Stolen (Sequel To Capture)

Five

"Liam." Niall's voice floated into my mind. Slowly I pulled open my eyes blinking as the world came back into focus. "Liam." Niall said then whistled like I was a dog he was trying to get the attention of. It took a moment but the world snapped back into focus and with it came the throbbing pain in my head.

"The fuck did you hit me for?" I swore sitting up with Niall's help.

"You were going to kill Harry." He gently reminded me.

"So?" I spat scoffing as I stood up fighting the woozy feeling in my legs.

"Emma would murder me if she knew I let you kill someone." Niall shrugged looking fearsome. I have him a dirty look. "She's terrifying, don't act like she doesn't scare you when she's mad." I shook my head laughing at him.

"You were never scared of me like that." I joked.

"Of you? Psh I'm not, but Emma is another level, a level I'm never going to mess with."

"Smart man." I held out my hand and he clapped it giving me a little bro hug. I scanned the room noticing that Harry wasn't there anymore. "What happened to Styles?"

"I made him leave. Didn't want you waking up and attacking him again." He shrugged being brutally honest. "He skirted out of here pretty quick though, like a scared little puppy." He laughed.

"Little shithead." I swore under my breath. I caught .y reclection in the hall mirror seeing a bloody mess on my skull from where Niall hit me. I wiped my brow clearing the dripping blood from my eye and examined the wound.

"Yea, you may need stitches." Niall informed me from behind. I arched my brow looking at him. "Sorry." He shrugged sheepishly.

"I'll fix it later." I muttered grabbing my jacket from the back of the door where it was hooked.

"Later?" Niall questioned. "Where are you going?"

"I think that's pretty obvious Ni."

"No, no, not a chance!" He jumped in front of the door preventing me from leaving. "You can't just charge into Trey's and demand her back."

"Watch me." I growled angrilly. Niall held his hand out, his other hand holding the door handle behind him, I stepped forward but he didn't move."

"Ni, you can't stop me. I havr to do this."

"No you don't!" He argued. "It's what he wants you to do, don't fall into the trap."

"I'm not letting him use Emma as a bargining chip Niall. He has her, I'm getting her back, end of story.

"I can't let you walk out that door Liam." Niall groaned. "You're still under Marshall protection, you're under my protection."

"The only one who will need protection is Trey and his little bastard Harrison for touching Emma."

"I don't doubt that, but this is stupid, reckless even!"

"It's Emma, I can't just leave her behind."

"I'm not asking you too, we are going to get her back, but the right way, the smart way. If you go charging into his turf she more than likely dies!"

His words hit me like bricks as I tried not to imagine her dead, but the harder I tried the easier the horrible image of her lifeless body appeared in my mind. "I can't lose her." I admitted with a whimper breaking down for the first time since I'd learned she was missing. Niall stepped forward and pulled me into a hug, I clung to him like a child who scraped their knee clung to their mother, my body shaking with rage and fear and heartache.