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“I won’t let them hurt you.”
“Newsflash, Noah,” she said, turning her head to look at him. “You’re tied to a wall, and you couldn’t even touch them. You shouldn’t be making promises that you’re not going to be able to keep.”
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Noah had no way of knowing how much time had passed. Sitting in silence, listening to Skye breathe in and out and occasionally sigh, didn’t exactly help matters.
His throat hurt.
The guy could have crushed it. The strength; Noah had never come up against someone intent on hurting him.
Seeing the way they held Skye, touching her, assessing her, every single part of him was screaming to get the hell out. That he had to get her to safety. He didn’t like her being on display. She had a whole lot of curves that he’d been surprised about. Skye, to everyone at school, was the bigger girl, the fat girl. Right now, he just wanted to protect her.
This was really fucking bad.
They’d been kidnapped. He had no way of knowing where they were, and to top it off, their interest in Skye creeped him out.
He wiped at his head, feeling how sluggish his body was. Every inch of him ached, and he couldn’t find the strength to move even a part of himself.
Skye fell asleep, and her head landed on his shoulder. He didn’t even have the energy to nudge her off. One glance at her and he couldn’t do it. She looked so exhausted.
The cuffs gave him some room to move, just not a lot of freedom around the small room. He moved Skye down, helping her so that her head rested on his lap.
“I don’t need to sleep,” she said, mumbling.
“You’re fine. Go to sleep.” He stroked her brown hair and watched as she snuggled against his leg. She rolled over so that she faced his body. The angle looked really uncomfortable to him, but she seemed to enjoy it so he didn’t see a reason to move her. When she finally woke up, they’d have to talk about their situation, about what was going to happen to them.
He had no doubts it was going to be a nightmare.
No way had anyone ever come home from a kidnapping situation and talked about how much they enjoyed being away. It wasn’t a vacation but hell.
One look around the room and already he was in hell.
Hours passed, or at least it felt like hours, and after some time, he closed his eyes, falling asleep, only to be woken up as Skye gasped.
“What is it?” he asked, rubbing at his eyes. The cuffs were still on his wrists.
“Nothing. Nothing is wrong.” She got up and started to pace the cell.
“Are you okay?”
“Yeah, I’m fine.”
He watched her, noticing the way she pressed her thighs together and walked across the room.
“You need to pee,” he said.
“Don’t. I’m fine.”
The toilet was right in the corner.
“Go,” he said.
She shook her head, going to the bed across from him, sitting down and bouncing a little.
“I’m fine.”
“Skye, this is ridiculous. Just go to the bathroom.”
