love that binds me

chapter 41

A/N: I suck bruh I never update. I blame AP classes, my bf and the Kim k game. How dare they stop my typing. Also I know my phone spell checks Raheem to Hakeem for some reason. I'd really appreciate it if you'd point out where. Thanks and enjoy!

Jothi

"Are you trying to leave? Again!?" Hakeem snatched the small bag I had packed.

"Look I have to OK?"

This time I fought back the tears from earlier. Alec should be the farthest person from my mind.

"Are you really that hard headed?" He rolls his eyes at me as I try to snatch my bag back.

"I prefer head Strong." I say with both hands on my hips.

He cracks a smile and sighs deeply.

"Then I'm going with you." Hakeem declares headed into the bedroom.

I follow behind him incredulous.

"Wait! Woah! You go?" I ask.

The whole getting away thing was already planned out in my head. How was I going to fit Hakeem into it?

"Trust me. You need me." He says as he packs an extra shirt, pants and underwear for himself.

"How?" I challenge. I am fully capable of doing this on my own.

"How do u expect to explain your return?" He asks cocking an eyebrow.

Before I can think of something he fires another question.

"How do you plan on getting out of here? Do you even know your way back to the city?" He waits several seconds for me to respond.

In my silence he mutters, "thought so."

Chris

Jothi was driving me crazy. Right now she could be in the hands of my worst enemy. What could I do about it? I never fully mated her.

The stone steps echoed as I took them two by two to the basement. There behind silver bars was my own half brother. He looked up as I approached.

He was a mess really. Blonde curls matted around his face, a dirty face and died blood around his mouth.

"You look pathetic." I hiss at him.

"I look like you little brother." He grins and paces the length of the bars.

"I didn't come here to throw insults. I want to know the truth. The same night you came Jothi went missing. Where is she?" I manage to keep my voice calm.

"If I had her why would I tell you?" He shot back.

I stepped closer to the bars.

"Your a conniving ass you know that? If I find out you had the slightest idea of where she is-" he cut me off.

"You'll what? You can't kill me. I have the same blood as you."

"You have half. As far as anyone is concerned your a bastard. No one knows who your father is." I spat.

"I told you. I told all of you. YOU ALL THOUGHT I WAS CRAZY! But I'm not. Your parents put me in a cage as if I was crazy. AS IF SOMETHING WAS WRONG! She made me this way." He sat on the ground, his eyes darting back and forth.

Michael had habits of this. These periods where he rants. With his embarrassing episodes he was often locked in his room.

"Your a waste of my time." I sulk turning back to the stairs.

"Jothi wasn't a waste of mines." He whispered.

I froze.

"I had sex with her." He repeated the

Information as if I didn't know.

"You raped her!" I corrected him venom dripping from my words.

"She wasn't a virgin when I did what I did either. Did she tell you that? Or did you think I was her first? Or third fourth because I damn sure wasn't her tenth." He cackled.

I slammed into the bars determined to end him. I had enough of his antics. As soon as I did so they burned me and I watched in pain ad my flesh slowly healed.

"Tsk. Tsk brother. Gotta do better than that." Michael chastised.

In a fit of anger I stormed back upstairs.

Jothi

"You fly as high up as you can get. I'll call back the guards and get out on my own." Hakeem repeated the plan for the hundred time.

"Yes I know. I understand. But....Hakeem why?"

He didn't pay me any attention as he made sure everything was in order.

I touched his shoulder and he froze.

"Hakeem?"

"I feel close to you for some reason OK? Like I have to help you. Or if I don't someone's gonna hurt you and-"

I hug him again. Except this time we didn't have to break apart.

"Besides, Chris owes me a new teddy bear to hold at night." He mumbled half jokingly.

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