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My upper arm hurts. It’s already bruising from where he grabbed me... the man in the ski mask.
God, I’d been so scared as he threw me against the wall and held the knife to my throat.
“Tell your boyfriend he’d better fall in line if he doesn’t want to be fucking a corpse,” he’d rasped against my ear as his hands clawed at my body as if it was his to touch.
Bile rushes up my throat and I retch. Conner relaxes his hold on me. “Fuck, Hadley, talk to me. I can’t help you if—"
“Cole...” I whisper. I need Cole. I need to warn him. My fingers dig into Conner’s stomach as I fist his t-shirt.
Headlights light up the darkness surrounding us, and Conner scrambles to his feet, flagging down the car. Doors open and slam, and then footsteps grow louder.
“Hadley?” Remi’s voice grounds me and I lift my head, meeting her concerned gaze. “What happened?”
“I-I...”
“I think she’s in shock,” Conner says.
“Where is she?” The anger in Cole’s voice makes me tremble.
“You need to relax,” someone says, but I’m starting to crash.
“Conner,” I croak, “I don’t feel so good.”
“Shit.” He crouches down and brushes hair from my face.
“Maybe we should take her to the ER.”
“No,” I breathe. “I just need to rest.”
And forget all about his rancid breath and the feel of his weight pressed up against me as he taunted me.
Another shudder rolls through me and Conner cusses under his breath.
“Someone help me get her,” he says, and it’s Ace who helps lift my limp body off the cold ground.
“Who the fuck did this to you?” Cole gets right in my face, and for a second, I see two dark eyes staring at me through the ski mask. “Please, don’t hurt me,” I whimper.
“Fuck, Dove... I wouldn’t... Fuck,” he roars, and Ace slips around me, shielding me.
“You need to back off. She’s scared and in shock. Conner and Remi can take her back to the house. You can come ride with me and sober the fuck up.”
“Whatever.” He storms off toward Remi’s car.
“Take her,” Ace says to Conner who has a vise-like grip on my waist. “We’ll meet you at the house.”
“Don’t let him do anything stupid.”
They share a lingering look and then Ace is gone.
“Come on, Hads.” Remi slips my arm over her shoulder. “You’re safe now.”
I must fall asleep, because the next thing I know, Remi is gently shaking my arm. “We’re here,” she says.
“W-What?”
“At the house. Come on.”
“Your mom—"
