Monster.

Chapter Six

The car ride was long and as hard as I tried not to, I dozed off. The adrenaline from the chase was gone and the exhaustion was too overwhelming. I was in dreamland peacefully for no longer than a minute when I was met with the horrid nightmares that I had hoped would never meet me again.

I was more than grateful when I was awoken from it.

“Get out. Quickly.” Niall demanded, getting out of the car. I was sweating profusely and still slightly trembling. I set my hand on the door and opened it, bright light flooding into the car. I put one hand up to try and shield my eyes from it, the sudden burst of light making the small headache I had worse. I took a deep breath, calming myself, before jumping out and closing the door behind me. The second my feet touched the ground I felt dizzy and sick. My knees buckled and that’s when I remembered I couldn’t walk on my own. Niall sighed and rolled his eyes, coming to lift me up. Charlie was closer and I guess didn’t notice Niall was walking towards me because he gently picked me up off the ground and held my bridal style. He was much kinder than Niall and I felt better being in his arms than I had in the blonde boy’s. I heard Niall scoff.

We were at a somewhat nice looking house in what seemed to be the middle of nowhere. There was a house or two spread out along the country side. It was nothing like the busy city we had last seen. It was quiet and calm. I wouldn’t mind staying for awhile. Niall went back to the car and hopped in, driving it into a garage connected to the house. It was large and had a homey look to it.

Charlie and I sat in a comfortable silence as we walked towards the house. My head was lying on his neck and my arms were against his chest. I felt like he was a big brother taking care of me, something I had never experienced. It was nice.

When we got to the door, a pale hand reached around us and clicked open the door with a key. I turn my head slightly so that I could see over Charlie’s shoulder and my eyes caught a flash of piercing blue; Niall. I hid my head once again, almost scared from the look of anger in the small glance I got. Charlie used his shoulder to push open the door and we walked in. I was met with a completely wooden house, almost like a lodge. It was gorgeous, with leather furniture. I saw stairs that obviously led upstairs, but I also saw ones that went down. This place was bigger than I expected.

“Where should we go?” Charlie asked Niall, turning to face him. His back was ridged and he looked almost uncomfortable. His jaw was set. Why was he so angry?

‘Probably because you’re such a needy bitch who nearly got him killed.’ I nearly cringed at the sneer thrown at me. The amount of hate in its voice was vile.

“Upstairs. Whatever room she wants she can have.” Charlie carries me over to the wooden steps. They were in a swirled formation, a hole in the ceiling leading us up to the second story. The steps kept going even after the second level, leading to another hole that was the third story. It stopped there. So, from what I could tell, it was a four story tall house.

We stopped at the second, stepping onto the carpeted floor.

“We’ll pass each one and look into it. Point out whichever you like and it’ll be yours.” We walked down the hallway, stopping to check out each room. The first one was probably any guys dream, with a shelf full of video games and consoles, a large flat screen TV on the wall. I shook my head at it and we continued. The next was plain and boring, a simple dark green themed room. There wasn’t much and I almost went for it, the voice in my head telling me I barely deserved the floor as a bed. But, instead we kept walking. There were two more doors, and the first one was another no. It was dark, the walls black and the curtains drawn. It had a depressed feeling to it. I don’t think there were any lights besides a small desk lamp. As we approached the last one I was scared to see what it held.