Abducted Rose

Chapter 7

A/N: I'm sorry I've been slacking guys. I've been having problems in my personal life and just haven't had the motivation to write like I usually do. Nonetheless, I am going to try to keep pushing forward and get this book finished by the end of the year!

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"Hey, Rori, wake up." I felt a nudge at my shoulder and I slowly opened my eyes and turned towards the voice. It was pitch black out and I could barely make out Axel's face in the faint moonlight.

"Where are we?" I whispered.

"At a friend's." He answered and I looked out the window to see we were surrounded by a dense forest. A cabin with the front porch light on was the only sign of human life around us and I started to come out of my dreamlike state, remembering everything from the last few days. I bit my lower lip and then looked over at Axel. He got out of the car and came around to my side. He opened my door for me and I slipped out, trying to not let fear creep up inside me at our surroundings.

Axel walked up to the front door and knocked twice, paused, knocked three times, paused, and then knocked twice again. I walked up behind him while we waited for the door to open. When it did, a woman stood on the other side. She had a black crop top on and black denim shorts. Her long black hair was scattered down to her waist as her cold brown eyes scanned over Axel. She crossed her arms with an evident frown on her face.

"You know the drill." The woman said with a bored expression. Anxiety rose in me as I noticed the large knife that hung from her belt.

"Kayla Anne, don't you dare." Axel's voice lowered threateningly and suddenly the woman had a devious smirk on her lips. She pulled her knife from her belt and put it to Axel's throat.

"Oh, Axel, always so unprepared." She replied. I took a nervous step back but realized there was nothing there and I fell backwards into a heap on the ground. I looked up to see both of them staring at me, Axel with a small entertained smile and Kayla with a raised eyebrow. My cheeks grew red from embarrassment as I rushed to stand up and dust myself off.

"And who's the klutz you brought with you?" She asked Axel. He chuckled as I pouted.

"I'm not that bad!" I retorted. She looked at me again and then rolled her eyes.

"She's...apart of my job at the moment." He explained. I furrowed my eyebrows at him and crossed my arms.

"I'm his hostage." I told her and she let out a loud laugh.

"Now that makes sense." She bellowed as she choked her laugh down.

"Where's Max?" He asked as he ignored her laughter and focused his attention on her.

"I'm right here, watching you bumbling idiots." A voice came from the doorway and we all turned to it. A man with blue hair, green eyes and black clothes stared directly at me. Axel stepped in front of me, blocking his line of sight.

"We need a place to hideout for a while." Axel told him.

"What the hell did you get yourself into this time?" The man, Max, asked.

"It's a long story that would be better explained over some coffee." Axel replied. I didn't hear a reply but Axel moved to the side and pressed his hand on my lower back to go inside when I saw Max had walked into the house. As we made our way in, I noticed how bare the cabin was. As we entered the living room, I saw that it only had one large couch, a tv, and a desk in the corner. I followed Max until I stopped in the middle of the room as he made his way to the desk. He pulled open his laptop and started typing.