“What the hell happened?” He looks so concerned I just cry harder as my eyes shift between them before I find my voice to speak.
“He took Adeline.”
Right there on my phone is a picture of Addy tied up in a dark room with one solitary message.
I couldn’t get to you and now you’re going to regret it.
Epilogue
Adeline
I have no clue where I am or why, just that I’m locked in a dark and cold room tied up, and unable to move.
But I can scream, and I have been.
I’ve been screaming my voice raw for hours waiting to see the face of the person who took me and ask them why. It’s not like my parents have any money.
“What the hell do you want from me?!” I scream again, but this time I’m met with laughter as a man unlocks the door and walks in.
The man from the coffee shop. Fuck.
“You? I want nothing from you. You were leverage to get what I really want, but it seems like even that has failed,” he says sighing as he starts circling me.
“Then let me go,” I whisper, and his laughter picks up again.
It’s dark and unnatural and sends shivers down my spine. I don’t think I’m getting out of here alive.
“I can’t do that, my dear. Just because one plan failed, doesn’t mean I don’t have others. And now? They all hinge on you since I was betrayed by someone I thought I could trust,” he sneers, and I can feel spittle hitting me from his anger.
“I didn’t do anything. I don’t even know you!” I cry, and he laughs like a maniac before crouching down in front of me.
“You didn’t, but you will. You’re going to be my secret weapon.” He cups the side of my cheek, and I flinch away as I feel the tears begin to fall.
“What do you want? Why me?” I plead with him.
“I can’t give you all the answers right now, but I will in due time,” he tells me before walking back to the door.
“You’re everything to her, Adeline. I need her to be mine, and you’re the one that will help me make that happen.”
“Who?!” I don’t understand any of this.
He walks back toward me and squats down in front of me again.
“Did you know Harleigh is keeping secrets? She’s not who you think she is.”
I shake my head as more tears fall. His obsession is with Harls? Why?
He must see the confusion on my face because he continues.
“She isn’t human. She’s been hiding things from you because she couldn’t trust you with her secret.”
Isn’t human? This guy has lost his mind, and I’m at his mercy.
I don’t say a word as more tears fall when I realize that my life is in the hands of someone who is wholly unstable.
“Don’t cry, dear. You will always have me on your side,” he says before walking back to the door and opening it.
“Get comfortable, Adeline. You’re not going anywhere anytime soon.”
THE END….
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Secrets.
Betrayal.
Love.
Sophomore year isn’t shaping up to be any easier than Freshman Year, but at least I have Brian and Colten by my side.
Together, we can face the evil lurking in the shadows, waiting for the perfect moment to strike.
People will be betrayed, feelings will be hurt and secrets will be revealed.
