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It wasn’t anything I hadn’t already heard or expected: keep my mouth shut, focus on the job, and don’t make the mistake of allowing someone to touch what was his. Ugh, the sick fuck. He basically used every classic trick in the book to try to intimidate and scare me into submission. I wasthrilledwhen it was officially time to leave.
That shit might’ve worked on me in the beginning, but it didn’t do shit to me now. I made him think it did though. I figured out fairly quick how to work Damien, which was whyIwas the only female in the club he never physically laid a hand on or sexually assaulted. The rules were simple; agree to what he says, don’t question his authority, and if he ordered you to suck his cock—no matter how disgustingly sick it is and how repulsed it made you feel—just fucking do it. It was better than being beaten and raped for not following instructions the first time.
Fuck Damien.As of about ten minutes ago, he wasnotthe boss of me anymore. I was finallyfreeto do whatever the fuck I wanted for a change.
Storm Ridge Academy wasn’t that long of a commute from the club. About an hour south from the city depending on the traffic. It was Sunday and as I glanced at my phone, it was just a little past noon, which meant I’d be arriving either a quarter or half past one in the afternoon, giving me all day to get settled in and begin my preparations.
A sense of calmness fluttered through me the further Finn drove me away from the city and I sighed, closing my eyes to relish the moment.
Then my phone buzzed.
Jace:It’s not too late, Kitten.
I gaped wide-eyed at the screen then looked up and over to the passenger seat where he was sitting. He’d just hit SEND on another message.
Say yes and I’ll kill him. We’ll have a two-hour head start before Dad ever realizes we’re gone.
My heart slowly shattered, the ache settling low in my tummy. Why wouldn’t he let it go? Couldn’t he see I was doomed? Thatwewere doomed?
Trust me, I’d already considered my escape at least a thousand times, way before things between me and Jace had ever turned intimate.It wouldn’t work.His father had this sick, twisted infatuation with me. An obsession that would undoubtedly compel him into killing us both for trying to escape.
And even if we did try, he'd find us. We wouldn’t make it half a day on the run before we’d be dodging bullets.
It hurt like fucking hell to do it but I had to follow my heart. So, I shook my head and darkened the display, letting the silence of my reply speak for itself.
The whole ride, my heart was in my throat. For someone who told herself not to get emotionally involved, Jace really knew how to fuck with a woman’s emotional health.
“One mile to go.”
I unclipped my seatbelt then and scooted over to the middle seat, inching closer to the edge so I could see better. Nerves shot through my body as I took in the exit sign with the arrow pointing us towards my destination.
I hadn’t a clue where the fuck we were. Storm Ridge Valley was a big city that stretched on for miles and miles, but as I studied Finn’s GPS, it showed that the academy itself was hidden from plain sight somewhere near the county line, down a narrow-graveled path surrounded by acres upon acres of woods.
Fuck, I was starting to get anxious, but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t excited to hop the fuck out of this car and get on with my new adventure already.
Easy, Samara. You’re not in Outlaw territory anymore. Tread lightly and be alert. Anything could happen here.
My inner voice was smart, so I nodded to myself, agreeing not to fuck around and accidently get myself killed from going overboard with curiosity.
“We’re here.”
We reached the end of the bumpy road and ahead of us was a gate, a large cast-iron gate with the name of the academy engraved decoratively in its center. It began to open inward, allowing us to finally pull up and into the academy. There were additional arrows instructing us on how to get to the parking lots but Finn ignored them and pulled straight up to the front entrance.
I jumped out the car, gasping hard as I took in a humongous water fountain resting in the heart of campus. It was so big you could practically go swimming in the thing. Hell, I bet some of the students already have.
Eww. Nevermind.I’d just envisioned myself floating around in a mixture of water and piss. Looks like Iwon’tbe taking a harmless, drunken birdbath in the school fountain now.
What a fucking waste of a brilliant idea.
“Samara,” Finn called out to me. “They’re waiting for you.”
I heard what he said but I was too preoccupied picking my mouth up from off the pavement to care. This place was fuckinghuge,like‘Hello your Royal Majesty’huge. It stood hundreds of feet high, and God knows how many feet wide. The arches, the giant towers branched apart on either side. It felt like I was standing outside of Hogwarts.
And this was just thefrontof the building.
How the fuck was I supposed to navigate myself around this goddamn fortress of—
“Samara!”
