Suppressed (Suppressed Saga) (29 page)

Chapter 16

The next morning I got up early to get ready for school. Seth got up with me and was acting a little strange. Then again I might just be paranoid because of what was on his itinerary for the day. I was worried but at the same time I couldn’t help but feel a tab bit of relief. After today one of my problems would be over with, dead to be exact.

I had just zipped up my boots and stood up to grab my bag when Seth snatched me around the middle and pulled me back to the bed.

His hand came up and brushed my hair from out of my eyes. “You be careful today. I don’t know if Graham has people watching you or not so I want you to listen to everything Eric says.”

“
Yes sir.” I said giving him a salute.

His eyes looked stern, “I’m serious. Don’t argue with him about anything, at least for today.”

“
Kiss me and I’ll do whatever you want.”

A small grin formed on his face and he placed his mouth on mine, “Whatever I want?”

“
Don’t get kinky.” I laughed.

I shut my eyes as his mouth went down my neck and I felt his tongue trace lightly on my skin. An unsteady breath escaped me mouth and I was about to explode.

There was a knock on the door and Seth leapt off of me. I let out a pissed off groan and got up beside him. I could never get a break.

When Seth swung open the door I saw Stephan standing there. This guy interrupted everything. At least Eric knew when to leave us alone.

“
We need to get going. It will take a while to find him.”

Seth nodded as Stephan walked away and I came up beside him planting a kiss on his cheek. “I guess I’ll see you later.”

“
Okay, don’t forget what I said.” He reminded me.

“
Yeah, yeah.”

We made our way out to the living room and Seth went out the front door with Stephan. I was alone again. This was the first time he had left me since he got back.

“
You ready for school?” Eric said coming from the hall.

I grabbed up my bag, “I guess.”

I heard him behind me as we walked out to the car, “You don’t need to worry about anything. They can handle him. It should be over with quick.”

I slid in the car and shut the door as he got in the drive side. “Why don’t I feel comforted by hearing you say that?”

“
Fine I’ll just shut up for the rest of the day.” He spat out.

Well today was starting out great. I leaned back in the seat and rolled my eyes, “Fine by me.”

Like he promised, Eric didn’t talk the rest of the ride. When I saw him sometimes between classes he still didn’t talk. We ate lunch with Lance who was in an extra chipper mood. I think this had something to do with Amy but was secretly hoping it wasn’t.

“
So how are things?” Lance asked us both.

“
Good I guess.” Eric answered.

Lance looked to me and I shrugged, “Sure, everything’s fine.”

“
Are you ready for graduation?”

“
Yeah, I still don’t know what I’m going to do afterwards but I’ll figure something out.”

His eyes searched me suspiciously, “Amy said you were moving in with Seth and Eric this summer?”

“
Yeah, I was planning on it.”

Eric let out a laugh beside me and I turned to look at him. “What’s so funny?”

He shook his head comically, “Nothing, I just remember you saying you didn’t want to move in.”

“
Yeah well I told Seth I would until I figured out what I wanted to do. Why do you care anyway?”

“
I don’t. Just forget I even said anything.”

I did exactly what he said and brought my attention back to Lance, “Well I’d hate to cut this short but I need to run by the dorm before my next class. I’ll see you later on.”

“
Alright,” He stood up and threw us both a wave before heading out of the campus café.

We silently made our way to my dorm. Well it was silent most of the way till Eric finally spoke after hours of ignoring me, not counting his little snide comment at lunch.

“
So you’re really going to move in this summer?”

I looked back at him and he had his hands in his pockets with his head down. It seemed like he was watching his feet intently as they pounded up the stairs.

“
Just for the summer.”

I made my way the door and started to unlock it. When it opened I saw Ashley standing in the room zipping up her backpack.

“
Hey there.” I said excitedly. I hadn’t seen her since the other night and it made me feel bad that I wasn’t here as much. It was also a relief just to see she was alive.

“
Hi” Ashley replied. She seemed like she was off in another universe and very calm, too calm. It reminded me of the night at the bar when she was with Graham.

“
Are you okay?” I asked a little skeptically.

“
Yeah, I have to go.”

As soon as she spoke she rushed out the room quickly. I noticed what looked like white paint on her hands when she passed by. Maybe she was doing something for her art class that involved paint. That was the only explanation I could think of.

When the door finally closed I looked over at Eric, “He’s doing something to her. Will it stop when he’s dead?”

“
Yeah, she’ll be alright. He’s probably been slipping her something. They have all kinds of elixir’s and stuff that do different things. I don’t know much about it, it’s very complicated.”

I listened as I roamed around my room. Every chance I got I would come and get more stuff. The more I took each time I came the less I would have to take when the day would come that I actually moved in with them.

I had a backpack full of stuff and Eric picked it up by the top loop to carry it for me.

“
I’m surprised you’re letting me carry something for you. Usually you beat me a couple times before you give in.”

I turned around and whacked him on the arm, “There, happy?”

He grinned and shook his head as I opened the door and made my way out of the room. Eric muttered something behind me and I turned back around in the middle of the hall.

“
What?” I said staring at him. Eric was still standing in the room looking at the doorway with a confused expression on his face.

“
What are you doing?” I asked.

“
I can’t get out of the room.”

“
What do mean you can’t get out of the room?” This had to be a joke. He was dumb if he thought I would fall for something like that.

I saw him try to take a step forward but it was like there was an invisible wall in his way of getting out. I started to say something but stopped when I saw symbols drawn all over the outside of the door in white paint and the whole outside frame of the door was thickly outlined in the same paint. It looked like the paint I had seen on Ashley’s hands.

“
What is that?”

Eric’s gaze went to the door and then all the way around the door jam. His eyes seemed to get greener as they made their way back to me.

“
Run!”

“
Run?” I repeated stupidly.

He tossed his keys over the threshold of the door, “They’re here, go!”

“
What about you?”

“
Just listen to me! Go!”

As hard as I was for me to do I turned around and ran down the hall. Just as I was about to hit the stairs I heard Eric yell again.

“
Run Cam!”

I turned around for a split second to see Graham coming down the hall at a pace. Oh great. My feet started rushing down the steps and I jumped the last two trying to get away as fast as I could. I finally made it to the exit and ran out the front doors of the building.

As I was running across the lawn I felt my phone buzzing in my back pocket. I reached around to pull it out and saw it was a number I didn’t know. I wasn’t going to answer at first but then decided to. My legs kept on running as I put my phone to my ear.

“
Hello?” I was out of breath and sounded exasperated.

It was Eric, “Cam? Where are you?”

“
Almost to the parking lot.”

“
Where’s Graham?”

I didn’t want to look behind me because I might fall or even worse he might be right on my heels. “I don’t know.”

“
Get in the car and drive, keep driving and don’t stop the car for anything.”

I had almost made it to the car and was close enough to hit the unlock button on the key chain.

“
What are –“

I never got to finish what I was going to ask him because something slammed into the side of me and I hit the pavement hard. The back of my head smacked the ground sending a shooting pain through my head. My knee, which had tried to break my fall, felt like it was going to have a huge bruise.

When I opened my eyes it felt like they were shaking inside my head. Something weighed down heavily on my body and I looked to see a man lying on top of me. He grabbed my wrists and started to get up all the while pulling me with him.

I was still out of it and wasn’t able to attempt to fight him off but saw my phone lying by the tire of the Mustang and noticed it was still lit up; the call to Eric was still connected.

“
Eric!” I screamed his name hoping he could hear me. I knew there wasn’t anything he could do but I still tried.

A hand went around my waist and I was lifted off my feet. The sound of tires squealing met my ears and I felt myself being lifted in the air. When I finally got a good look I realized in was being put in the trunk of a car. I gazed above me and saw Graham step up beside the blonde headed, very butch man who had tackled me. The last thing I saw was Graham smiling. Then the trunk slammed shut and I was in the dark.

I started pounding my fist against the roof of the trunk and screaming at the top of my lungs hoping someone would hear me. It was no use though. The car jerked forward and I knew we were moving, there was no way anyone would be able to stop him now. My hand hurt from hitting it repeatedly on the inside of the hood. I clutched it to my chest and hoped it would stop throbbing soon.

This was unbelievable. I couldn’t wrap my head around the fact I was in a trunk and Graham had gotten me. I had no idea what to do or think. In just a few minutes I was put in the worst situation ever. A million thoughts went through my head wondering what he was going to do with me. Was he going to slip me something to make me like Ashley?

After a while I was starting to panic even more. It was hot and I felt like I couldn’t breathe. My hands had started to shake and my legs were having spasms from being cramped up for too long. Thoughts of me suffocating were starting to rush through my mind when the trunk suddenly popped open and cool air swept over me. The sun was bright and my eyes weren’t adjusted to it from being held in the dark for so long. I brought my arm up to shield my face as a pair of hands grabbed at my wrists and pulled me out from the trunk forcefully. I finally creped my eyes open and saw the same blonde man who had stuffed me in the trunk. He shoved me to the side of the car and someone else grabbed me, it was Graham.

“
I told you that you’d be with me again one day.” He said with a smile.

“
You’re pathetic.”

“
I’ll grow on you. We’re going to be together a very long time.” He pulled at my arm and led me into a huge warehouse out in the middle of nowhere. I didn’t get a good look at my surroundings because his words were running through my mind about a thousand times.
We’re going to be together a long time,
that’s what he said. For some reason it scared me to death.

When I looked inside of the warehouse my fear was tripled. There was nothing inside but a small airplane.