Masked Feelings

Chapter 85: Blood Run Cold

"What?" Rose gasped then stared at me. She blinked once, twice and thrice before finally taking a deep breath. Shock was evident on her face. "What the hell is he talking about?" Rose asked me. She didn't want to believe Jace.

Don't believe him. Please.

I didn't know how to signal her that I was in some deep trouble and I needed her help. I gulped when I realized that my best friend was now glaring at me. Rose scoffed before shaking her head in disbelief. She clenched her jaws, then glared at Jace's and I interlinked hands.

"So this is what you've been doing!" Rose snapped at me. My eyes widened. For the first time in my life, Rose was actually furious at me. "We're all looking for your boyfriend! For the father of your future child! And you're here, with the man I love!" she exclaimed in disbelief. "Wait! Maybe the child is not Damian's after all!" she said. I noticed her eyes tearing up and mine started tearing up too.

"What?" I heard Jace suddenly say from next to me as he let go of my hand. He was now looking at me as if I was the guy in the story. "You're pregnant?" Jace asked suddenly. I took a deep breath. My breath was shaky. I could see fury in his eyes. I didn't reply which caused him to be even angrier. He could a step in my direction and took a grip of my hair, pulling on it hard, causing me to scream in pain.

"Let go of her!" Rose shouted from the other side of the room. Jace turned to look at Rose. He gently let go of my hair. He closed his eyes and tried to control his breathing. I took a few steps away from him, now tears running down my face.

"Jace, stop all this please" I cried. I fell on my knees. All that mattered right now was my baby and Damian. "Please" I begged. Jace seemed frozen while Rose seemed lost.

"What is happening here?" Rose demanded. She looked lost and confused. She had reasons to be. Jace clenched his jaws then turned to look at my best friend.

Oh. Run, Rose.

"Rose, go away!" I exclaimed when I saw Jace walking to her. Before she could register what I said, Jace had his hand around her neck. I noticed the sick smirk that he had on his face when he slammed Rose against the wall. My best friend was struggling in his hands. "Jace, Stop!" I begged again as I ran to him and tried to get him off Rose. I could see that Rose was having problem to breathe by now. "Stop!" I yelled and dug my nails deep in Jace's arms, causing him to wince. He let go of Rose but before I could sigh in relief, I felt a hard slap on my face. It was so hard that I was thrown a few steps away. Rose fell to the ground. Her eyes were closed but she was still breathing.

"You're carrying a fucking mistake!" Jace growled. I flinched when he punched the wall. The terrifying thing was that he didn't seem to have any pain. Blood was oozing out of his hand but no reaction to pain. I moved closer to Rose,trying to see where I could wake her up or not. "We need to do something" I heard Jace mumbled to himself as he held his head in his hands and bending slightly. "I have to do something" he said again. I was trying to calm down. I've never cried that much. I've never been so scared in my life.

"Rose" I whispered and shook her at the same time. This seemed to attract Jace's attention as he turned to me. He clenched his jaws again and stomped towards me. I quickly crawled to the wall. I was crying even more. I didn't want him near me.

"Get the fuck up!" Jace growled at me. The fact that I was pregnant with Damian's baby seemed to be pissing him off. When he realized that I wasn't going to move, he grabbed my arm and forced me up. "Walk!" he ordered and started pushing me back towards the door to the basement. I didn't struggle. When we were back in the basement, I noticed that Damian was confused and he started struggling after looking at me attentively. Jace tied me to the chair again and while swearing, he walked back up the stairs.

"What the fuck happened, Athena?" Damian asked as he looked at me. I wanted to wipe my face but I couldn't. I shook my head to say that I'm okay but Damian glared at me.

"Rose came here and when Jace got to know that I am pregnant, he got mad" I told him, then took a deep breath to stop myself from shaking. "I'm okay" I tried to reassure.

"Don't tell me that you're okay when you've got a fucking mark on your face" Damian growled. I sighed, not knowing what to say. I heard steps again. Jace walked in back, carrying Rose on his shoulder as if she was like a bag. He then threw her in the corner of the room, chaining her hands and her feet.

"I got an idea" Jace said out loud. The grin on his face was making me nervous. I had my reasons to be worried. Jace was mentally sick. "I'm a doctor" he said as he walked to me. He bent to my level, then pecked my lips, making me move my head. He simply smirk then walked to the other side of the room. He pulled a long metal table and pushed it in the middle of the room, that is, just in the middle of Damian and I. Jace walked to it then tapped on it slightly. "We may not have the proper equipments here, but we'll get this thing out of you" he said, making my blood run cold.