NessaMy head hurt, and my heart hung heavy. My body was unwilling to move as I lay upon my bed still dressed in the skimpy outfit that Becca had made me wear. My mind raced over the situations of my past and as much as I tried to shake them away, I couldn’t. It was like I could see Trevor standing before me, his voice lingering in my ears but on the other hand, I knew that wasn’t real. I knew that he wasn’t here because he couldn’t be.Even though he had found me last week in JD’s bar.The fear that had crept through me the moment that I had seen him was something I never wanted to experience again. I had worked so hard at avoiding him and it seemed like no matter how far I got, he always found me.I didn’t hear my door when it opened, but the moment a hand touched my skin, I jerked back out of fear. My eyes flashed towards the figure as my mind slowly calmed down realizing that it was just Becca. She was no longer dressed in the attire she had worn out. Instead, her hai
After hours of arguing with myself last night about how things went with Nash and my minor mental breakdown, I finally drifted off to sleep in the wee hours of the morning. However, it didn’t last long. After only a few hours of sleep, I found myself awake again with a throbbing migraine and the realization of promising to meet Becca at eight. Dark glasses on and my hair piled on top of my head, I sat outside under the morning sun, sipping on the cold brew I had ordered twenty minutes before. The ice slowly melted as I relished the feeling of the warm morning rays shining down on my skin.It wasn’t unlike Becca to be late, and as I scanned the courtyard where I perched, I watched her rush from the double doors of the dorm building and head straight for me. I glanced down at my phone to see that it was a quarter to nine, a scoff leaving my throat as I shook my head.Her hair was thrown up just like mine, and the white tank top and black leggings she wore spoke to her unwillingnes
I never really thought that my time at the gym could be as eventful as it was, nor did I consider it giving me a lot of time to think. But considering Nash’s ever-watchful eye was glued to me as I tried to rage on by burning as many calories as possible, it provided to be insightful.My body was fully aware of his presence no matter which area he moved to. Whether it was weights or even him doing pushups on the blue floor mat, I knew he was there. Of course, when he did that…I couldn’t help but admire in from the corner of my eye.The way the sweat glistened off his body when his muscles rippled with every movement he made. Or the way his shorts rode up just a little bit higher, not doing anything to hide the bulge of his cock and making my mouth water. This man-made my mind do sinful things, and as much as I wanted to pretend that he didn’t affect me, I couldn’t.With sweat dripping over my brow, I finally made my way towards the last part of my set up. The ever painful, pull-up
For a week I managed to avoid Nash and his buddies at all costs. However, that had also meant that I had avoided Noah and oftentimes Becca. Her and Sasha’s texts came through my phone on a daily basis as I seemed to completely cut myself off from everyone. It wasn’t that I no longer wanted to speak with them, it was simply that my mind was so tapped out, and I was so angry all the time over everything that had happened in my life that I didn’t know how to deal.The day I left Nash in the gym I tried to ignore everything that had happened with him, but I couldn’t. My mind swirled around the idea of what my life could have been like had I never had the issues with Trevor, had my mom never died and left me to protect myself. Everything in my life had been planned out, but the moment she remarried, my entire future was tossed to the flames and a different version of me had been born. A version of me that I hated more than anything.The fact I had actually thought coming to this scho
NashLeaving Vanessa was harder than I thought it was going to be. I hadn’t gone to her room with the intention of doing what I did, but I couldn’t resist myself. All I had wanted was to talk to her. To try and start my pursuit of her to show her she could trust me, but instead, that fell apart. Something about her made me, different. Something about her drove me crazy. The moment I stepped out of the dorm building, my phone was ringing off the hook. I’d tried to ignore the buzzing from my pocket when I was pleasing her from the text messages coming through, but I knew it was only going to cause issues afterward. “Yes,” I stated with a grunt as I answered my phone, overly annoyed at the interruption. My phone going off was the main reason, but my cock was straining in my pants and not deep inside her was part of it. “Is there a problem with your phone?” a burly irritated voice echoed from through the phone. “Because there must be considering you didn’t get back to me righ
By eight o’clock in the evening, I found myself sitting in the library, staring at the same book that I had been reading for the last four hours, unable to concentrate. The campus library stayed open till eight-thirty during the weekdays for students and though I had a paper due in one of my classes, the thought of reading ‘Ethics for the Modern World’ wasn’t appetizing.Letting out a heavy groan of annoyance, I slammed the book closed and sat back in my chair, my eyes cast towards the ceiling as I pinched the bridge of my nose, trying to figure out a way to keep myself focused. I had never had an issue when it came to getting my classwork done or focusing. However, since Nash came into my life, it was one thing after another and the clusterfuck of emotions that followed suit hadn’t done anything to help my studying.Standing to my feet, I prepared to put the book back on the shelf where I had found it when the deep sound of a man’s voice stopped me in my tracks. My eyes quickly
NessaI wasn’t sure why I thought I made myself clear to Nash last night enough that he would leave me alone, but I guess I hadn’t. When I stepped out of my building this morning, I was glad that I had dressed warm. Fall had really sat in and the cold temperatures where enough to make me shiver and thank the stars that I had decided to wear my wine-colored chunky sweater this morning.That was until I made my way halfway through the courtyard and got distracted by the irritating, overly enthusiastic laughter coming from none other than the bitch who had tried to stake her claim on Nash the day before. Only this time, her laughter wasn’t because she was tormenting me.But because of something Nash had said to her.His arms were circled around her waist while he sat upon his bike, her face leaned into his as she smacked a piece of gum in her mouth. Her hair styled high into a ponytail was decorated with a few random braids that accentuated her long neck, leading down to her cu
Seeing as I had made a huge spectacle over not caring that Nash was with Julia, and also that I was going to be going out for Halloween, I actually had to go. The internal cringe of having to actually make it seem like I was moving on past him was something I hadn’t wanted to do. Not because him being with someone else bothered me but because I didn’t actually want to go out with Becca.But there was no backing out now. Taking an Uber with Becca a few days after the incident with Nash and Julia, I found myself roaming around the center of town. My nerves were on edge due to the possibility that Trevor was still around. My eyes constantly found the face of every man who passed on the street corner as if he was everywhere. Call it paranoia if you want, but after everything he had put me through, one could never be too careful.Would it stop? Would my heart stop racing all over again when I turned the corner and saw his face looming over mine? To be trapped in his grip again felt l
~Two Months Later~Unknown POVEverything had gone as planned, at least in a way. I had worked too hard to play it cool. To pretend that I was using the Knighthood to stay on top. I had never wanted to be part of their games, but when Nash’s interest with the fucking girl, I couldn’t help but use that to my advantage. The mission kept me busy and helped me forget that I would have taken off by now if I could get away with it. Now I just needed time for it all to fall apart.Everything that the Knighthood had taught him had gone out the window the moment he met that girl. I had hoped that I could have gotten him on my side. Gotten him to join my cause and overthrow everyone, but he became too obsessed with claiming her. Instead of being the man he should have been, fighting the cause and minding his own business, he found himself captivated by a girl who only hindered my plans. That was until I found out who she was, and who was connected to her.She was my real reason
Fear and panic filled me as Brady dragged me away from the Villa. Away from the chaos out of the south wall where men in dark green and black suits with masks, eyewear, and guns stood waiting for us. My feet halted me at our approach, but they weren’t interested in us. They stared beyond me, from where we had come with their guns raised ready to attack anyone who followed that was a threat to us leaving.“Brady, stop! What are you doing? We can’t leave him.”He spun to face me; his eyes narrowed as he snatched me by my wrist. “I am keeping you safe, Vanessa. Either you follow me willingly, or I will toss you over my shoulder and carry you the rest of the way. Do you understand me?”Brady had never been serious with me before, at least not like this. And as much as I wanted to protest, I didn’t. I let him pull me behind him to the jagged hillside, down towards a wooden staircase that led to the coast. A coast so black that I could barely see my hand in front of my face, but I put
NashIt had taken too long for me to get to Greece, but now that I was here, I felt a thirst for blood flowing through my veins that I barely recognized. Laying upon the dirt and grass hillside, I peered up through heavy binoculars towards the white villa two hundred yards in front of me. I had been waiting for this moment, and though Brady and I had a plan in place, I was ready to ditch it all and storm in there killing everyone in my path.“Get yourself together, Nash,” he snapped at me from under his breath. “We can’t divert from the plan. That’s what will get us and her killed.”“I know, I know.” Gritting my teeth, I tried to focus on what I was supposed to be doing. I wasn’t usually the person who had to be reminded. In fact, I was always the one snapping at others to get their shit together, but not right now.Right now this situation was too close to home for me. And Vanessa made it hard to think straight.Pushing away the annoying sound of Brady’s warnings, I vi
When she said he was coming, I had expected the same day. Instead, though, it was two days later and I was no less a captive than I had been the day he took me. Every second that trekked on, part of me was losing hope, but a stronger part of me refused to give up. And as for Sophia, I hadn’t seen her in twenty-four hours. The idea that she may have been caught troubled me. She had been nothing but friendly towards me, but what if someone found out that she was plotting with me to escape?Standing in the sunroom of the large villa, the glass walls and roof let the sunshine down on me. The warmth of its rays tried to light the fire in my heart, but no matter the light I felt empty and alone. Trevor hadn’t tried anything with me since that night on the stairs, but every time I was around him, I had to endure his slow caresses against my back and hips that made me want to tear off my skin.I hated him. More than anything in this world, I wished him dead.He had taken to planning our
NessaMy night was endless as I had tossed and turned within the lush bed dreading what was to come. I feared that Trevor was going to come to me. That he was going to slip into my bed in the middle of the night forcing himself upon me. The thoughts terrorized me every second of the day and night for a long time in my life. I thought I was strong. That I could fight him and free myself, but every second I spent here locked up waiting, I felt my sanity losing control.Curled up within the thick white blankets, the soft pink silk shorts and top set that was given to me clung to my skin, I contemplated my situation as I had done since I got here.Fighting him was no use, and though I was never one to really wallow in self-pity, I sure as hell was right now. The dark depression that hung over my head was like a gray cloud that I couldn’t get rid of.“Miss…” Sophia’s soft voice echoed from the bedroom doorway. My eyes slowly drifted towards her as I took in the same lonely figure
“Thank you everyone for coming,” Trevor’s words rang loud and clear across the twelve-seat cherry wood dining table, standing next to me at the head of the table and addressing the men and women that sat around us. I didn’t know who they were, and I didn’t care to.I had tried to stay in the warmth of the shower for as long as I could, avoiding what was going to end up happening once I was finished, but Sophia wouldn’t allow me that luxury. The moment I stepped outside of the bathroom wrapped in a white fluffy towel, she was waiting for me with the most concerned expression on her gaze as she realized I was far from ready.“Tonight, I want to welcome back the woman I have loved for far too long. She was away at school, and now has returned to take her place by my side while I begin the transition with my father to take his place in leadership.”I didn’t have the slightest fucking clue what he was talking about and honestly, I didn’t care. But I was sick and tired of him telling p
I wasn’t sure how long we had driven or where we were going. But the drive to wherever Trevor was taking me was breathtaking. All around me, the sea glistened outside the window of the vehicle. The sun shone off the water, giving it a heavenly glow that I had never seen before. I had always wanted to travel by myself across the ocean to visit the rest of the world, but I had never dared to.The last time I had come across the ocean was with my mother, and Trevor had made even that visit almost unbearable.The vehicle turned off the main road and traveled closer to the sea before turning down another road that led towards a large white mansion on the side of a hill with multiple other buildings around it, followed by a massive stone wall. The place was huge, far bigger than anything I had seen before, and with it, more guards.Except these paced the walls with large guns in their hands, and a look of ‘take no shit’ plastered on their faces as we passed through the gates.“Where
VanessaThey say that when you hit rock bottom, the only path is up, but for me, I wasn’t sure how true that actually was. One minute I was happy with a man I enjoyed being around more than anything, and the next minute, I was a prisoner to a man who tormented me for years. My freedom was just outside my grasp, and I was thrown into darkness by a drug-induced coma only to awaken feeling heavier than I had before.My eyes fluttered open slowly, hope filling me that Nash would appear at my side any moment, but instead, I was met with leather chairs and dim lighting. Grogginess once again filtered through my mind, and it didn’t matter which way I tried to move, my entire body felt heavy as if a weighted blanket was placed over me, and I couldn’t get comfortable.With my eyes focused, I took in the overhead storage bins with wall-to-wall cream coloring and a variety of other beige leather seats as well as small tables and men. The same men I had seen with Trevor.Oh god…it was t
NashThe moment that we got closer to the warehouse, I pulled the car off and made sure that we were prepared. It was no surprise to me that he had men everywhere because as we continued on after arming ourselves to the teeth, rapid-fire descended down upon us as if it was hail pelting the car. I swerved in and out. Brady was trying to help with cover fire as I tried to drive and shoot out the left side, cars coming up behind us, hitting the back end, and Sasha screaming in the back seat. I knew it wasn't a good idea to bring her. But I did it anyway because she had insisted.Was it foolish of me? Perhaps. But I had one thing in mind and that focus was to get Vanessa back.Never in my life have I ever considered love or the true meaning behind the word. I loved my mother once Upon a time. I had family I had considered loving. But nothing really ever made sense until I met Vanessa. At first, it was just someone that I had wanted. A conquest, perhaps? Who knows? But over time