Restrained

Ivy

Jake walks me back to my room and unlocks it. I try to push it open but it won't budge.

"What do you want?" Maz asks, on the other side of the door.

"Can I come in?" I ask.

I hear him scramble on the floor and the door flies open.

"What did you do to her!" Maz yells.

Jake looks up at him in shock.

"We were training."

"Why was she screaming?" Maz yells. Before Jake can answer he looks down at my bandaged hand, grabbing it with soft hands. "What did you do to her!"

"I said we were training." Jake sighs.

"Why did you cut her!"

"Pain training obviously. I'm sure you've done it to her before haven't you?" Maz looks at his brother in surprise. With a sigh he lets go of my hand, giving me an apologetic smile. "That's what I thought." Jake sighs.

"Can I come in now?" I ask with impatience.

"Oh, yeah sure." Maz smiles.

I walk into the room, but before I could tell Jake bye Maz slams the door in his face with a satisfied grin.

"Was that really necessary?" I sigh.

"Yes. Yes it was."

I walk into the bathroom and close the door behind me as Maz wedges his foot stopping the door from closing.

"What now Maz?"

"They brought new clothes." He says, holding out clothes through the door.

"Thanks." I sigh, taking them from his hands. "Can I take a bath now?"

"Yeah."

I close the door, dropping the clothes on the sink. I rip my dirty clothes off, toss them into the floor, and get in the bath. I feel the hot water soak into my aching bones, and it feels amazing. I take forever in the bath just sitting there. I dip my hand into the water and it stings like I'm in hell.

After the water gets cold, I slip and slip on the clothes Maz gave me. It's an all black outfit with cotton pants and a long sleeved shirt that hugs my figure.

I brush my teeth and get out of the bathroom, throwing myself onto the bed.

"What's wrong?" Maz laughs.

"Nothing."

"Does your hand still hurt?"

"No Maz it just magically healed on its own because I'm just that amazing." I tell him with sarcasm into the bed.

"Well, yeah but, I don't know." He sighs. "I'm sorry I did that to you." He apologizes, grabbing my hand he cut a month ago.

It's healed, but it has a pink scar across my palm. I guess I'll have my other hand to match it with. I wish Jake would have just cut me on the same hand Maz did, but no, he chose my dominant hand.

"It's whatever. I don't mind getting kidnapped by psychopaths who want me to kill my father, then get kidnapped by my father who wants me to help him take over the leagues. It's actually amazing if you ask me."

"Okay, what's up Ivy? Why are you being so sarcastic tonight?" Maz sighs, dropping my hand.

I roll over and sit up, holding my knees to my chest and sigh.

"I just want to go home. I miss my family. I want to go back to my poor school and fight with the spoiled rich kids. I don't want to help kill my father, or even help my father take over the leagues. I don't want to go over endless torture just to do something I don't want to do. I just want to be left alone, and go back to my little world I was in before. I just-"

Maz interrupts me, pressing his lips to mine. He pulls back to watch my reaction. In that instant I felt the emptiness devour me. I pull him back, kissing him with hunger. I haven't felt this way since I ment Leo. Leo? I shouldn't be doing this. With a sigh I push Maz away. He looks at me with question, and full of love. Leo's probably dead anyway.

I pull Maz back and kiss him once again. He chuckles, kissing me back, then pulls away.

"Why did you pull back first?" He asks, smiling.

"I don't know."

He searches in my eyes for something, and smiles with hurt.

"Checking if I'm not Jake?"

"What? No! I was just looking at you!" I lie.

Now that he brings up Jake, it makes me wonder what he's thinking.

"Okay. I'm going to get in the bath. You go ahead and sleep."

"Okay." I sigh.

Maz rolls out of the bed, making his way to the bathroom, only stopping to grab his clothes. After he closes the door, I settle into bed with exhaustion. I close my eyes with a yawn, and fall asleep, escaping from the world.