Suppressed (Suppressed Saga) (17 page)

I knitted my eyebrows together, “If I thought that then don’t you think I wouldn’t have done it? Besides, you’re a demon. If that hasn’t scared me away then I don’t think having sex is.”

Relief went over his face and his eyes were a little bluer. “I don’t regret it either.”

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Well I would hope not.” I laughed.

His arm slid under my back and he pulled me closer. He kissed me softly a few time and then moved down to my neck nuzzling his face into it. “I would love to do this for the rest of the day but we’ve got to get going.”

I groaned as he pulled away and gave me one more quick kiss before getting out of the bed. I turned over and grabbed my duffle bag from the floor to find something to wear. My phone was blinking that I had a text message and when I looked it was from a number I didn’t recognize. The question of who sent it was answered when I read it. It was from Amy and she wanted me to call her. I didn’t think she had my number but maybe I gave it to her last night and just didn’t remember. I hit send and waited for her to answer.

“
Hey!” She yelled into the phone.

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Hey” I said a little less enthusiastically.

“
What are you doing?”

I looked back at Seth; he had his jeans back on but was still shirtless. I bit my lip and tried to go back to the conversation with Amy.

“
Um, nothing. Just stopped for a bit on the way home.”

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Oh, well, I was thinking, I have a few days off in a couple weeks. Maybe I could come down and see you. Since you started school we’ve kind of drifted apart and I would like to keep in touch more.”

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That would be great. Yeah, just let me know when you can come.” I slid a foot into my jeans and held the phone between my ear and my shoulder.

“
Okay. Listen, did you all get into some trouble or something on your way here?” The last part came out in a whisper.

I thought that was a weird question. “No.” I answered.

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Oh, well I just came into work and there was this man outside waiting for me, he was asking me questions about you and Eric.”

I fell to the floor as I tried to put my other leg in my pants. The phone dropped to the carpet and I fumbled around to get it.

“
What are you talking about?” I said putting the phone back to my face.

“
I dunno, it was some young guy with blonde hair and he was asking random stuff about you two. I thought it was kind of strange. I didn’t know if maybe he was a cop or something. Hey, has Eric said anything about me?”

My mind was out of the conversation now. I knelt up beside the bed and saw Seth looking at me like I was nuts. I kept my eyes on him and ignored the last question she asked. “Did you say anything, anything about Seth?”

Seth’s eyes got brighter as he started to catch on that something was wrong.

“
Well I told him you were all leaving to go back today. You, Lance, Seth, and Eric.”

I let out a groan and dropped my head into the bed. “Amy I have to go, I’ll call you later.”

I didn’t give her a chance to say anything before I ended the call.

Seth started on me the second I was off the phone, “What happened?”

I looked up from the bed, “She said she went into work today and a guy with blond hair was asking about me and Eric. She told him you were there too.”

He threw his shirt on the bed aggravated. “Damn it.”

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One of the men I saw at the store had blonde hair. Do you think it could have been him?”

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I don’t know. According to Eric there were the two possible ones at the store and then whoever was in the truck that followed you all.” His phone was out in a flash and he put it to his ear.

I got up and pulled my pants on the rest of the way and got dressed. Some of my stuff was strewn all over the floor so I picked it up and shoved it messily in my bag.

“
He’s not answering.” Seth said throwing his own bag on the bed. “We need to leave.”

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What do you mean he’s not answering?” I didn’t know if it was like Eric to not answer a phone call but by the look on Seth’s face I guess it wasn’t. I pulled out my phone and called Lance but he didn’t answer either.

“
What time is it? Maybe their back in Boston already.”

He threw his shirt over his head and grabbed both of our duffle bags. “No, Eric would have called me.”

This was unbelievable. If anything happened to my brother I was going to find out how to kill a demon and then do it to Eric. I couldn’t put the blame on Eric though, this wasn’t his fault; it was partially mine. I got in the truck by myself and thought of all the possible explanations as to why they weren’t answering. Everything that went through my mind ended badly and was causing my blood pressure to go up.

Seth was flying down the highway. Every five minutes he would call Eric’s phone and when no one answered he would cuss or slam his fist on something. His attitude was making mine ten times worse. It made me wonder if Seth had any idea as to what happened.

We didn’t talk for at least an hour and it was putting me on edge. I was afraid that if I tried to say anything it would come out wrong and I would end up blowing up at him. I didn’t want to get into a fight so I just kept my mouth shut.

I tried calling my brother a few more times but he didn’t answer. I’d had enough, screw arguing with him. My brother was way more important than he was.

“
Why are you being so quiet? Is there something you’re not telling me?”

He looked at me like I was crazy. “I tell you everything, why would I keep something like this from you?”

I let out a short laugh, “I highly doubt you tell me everything.”

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Anytime you ask me something, I tell you. I don’t ever plan on lying to you. There’s no point in it.”

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What do you mean?”

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What would I gain in lying to you? I’m lucky that you want to be with me despite what’s going on. If I lie to you about anything it would just add to the list of reasons why you shouldn’t be with me.”

I looked at him confused and a little taken back. “Are you saying that deep down you don’t think we should be together?”

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I didn’t say that.” His teeth were clenched and he looked how I felt right now. Aggravated. “This is why I wasn’t talking to you. We’re both on edge and we’ll say something we don’t mean. I don’t want to argue with you.”

“
Okay, so you did say that you don’t think we should be together you just didn’t mean it because you’re on edge?”

“
Cam, – “

His voice was stressful and I really wanted to hear what he said but his phone let out a loud ring causing him to almost jump to the center console to grab a hold of it. I sat back in the seat listening to what he said.

“
Where are you at?” he said as soon as the phone got to his ear.

A minute or two went by where he said nothing. It was irritating because I wanted to know what was going on.

Another minute had gone until he finally spoke. “Alright well I’ll see you when I get back.”

He dropped the phone in the cup holder and looked over at me. “They’re fine.”

I knew that wasn’t all so I waited as patiently as I could till he told me the rest.

His eyes stayed glued to the road when he finally spoke, “They’re at the hospital.”

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The hospital?” I shrieked out.

“
You’re brother had to get stitches. He was stabbed in the hand.”

I let out a breath of air and leaned my head on the head rest.

“
They jumped them at a rest stop. There were four of them, I think they realized you weren’t with Eric and didn’t care anymore.”

“
Well that’s just great.”

I pulled out my phone and dialed Lance’s number.

“
Hey.” His voice seemed fine and he actually sounded a little cheery. Maybe it was the painkillers.

“
What happened? Are you okay?”

“
Yeah it was just a little scratch. It was crazy. These guys came out of nowhere. I guess they were trying to steal the truck.”

“
Well I’m glad you’re okay. What about Eric?”

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He’s good, not a mark on him.”

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That’s good.” I groaned out. I was kind of hoping he got a broken bone or something. Then again he might have but already healed.

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You should have seen him; he took on like three of them. He was like Rambo out there. I only had one and got stabbed in the hand.”

“
Well I’m glad you’re okay. Are you guys close to home yet?”

“
Yeah, we’ll be there in about a half hour.”

“
Alright, well I’ll see you tomorrow. Try not to get into anymore trouble.”

He agreed with a laugh and hung up the phone. My mood was slightly lifted but I was still a little irritated. Lance shouldn’t have been put in that situation. What if he wasn’t stabbed in the hand, what if they had gotten him like those men did Eric that one night? Another thing that was getting to me was what Seth said earlier. If he was having second thoughts about what we were doing then I wanted him to tell me up front. It was pointless to keep going if he was just going to change his mind in a few months. I contemplated everything the whole ride back to Boston.

We pulled up to the dorm and I went to grab my bag but Seth’s hand enclosed on my wrist to stop me, “I want you to stay with me tonight.”

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I have school tomorrow.” I pointed out.

“
You can ride with Eric in the morning.”

That’s exactly what I wanted to do, ride to school with him.

“
Fine, I need to get my books and stuff.” I opened the door and jumped out. Seth followed me to the dorm but kept a few steps behind me. Well this was nice, one minute we slept together and the next we could barely even talk.

I got to the room and Ashley wasn’t there. Her bed was made and her side was surprisingly very neat. That was a shocker, she never cleaned. I grabbed up my bag with all my books in it and a few clothes. Seth asked to carry my bag but I shoved him off and headed out. I heard him let out a sigh behind me but just ignored him and kept going.

I pulled myself in the truck and we headed back to his house. Maybe I was being a little irrational and over dramatic with Seth but I had a good reason to be mad and what’s more was he didn’t even try to make it better.

When we got back I headed into the house ahead of Seth and Eric jumped at the sound of the door closing. Without a word I went back to the bedroom and shut the door. I could hear Seth and Eric talking out in the living room but could care less what they were saying.

I pulled out a pair of sweat pants and a t-shirt then yanked my shirt off my head. I had just unbuttoned my pants when the door swung open and Seth walked in slamming it behind him.

I was standing there in my bra and would have tried to cover myself up but was too mad to even care. Plus he had seen me in less so there was no point.

“
What is your problem?” he said crossing his arms.

I threw my hands in the air, “Oh, now you care? It took you three hours to ask.”

“
Your brother is fine. There’s no reason for you to be pissed off.”

I pointed my finger at him. “This isn’t about my brother. This is about you and what you said earlier.”

“
We’re still on that?” He said rubbing the back of his head.

“
Yes!” I shrilled out.

His hand dropped and got a little closer, “Alright, I’m not going to lie. At one point there was a small part of me that thought this wasn’t a good idea.” He pointed between the both of us as he spoke.

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But there is an even bigger part of me, way bigger, that doesn’t care about any of that. I want this to work. I want you and nothing else. Even when you’re being a little crazy, like right now for example.”