The Hooded Beauty

Him.

Kady's POV:
I feel like I'm being jerked and shoved constantly, I just can't move.
I feel claustrophobic. My heart rate begins to rise as I become more aware of life around me.
My head is pounding.
I hear an engine humming, I think I'm in a vehicle of some sort.

I hear a huge grunt after being jolted sideways slightly. I open my eyes slowly and follow where the noise came from.

It's my father next to me. He's tied down with about five straps around his body, holding him down. He's motionless. Duct tape is covering his mouth, I try to talk to him but I just mumble as I learn in that moment that I have duct tape on too. I just want to scream and sob. I start to do the only option I can do, sob.

Wait, does this mean? I jerk my head to the other side of me so fast my neck cracks (it was a good crack though), there he is. Jace Nash.

My heart breaks when I see him, he begins to attempt to stir around and wiggle underneath the straps that are tightly holding us all down.

I decided to try make a quiet 'psst' noise to him but it ends up just being a random bizarre noise. His eyes dart open and his heads instantly snaps towards me, he has to blink several times, I think he doubts I'm here. But unfortunately I am.
He is such a mess, his bags under his eyes are far too heavy to pass baggage regulations. He looks like he hasn't slept in weeks, his hair is messy and it looks cute.
He's battered and bruised, I think we're all battered and bruised.
Jace suddenly jolts up and tries to get out of the straps to get to me. He's putting all of his strength into it, but it's just not working. We're stuck here. He looks down at his straps, assessing, trying to figure out a plan. He continues trying to break free, his breathing is so heavy and he lets out frustrated noises, I feel so bad. After a few minutes of persistent trying, he gives up with a sigh and stays still.

I hear my father waking up so I turn my head to the other side of me. He takes a few minutes to fully wake up and assess the surroundings and his straps. He sees me, I instantly start silently sobbing again.

I watch as my father fiddles with his trousers with much difficulty, he pulls out a Swiss Army knife and tries to flick through all of the tools blindly until he feels out the one he wants.
A knife.
He moves and stretches his hand to reach the only strap he can get to which is the strap along his stomach and starts to hack at it as quietly as possible.

He frees the strap after a few minutes and with that his arms have more freedom and mobility and begins to work tirelessly for what feels like an hour but he perseveres and is eventually completely free from all of the straps. He takes a deep breath in, holds it and then rips the duct tape from his mouth.
He comes over to me and removes my duct tape.

Fuck that shit hurt!
He removes Jace's duct tape. He takes it in stride like the little champ he is. My father whispers asking if we're okay and we say yes, even though we are far from it.

He kneels by my side and starts hacking away at my straps.
"Can you free Jace first please?" I plead with my father.
They both mutter a 'shut up' in unison and my father continues until I am free.
My father grabs me and holds me tight for a while, a tear slowly rolls down my cheek. I momentarily rub at the tension marks on my body that have started to hurt.

I rush over to Jace and kneels next to him while my father hacks at his straps. We just stare at each other in silence, gobsmacked that we are together in this mess, but it is still together. I run my fingers through his dirty, greasy, messed up hair until he is free.

When his upper body is released he grabs onto me in 0.4 seconds. When the rest of him is freed, he stands up and pulls me in again. Wrapping his arms tightly around me, I rest my head on his chest and take in this moment.
His warmth. His embrace. Him.

This is all I have wanted since I was taken that night.
I wanted Jace.

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Authors note:
So, after near enough two years bang of the dot, I have started writing this book again. I don't remember any of the plan I had set for it so I had to start over for the remainder of this book. This is the first of many to come.
I hope you guys enjoy this chapter. Thankyou for your support💕