Every Broken Part (Series)

Chapter Ten.

           

D E V I N

    "A whole year. You hid her from me for a whole year, Jax."

    "I was protecting her from you. Jesus, Graiz. You'll destroy her."

    "Destroy her? At least I haven't been lying to her for a year, pretending to be a god damn high schooler."

    Voices.

    That was the first thing I heard as the darkness slowly went away. A strong light invaded the room I was in, a room I had never seen before. It had dark brick walls that were slightly aged. It took me a minute to realize the light I was seeing wasn't the sun, just a strong electrical fixture above me. The room I was in had no windows, no natural light. My heart stopped as I saw two familiar figures in front of me. They seemed to be arguing about something. Me. They were arguing about me.

    Why?

    An image appeared in my head of Jax's skull violently cracking in front of my eyes. The crash. The fire. Everything came back to me as I slowly crept back into reality. Fear and paranoia ran through me as I stared at the two unknown creatures in the room. My vision was slowly returning to me as I focused on the two arguing bodies. Graizen and Jax. Graizen and Jax.

     Jax.

    Jax died.

    Right in front of my eyes. Yet, he's still here, standing in front of me. My head was pounding as my thoughts ran wild in my head. As I closed my eyes, I could almost feel the heat of the fire behind me. The sound of the glass breaking in my ears, the metal scarping against the old wood of the tree. Graizen ripping the door off and pulling me out flashed behind my eyes. His strength was, inhumane. Unexplainable. My body began to tremble as my eyes landed on the door. The two were still deep in argument. I slowly crept out of the bed, my feet finding their way to the floor. A loud creak echoed through the room as both of their eyes landed on me. I lost my breath as I let out a small gasp of complete terror.

    "Devin, wait!"

     Jax screamed out as I ran to the door as if my life depended on it. In this case, it did. I ran down the hall as fast as my legs could take me. Adrenaline was coursing through my veins as I turned around a corner. I turned my head back, not seeing either of the boys behind me. I let out a sigh of relief as I collided into a hard chest. 

    "Let me go!"

    Unfamiliar arms snaked around my waist and threw me over a hard shoulder. I began screaming and kicking on his back, but he didn't seem to be affected. He brought me back into the room and gently sat me on the bed. He had dark hair that matched mine, and a friendly face. Which was oddly surprising, due to the fact that he just carried me into here. I felt like I had seen him before, but I couldn't put it together. Once my eyes locked with his, I suddenly wasn't afraid of him anymore.

    "Rayner, was carrying her in really necessary?" Graizen shot him a glare. There was an unreadable expression on his face as Graizen's eyes raked up and down my body with an animalistic look in his eyes. I shrunk back, unconsciously leaning away from his pondering gaze.

    I stared at the man who had just brought me back into the room. Rayner. A sense of familiarity filled me as I repeated his name.

    "Really? You kidnapped her and brought her hundreds of miles away from her home and I'm the one who is taking extreme measures?"

    Rayner let out a laugh. His words registered in my head as I looked around me. This isn't happening. This can't be happening. My mother used to tell me stories as a kid, but I never suspected they were real. My innocent mind thought they were as true as Santa Klaus, or The Easter Bunny. A shiver ran through me as my thoughts went wild with all the possibilities of the unknown.