Playing with The Devil *Book 2*

*brownie?*

Charlie's POV

   "Wake up." I heard a soft voice say before I was gently shook. I groaned and rolled my head over. A pain shot through my neck from the way it had been sitting for the past while.

   The bed they had made me sleep on were one hundred percent the most uncomfortable bed I have ever slept on. With a large sigh I peeled my eyes open and looked over to who disrupted my sleep.

   My eyes instantly locked onto Mike. He looked at me with guilt filled eyes. My body went tense as I stared at him.

  "G-Get away from me." I stuttered out sliding as close to the wall as possible. Pain shot through Mikes features before he sighed and ran a hand through his hair.

   "Charlie I need you to listen to me." He said slowly. I shook my head and pushed further into the wall.

   "You put me in here." I mumbled out numbly. He purses his lips before speaking.

   "Just give me a chance to explain everything." He pushed. His voice was gentle, the gentle I remembered from high school. My muscles relaxed a little but I nodded stiffly. Mike slowly sat down on the end of the bed before he sighed again.

   "It all started when Luke showed up at my house. No I didn't know he was alive. I was just as surprised as you were. I was sad and angry. He told me that I had to talk to him. He basically dragged me outside." Mikes emotions showed through his face as he talked.

   "He asked me question regarding you and Jacob. He asked if you and I were still friends. We were so I said yes. That's when he said something insane." Mike grumbled pulling at the end of his hair. With a sharp breath he continued.

   "He told me that Laura and I were to help him kidnap you. I thought he was kidding at first and that's when he threatened Laura." His face contorted into one of anger.

  "We had just found out Laura is expecting. The baby is only a month old. He said that if we didn't help he would kill her and the baby. Charlie I couldn't risk it." He said looking over at me with tears spilling out of his eyes.

   "He said that since he has you Jacob will come crawling to him like a lost puppy. He is going to kill him Charlie. This place is loaded with men." Mike said shaking his head.

   "Charlie if Jacob finds out I helped he is going to kill me." Tears poured out of mine and Mikes eyes. I quickly reached over with the little strength I had and pulled Mike into a hug. Mike hugged me back tightly and cried silently into my shoulder.

   "I'm so sorry Charlie." He cried. My head ached for him.

   "It's okay Mike. I mean it's not okay that Luke is doing this but if I were you I would of done the same thing. Family first." I said leaning back and smiling softly at him.

"I snuck a cosmic brownie from the cupboard upstairs and brought it for you." Mike said pulling the brownie out of his jacket pocket. With a small laugh I grabbed the brownie from him and began eating.

"I have a question." I said after swallowing the final bite of my brownie. Mike looked over to me and nodded to go on.

"Does Luke plan on hurting me?" I asked. Mike scoffed with a small chuckle.

"Luke, no. Others Im not sure. Luke may only allow them to some extent. No permeant damage. He's a psycho but he isn't a complete monster. He just wants Jacob and will do anything to get him." Mike explained. I nodded slowly before looking off out the barricaded window.

Jacobs POV

Where the hell is she. Hours, days, nights. Every second of my day has been spent looking for her. The others around me are looking sleep deprived and tired but I didn't care. I still have yet to figure out who is behind this gang and without that information we are still as square one.

I don't know if this person will hurt her and that is my biggest concern right now.

"Jacob you need to sleep." Amalia said while walking into my office.Kat and Ben followed quickly behind her. I looked up from the papers and glared at them.

Austin had called Amalia to help look for Charlie and honestly since Amalia left to be with her boyfriend she has changed. She isn't a raging bitch and is more on the quiet side now.

"The love of my life is missing. Sleep can fucking wait." I snapped. Amalia rolled her eyes and sat down in the chair in front of my desk.

"Go take a short nap. Ben, kat, and i will take over the work you are doing here." She explained. My eyes just narrowed further.

"Jacob she wouldn't want you to keep yourself awake like this." Ben said quietly. My eyes flicked over to meet his.

"Listen here. I don't care if she would want me to sleep or to drink water. I will do all of those once she is back home and safe in my arms. Now get out and go look at the papers down stairs." I snapped out. The three rose from their seats quietly and walked out of the room, obvious knowing there was no room for argument.

I slowly sat the papers down and rubbed the bridge of my nose. I had tried so hard to keep her protected from all of this yet it just came back and bit us in the ass.

That's when an idea popped into my head. I absolutely hated the mere idea of it but at this point it may just be our only shot at bringing her home.

Reaching over I grabbed my phone and began typing in the all too familiar number. The phone had only rung twice before someone had picked up.

"Hello?" The all to familiar voice spoke.

"I need your help."