TAKEN... PART 20

QUESTION: who do you think of in your mind when you think of Alexis, Nathan and Jayden and the rest of the characters? Please share, it'll really help me with something, as always, thank you for reading and feel free to comment!

This is dedicated to Samantha, Asfa, Claudia (and little Jessica) for always giving me that push of encouragement. Thank you so much.

TAKEN... Part 20.

Alexis looked at Nathan; he was concentrating on devising a plan for their escape. She knew that it would be dangerous; she could see it in his face, in the way he would anxiously look at her every few minutes. Alexis also knew that if they did escape, they would forever be on the run - that the rest of Dante's immortals would be chasing after them. She couldn't do that to them. They would never have life that way.

They should never have a life anyway, it wasn't where her life should be headed. She loved before, before she was taken, when things were calmer, more free and less life-threatening than it was now.

She thought about the life she could have with Nathan, that she would most probably have now...
It would all be a lie. All of it.

They weren't meant to be. They were just picked to breed together - for the benefit of Dante. Breed the word tainted her thoughts as if to say that both she and Nathan were either animals, or just vessels, worth nothing other than what they could give to their master. She knew though, that was basically all they were to Dante. This wasn't for the good of herself or for Nathan. His feelings for her might not even be real, it might just be programmed into him, into his race, yet she knew that this wasn't the case, that the feelings were real.

'Nathan, stop.' She said bravely.

He looked up, seeming confused and motioned for her to continue. 'We can't do this, we can't escape. It's too dangerous. One of us might fir - even both of us - if we be realistic about this. And if we do manage to escape, then what will be the upside? We'll be on the run, probably for the rest of our lives. Well, my life, that is. And then what?'

'We'll be together, that's what. We'll have each other, Alexis.' He said, gently, he came towards her, trying to wrap his arms around her but she violently pulled away and out of his grasp.

'I really don't think that that's the only reassurance that I need right now! What about our families? What if we run far enough, make a life, have children and the Dante comes out of nowhere and snatches them up? What will you do then, say "Don't worry about the babies, we still have each other?" I highly doubt that Nathan. We'll never be free id we try to escape...'

'And we'll never be free if we sit and do nothing. What do you want to do, stay here and pretend to play happy family, producing an army offspring for a power-crazed psycho leader? Believe me, you don't want that.' He said, and she could see the anger building up within his eyes. The fire blazed enough to send a chill right through her.

'I don't want any scenario. I want my sense of safety back. I'd prefer being dead than staying here any longer, but I'd rather stay here than living on the run, looking over my shoulder every second of every day for the rest of my life.'

'So what are you saying, that you just want to give up the only shot that we have that might get us out of here?' He looked at her in what she could only describe as disbelief.

'Yes... no. I don't know. All I know is that if you wanted to escape from here you would have attempted it a long time ago, not only now.' She said, leaving it at that, not meeting his eyes for a split second.
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Jayden lay in the silent, wondering why Velandra was being so quiet. She normally paced this tie of night - planning, strategizing and trying to find who and what they were looking for.

He didn't even think to go and check up on her, ask if she was okay or if anything was wrong. The thought that she might be lying unconscious on her bathroom floor didn't even cross his mind. Maybe if he had known he would have acted sooner. Maybe the problem was that he thought she was untouchable; she looked that way... that she couldn't be hurt. Jayden slowly drifted off to sleep with, as always, a picture of Alexis on his mind, thinking of her beautiful face and when he could touch it again.
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Nathan just looked at her. 'You really want to know why I haven't tried to escape before? Maybe it might have been because for a while I was selfish. In some way I loved Dante's plan. I loved the fact that we would be together - regardless of it being against our will. I love you Alexis and I wanted you. This was an opportunity to somehow win you back, that you might just fall in love with me again and we could be happy. Now I know it was just false hope and a waste of time, that you really love and want to be with Jayden no matter if you might still love me.' He looked away, overcome with shame and relief for her finally knowing the truth, that at first he loved them both being here. 'So now, I am going to find us an easy out of here. Because I'm not going to look at you everyday knowing I ruined your life.

Alexis just stared in wonder as he walked out. She was more scared now, terrified - because she knew for a while there Jayden had not even crossed her mind. She wanted Nathan more than ever now, knowing what he felt. These own feelings and thoughts scared her. She wanted them both. She knew that she would have to choose soon, but both in their own ways were the loves of her life. She didn't think it was fair that she had both of them. She hated in wondering if she should choose anyone at all. That may be she should be alone and forget them both.
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