanted to do was go back to my appointed room to be alone. But that didn't seem to be an option. "Isabella," James's voice spoke from beside me, "nice to see you alive." I turned to look at him, "If this is your version of conversation, please, go make it with someone else." I rolled my eyes. Something about James made my blood boil, he was just naturally annoying for some reason. I heard Adam snort,
I sat on the edge of Alexander's bed, puffing out my cheeks as I waited for him to finish his shower. His threat bounced around my mind like a ping-pong ball. Was he even as attracted to me as I was to him? Pulling my knees to my chest, I stared at the dark wall. I didn't know what to do, I definitely didn't want to look around his room, I didn't want him to get angry with me. I really didn't want to be on that end of the stick, I saw firsthand what it could turn into. And there was no way I would be able to survive that, no way. I thought Alexander was going to be peaceful and try to end things without an altercation, but instead, James took the violent path and was most likely hurting right about now. I jerked, the noise of the bathroom door opening suddenly made me drop my legs, so fast that I almost fell out of the bed. "I'm surprised you're still here." Alexander rumbled, crossing the room to his closet. I noticed he was only in a towel, his hand keeping a firm grip on his cloth