This Ends Now Part 1
Hunters POV.
Chris and I laughed at a joke that Ryan had said as we made our way down the hallway of the expensive hotel we had decided to stay in for a few weeks. We were far enough away from my father so we should be safe for now. Chris, Ryan Mark and I had decided to go for a walk to check out our surroundings while Tyler stayed back with the girls since he had explained he was tired from the drive.
I swiped my key card down the slot and pushed open the door to find a horrible site. Zoe and Casey sit on either side of my father with their hands tied behind their back and rags shoved in their mouths while my brother lye on the ground in a pile of thick blood with a deep wound in his stomach. Zoe's head slowly turned towards me so her chocolate eyes looked into mine. Her left eye was swollen and there was a scratch on her cheek. She looked exhausted as if she tried to fight off my father to keep him from stabbing Tyler. About a dozen men maybe more were scattered around the room, eyeing me coldly.
"I was wondering when you would arrive Hunter," my father grinned sarcastically, wrapping his arm around Zoe's neck. She flinched and her eyes filled with tears, but she tried her best to blink them away. "You see," Drake began. "You forgot how powerful I am. You thought you could escape me? I've been following you this entire time my dear boy." My stomach clenched tight and I felt as if I were going to barf. A knife was pulled from his back pocket and the tip touched Zoe's head, causing me to snarl and take a step forward until a muffled yelp caught my attention as Zoe's eyes slammed shut. "Take another step and this knife will be dug into her skull faster than you can say death," my father promised and I stopped, gulping.
"What do you want?" I snarled. "You have to stop holding this grudge on your own son! Let it go, whatever it is and we can call a truce!"
"I WILL ALWAYS GET WHAT I WANT HUNTER!" he shouted, making my girlfriend break down in tears. "AND WHAT I WANT IS ALL OF YOU DEAD!" My attention fell on my brother in the corner and that's when I noticed Casey too shocked to even move. All she was focused on was Tyler, groaning in pain. I felt something being pressed to my back and knew it was a gun, but the point wasn't against me it was the whole weapon. I knew someone was giving it to me, so I slowly and cautiously reached behind me to snatch it, and aimed it towards Drake, which only caused every one of his men to point guns at me. Shit.
I dropped the gun to the floor and put my hands in the air with a defeated sigh. "I'll make you a deal," my father offered, and I looked up at him. He took a second to register what he was going to say as he pulled the knife away from Zoe. "If I get to kill you, seeings how your brother is dying anyways... I will consider letting everyone else go." I looked behind me to find my friends eyes becoming wide as they gave me an intense look. Casey's head whipped towards me and she shook it furiously with sad eyes. But then, I slowly found the courage to look down at Zoe to find her weak face looking up at me with such sadness. She shook her head from left to right slowly, a tear trickling down her face.
Drake cut the rope from behind her back and ripped the rag out of her mouth and pushed her towards me. I caught her with ease and she clung to me with her life. "You're not doing this Hunter," she whispered. "You're not sacrificing yourself for us. If you die, we all die. We all go down together."
"No Zoe," I sighed in her ear, rubbing her back gently. "You're carrying a child... our child. I will not let my innocent baby die because I made a foolish decision."
She pulled away to look up into my eyes with a confused expression written across her face. "Promise me you will take care of our child and love it as much as you loved me," I whispered, kissing her lips but she didn't return it. I pulled away and raised an eyebrow as she shook her head with a sad smile.
"No. No, i-if you die... I'm coming with you."
"No Zoe-"
"Yes Hunter! My life without you will be horrible. Think about it. A child growing up without their father will be worse than having it not be born."
"You're being ridiculous-"
"No Hunter, you're the one who's being ridiculous," she snapped. "Look around you Hunter. We all care for you and will do anything to help you. Open your eyes and realize you're not alone," she explained, whispering so Drake wouldn't hear. "Don't kill yourself for something we can fix."
She was right. Behind the innocent girl I thought she was, there's bravery, strength and intelligence. Zoe had a mind strong enough to get us out of any deep situation we were in. We needed a plan and we needed one fast. We didn't have any time to waste.
"Run," I whispered. Before she could question me, I explained the plan to her, and she surprisingly agreed. As she ran, Drake ordered a few men to chase after her and I quickly turned around to explain what I wanted Ryan, Mark and Chris to do. As they left, I felt a sharp kick to my head and I stumbled into the doorframe. Finding my strength, I spun around to tackle my father to the ground and throw a few punches to his face. Before his men could rip me off of him, I sprung up and took the knife he had left on the couch to release Casey. I began to pull her towards the door while Drake was still bleeding on the floor, but she stopped me. "What about Tyler?"
"We're going to come back to get him," I grumbled, pulling her outside to run down the staircase and out into the cold air. The sounds of motorbikes speeding down the road caught my attention and there I found the three guys stealing the motorbikes that I had told them to take which were parked next to the hotel. As Casey and I ran to where they were parked, I found one was left and quickly jumped on it and Casey knew to follow. I started the two wheeled monster and sped after my friends towards the one place I had ordered them to go as well as Zoe.
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Zoe's POV.
I ran out the hotel room door and quickly down the stairs, immediately hearing footsteps behind me. Hunter had ordered me to run towards the junk yard so when we attempt to kill Drake, it isn't in a public building. He let me know that I didn't have to run the whole way because either one of my brothers or Chris will be catching me on a motorbike to bring me the rest of the way.
I looked behind me after I jumped outside to find some men climbing into black cars with tinted windows and got extremely nervous. I wasn't going to be able to out run cars. One of the guys are going to have to hurry.
I darted down the sidewalk, feeling the harsh wind whip through my curly hair, luckily pulling it out of my face. Finally I heard the beautiful sound of noisy motorbikes rushing my way.
"Need a ride little lady?" Chris questioned, yelling over the loud noise of the bike he was riding. I smiled and grabbed his out stretched arm as he swooped me over the seat. I clung to his waist and looked behind us to find my brothers speeding up on either side of us. The cars were slowly catching up and I warned Chris, causing him to speed up, dodging cars as he went. A few car horns beeped at us since we drove on the wrong side of the road at times and passed traffic. Haha, suckers.
It had taken us a while to get back to the junkyard but when we finally did, we ditched the bikes and his in the bushes across the street as the black cars finally showed up, and all the men hopped out of the cars.
Another motorbike came rushing down the street with Hunter and Casey on it. I watched as the gang members ran in the entrance of the junkyard, letting Hunter an Casey rush over to us without being seen.
"Do you have the rest of the plan?" I asked my boyfriend and he looked over at me with sad eyes, but nodded his head while biting his lip.
A/N: So I'm planning on making one last chapter and then the epilogue. I will post the trailer to the sequel once this book is complete (: Are you excited????? I am :D
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