| VEXED |

chapter | forty five

Alex

I opened my eyes slowly and looked around. How did I get in my bed? I went to sit up, but I was pulled back abruptly by my hands. I looked above my head and saw that my hands were in handcuffs.   

"Theo you sneaky ass hole." I half yelled in my empty room. I pulled my hair as close to my hands as possible. I reached for the clip that was in the back, but I felt like my hands were being ripped off.

I finally reached it and let out a sigh of relief. I fiddled with the handcuff hole and waited until I heard a click.

"yes!" I smiled and fiddled with it more. I heard a second click and my hand came undone. Theo shouldn't have made me take that escape skill class, it worked against him. 

I ran downstairs, but no one was there. "hello?" I yelled but I got no response. I saw a paper laying on the table, so I picked it up. 

1990 stone brook rd - Will.

it was written in Theo's handwriting. that bitch is going for will without me? and he took everyone else? 

I suited up quickly and grabbed my bow, and the titanium arrows. There's no way in hell they can fight this alone.

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Ethan

We walked in quietly and looked around. It was dead silent. it was an abandoned shack-like structure that was dimly lit and looked like it could fall down any moment.

"I thought you said he would be here?" Jordyn asked Theo and he looked around intently. "this is the right place im sure of it." he let his hands fall to his sides.

"Looking for someone?" we all turned quickly to the sound of a voice. Will walking out from another room, and we all drew our weapons up.

"Just come with us willingly and we won't kill you," Theo yelled as he held his bow directly in Will's direction. 

5 other people walked out of the room behind Will, now we were outnumbered. "You were saying?" Will laughed, and the other gang members began running in our direction.

Alex 

I walked around the perimeter, everything was clear. I peeked into the entrance of the building and saw all of my lovely friends hanging from the ceiling by ropes. They were wrapped from their wrist with their arms above their heads.

Fitting for what they did to me I guess. I took a count of how many people there were. 5, not including will. 

I saw him, walking around them with authority. "You guys walked right into a trap, thought you would be smarter than that." he laughed coldly and it gave me goosebumps.

"When did you three get involved in this? Usually Larce only let the best of the best into his Mortels." he sounded amused.

Ethan, Grayson, and Jackson aren't even in the gang, I won't allow it. they're only helping out. 

"speaking of larce, where is he?" he walked with a stride around the guys. "We don't know." Theo spoke, he sounded like he was in pain. Those ropes looked really tight, not to mention the fact that their feet aren't touching the floor.