AllFreeNovel
Share Us
He blinks and nods, moving out of the way for me. I don’t think any more about it as I race to the toilet. “One of these days, baby, you’re going to make a scene.” I sigh as I quickly pee before washing my hands.
Someone knocks on the door. “Just a minute,” I call out, and groan when they continue. Drying my hands, I walk over and unlock the door. It’s that man and he has a weird look on his face.
“Ummm, are you okay?” I ask and he shakes his head.
“No, I need you to come with me. It's not safe here for you,” he mumbles, and my heart starts to race when I see the gun in his hand.
I place a hand on my baby bump and pray that one of my guys shows up.
“I… I don't understand. Who are you? Why are you here?” I ask. My hands start to shake and I feel a panic attack coming. “Did… Draven send you?” I gasp, and he gently reaches out to touch my cheek.
A small whimper escapes my lips, and tears fill my eyes.
“Please. Please, don't hurt me or my baby,” I cry, and he gives me a smile. Shivers run down my spine at the glimpse of his teeth.
“I would never hurt you, Chastity. You're mine,” he says, then presses the weapon into my side and leads me into the hidden tunnel, away from my men and my family.
Please, God, don't let this happen.
LEVI
“You are trouble, Little Man. Just like your daddy,” I say to Elijah as he giggles. After quickly bathing the juice off of him, and changing both of our clothes, he decided that it was a good time to have the shits.
I tried to text one of the guys or my wife to bring us another change of clothes for him, but I left my phone on the table with my jacket. So, for now, Elijah is wearing a light blue onesie, that was once Romeo’s, and I don’t give a shit.
Walking back to the party, taking the stairs instead of the passageways, I stop and look around. I thought I heard someone whimpering, but no one’s there. Ugh, I need some fucking sleep. Between Chastity and her pregnancy hormones keeping us up all night for sex, and Elijah waking up because he’s teething, I’m exhausted.
I think Bast and Jonas can be on baby duty tonight, and I’ll take my wife out to the cabin for some alone time. I can tell she's been stressed helping Tempest plan Romeo’s birthday party.
Elijah’s stomach grumbles and I sigh. “Let’s get you to mommy for a meal, Little Man,” I say, then continue through the empty halls and back out to the courtyard. All of the Academy students are in Mass right now, and I know Mother Cross is going to make us all attend before we leave.
She’s adamant to save all of our souls. She sees our unorthodox relationship as a sin. Not that we care. I married Chastity, and I support her decision to love whoever she wants.
“There’s my big guy,” Bast says with a giant smile as he walks over to us. He takes Elijah from my arms, and I search for my Little Sinner. Tempest and Otto are laughing as Romeo smushes cake in Jacob’s face, and my dad is taking photos.
“Where’s Chas?” I ask Jonas and he looks around too, as if just noticing she’s not here.
“She had to use the bathroom, but that was a while ago. Maybe she sat down and dozed off somewhere,” he suggests. I roll my eyes. She did that last week while we were grocery shopping. Found a bench and decided to take a nap while nursing Elijah.
“I’ll go find her,” I mutter, then turn toward the garden. They have some benches under the trees in the shade. As I enter through the small gate, I freeze.
Chastity isn’t there, but a ghost is. I blink a few times, then rub my eyes. He hasn’t noticed me yet, and is sitting on a bench, with his head in his hands, but I know it’s him.
“What the fuck are you doing here, Ash?” I growl, surprising him. He looks up at me. His golden eyes are red, and he seems to be upset about something. “You need to leave. You have no idea what you put my family through. Months they looked for you. Not sleeping or eating. Where the fuck were you?”
“Levi, I…” He seems lost for words, but that’s not going to fly. I laugh and shake my head, then turn and leave him there. “Wait, Levi, I… fuck,” he roars, and I spin back around, moving into his face until we are chest to chest.
He’s bulked up and has tattoos now, but I’m still taller than him.
“You don’t understand. I had to go. You know I owed a boon to The Society, and when they say now, they mean it. I can’t talk about it though, you know the fucking rules,” Ash growls.
Blowing out a breath, I keep walking as he follows. The funny thing is that he’s right. I can’t fault him, because The Locked Souls Society’s rules are law. There’s a whole section of it I don’t even know about. I’ve only heard whispers about it.
I’m still fucking pissed though. Because if he’s telling the truth, that means that Jacob has been lying to us this whole fucking time.
“Do you know how many nights I held Chastity as she cried?” I ask him, stalking back to the family he had to leave without a word. “We were ruined for months. The only thing that helped pull her out of it was when she started to feel the baby move.”
“Baby…” Ash says, as if confused at the thought.
