Cannibal (Book One of A Bloodline's Saga)

Get Fucked...

But every cage has its fails that no one could predict

The asylum began to rupture 

And the breach flooded with corpses

Analepsy 

Arriving back from the diner with conversation in the air accompanied by light music, we head back to my cabin as Luke informs me that he will stay here for a bit then return home later. 

"Well you could stay the night; my parents aren't going to be back until tomorrow." I suggest once we've said our goodbyes to his mum, who in return surprises us both by giving me then Luke a hug, yet he looks happy knowing she likes me. Unlike his dad who came off as a complete cunt, Ashley included.

I will admit, it feels foreign but I guess it's something I might get used to, though I doubt it considering I'll be leaving in a few days' time. Wiping the thought from my head while I start to wonder when that conversation will come up, we enter through the door and announce I'm home. 

Waiting a few seconds Lucy comes emerging from her room with a smile before greeting Luke as if he's a life-long old friend. After that and a small conversation about something else, Luke and I are on our way to my appointed room. 

Once the door closes, I turn my back to throw down my jacket and round again to see Luke right in my face, sending me jumping in the air a little which sends him laughing. 

"You scared the s**t out of me." I breathe with a hand on my forehead, his hand grabbing my wrist and bringing it from my head and back down to my side.

"I'm sorry, I thought you would have heard me." he chuckles when he brings me in for a hug, my head shaking against his chest while turning the TV on and slipping into comfortable clothes, I deem as PJs. 

With my head on his chest and arms around him, his arms support my back and side as we both watch what the TV has to offer in means of entertainment, though I find myself trying to fight off sleep I refuse to cave in to. 

Peering up at Luke and discover that he is still awake, he looks at me with questioning eyes before his mouth opens to ask what his eyes are trying to tell me.

"You alright?"

"Yeah, I almost fell asleep but I'm up now. I think I'm going to go and make another coffee. Want one?"

"Sure, did you want me to come out with you?" 

"If you want, might as well tell me how you like it." 

"I'm sure I'll like it either way, you are making it for me."

Blushing at his words with a grin accompanying my burning cheeks, we make it into the kitchen and doing what is necessary in means of making the coffees. Not long my ears pick up my phone ringing from the room. 

"I'll be back." I inform before I'm gone to see who it is and hoping it isn't mum on her way here. I also hope that it isn't the police informing me my parents got themselves into s**t. 

"Hello?"

"Ah hey, is this Emily?"

"Yeah, who is this?" 

"This is Kimmy." 

Alright, what the actual f**k? Why is she calling me for, I don't even like the cunt and I hope she knows that, too.

"What do you want?" I spit, my entire body erupting into a spasm of adrenaline as I try and suffocate that in favour of getting the words of "Jake is with me", out. 

"So I assume that Jake has told you about him and I?" she confesses in a small voice, my head nodding even though I know she can't see me. 

"No, as a matter of fact he hasn't. If anything he was trying his damn hardest to hide it from me up until a few nights ago I caught him sneaking off with his parents. For your information, he was actually on vacation up with my parents and I, so whatever you said to him or whatever happened caused him to freak out and want to go home. I also caught him say he didn't love me anymore." I finally explode while the other end stays silent the whole time, and then eventually hear sniffling on the other end of the phone.

"I'm so sorry I didn't know, he told me you two were over, I honestly thought it the way he was saying s**t about you." she cries, my heart wanting to feel bad for her considering that's the type of person I am, but I can't seem to find it in me to do so.

"So why are you ringing? To confess what I already know?" I demand once the crying takes a little to stop and has managed regained her composure. 

This girl is nuts if she thinks the waterworks are going to work on me. If it was in person I think I would have gladly punched her in the f*****g throat, then tell her that she can have Jake and my sloppy seconds. 

"I am calling because he hasn't been home, he didn't come home the day he said he would."

"Yeah I know, that's because he was meant to be with me for ten days, why, what did he tell you?"

"He was meant to be back pretty much the night you caught him leaving with his parents. I was on the phone to him because I'm pregnant with his child. That is why he was coming back that night; he wanted to be with me."

Throwing my phone as if it's made of fire, I finally lose my s**t and scream all sorts of words that would even have the Devil punching me in the face for being so rude. 

Luke however is taking my rage all in with folded arms and a calm expression before he is over to comfort the mess of anger and sadness, collapsed on the bed in front of him. 

"What's going on?" he questions gently after a while of me crying it out a little more thanks to Jake f*****g up and me f*****g up somewhere along the lines too. Like I get that I'm a very moody person, but he never told me considering he never opened up to me like I tried with him.

"That was the girl Jake's been cheating on me with." I get out in a croaky voice, my body pulling away from Luke's embrace to use my legs as armrests, my head hung as I observe my silent tears become nothing. 

"What the f**k, do you want me to call her-"

"No, I think she gets the message. But apparently Jake was meant to be back the night I caught him organising a way to get out with his parents prior to me being attacked. So she rang me because she is starting to worry about him, meaning he wouldn't be answering his phone." the last part sounding more to myself and peer up at Luke with wide eyes. 

"Do you think Jake and his parents were taken by what attacked me?" I squeak, Luke sighing and shaking his head then lighting a cigarette.

"No, because if he was missing, then the Police would have already got involved by now, he has probably done a runner on Kimmy. I mean you didn't really hear much of the conversation, but you were knocked out and I bet you any money it was one of those cunt's that were with Jake and his parents that night." he points out, my mind weighing the odds when I come to think about it more and he's right.

"So there's really no point in telling Mum and Cam that he's missing then?" I sum up, though it's more to myself as I picture a thousand ways to hand Jake and Kimmy their asses. 

"No, don't trouble yourself with this s**t anymore; you've gone through enough it's time to rest. You look tired anyway." he chuckles while I fight back a yawn.

"I am tired, but I just can't believe the cunt didn't even tell me he knocked someone up, like come the f**k on! I'm not even that f*****g scary!" I shout then grab the coffee Luke made for me.

"Well you do have a set of lungs on you, I will say that." he admits, my cheeks heating before I retrace my actions and words of what I actually said. 

"Oh, maybe I am a bit of a psycho like he said." I murmur, my eyes watering when I realise that Luke is probably going to think the same about me.

"No, you're a human going through pain and the way you expressed it, is better than what I have seen in the past. If anything, you're being mellow about it all." he confesses, relief slowly releasing on the inside only there's still that fear of if we get into a fight, I might be too much for him like I was with Jake.

"Thanks, that actually makes me feel better." I half-smile when placing my cup of finished coffee, down. 

"You're welcome, now where is the remote for the TV? Might as well watch some TV again." he suggests and being handed the said device. 

Flicking through a few channels, it lands on one we're both happy with and passing out with the happier events of tonight, which was meeting his mum I didn't hear about, up until tonight. 

There's a knock at the door that stirs me from falling deep asleep, Luke gently tapping me on the shoulder to see if I'm awake or not. 

"Yeah?"

"Just wondering have you and Luke had dinner yet?"

"Yeah Lucy, thank you." 

"That's okay, and I also wanted to know if you are okay, I heard you going off at someone and didn't know if it was you and Luke."

"Nah, just bullshit with Jake."

"Okay, well goodnight and I'll see you tomorrow."

"Alright, night!" 

Going back to watching the TV show, I just about pass out on him again before feeling his hands gently glide all over me, a small smile breaking out as he works a little on my back with his fingertips. Once he's done he starts on my neck as his free arm that isn't propping himself up, grabs my hip. 

Rolling onto my back it doesn't take us long to get down to nothing and his lips are on mine instead of my neck, my legs parting to let him through. 

Making sure I'm being quiet as well as him, we both get too carried away that the silence it's short lived. His movements stop and I'm starting to think that something happened; only he's hanging his head and groaning in annoyance.

"You didn't, did you?"

"I did, it's been a while."

"Oh my God, we didn't even use protection!"

"I'm sure we can figure-"

"Calm your t**s, I'm on the pill."

Laughing evilly and him sensing relief, we both hit the shower then crawl back under the sheets and finally pass out to the TV.

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Stirring awake what feels like hours later, the time reads that I've been asleep for only three hours and find Luke isn't in the bed with me. That's when I start to wonder where he would be and my mind telling me he possibly ran off.

Getting out of bed and making sure I'm clothed appropriately, I head out into the living room s***h dining room conjoined with a kitchenette on the end and grab myself a drink.

Straining my ears and hearing conversation coming from the front door, I confirm where Luke is but can't confirm exactly who he's on the phone to.

Slinking over, I monitor a little more to hear he seems to be having a bit of a heated conversation and a few choice words, I find myself committing to memory for future purposes.

"You don't think I don't know that! How would I know this was going to happen? We did a background check and they are nobodies!" Luke hisses loudly enough for me to hear.

"Obviously not to someone, yeah thanks Dad you f*****g i***t! I know I f****d up but what do you want me to do about it?" he just about shouts, his voice quieting right down for the sake of not waking anyone else. 

There's silence for a few more seconds before there's a snort in response. 

"Look, can't you just get Uncle Brad to sort it out, I'm sure he'll be able to come up with something so when they do come looking, we're covered." 

"Thank you Dad, I'll repay you tomorrow and I promise it won't happen again." 

"Alright bye." 

With the front door now opening I try my hardest to look like I've just woken up, though all that's running through my head is what he was talking about to his dad, and ponder on what the f**k he has gotten himself into. 

Brushing it from my mind when I'm met with Luke's surprised yet suspicious russet gaze, I give him a kiss as I rub the fake sleep from my eyes.

"I woke up and you weren't there, so I came out to look for you and you seemed to be heading in so I was just in time." I half-smile, a yawn coming into play and one that is real. Thank f**k I don't think I could have staged the fake "Just woke up" look, for much longer. 

"I was just on my phone to dad, he's drinking again." he chuckles when he closes the door then shrugs off his thick clothes, and takes them back with him to the room.

"Well I hope he's okay." I succeed in getting out considering I really don't know what to say or do right now. 

Like that's the honest truth, I can count all of these situations on one hand, that's how inexperienced I am with it all.

"Are you sure you're okay, you seem a little out of it?" 

"Well I did just wake up."

"Oh yeah." 

Sharing a small smile, I end up heading back to sleep only my mind is constantly buzzing with the thoughts of what the f**k he was talking about with his Dad on the phone. 

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Waking up to Luke in bed next to me this time, the memories of us having s*x is short lived when I recall the conversation I overheard him and his father having on the phone. My smile fades a little as I wish and hope it isn't anything f*****g serious. I don't think I could handle living in the criminal life and constantly worrying about whether he or I'm going to die. 

Brushing it off, I make many attempts to get out of bed only Lucy helps me when she announces that Mum and Cam will be back in half an hour. So with that being said, I'm interested in what news they have to share. 

That waking us up fully, Luke and I making sure all evidence of a male is clear though for some reason I feel like I'm pushing him out the door for my own relief, it even hurts me in some way considering there's something about him I can't let go. 

But I need to think some things over, yet do I have the time? I mean I have a handful of days left before Lucy and I have to go back home and continue on with our schooling and jobs, something I now want to throw myself into. The quicker I get the money, the faster I can come back to Luke.

"I'll call you later?" Luke asks while we're outside the front of the cabin.

"Sure, I'll talk to you later." I smile as best I can without giving off that there's something wrong and watching him walk off. 

Breathing deeply I make for my room to most likely overthink the conversation I overheard, and start to think it could have been a number of things. I mean the park rangers are up at early hours of the morning making sure everything at the theme park type thing they have going on there, is good to go for the next day. 

So there could have been numerous amounts of problems his Dad was drunkenly calling him about. I mean if my name was mentioned then that is when I should start to worry. But it wasn't, so I need to let this the f**k go, because dwelling on it is only going to end badly for me. 

Fuck what is wrong with me? I'm acting like Luke could be behind Jake's disappearance. Well he's not missing; he just hasn't shown up to see Kimmy yet. But Luke is right though, if they were truly missing then the Cops would have already been involved. 

Grasping for my phone, I text Luke and thank him for an awesome night as well as apologising if I seemed a little off. I give him the spiel about how I was just stressed about Mum and Cam coming back at any moment and catching us. 

Though something inside keeps nagging me to drop it and don't push it further, if I want to stay happy with Luke. 

He finally replies back after I'm finished straightening out the rest of the room, the text sending a smile across my face before I start to think I'm going nuts with the thoughts of Luke having something to do with Jake's disappearance. 

Mid-text Mum and Cam finally burst through the door with McDonalds for breakfast, Lucy and I smashing it down then told to meet them at their cabin. 

Doing so we quickly chuck some shoes on and head over to Mum and Cam's cabin to find ourselves welcomed back into warmth. 

Taking our seats at the small dining table they have, one of them pulls out a cigarette as the both of them find a seat to sit on. 

"Now, the reason why we took so long is because we went back home to see if we could find Jake, but he hasn't been seen going back to his place apart from his parents leaving the night they did to come and pick him up." Cam explains when we're all seated and at the edge of our seats, to delve fully into the conversation. 

"So what, you think they were attacked too, like Emily?" Lucy questions while Mum and Cam shake their heads in unison. 

"No because the people they went with aren't at their places either, so they've all done a runner to places not even we know. So we're gonna have to leave it in the hands of the police and tell them that they're on the run for attacking you, and have not been seen since." Mum goes on, relief flooding my system when realisation dawns on me. 

They will no longer be ditching Lucy and I for some mad goose chase over some junkies knocking me out, just to smuggle Jake home. I can come home with both parents and not be known as the person with psychotic parents. Like I love and the both of them and I know they would have done it out of love, but there are things best left alone and this is one of them. 

So ruling it out the entire situation as Jake hiding with his parents, I succeed in also convincing them to not even bother with the cops considering once junkies are gone, they aren't able to be found again until they want to be found.