Page 22 of Women Love Wraiths

Just as I slung my bag over my shoulder another scream filled my ears, and it sounded just like my best friend.

Chapter 17

The bag thudded to the ground and I sprinted toward the sound of a woman’s voice screeching in the night. Jenna’s voice. I was sure of it. What the actual fuck was going on? Why was she here in my woods?

“Jenna!” I called, the leaves rustling as I flew past them.

I wasn’t sure how far my steps had taken me until I was out of the woods and in the sparsely populated portion of the cemetery. I came up with nothing after searching every gravestone in my view.

After walking to my right, I strained with my better-than-perfect vision to see the headstones in the distance. There was no one in the graveyard that I could see and my pulse skyrocketed. Jenna was in danger. I knew it was her. I had to find her. There could be another person like my own attacker lurking in here and Jenna wouldn’t stand a chance. She hadn’t fought anyone a day in her life.

“Rae, goddamn it, where the fuck are you?” I screeched, pissed that she’d left. If Jenna was in trouble and her life was in danger, why wasn’t Rae here to help her?

A crash sounded in the underbrush back in the woods. Farther right than where I’d exited. I sprinted toward the sound, uncaring that I could be running into danger myself. I wouldn’t hesitate to put myself in danger for Jen. She was the most important person in my life despite the recent disagreements.

When I hit the treeline, I stopped, stealth mode kicking in. I didn’t want to give my presence away so I slinked through the trees like a fox. A feminine groan laced with agony met my ears and I made my way toward it, trying to be as quiet as I could.

“You, bitch. You thought you would get away with the way you’ve been acting to me recently?” A maniacal laugh pierced the still night. “No, you don’t get to dictate what I do and how I spend my time. Let alone go through my fucking phone.”

My blood ran cold. Alex.

“I’m sorry,” Jenna cried. “Please, just let me go and I’ll never bother you again. I shouldn’t have looked at your phone. I should’ve just talked to you.”

Alex huffed as I stepped through the trees and the pair came into view. Jenna was lying on the ground and Alex towered over her as if he’d thrown her down. I stepped behind the largest tree trunk I saw, fearing the darkness wouldn’t be enough to conceal me.

“There’s no undoing the past, Jenna. You did what you did and now I’m going to do what I’m going to do.”

I was paralyzed as confusion swirled in my mind. What the actual fuck was going on? What was he going to do?

“Alex, no. I’m sorry. I’ll never bother you again if you just let me go. You can go be with all the other women⁠—”

Slap.

Rage boiled my blood as Jenna’s head snapped sideways from the blow. My fury got my limbs moving again and I ran the short distance to them. Stopping a few feet away, I balled my fists at my sides to keep myself from launching at Alex and beating the shit of him. He was much bigger than me, but I didn’t care.

“Back the fuck off, Alex,” I growled. “Get the hell out of here. Leave her alone.”

Alex whipped his head toward me, his features seething.

“Jade, no,” Jenna whispered, as Alex sauntered toward me.

When he was an inch from my face, he smirked. “Well, who do we have here? Jenna’s little bitch girlfriend. Wow, I didn’t expect to beat two sluts within an inch of their lives, but I’ll take it.”

I spat in his face. “You motherfucker. Leave.”

His mouth crept into a demonic smile, his breath hot on my cheek. “I think I’ll stay. Two bitches for one. It’s my lucky day. Tell me, what is it that’s so special about you? I tried to get Jenna to stop being your little whore for months, but she never shut up about you.”

What the fuck?

“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” I said.

Alex leaned back, putting much-needed foot of distance between us and crossed his arms. “Oh come on, I know you two fuck all the time since you both love women so much.”

“I told you, we've only ever been friends!” Jenna yelled.

I smirked, stepping toward him and bringing my face close to his once more. “Even if we had a fucking choice, why wouldn’t we love women when asshole men like you exist? No fucking thank you.”

Alex’s hand shot out to wrap around my throat. His fingers dug into the sides of my neck and crushed my esophagus. I gasped, trying to get air into my lungs before I kicked my leg out in an attempt to catch his balls with my knee. He dodged my efforts and I twisted this way and that trying to get free from his grasp.