「 FRATERNIZING WITH THE ENEMY 」

44 | The truth

I woke up with a burning desire to puke after the nightmare I just had.

It was a sick concoction of my usual nightmare, the night of my parents' murder and the events of yesterday. But this time Joseph was there and so was Elliot, Anna, Tobias and Marcus.

My heart pounded in my chest and I wiped away the tears that had fallen onto my cheeks. My chest felt so tight that every breath was a struggle.

I had to look around the room to make sure no one else was in here with me.

I was in my bed with the bed sheets tangled in between my legs, I wore a simple pair of tracksuit pants and a t-shirt.

My stomach clenched and churned, in an instant I was stumbling to the bathroom before I emptied the contents of my stomach into the toilet. I quickly cleaned up the mess, rinsed my mouth, brushed my teeth and splashed my face with cold water before leaning against the sink.

I could feel a bandage on my thigh sting and once the fear of my nightmare had washed over I could feel every muscle on my body begging me for sleep again.

But I couldn't sleep again, not after those nightmares threatened to come back.

Beside me was Gracie whose gaze was trained on me and me alone, I stroked her soft fur and it gave me a sense of comfort to calm my racing heart.

I slipped on a pair of converse, leaving my phone on my bedside table along with my locket.

I grabbed my keys and headed downstairs, I was about to leave until I heard soft snoring from behind me.

On the couch was Logan and Noah sprawled against each other, fast asleep.

When they woke up they'd probably deny that this ever happened and they'd probably go back to hating each other but it warmed my heart to see them together like this; in the same room without wanting to tear each other's heads off.

I walked out into the crisp early morning air that sent chills down my spine and goose bumps appear on my skin but it felt nice. The sun hadn't risen yet and it was still pretty dark, but I didn't care.

I walked around thirty minutes until I reached my destination.

My thigh burned and my muscles ached but I didn't let up.

It was the same place Logan asked me to be his girlfriend,

Evergreen Bridge.

And it was the perfect place to clear my head.

Starting with-

What the fuck?

There were so many thoughts whizzing through my mind I couldn't focus on one, a bit like cars that zoomed underneath me.

The soft sound of the cars racing by calmed my pounding heart, it gave me something else to focus on rather than my life, which seemed way too complicated for my own good.

I wanted to clear my mind, but I also didn't want to think about any of this because then I would open the floodgates and I wouldn't be able to close them.

It never really hit me during my time at the warehouse, but now everything was coming back and every thought was hitting me like a tonne of bricks.

I was kidnapped.

I can't believe I ever trusted Anna.

Elliot is working with Logan's dad.

He's planning to take over the city.