Something Gained

Chapter 26

"Its nice to see you again" he spoke again when I couldn't get any words out of my mouth, the evilish smile on his face sent goosebumps all over my body..and not the good kind.

I sat there without any expression, in a loss for words. I was scared to say the wrong thing, I mean what if he makes me go with him right now. All I could do is hope that Damon was quick and got back within the next 5 seconds. 

"you are beautiful" he reached out and caressed my cheek with the back of his fingers, I flinched and pulled back from his touch 

Damon please hurry

my heart began to race and my blood began to boil knowing that he had been following us all morning. We're in public though, he can't do anything..can he?

"don't be scared" a deep laugh emerged from his mouth "I wont hurt you as long as you listen. Now this is what is going to happen, you're going to stand up with me, you're going to take my hand and we're going to walk out of here" 

How is it possible that Damon isn't back yet, there is no way he would take this long 

"w-where is Damon?" I needed to know he was okay 

"One of my men is taking care of him" he grinned "now lets get out of here" he stood up and extended his hand out for me to take

I'm too scared to not do what he says, yet I'm too scared to do it. I took his hand and stood up, looking around and hoping that Damon would come running any second, but I didn't see him. I looked in the direction of the bathrooms and saw 2 men arguing, one of them was pinned up against the wall. They were pretty far but even from here I could tell that Damon was the one pinning him up to the wall, which means that guy is one of Price's men. 

The guy on the wall glanced over in my direction and made eye contact with me, causing Damon to look over

Finally

"Lets go" Price started pulling me away from the table I was at, my bags of clothes still under the table. He started walking quickly, probably aware that Damon had seen him taking me. He started making his way through the crowd without even glancing back. I looked over my shoulder slightly but couldn't see if Damon was behind us. 

I tried resisting him pulling me a bit which only angered him and he yanked on my arm. This is slightly embarrassing considering that the mall was pretty full and people could see us walking quickly. We made our way towards the exit, literally feet away from it now

"What the hell do you want with me?" I finally built up the courage to say something, he turned and grinned at me 

"Oh you'll see" he turned the corner out the door and stopped when he saw Damon standing in front of him

Oh thank god

"You know better than to do this Price" he stared him in the eye, not a single bit of fear in his face "now let go of her" 

"Oh you think you're a big hero?" Price pulled me directly behind him

I feel like a child

"you aren't shit Powers" why do they call each other by their last names? I might have to ask Damon that later 

"You know that I'm not scared to gun you down right here if you don't let her go" 

gun? I didn't see Damon grab a gun before we left

"That makes two of us" Price replied, loosening his grip on my hand a bit. 

I have two options here, I either continue to stand here while people walk by us and staring, or I can try being ballsy and rip my hand out of his grip and run away

well, lets see how this goes

I ripped my hand out of his and turned around to run, only to see Price's minion in front of me. He grabbed my shoulders to keep me from going anywhere, there was still blood running down from his nose. He turned me around to face Price's back and put an arm around my neck to make it seem more casual than it really is

"she's got guts" I heard Price say between his chuckles

That I do

I quickly and as hard as I could elbowed the guy holding me in the stomach, causing him to let go of me and bend over in pain. I decided to think on my toes and slammed his head into the brick wall next to him and turned around to see Damon already hitting Price in the face, knocking him down next to his minion. Damon quickly came to me, took my hand and started rushing inside the building again

"Damn babe" he smiled down at me "that was hot" he wiggled his eyebrows at me

"whatever you say" I couldn't help but laugh "can we go get the bags of clothes I got, they're still at the table" I don't know how that experience didn't scare me more, it's nothing I've ever dealt with before

"hopefully they're still there" he laughed before putting his arm around my shoulder, I swung my arm around his waist knowing that with him I am safe

"Fine, if you must go..I'm driving you and picking you up" tomorrow I go back to work but Damon is scared to have me go alone 

"Dame, I'll be okay" I started hanging my clothes up in the closet, Damon had stopped by my apartment again to pick up some clothes for a while. I literally just got my own apartment and I'm already spending less time at it than I am anywhere else 

"you have to understand Rachel," he stood in front of me, stopping me from continuing to hang my clothes up "I can't allow you to get hurt, therefore I am taking you to work" He ran his hands up and down each of my arms 

"only if you help me hang up my clothes" I loved looking up at him, something about him being taller than me made him more attractive 

"deal" he pecked my lips before bending down next to me to grab some clothes and put it on hangers 

I've only know this man for a little over a month now, and somehow I feel more for him than I have ever felt for any one else. I don't understand what he has done to me, he has brought out a side of me that I never knew existed.