| VEXED |

chapter | twenty six

Alex's pov

Larce left about an hour or so ago. I took a little nap and looked to my side. Ethan was still sitting there, he looked half asleep. 

I bumped his arm and he jumped awake. "calm down, just me." i raised my hands in defense and he calmed a bit. "what are you still doing here?" I asked looking at the time. 

"just wanted to make sure you were okay, and the person that attempted to kill you didn't try and finish the job." he explained rubbing his eyes. 

"Ethan you can go home, im okay." I laughed. "where's Grayson?" I asked and he pointed towards the door. he left about an hour ago, Jackson needed him for something. I nodded and pulled the blanket off of me. 

it was silent for a while before I looked at him again. "Ethan why do you care?" I asked and he tilted his head. "I've always cared." he responded quietly. "I have a strong feeling that's false." I shook my head and he scoffed.

"Alex, Ive never stopped caring about you. ive never stopped loving you. I dont think I can." he moved closer to me, sitting directly in front of me. I looked into his eyes, and for a moment I got lost. I forgot about everything he has ever done to me, and for a split second he was the old Ethan. the one I was in love with.

"Alex?" I heard a deep voice from my doorway and my head snapped in that direction, looking away from Ethan. it was Theo. I jumped out of bed and walked quickly to him. he opened his arms and consumed me in a hug.

"are you alright?" he asked pulling away and holding my face. "yeah im fine. cut on my head and my arm hurts a little." I explained. I saw Ethan walk behind me out of my room door. "ill show myself out. hope you feel better." he spoke quietly before walking down the stairs.

I ignored it and began talking to Theo again. "how did you get here? I thought you were on the field." I asked and he brought his hands down from my face and walked to my bed sitting on it, I followed. 

"I was. but when I heard what happened I got the nearest car and sped here." he shrugged and I smiled. "you didnt have to, see im fine." I motioned towards my body. "I had to see for myself." he smiled slightly. 

"how's it going, on the mission?" I asked and he shrugged. "larce won't really tell me anything, he's being so vague about literally everything. the only things he has sent me to do was get intel, apparently one of our people have been taken. we're trying to get her back." he tried explaining and I nodded.

"wait, her?" I asked furrowing my brows. "yeah. ive never seen larce so torn up about something, its weird." he shook his head. I felt my stomach drop, I literally felt like I was going to throw up.

"Alex?" Theo asked as I stood up. I had tunnel vision, I felt like I was going to collapse. I shook my head a little to get my shit together. I went to my closet and started taking off my clothes. "um what are you doing?" Theo asked standing behind me. 

I put on black leather pants and a black tank top and my mortal jacket. I slipped on my combat boots and wrapped a weapons belt and strung it around my waist. I put numerous knives and blades in it.

I then got my nicest bow from the wall and a bunch of arrows. "We need to go now." I walked past him out the closet. "where?" he asked confused. "take me where you were earlier. the person that was taken had to have been my mother." my voice cracked at the thought of someone taking her.