Heart Beats ✔

Chapter 24

             Once Ren is out of sight, I start moving around in the chair but exceed in nothing but hurting my wrist and waist. He took me because Xavier was getting weak? How could Xavier or any kind of creature like him be weak? What could that crash be? Xavier? Hopefully.

" Let her go!" I hear a voice shout. Not Xaviers though, the voice belongs to my dad. What's he doing here?

" You fool!! Leave while you can. NOW!" Ren yells, then I hear a sound of glass shattering.

" DAD!!!!"

              I scream as loud as I can, fighting against the chair regardless of the pain that's caused and spreads throughout me. I hear a scuffling noise before hearing the creak of  the steps as weight steps on each one.
  
            When the creaking finally gets to the doorway, anxiety claws it's way through my stomach. The sight is horrifying. My dad, held by Ren with a knife to my dads throat. Tears well up in my eyes as I look. I just got my dad back. I'm not losing him again.

           Anger boils over the sadness and the tears spill out over my cheeks with so much force as I glare st Ren with pure hatred. I've never hated anyone in my life so much. My body starts shaking with anger as I see a slow smirk crawling up Rens face.

" Let him go." I seethe out at him in disgust. He raises a brow at me.

" And if I don't?" He asks.

               I sigh internally as I realize there's nothing I would even be able to do. I'm tied up to then damn chair and I'm a weak human, that can't even get my seer power worked out. Instead of replying to him, I shoot him more glares letting the hatred show through my eyes as I stare at him. How dare he do this?! After taking my dad for so long!

" Ahh.." Ren sighs before starting to tie my dad up into a different chair.

             At least he didn't hurt him. Where is Xavier ? Shouldn't he be here by now?

Xavier's Pov.

                The trees seem to blindly pass by as I increase my speed to find Lyla. I'm going to fund her soon. I pull into the drive way belonging to Ren. After parking a safe distance away, without my car being seen. 

                  I get out and race to his door. There's a moment when a vampire catches a scent that is so strong and intoxicating. It's then that I realize Lyla is here! After breaking the door down, I rush up the steps to find Lyla. I'm shocked when I find her dad too. What's he doing here?

" What......?"

                    I ask out, looking around and spotting Lyla tied into a chair in the corner. I dart to her and quickly untie her from the chair, then quickly do the same to her dad. There's no sign if Ren, but I'm going to find him. And when I do, I'm going to kill him.

Lylas Pov.

  Ren stays close to me with a knife to my throat, so close to my throat that I feel the cool metal of the blade. Is this how my life is going to end? I'm going to be murdered? I start remembering my childhood and little things that never seemed important. Everything now seems worth the world.

My dad looks to me with worried eyes. I just glance down to the floor, not wanting to see the sorrow and worry in my dads eyes. This isn't his fault. It's no ones fault. It just happened.

We all hear a car door and I can already tell Ren has a smirk on his face. The type of smirk that would scream 'I won' in someone's face. It seems like it's only a few seconds before Xavier is standing right in the doorway of the bed room.

Xavier stares at me with such pain that makes my chest ache. I look away from his piercing gaze, tears welling up in my eyes once again. I can't handle the looks they're giving me. It's only when I feel the blade push closer is when my eyes widen in panic and look to Xavier.

He starts stepping forward but that only makes Ren angry, causing him to push the knife more to my neck. Xavier stops, not knowing what to do.

" Ren. Let her go." Xaveir says in a calm voice. Ren laughs sarcastically.

" She's made you weak!" Ren shouts causing me to flinch.

This is it, I say to myself. I'm going to die. I was hoping this wouldn't be how I would go but nobody knows when they're going to die, nobody knows how it's going to happen.  Yet, here I am sitting in this chair, tied up and I know. I know that I'm going to die before the days over. I know I'm going to be killed by Ren.

As this sinks in my mind, I can't control the urge to cry as tears cascade over my cheeks. I think about how young I am, I think about my time with Xavier, my parents, The Rack, I think about vampires. I contemplate life and death.

All too soon it becomes much more real as I feel the knife cut into my neck. Everything happens so fast and before I know it, my eyes slip shut as I bleed out.

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