Bound by my blood

Chapter thirty-seven

Jax's p.o.v (after Alexa and Vince drive off):

I stare at the white Range Rover swing around the corner; Vince and Lexi both bickering in the front seat.

Fuck. I was a dead man walking. I was meant to keep them both here.

Angelo huffs and turns on his heel. He walks back into the house and I stare after him. This must happen a lot because he didn't seem that bothered that they might both be in peril.

The sound of my phone ringing in my back pocket snaps me out of my train of thought and I quickly pull it out. I hope that it is Lexi calling to tell me she is sorry and coming back. Of course it's not and I knew that she won't call now she's left. Not unless she really needed help.

Panic takes over my mind as I recognise the number. Isabella. I look around before walking to the edge of the perimeter and answering the call.

"What do you want?" I snap, keeping my eyes on the house in front of me and my hand hovering over my gun.

"That is no way to speak to sister dearest is it and for all I've done for you" She scolds on the over side of the phone.

"Hello Issy" I sigh, biting back the report that was threatening to fall off my tongue about all she has done for me.

She is more of a stranger to me then an older sister. When mother got pregnant with me, Issy (who was 22) was disgusted but realised that I could be useful apparently.

By the time I was 7 she had sent me to America with one of her friends whilst she stayed in Italy to get on the good side of Ava and Alexei.

"Hey Jaxon, I hope you have got back onto Alexandria's good side. She has to trust you so she won't expected it when the plan falls into place. I'm counting on you. Remember all that the Castillo's family did to us. Jaxon, my fiancé died because of them!" Issy lectures like she does every time she calls.

It was true her fiancé did die, Leonidas was the one that killed him, after Jaxon hurt one of his sisters-Alessia- and chased her out the country. My biological mother had tried to protect him but my stepdad had just handed him over without a fight. Some reason it had surprised my mother, despite him being Rayne's brother. It was the reason that mom packed mine and Issy's bags and sent us far away. The Castillo's killed her too because of it. She was labelled a deserter and so was Issy. I was still young enough to have my name changed and who did they name me after... you guessed it, Issy's fiancé.

"Yes, she trusts me. She is the house right now. We are about to watch a film" I lie, not wanting to admit my mistake.

"Good boy! I'll let you go but message me later about how you're progress is going" she praises before hanging up.

A stream of curses leave my mouth and I slam my fist into one of the trees. Dammit Issy. She makes this seem like it is the easiest task in the world but it isn't. Not for me.

My body shakes and I collapse onto the cold, wet concrete. My vision blurs as my mind forces me to remember my sisters fucked up plan. Tears fall freely down my face and I gasp for air desperately.

When Lexi finds out the truth about me she will hate me. How could she not?

I pull my knees to my chest and rock back and forth. It starts raining around me at some point but I'm so caught up that I don't pay it any heed.

It will hide the tears that have fallen and are still falling. It will hide the blood stains on the driveway from my hand.

I stay curled in a ball on the floor for what seems like hours. My clothes are soaked and i can't stop shivering.

My mind tells me to go inside and warm up so I didn't get sick. However, the twisted part of me tells me that I deserve this.

I deserve everything I am going to get as soon as they find out the truth about me. Maybe it would be easier for me to die now. It would be less painful for both me and Lexi.

At some point, Angelo finds me in the rain. My teeth are chattering and my lips blue from the cold. I try to resist him as he tries to help me into the house but soon give up.

Angelo helps me out of clothes until I'm stood in my boxers in the kitchen. He hands me a towel from the nearest bathroom before sitting me on the sofa.

I don't notice when he disappears into his room -which was downstairs- or when he returns.

There is a worried look in his eyes as he pulls a huge, pink hoodie over my naked torso. I am quite tall so I was shocked when Angelo's hoodie covers my ass.

He wraps me up in layers of blankets before sitting to close for comfort beside me. His warmth spreads through my body and I shiver slightly but not from the cold.

He notices and scoots closer if that was even possible. He doesn't say anything as he puts his show back on.

I stare at my new friend and realise that this mission is going to be even more painful now that I've met Angelo.

Soon he looks at me, his eyebrows raised in question and I flush as I realise that I have been caught staring.

"I'm sorry and thank you" I manage to mutter and he just nods simply. I expect him to pull away from me but for some reason he doesn't.

In a way I wish he would, this would make it all so much easier and less confusing for me.
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Duh duh duh...

What is Jaxon talking about? And does anyone remember Isabella from Sold to a murderer? If so then you might understand poor Jaxons problems.

Also do you like Angelo and Jaxon's friendship (possibly more)?

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