Taken Against My Will

Chapter 14: Threats

So there's a bit of a steamy moment at the end, just warning you now :)

My stomach growled loudly, making both Alex and I laugh.

"Hungry?" he asked, patting my stomach.

"Just a little." I said, removing his hand from where it was on my stomach.

"Alright, well we can't have you going hungry now, can we? I'll go get you some breakfast." He smiled, lightly kissing my lips and getting up.

"Thanks."

It was late morning and my muscles were screaming at me to stretch them. I've been curled up cuddling next to Alex all morning. As I stretched and rolled out of bed a wave of dizzyness swept over me but it was gone as quickly as it had appeared. Shaking it off I walked over to the window for some fresh air. With my eyes closed I inhaled deeply through my nose, enjoying the cold fresh air mare than I had expected I would. Then it changed. The smell turned muskier as the brezze blew around outside. The smell went from fresh to dirty in a few seconds, and I recognised the dirty smell immediately. Smoke.

I quickly snapped my eyes open and froze at the sight before me. A message, burnt into the grass field before me.

You're dead. Is all it read. just 2 simple words with no promise to anyone of who it was for. Nothing to suggest who it was from. But as soon as I saw it I felt it. A bad feeling that I hated. I knew exactly who it was for, and I didn't like it.

"Here's your breakfast beau-" Alex started as he re-entered the room. I heard him stop and inhale, obviously smelling the smoke as I had, only with his vampire sense of smell it would be a thousand times clearer.

"Is that smoke?" He asked, putting the tray of food on the table and walking over to me. He went straight to the window and stared at the message for a few seconds before he was suddenly right infront of me, holding my face in his hands.

"Are you alright?" He asked.

I just nodded. My stomach playing home to thousands of butterflies. The bad feeling still not easing.

"I need to go speak to Robert and the others, don't leave this room, please?" He asked. Before I could even try figure out what he was thinking he had already released my face and was walking to the door. Our eyes connected for a brief moment though and that was all I needed. The look of panic in his eyes when he looked at me was all the proof I needed. He had reached the same, obvious conclusion that I had.

The message was for us.

I wasn't exactly hungry anymore but I needed something to do to keep my mind off things and stop freaking out. Alex has only been gone for a minute and already i'm pacing and freaking the hell out. Food seemed the only thing right now to do because there was nothing else. I walked over to the table where the tray of food was and started picking at the toast and fruit, and drinking the glass of orange juice faster than I thought possible.

I didn't realise the window was still open until a sudden gust of wind blew my hair into my face and a smooth white thing came flying into the room, landing a few feet away from me. I dropped the grape I was holding and stood up. The butterflies in my stomach going crazy with every small step I took towards the piece of white paper that was lying harmlessly on the floor.

I picked it up and holding my breath, I unfolded it.

I'm coming to kill you Lily. You AND your stupid mate. Say goodbye to everyone you love.

With my theory confirmed the butterflies in my stomach flew out of my mouth in the form of an ear-piercing scream.

"Lily!" I heard Alex yell, not a second later I was in his arms, the note crushed in the palm of my hand.

"Lily, what happened?" I couldn't find words. I openned my mouth to try but all that came out was a squeak. Shaking my head I unclenched my hand and gave him the note.

He was silent as he read it, but his arm that were still around me tightened, holding me to him and not letting me go. I heard his own hand clench around the note before he threw it to the floor and encircled both of his arms around me in a tight embrace.

"No one is going to get you, Lily. You are mine and I won't let anyone come between us." He said, burying his face in my hair like my face was buried into his chest. He lifted his head and pulled mine up by my chin so he could look into my eyes. Of course though he could see the tears that had started to fall.

"I love you." He said softly, gently kissing away my tears.

As I paced anxiously accross the room I felt Robert's gaze on me. Alex was speaking to the King and Queen so Robert was here to keep me company and make sure I was safe. A kind of body guard I suppose.

My brain was beginning to hurt from all the thinking i'd been doing as I paced, trying to figure out who was sending the messages and why. I couldn't think of anyone. I haven't even had much contact with people since I had been taken those many months ago. I had no idea why some one would want me dead. And why were they playing these games with me? Burning messages into the field and sending me a note as if we were in third grade. I just couldn't make sense of it at all.

"You're going to blow your head up, stop thinking so hard and just try to relax." Robert said, interupting my anxious pacing.

"Easy for you to say, no one's targeting you." I said, and continued to pace accross the floor.

"No, but someone is targeting my friend."

I froze mid step, turning to look at Robert. I never really knew how he felt about me, I was a right bitch to him the first time we met, then we fixed things but we've never really taken the time to talk apart from the occasional greeting.

"What?" He asked, looking around him.

"Nothing." I said, walking over and sitting on the floor, leaning my back against the bed.

"Why is this happening Robert?" I asked, leaning my head back and looking at him.

"I wish I knew," He said simply. I saw something flash in his eyes when he said that, a secret thought that broke through his mind into his eyes for a split second before it was gone again. What was it?

"Lily, I promise you." Alex said, taking my face in his hands. "I won't let anybody hurt you."

"I know, I trust you." I said, leaning up onto my toes a little to place my lips on his. He responded and deepend the kiss. Our lips moved together at a fast pace, low moans sounding in the back of our throats.

"I should go talk to Robert," he said, between the kiss.

"Yeah," I started, "You should."

With our lips still joined in a fiery kiss I started lifting his t-shirt and gently pushing him towards the bed.

"Maybe later." He said, helping me remove his shirt before going for mine. I unbuttoned his jeans, and he moved his legs to shimmy them down. My hands ran down his bare chest, my mouth leaving his to trail behind, gently tracing my tongue down his toned chest to the elastic band of his boxers, running along the top of the material before going back up to his lips. Quiet moans were rolling out of his mouth before he pushed me down onto the bed, removing my pants in a quick motion. His lips came down onto my neck where he nibbled at the skin there. He started kissing down my body, towards my chest where he then placed soft kisses around the edge of my bra before lifting me slightly and unclasping it at the back, leaving me there in only my panties. He took my breast in his mouth, a moan escaped my throat. He sat up and removed my panties in one, fast motion.

Sorry it's taken so long to update, things have been hard lately but it's finally here. I hope you enjoyed reading it, so as usual please vote and comment :)

This chapter is again dedicated to AlejandroWriter for being an amazing friend to me during my hard times and supporting me through it all, she means alot to me :)