Home Is Where The Heart Is.
1783 Words
Nicole woke up to birds chirping and sunlight peeking through the shades. She made her way out of bed noting that she was very sore in her sweet spot.
She looked back at Josh just to make sure that last night wasn't a dream. Nope her beautiful mate was a sleeping beauty.
She started some coffee and threw on one of Josh's shirts. She looked at the breakfast menu and ordered a few things for them. Then she got in the shower.
She took her time in the shower and reliving last night. Feeling herself climax just thinking about how he made her feel.
She got out of the shower and heard room service. She threw a robe on and answered the door. She got a strange feeling from the guy delivering her breakfast. He had really big teeth that looked familiar to her but his eyes here blue. She thanked him and took the food.
Josh woke up to the door closing and they smiled at each other. Then like slow motion the door came flying open and 5 men rushed him. 2 of the men pushed her to the ground and brought her arm behind her back pushing her face into the floor.
Josh shifted to Trenton before he could get out of bed and one of the men shot him with a needle.
Slowly Trenton fell to the ground and shifted back to his human form.
3 men helped subdue Nicole who was just starting to get the upper hand.
"Katrina!" One of the men yelled her birth name and she looked over at him standing over her mates body. He pick up his head by his hair and put a knife to his throat. "Cooperate and he lives." His English was broken with a heavy Russian accent.
She stopped looking at her mate. Making sure he was breathing. She stopped fighting them and two of the men grabbed either arm and escorted her out of the room. No one was at the front desk as they walked pasted it. There was a huge black Lincoln Navigator just outside the door and they quickly shoved her inside and handcuffed her hands and the they gave her a shot and everything went dark. The last thing they heard "We have her." In Russian.
Josh
Josh woke up to vomit all over himself and the floor. His arm was black and blue from how he was laying on the floor for so long. Every muscle in his body was stiff and sore. "What the fuck." He tried to get up and vomited again.
He crawled to the bed and used it to sit. He was still nude and breakfast dishes were still all over the floor. The food was dried and looked to be a few days old. He vomited again and tried to crawl into the bathroom. He drank some water from the sink because he was so dehydrated. He stayed in the bathroom drinking water until he felt like he could get on the toilet at least. It was several hours before he could try to stand.
His legs were week but he had to shower.
He took his time getting ready. Drinking water and eating whatever he could find. He thought about what happened over and over again. Seeing her get tossed down to the ground over and over again.
He wondered where to begin. "I guess start with what you know." Josh said to himself out loud. He looked at his phone he'd been on the floor for 3 days.
Nicole
The light was bright to her eyes and everything was cold in her body and her head felt like it was splitting in half. She tried to cover her eyes and realized that they were chained to the bed.
"Katrina, don't." The voice was female but harsh as she slapped her hands back down.
"Nicole. My name is Nicole." Her voice was weak and raspy. Her eyes started to adjust to the bright light. "You don't have the right person."
(Laughter)"Don't lie to us. We are family." The harsh woman said.
Nicole needed more time and something drink horribly bad."Can I have some water?"
The woman gave her some water since her hands didn't reach. Nicole felt better after several drinks. She noticed that she was in some type of hospital room with locks on the door. "Where am I?"
"Home, where should have been a long time ago."
"Glad I dodged that bullet." She looked down at herself in a white hospital gown and her hands tied.
"They did a grave disservice to you keeping you from your family. Now you have no idea who you are or what you are capable of."
"Where is Josh? My mate?" She knew he wasn't close.
"That mangy mutt better be dead for what he did to you."
Nicole knew he wasn't dead so she decided to not say anything else. She just started to cry, sorry for getting him involved. 'He will find us.' She heard her Lycan say and a little flutter of hope entered her heart.
"What day is it?"
"You have been here for three days. Here, eat something. " She handed her a cheese sandwich and glass of water after she released her one hand.
"Where is here?" She asked again.
"Home" was all she said back and left the room.
Nicole replayed it all in her head, the look in his eyes as he faded off from whatever they shot with. The blade to his throat. It made her stomach turn thinking of them hurting him. She was going to get out of here in time. She ate her entire gross sandwich.
Josh
It took a day but he was able to get dressed and call down for the bell hop to help get all his stuff down to his truck. His phone was still dead but at least he had the time and date.
He talked to the front desk who never saw anything but they did have security cameras. He reviewed them and watched her get in the car. It was a black Lincoln Navigator and he only got a partial license plate.
He got in his truck and it smelled like them. Tears breeched his eyes as he remembered her. He plugged in his phone and it charged up.
Bing Bing Bing his phone was getting notifications. He looked at the and Mark at called him 15 time and be had about 10 calls from his Dad and 25 texts from Mark.
Something deep inside told him to call Mark. He listened to the phone ring and when it was answered he knew exactly who it was and it wasn't Mark.
"Hello, Josh" Julia's voice came over the phone.
"Julia? What are you doing with Mark's phone?"
"He stopped by and told me to answer it only when you called. He said to say They came here first. Your Dad called them." She paused
"Are you in trouble?" Julia's heart was beating fast just hearing his voice again.
"Stay away from all this. Throw this phone and you don't know anything. I don't want you getting hurt." He hung up the phone.
"My Dad called them." Anger swelled up inside him. He knew his dad was never really on his side but this was the lowest of the low.
He drove East. He felt like she went East. He hit the highway and at the next bigger town her stopped and bought a few burner phones, cloths and a different car. He watched as his truck got crushed never to be seen again. He stopped for some cloths he felt like black was a good fit. He headed to the only place he knew where to start. Her childhood home.
Nicole
She was just laying there bored out of her mind when the door finally opened a tall beautiful woman walked in. She wore lots of sparking jewelry and her long auburn hair was perfectly waved along her face and shoulders. Her golden brown eyes seemed to soak her up.
She smiled at her "Katrina my sweet girl. Look at how beautiful you are."
Nicole got a good feeling from her as she came up next to her bed. She touched her hand and Nicole got all these warm feeling from her. "Ivan, why is my granddaughter still I this rechet room?" A man came to the door who tall but wide.
"Orders, your Highness. "
"I am the Queen you will release my Granddaughter at once. She is coming home with me. Where she belongs." The woman looked down at her and smiled like they had a secret and winked at her.
Ivan came back with some keys and a phone and handed it to her.
"Hello." Her voice was sure and full of confidence. "That will not do sir. She is not some kind of dog to be chained forever in this dreadful place. I will be brining her home so be sure that her room is ready." She handed the phone back to Ivan and he finished taking her chains off.
"Now doesn't that just feel better?" She asked as Nicole rubbed her wrist. "Alright. Can you stand?"
Nicole pushed herself off the bed a d stood up. She felt a little dizzy but she nodded.
"Great. Let's go home." She took her hand smiled again and she walked her right out the door and to a limo that was waiting outside.
The chauffeur opened the door "Your Highness, Princess. Welcome home he bowed to her."
"Thank you." Nicole didn't want to be
rude.
"Ahh good, you have manners." The Queen got on the limo "Its a start."
Nicole sat across from her in the limo and wanted to say something but didn't know what to say.
"You probably want to know exactly what is going on." It was a statement not really a question.
Nicole nodded.
"Your parents were, shall we say, rebels." Her face got sad looking just mentioning them. "They ran away and wanted to be part of the human world. Well that is against the rules, and for good reason. They were very hard to find and they chose death rather than coming back here leaving you behind." She looked down upset but she kept going."We looked for you but he hid you well and the older you got the stronger you get and a scared Lycan is one of the most dangerous things in the world."
"Who was he to me?" Nicole asked.
"I dont know if you really want to know." They looked at each other and the silence was deafening.
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