Chapter Nine Damon’s Point of View Laying in Love’s bed, I ran my fingertips up and down her back. She wasn’t asleep, but she had her eyes closed, resting. ‘So, what are you going to do today then?’ I asked her. I was curious as to what she was going to be getting up to while I was going to take a few hours and nap. ‘I have plans with the girls today, we’re going to the beach’. I just smiled, she had told me a lot about ‘’the girls’’, I had yet to meet them, but she assured me it will be ‘’soon’’. I suppose I can’t really complain, I wasn’t allowing her to meet my friends, so... ‘Oh, fun, Make sure you put some sunblock on’. Love always forgets, but then she’s a giant baby when she gets burnt, and living in California, things like that should just be second nature at this point. She was born and raised in England, her parents moved out here when she was about 16, but since then, they had died in a plane crash, leaving her their fortune... And it was a pretty big fortune, but on
Chapter Ten We sat there talking for a little while, trying to figure a plan out, but we were getting nowhere, fast. I heard chatting coming from outside and then approaching footsteps. ‘Shit, they’re coming back!’. Peyton told me, panicking like I hadn’t already figured that out myself. I told her to calm down and looked around for something I could use as a weapon, but I couldn’t see anything. Typical. I just grabbed Peyton and pulled her to me, sitting up slightly. The door opened and in they walked. ‘Oh, you’re awake’. One of them spoke, we just stayed silent. They took afew steps closer and we tried to shimmy away. They instantly stopped when they saw it and stayed where they were. ‘I’m Michael’. I just looked at him. Was this another mind game? ‘I’m Luke’. My eyes flipped back and forth between the two. ‘I don’t care, let us go!. It was Peyton who spoke, My head whipped around and I told her to shush. What was she doing?! While we didn’t have a plan, this certainly was
Chapter Eleven I looked at myself in the bathroom mirror and winced at the sight of my face. Everywhere I had originally had a piercing, was now an ugly, sore-looking (and feeling) bruise. ‘Here’. I glanced over, He was holding out a cloth. I took it but didn’t thank him, why would I? He caused this. I rinsed it under the tap and started dabbing away the dried blood. I kept looking at him in the mirror, making sure he was staying where he was, sitting on the corner of the bath, and away from me. Once the blood was gone, I rinsed the cloth off and left it on the side of the sink before hopping up to sit on the counter. ‘Why do you do... This?’ I asked, pointing to my face, he just shrugged. ‘There must be a reason’. ‘It's fun. I like inflicting pain’. ‘You realise how insanely fucked up that is right?’ ‘Of course’. He seemed so blasé about it, ‘I’m a monster, I’m well aware of it, it's why every woman I’ve ever loved has left me… one way or the other’. ‘I feel like there’
Chapter TwelveElla’s Point of View ‘What did you do?!’ I screamed as I ran into the room, ‘What the fuck did you do?’ I went straight to Peyton and saw her arm was in a sling, ‘What’s this?’ ‘Just keep him away from me!’. ‘What did he do?’ I repeated, slightly annoyed, for what felt like the 50th time. I looked over at the two men, now standing together, looking just as confused as I was. Michael said something and they both went into the bathroom and closed the door. Well, I suppose the fact they were giving us some privacy was something, nothing amazing, but something. ‘W-we were talking and then... And then... He was being really nice and complimented me and..’ ‘He complimented you? And?’ I was waiting for the big awful thing that made her scream, but the more she rambled on, the more it became clear that... Nothing had actually happened. ‘So.. he complimented you, and you freak out?’ She just glared at me, like I had said something wrong. ‘Are you for real?’ ‘What?’ ‘They
Chapter Thirteen I tossed and turned and eventually woke up all together. It wasn’t until I sat up and looked around, confused as to where I was, and then remembered again, that I realized just how freezing cold it was. My arms were pricked up with goosebumps and I shivered. Why the hell was it so cold? ‘Michael?’ I called out into the pitch-black room. ‘Michael?’ There was some groaning and mumbling but eventually, a voice in the dark answered; ‘Yeah?’ ‘Why is it so cold?’ ‘It's an old house, Just wrap yourself up in the duvet’. ‘I have’. There was silence again. I figured he’d just fallen back to sleep, so laid back down and closed my eyes, attempting to just try and forget about it… which was easier said than done. It wasn’t until I felt the bed dip that my eyes shot open and I sat up. ‘What the hell are you doing?!’ I screamed, holding the covers up to my chest. I wasn’t naked, but I still felt uncomfortable with him being this close to me, in this situation. He was tople
Author's Note: There is so many Point of View changes in these first chapters because I want you (the reader) to have a good understanding of what each character is thinking and feeling. Plus, there are other things going on within the house that Ella and Peyton wouldn’t know about, hence why I’m giving you an insight into Michael, Damon and Luke’s thoughts/lives. As the story progresses, the book will swap to Ella’s Point of View only (Except for the odd snippet/chapter here and there) Enjoy!! *************************************** Chapter Fourteen Ella’s Point of View My hand was on the door handle, but I stopped. All those what-ifs running around in my head, if I did this, I’d be ruining any chance I had at Michael LETTING me go, which, in the long run was probably my best option… I looked over my shoulder at the man still fast asleep, before I let go of the door handle and tip-toed my way back to the bed, putting my shoes carefully on the floor and got back under the sh
Chapter Fifteen Peyton’s Point of View Walking back into Luke’s room, He closed and locked the door behind us. I just kept my head down and walked over to the bed, sitting down with my back to him. ‘Why the hell did you run? Even after last night, what we spoke about, you still don’t feel safe with me?’ He asked me. I could hear the …almost vulnerability in his voice, but I didn’t look at him, I couldn’t… *-*-*-*-* The Night Before *-*-*-*-* Arriving in Luke’s room, he closed the door and walked past me, fiddling with someone on the bookcase. I just stood awkward;y in the room, not really sure what to say or do. ‘What made you this way? What made you want to hurt people?’ He didn’t turn to look at me, he didn’t answer me either, ‘I just want to understand you more’. He dropped whatever he was holding, it made a loud clattering noise. ‘Please?’ Sighing, he turned to face me. He didn’t look impressed. ‘I don’t want to talk about it’. ‘Why?’ I pushed. ‘Because it's none o
TRIGGER WARNING! While there are no details, there is mention of Gang-rape and torture in this chapter. For updates, chapter previews and exciting book announcements, including updates on The Deviant CEO Book III, follow me on Instagram @amandastjames.vw ********************************Chapter Sixteen Ella’s Point of View A couple of hours had passed since Peyton and Luke left the room. We hadn’t gone further than the kiss, and as soon as reality came back to me, it stopped immediately. I had no idea what came over me… and then not long after that… the kissing resumed. It was strange, it was like… I knew it was wrong and I knew that it shouldn’t happen, that I needed to stop it when it was happening but then as soon as it did stop... I didn’t want it to. I was so confused. Currently, we were laid on the bed, he wasn’t on top of me, just leaning over me, and we were locked in an intense make-out session. I knew I should stop it, but honestly… I didn't want to. We were so preocc