Mykel (King's Descendants MC #3) - Bella Jewel Page 0,17
to my feet.
“I’m sorry. I’m just feeling a little off. I need to use the bathroom.”
“Let me help you.”
He supports me as we head inside and to the bathroom, where I immediately slip in and shut the door.
I’m panting, lightheaded, and for some reason, I can’t think straight. My body is definitely betraying me. No matter what I do right now, I can’t gain control. I stare around frantically for an escape. I just need to get the hell out of here. Out of this monstrous place. Out of this hellish ordeal. I need to find Alarick. I need to go. Now.
I notice a window, and walk over to it, frantically curling my fingers around the frame and pushing it up. I breathe a sigh of utter relief when I see no screen on it. Using the bathroom counter, I push my way up and out through the small gap in the window. It takes a lot of effort, and with every passing second, my mind feels a little hazier. It seems . . . strange. Like I’m drunk, but I’m not. I know I’m not.
Did Bobbie drug me?
Oh, god.
I start to panic. Shit. Fuck. What’s going to happen to me?
Then I’m falling.
The ground seems a long way away. I slip to the grass with a thud that knocks the wind out of me. For a moment, I lay there gasping, wondering if my lungs will just stop working. I take a few moments, my body in complete fright, and then I manage to push to my feet.
I run. It’s dark. I don’t have my phone. I don’t know where I am. I just run and run, smashing into trees, tripping over things, but I need to find Alarick’s cabin.
With every step, my mind becomes more and more chaotic.
I begin to tremble, and I feel like I could run miles and yet at the same time I want to lie down and just stop.
Just. Stop.
I do stop, only for a moment. Just to try and take in my surroundings. I can see the lights of a cabin up a small dirt road, and maybe that’s where Alarick is staying.
I make my way up towards the cabin, stumbling, my eyes frantically darting around as I near it. When I reach the dimly lit structure, I can hear voices coming from inside. I should go around the back, just in case someone is following me. If Dax sees me going in, it’s definitely over for me. I take off in a sprint, and I must be running a whole lot faster than I realize because suddenly I slam into a hard form just as I round the cabin.
A grunt is followed by a shocked, “Whoa.”
Mykel.
I’d know his voice anywhere.
“Mykel?” I cry out, frantically. “Mykel?”
“Waverly?” he asks, his voice hard to make out. It’s like it’s echoing in my mind.
I shake my head, and I can feel his hands on my shoulders, I can hear words coming out of his mouth, but my whole world is spinning. I’m rambling something, but I don’t know what I’m saying.
I need help.
“I think they drugged me,” I cry, trying to keep on my feet, but it feels like the world is sinking beneath me.
Suddenly I’m being lifted into the air. It makes me feel nauseous, but I don’t have it in me to fight. Mykel carries me—where, I don’t know. Before I know it, light burns my eyes and I’m surrounded by a group of people. Familiar people, but there are still too many of them. I rub my eyes and shake my head from side to side, needing them to move away a little.
“You’re so close. Get away!” I cry, slapping my hands out but nobody is there.
When I open my eyes again, they’re not as close as they were before. Was I imagining it? God, my mind is spinning, and I feel like I’m going to be sick.
I keep thinking about Dax.
The kiss.
I kissed him.
Oh god, I’m a terrible person.
“Waverly?”
Suddenly, someone is holding my shoulders and shaking me. I blink to see Alarick kneeling in front of me. Somehow, I’ve backed myself against the front door. When did I move? What’s happening?
“Waverly, I need you to look at me. Focus.”
I look at him, but when I focus too hard, it feels like I’m going to be sick. “Alarick?” I sob, and then I start to cry.