More Than I Bargained For

What Now

Annie sat on the bed staring at nothing while her doms bombarded her with questions.

"How long have you had this?"

"Where did you get it from?" 

"Why didn't you tell us?"

When Jace had read and comprehended the letter he immediately called Grayson and told him to get back to the house. Now both the boys stood in front of her pacing while Grayson had the letter clasped in his hand.

"I-um-just a day or two" Annie replied to the first question.

"It was in a stack of letters on the counter it was addressed to me"

"I thought it was a prank by a fan or something. Rori says she gets mail like this sometimes and I just wanted to not overreact for once" Annie tried to defend herself.

"Even if it was from a fan Annie we would still want to know!" Jace said grabbing the letter from Grayson and reading it again.

"Does anyone else know about Scott?" Grayson asked, looking at the letter over Jace's shoulder.

Annie winced a bit at the name. Reading it was one thing but to hear the name was another. She shook her head.

"Just you guys and, um, Mistress Rebecca and Master Mark from the school I think" Annie whispered. She pulled her knees up to her chest. She wasn't panicking, at least not in the explosive way she usually did. There was a numbness in her brain that was keeping the explosive panic attack at bay.

"So it probably wasn't a fan then," Jace said

Even knowing that Jace was only trying to help and to find a solution, that statement didn't help Annie. If it wasn't a fan then that meant he really did find her. Panic still didn't overtake her thoughts even with this revelation.

"Well, what should we do then? Go to a friend's house? The beach house? Can we really stay here? I don't know if it's safe for her Jay." Grayson had begun pacing again as he made suggestions.

The boys were truly panicking. That much was clear to Annie. They hadn't even asked once what her color was. Something they normally asked every few hours even on a good day. Pinching the sheet on the bed between her fingers Annie began to fiddle with it as the boys continued to ask questions they didn't give her time to answer and suggest what to do now. She was desperately trying to tune them out. What happened next didn't really matter to her as long as she was safe and this uncertainty part wasn't helpful to her.

It must have been several minutes before she felt the bed dip on either side of her.

"Annie girl?" Grayson questioned pushing her hair behind her ears.

"It's going to be okay, Princess, we promise" Jace piped in.

The trio fell silent letting the uncertainty invade their thoughts. Annie stayed curled with her knees to her chest sitting on the bed and staring at nothing. With their feet on the floor, elbows on their thighs, and their chin in their hands the boys sat on either side of her.

No one was sure how long they sat there before there was a knock on the door. Jace got up to get it remarking that they had called Becca to come over. Re-entering the room Jace was followed by Becca and Mark who Becca had told to come along since he was also there the day they found Annie and had worked closely with her during her time at the school.

"Hey Cheeks, long time no see," Mark said, coming to stand by Annie. He frowned when she didn't even acknowledge that he was there. "Cheeks?" He asked again.

Jace and Grayson looked over from where they had been talking to Becca.

"You can talk to him and Becca, Annie, they were your trainers no talking to other doms only applies to strangers and new dome," Jace said.