A Hunger to Share ( Book Two )

Chapter 2

Eva Green, French actress, as Angelina

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Ada  

"What the hell are you talking about?"

Did she mean Gideon?
Had he followed her again?

Ada swore. She didn't want to face him right now. Ada still hadn't gotten over the fact that he'd killed her father. She wasn't sure if she ever could.

"Bring him in." Angelina called out.

Two men came in, dragging a half conscious person between them. A woman followed.

"He's not a part of this." Ada seethed, looking at his ripped open shirt, and the ugly bruises covering his skin.

"He is if I want him to be." Angelina said, feeling at ease despite the rowan wood aimed at her heart.

"What have you done to him?" Ada hissed.

"Don't worry, he'll live... If you make the right choice." Angelina looked at the woman with the bloody knuckles. "Wake him up."

"No, don't touch him..." Ada shouted, but the woman's fist had already connected with his stomach.

James gasped, and looked up through hooded, pain filled green eyes. His face was bloody, and swallon. He had a black eye, and his lip was busted open. Blood was running down his nose.

Ada winced. It hurt to see him like this. To know he was in this situation because of her. James stared at Ada with a blank expression. She wasn't sure what she was supposed to say. An apology wouldn't cut it.

Ada knew what this meant. She knew it was either James, or Angelina. She couldn't have her revenge at the expense of his life. She wouldn't. She had already hurt him too much.

"Let him go." Ada told Angelina.

"Are you sure?" Ada couldn't see her face, but she heard her smirk. "Is he really worth it?"

"Yes. Let him go."

"As soon as You let me go."

"We'll do it at the same time."

"You heard her." Angelina told her people.

They shoved James towards her. Ada let Angelina go. James stumbled. Ada cought him in her arms. He shoved her away without saying a word.  

Ada wanted to hurt Angelina for what she had done to James, but she knew it would be a stupid move. Her people would kill him in a blink. She had more than just these three waiting outside. Ada couldn't underestimate her.

"You better watch your human Ada." Angelina wiped blood off her face. "and everyone else you care about. Next time I will kill someone."

"It's me you want. Kill me, and get it over with." Ada glared at her.

Angelina snorted. "That'd be too easy. I want you to suffer for slaughtering my children." She snapped her fingers.

James shouted in pain, clutching his chest with fingers that Ada saw were broken, and doubled over.

"Stop it." Ada snapped, looking worridly at James. "You've hurt him enough. Hurt me enough. You had your fun for tonight."