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“Wait. Let me get Declan to go with you into the restroom,” he said.
“Are you serious right now?” I asked him incredulously.
“Very,” he replied.
I shook my head. “I can go to the restroom by myself,” I told him and started that way.
He fell into step beside me. I looked at him and saw he was scanning the area.
“What are you doing?” I asked him.
“Going with you,” he said, his face tense.
“No,” I replied. “I am not letting you go to the bathroom with me. This is ridiculous,” I told him. “Did Blaise tell you to do this? Not let me go alone?”
He nodded.
I sighed and threw my hands up in the air. “Fine. I’ll go in and check the bathroom and let you know it is all clear. You stay out here.”
“Fine,” he replied, crossing his arms over his chest.
I went inside, and it was empty. Walking back over to the door, I stuck my head out and informed him I was alone. He could relax.
“I’ll be out here,” he replied.
I used the restroom, annoyed that Blaise had Saxon following me around. We were going to talk about this. He could worry about me being safe, but this was verging on insane. I walked out of the stall and went to the sink. Still thinking about Blaise and his demands.
When I looked up in the mirror, however, all those thoughts fell away. My gaze locked on the eyes staring out of the holes of a ski mask. I started to scream when the person moved fast. My scream was muffled by the cloth crammed in my mouth, pulling it back and tying it behind my head.
My heart started slamming against my chest, and I knew I had to do something. Kick, fight, anything. I spun around and kicked, swinging my arms. I was sure it was a man once I saw the body attached to the mask. Aiming for his crotch, my foot was caught in his hand, and I fell back, hitting my head on the sink.
Sharp pain vibrated through my skull as darkness began closing in, taking me under. I tried to fight against it as the wave covered me.
The throbbing in my head kept me from opening my eyes. I tried to figure out where I was and why my head was hurting. There was darkness when I slowly pried them open. Panic gripped me. I tried to move but realized my hands were tied together, and so were my feet. The rough, cold floor beneath my cheek felt like concrete. I blinked, and realized there was a blindfold over my eyes.
Was I dreaming?I fought hard to remember something.Where had I been last?The pain radiating from my skull made it difficult. I slowly inhaled from my nose. I could breathe. I needed to focus.
Tacos. I’d eaten tacos with Saxon … and Trev, Declan … and then we went to a movie. Trev had been beside me. I groaned as my head felt like it was trying to split in two. Long, deep breaths again through my nose.
I felt the vibration of the footsteps before I heard them.
I wasn’t alone.
The restroom. I’d been in the restroom, alone, but then I saw someone in a black mask in the mirror. Saxon had been outside the door.
This wasn’t a dream.
My head pounded again, reminding me how very real my pain was. I smelled blood then.Was it mine?
A deep voice began speaking, but it wasn’t English. I had barely passed Spanish in school, but I knew that wasn’t Spanish. I tried to concentrate on the words, but the excruciating pain in my head was making it impossible. Not that I would recognize the language anyway.
Another male voice spoke in the same language. There were two of them. I had only heard one walking, so the other must have already been here.
Had they been watching me try to move?I stayed frozen, barely breathing.
I felt the heaviness of the booted foot on my shoulder before he pressed down, rolling me over. The movement almost sent me back into the blank space. The pain was incredible and made it hard for me to stay conscious. He began talking again, and I did all I could to think about breathing. Just breathing.
Was Saxon here too? Had they taken him? Was he alive?God, I hoped he wasn’t hurt because he had been trying to keep me safe. He’d been doing what Blaise had asked.
