Marks - Chapters 4 and 5

Chapter 4

The town wasn't very big, in fact, it was incredibly tiny. There was a grocery store, a hardware repair store, a small cafe, a dollar store, and a animal feed store but that was it. After we had walked the whole town, he took me to a black SUV parked behind the hardware repair store and opened the passenger door for me. I hesitated and took a step back, trying to put some space between us. All the years I was growing up my mother always told me that if you got in the car with a stranger, you're dead.

"What's wrong?" He asked and I saw the touches of concern written on his face.

"Home," I whimpered, letting a path of pain follow the word.

He didn't say anything and grabbed my arm, pulling me toward him.

"I just want to go home. I want my mom and I want to feel safe again," I held the tears back this time as we stood inches apart.

I felt defeated, with my head hung low, my shoulders hunched and a single tear escaping and running down my cheek. Very slowly, he picked me up and set me in the passenger seat before buckling me up and closing the door. He got in the driver seat quickly, neither one of us saying a word to each other, and began the drive.

"Where are we going?" I finally managed to compose myself and ask.

I really wasn't sure I wanted to know the answer but the silence was starting to eat away at me.

"To my house. That is where you're going to stay until I figure out what to do with you," he said quietly and I nodded my head.

I turned the radio on and flipped through the channels until I found a song I liked. I turned it up and sat back in my seat, closing my eyes and bringing my knees up. I wrapped my arms around them and just sat like that until I felt the car come to a stop. I lifted my head when he got out and unwrapped myself, sliding out of the car. The house was huge. Everything inside of it was gray or black, reminding me more of a prison than a home. He led me through the kitchen, down a hallway and opened a door to a bedroom motioning me to enter. Everything was gray, except the black clothes that hung in the open closet.

"This is your room. I have to go to a pack meeting in about ten minutes so I'll just leave you alone," he was about to close the door when I grabbed his arm.

"What is your name?" I asked him and his lips curled up in a small smile.

"Jason," his fingers stroked my neck gently before he stopped.

"I'm Anna," I looked at him and then he disappeared down the hall.

I heard the front door shut and knew that I was here alone. I took advantage of that and explored the house. I found what I assumed what Jason's room, and didn't bother to stop myself from going through all of his stuff. I found an old, torn map of where we were and smiled. I could use it to help escape from this hell hole. It was stuffed under the couch in the living room so I figured that nobody was missing it. I put it on the bottom of my underwear draw and grabbed a pair of black panties that looked like they fit me and a sports bra that looked a little too big for me. I went to the bathroom and took a quick shower. After I was dressed in the clean undergarments I pulled a big, green t-shirt from Jason's room and pulled it on over my head. It stopped half way down my thigh, reminding me of how small I really was. I pulled out a small radio I had found in the back of the closet in my room and put it in the kitchen.

The sound of music comforted me as I made a sandwich and ate slowly. As darkness fell over the house, fear crept in as well. I locked the front door and was about to go to my room when I heard the distant sound of a wolf howl. At that moment, I was hoping Jason would come back. Despite the fact that he had kidnapped me, I felt safer with him than with anybody else in this town. I switched off the radio and made a mad dash down the dark hallway to Jason's room. I didn't want to go to mine. I made myself comfortable on his bed, which was green and not black and found myself quickly fading away. It didn't take long for me to succumb to sleep.
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Chapter 5

I know. It isn't the best.
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The door opened and I jolted awake, scrambling in a sitting position. I rubbed the sleep out of my eyes and saw Jason standing in the doorway, the only form of clothing he had on was a towel wrapped around his waist.

"What are you doing?" I asked, my voice heavy with sleep.

"This is my room," he shrugged and I fell back on the pillow.

I closed my eyes, and heard the sound of him moving around the room and tried to convince myself that I really needed to get up and go to my room. I pushed myself up on my arms, when he flopped down beside me and sighed. I was about to put my legs over the side of the bed when his arm came around my small waist.

"Why are you in my room?" he asked when I was my back hit his chest.

"I'll just leave," I said in an awkward manner and slipped out of his embrace.

As soon as my feet touched the ground, I was practically running out of his room. The hallway was dark, and I had to feel my way along it with my hands. Finally, when I was in my room, I shut the door a little to hard and fell on my bed. It wasn't as comfortable as Jason's bed but it was way better that stupid cage. I quickly fell asleep, ignoring the nagging feeling that someone was wrong. Sun filtered through my curtain waking me in and I groaned, rolling over on my side.

"You can't take her. She's the alpha's!" A voice hissed outside my door and I sat up slowly.

"The alpha isn't thinking clearly about her. He let her just have run of his place, she could leave any moment she wished," a female said, not bothering much to keep her voice down.

I recognized her voice immediately, it was Tasha. The door opened slowly and Tasha's eyes widened when she realized I was awake.

"Take her, Nick," she said and I did the only thing I could.

I screamed. I was hoping that Jason was still home. Tasha's hand clamped down on my mouth and the door slammed open so hard that it broke and fell to the ground. Jason stood in the doorway, his lips curling up to snarl at Tasha.

"Thank God you're here, Alpha. Nick was trying to take her," Tasha sounded sincere and Jason jumped.

He landed on Nick in an instant in his wolf form and Nick cowered. Tasha's hand was off my mouth and I finally found my voice.

"No! It wasn't Nick. It was Tasha," I yelled so he could hear me as his mouth bite down on Nick's neck.

I scrambled off the bed and tried to push Jason off Nick.

"It wasn't Nick. Are you listening? It was Tasha," I said right in his ear and he froze.

He let Nick up and I saw the trickle of blood that ran down his neck and on his shirt. He shifted back to a human and looked at me. I ignored him and moved to Nick.

"Are you okay?" I asked and crouched down next to him.

"Yeah, though I'll be sore for a while," he croaked out and his lips turned up in a smile.

"Go," Jason's commanded and I helped Nick stand up.

"Not you, Anna," he said softly when I walked behind Nick.

I stopped and felt him walk toward me, but I never bothered to turn around. His hand caressed the back of my neck, and moved around to gently touch my collarbone. I tilted my head to the side when his fingers gently traced my cheek, and slid down to touch a sensitive spot on my neck. I gasped and moved away from him, my hand flying to my neck. I turned around and found him staring at me with a weird expression.

"Did she hurt you?" He asked and stepped toward me again to touch the same spot on my neck.

I shook my head no, unable to form words when his lips gently touched my neck. I moaned when he applied more pressure and then reality crashed down on me and I shoved him away.

"Stop it," my voice was kind of breathless and he smiled but he didn't say anything.

"I'm having a pack meeting about Tasha. I want you there," his hand slid down my cheek before he turned and left me alone in my room.
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Yeah, I know. I suck. I'm sorry. I will try to do better next time... with this whole rereading my story thing to make sure it is okay... :(