Missing Pieces (The Pieces Series Book 1) (20 page)

I
must have fallen asleep because I wake up cold and shivering. Neeko should have come back by now. Why didn’t he wake me? I quickly jump out, seeing that I am all pruned. I run to the closet and grab my clothes, dressing as fast as I can, then jump into bed. I shiver for about 5 minutes before I get warm. I lay there, wondering where Neeko is, until I fall asleep.

I wake and Neeko is still nowhere to be found. This is so weird. He always comes in either before I go to bed or after. I know he can’t still be mad about our fight. We are both stressed out so I think I am going to be lazy today and just sit and read.

N
eeko walks into the room. I look up from my Kindle and see him with an envelope. “This will tell us what type of Immortal you are.”

I can’t wait. Maybe I am a Godgel or something. He sits on the bed by me, his hands shaking a little. He asks me, “Do you want to be the one to open it?”

“Nah, you open it and tell me.”

He slowly opens the envelope and starts to read it. Everything seems to go into slow motion. He drops the paper and starts shaking his head, backing away from me.

“What? What is wrong?”

Tears stream down his face. He shakes himself and his eyes turn red. His teeth clench and his hands ball into fists. He becomes someone I have never seen. I stand up. “What’s wrong? What did it say?”

“You...you are a demon,” he says in a hard tone, pointing his finger at me.

“No way! There must be some mistake! I can’t be a demon! You said I have angel powers!”

“You are half-angel/half-demon. You have to leave. Demons are not welcome here.”

“I have nowhere to go! Neeko, please. I didn’t know. There must be some mistake.”

“No mistake. You are a filthy demon. I can’t believe I slept with a demon!” He starts shaking his head as if to get rid of unwanted thoughts.

“Neeko, I love you. Please don’t throw me out. Help me.”

“There is no help for you...except death.”

“No.” I start to shake. Is he going to kill me?

“I—.”

Nigel flashes in. “I knew you were a lowlife.” He laughs a hideous laugh. “Now I get to torture you and watch the love of your life do it, too.” He points to Neeko. “Oh, you weren’t fixing on letting her go, were you? That would be bad. Your people wouldn’t let you live that down.” Nigel flashes out.

Neeko looks at me and, for a brief moment, I see pain in his eyes. He straightens up and leaps forward, grabbing me. Catching me off-guard, he flashes me to a room filled with people in lab coats. “Something to knock her out. Quick.” Somebody sticks a needle in my neck and, instantly, everything goes black.

Nigel

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I
can’t believe Neeko is punishing me for touching one of his whores. He has so many! Why is this one any different? I walk to the lower levels with my head down. I am his family and he throws me under the bus? This is
not
the Neeko I know. He is becoming a weak leader and I need to do something about it. I walk into my cell that will be my home for a week. How am I supposed to stay away from Gabby when we live in the same house? I sit on the bed and wait for my punishment to begin. At least he went easy on me.

I
have been in this hellhole for a week now. Every day, I get shocked and every day, I become even more pissed at Gabby. That bitch is going to pay. I am royalty here, she is not. I don’t deserve to be treated this way. They release me, but instead of walking back to my room, I head out of the house. There is somewhere I need to go, and payback that I need to begin.

I find a low level demon and tell him I need to see Lash. He looks at me and is about to try and jump me when I say, “I have a way he can get Gabby.”

He disappears for a few minutes, then Lash appears. “What is it you want?” He looks at me, sizing me up.

“I heard you have been trying to get Gabby. Is this true? How bad do you want her? And what do I get in return for helping you?”

After we put all our plans in place, I head back to the house to wait until it is time. Gabby has everyone eating out of her hands, but I see through her. Lash told me her secret. It is a secret she doesn’t know she has. Oh, what I could do with this knowledge! When it is revealed, it will destroy her. I hate waiting. Maybe I should go ahead and tell Neeko. Nah, he probably wouldn’t believe me anyway.

T
oday is the day my plan goes into action. I call Lash and tell him everything is in place. If it all goes according to my plan, Gabby’s secret will be out by the end of the week. I just have to wait.

Neeko has ordered the test. Now to wait for the results. Seeing my plan coming together, I start getting excited. I watch Neeko until I see the envelope in his hands. I almost blow my cover. I wait until he has read the results and then I flash in, making sure he does what he supposed to do. He can’t let a demon go free. She can tell all of our secrets. I want them both to suffer. He doesn’t deserve to be king. I do.

I watch as he tortures her. I couldn’t be happier. You can tell her heart is breaking, but something is off with him. He isn’t acting like it bothers him. He is not going crazy like I thought he would. He looks to be enjoying it. That is weird. Then he surprises me by bringing in Derrick. Is he really going to kill him? I see his eyes turn black. What the hell? Lash has done something to him? He didn’t tell me about this! This was not part of the deal! Suddenly, a light blinds me and then disappears. I look and see Neeko knocked out, and Gabby naked. She must have used that angel power of hers. She helps Derrick out of his restraints and they talk for a minute, then they both disappear. I flash out to go find Lash and get some answers.

Gabby

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I
wake up in a cell with white walls and a slab for a bed. Why would Neeko bring me here? What is this place? I notice my engagement ring is gone. Two men come in. “Don’t fight us and we will go easy on you.” One has a needle, the other has some sort of electric wand. “We need to take some blood.”

I hold out my arm, not wanting to be hit with electricity. He jabs me with the needle and I jump, causing the needle to slip out. The man with the wand presses it to my arm and electricity shoots throughout my body. I scream and scream, but he doesn’t stop. It feels like forever before he takes it away. “Be still or you will get it again.” 

Tears are flooding down my checks. Why would they treat me like this? I hold as still as I can, making sure I don’t jump again. He takes four vials of blood before they get up and leave. I curl into a ball and cry.

I
t has to have been about two days since they came in for blood, and my arm is still bruised from the wand. Nobody has brought me food or anything. I am beginning to think they may have forgotten about me when Neeko unlocks my cell and walks in. “What is going on, Neeko?”

“Don’t you
dare
use my name, demon,” he spits and clenches his teeth. I have never seen this side of him. He grabs me by the hair and pulls me up close to him. I feel the prick of a needle, and I’m out once more.