~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Gagged, Bagged and Whatever Else Rhymes With That~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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KAGE'S POV (It's been so long!)
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When Jazzy's ex came into the room, my fists balled up. I was insanely jealous. But I would restrain myself. For her. No matter what.
When he left and Jazz started crying I didn't know exactly what to do. A girl hasn't cried around me in so long. The best I could do was wrap my arms around her and try to soothe her.
Truthfully, I couldn't care less that my shirt would be soaked after this. The feeling of her in my arms were enough.
If only she knew how much I cared...
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MY POV
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So that's why after finding Lea the feeling never went away. Izzy was in trouble, too.
If only we knew where she was.
Lea was using her sense of scent to try to sniff her out and I couldn't help but feel useless standing there.
I mean, she could find somebody through scent, Kage could read minds, Aidan could read minds as well and scare anybody with that deadly glare, Ryan was a vampire. Therefore he could do a lot, Luke could appear anywhere and find me anywhere, Amby was a mixed breed and if what I read was true, she was very powerful, Jazzy was very fast and so was Izzy.
And where does that leave me? You ask.
This is what I was; A human. Fragile, slow, boring, plain, and a burden.
There was nothing I could do to help but stand there. I was practically useless.
I always got into trouble, I always needed to be saved and it sure wasn't fair to them.
There was so much more they could be doing then taking care of me. All I did was hold them back from their true potential and I didn't want that.
I sighed, inwardly. If I left it'd probably be helpful to them. But I couldn't bring myself to leave now. Izzy needed help and even if it killed me, help is what she would get.
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Lea managed to get a scent and we followed it. When I looked up at the sky, I saw the full moon.
I was pretty sure and eclipse was coming soon, and I couldn't ignore that gut feeling that something was going to happen.
Something big...
But that wasn't what was bothering me the most. What was bothering me was the house that was right in front of us. It didn't look inviting at all. It was definitely the opposite.
With a deep breath and a gulp, I walked in after Lea.
We were as careful as possible and her being swift and agile it wasn't so hard for her.
For me -on the other hand- it was very hard. I was clumsy, not sWift, not agile in anyway and very clumsy.
Lea had to catch things when I bumped them, so they wouldn't fall and most of the time she caught me so I wouldn't fall.
Aren't I graceful?
Lea was sniffing around and once we came to the basement door, she stopped.
She tried turning the doorknob but it was locked. That, or stuck. She pulled and pulled, until, finally, it opened. It didn't make a loud enough sound to cause much attention but it did make a sound.
We froze and when we heard nothing, we sighed in relief.
Suddenly, we were both shoved roughly and we both tumbled into the basement. We tumbled down the stairs and before the mystery person closed and lock the door, I managed to catch a glimpse of him.
His eyes were dog-like and he had a muscular build. His hair was spiky and a deep brown but that was about all that I could make out.
"You mind?" Lea asked. I finally noticed I was sprawled out on top of her, so I got off quickly.
We heard some muffled sounds and Lea and I an to the source of them.
Izzy had a cloth suck in her mouth and tied securely, so she couldn't talk. Her eyes were covered, she was tied to a chair and her wrists were tied together behind her.
With the help of Lea we un-did all the knots and got her out of the chair.
"Jeez! Do you know how long I've been sitting here?!" Izzy yelled, relieved that she was finally freed from that chair.
But, wait. What the heck would happen to us?
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