Emergence

Chapter 24

I hear a big boom as I jerk awake, grabbing my pillow tightly. Vince shakily pushes himself up using my door as he stops, seeing me. I stare at him as he shakily points at me.

" Oh, there you are Freya." Vince says staring at him watch. " Come with me, we need to figure out more of the wedding." He explains. I stare at him as he walks to me, tripping as he falls on my bed. He grabs his head and stares at me.

" My head is pounding, damn. " He says. I stare at him, that's why he had such a bad headache that one day. I shake my head as he grabs my arm. " Come on, we're sleeping together." He adds. I stare at him as he pushes himself up.

" Vince it's morning." I explain. He stares at me and stops, pulling down my blouse and moving my hair. He stares at all of my bruises and looks up at me.

" What's all of this? Where did this come from?" Vince questions. I stare at him and tilt my head, playing dumb.

" What do you mean?" I question. He looks up at me and softly grabs my neck in confusion, pushing down on it.

" All of these hickeys, where did you get them from?" He questions. I stare at him as he unbuttons my blouse. " They're everywhere." He adds.

" Vince, do you not remember?" I question. He grabs his head, shaking it softly.

" What are you talking about? I didn't do that to you." Vince says. I shake my head and pull on my sleeve.

" Vince you were all over me last night. You kept telling me your name was Liam and that you wanted to get with me. So you started to get freaky with me, kissing me softly and covering me with hickeys only to scream at me, and throw me off the bed screaming and demanding your name was Oliver." I lie. Vince starts to shake violently, grabbing his pants as he starts to get off of the bed.

" I-I-I-I did?" He whispers scared to death. I shake my head as he starts to violently pull on his hair shaking his head. " I-I-I need to go, I need to go right now!" He screams running out of my room. I get up and run as he runs down the stairs.

" Vince what ar-" He cuts me off screaming loudly.

" Don't question me! I will be gone for most of the day!" He screams. I hear his feet make it down the last of the steps as I stand on my tippy toes.

" Goodbye!" I shout. I look down the stares as he looks at me from the bottom of them.

" This doesn't change anything! We're still planning the rest of that wedding when I get back!" Vince shouts. I shake my head and take in a sharp breath.

" Why of course!" I shout down the stairs. I walk away from the stairs, looking at the wall and smacking my head against it, sliding down slowly as I shove my face into my hands.

What in Heaven's name am I going to do? I can't stay with him much longer, let alone marry him. There's obviously something very wrong with him and I was in enough danger before that.

I feel my hair start to lift up as I drop my hands, and stop. Sage smiles at me from the hallway, holding his hand still. He drops his hand as my hair falls down with it, I fource a smile tucking my hair behind my ear.

" Are you okay? Do you need a hug?" He whispers softly. I shake my head, watching him walk towards me.

" A-About yesterday." I whisper. Sage starts to turn red, pulling on his hair covering his face up with it.

" You're starting to regret it aren't you?" He whispers. I get up and shake my head, removing his hair from his face.

" No! No,no,no. That's not what I meant, I wanted to thank you for last night. It really made me feel better." I say. Sage looks up at me, smiling softly.