Alpha’s Baby(32)

Jace let out a surprised cry of pain and grabbed at his face. “Ow, you bitch! The fuck you do that for?”

Not wasting any time, I ran away, my heart pounding in my chest, hoping to reach the food court before Jace gave chase.

I counted several seconds before I heard his footsteps pounding behind me. He was closing in on me fast.

“Help!” I yelled desperately, but I was too far away from the food court for anyone to hear me and no one was nearby to help. There was too much noise in the food court for anyone to hear either.

Jace was so close now that I could hear him breathing as he quickly closed the distance.

“Shit,” I gasped, feeling as if my lungs were about to burst. I was running as fast as I could, but I was wearing sandals and Jace was a powerful athlete. There was no way I was getting away.

I cried out as he grabbed me from behind, his arms encircling my waist.

“Where do you think you’re going, bitch?” He growled into my ear, his breath hot on my neck. “You’re going to fucking pay for scratching me.”

I struggled against him briefly and then opened my mouth to scream, but he quickly clamped his hand over my mouth.

“Shut the fuck up,” he snarled, bearing down hard on my jaw, preventing me from parting my lips to bite him. “No one is going to help you.”

He began dragging me away from the food court and away from salvation.

“This is all your fault,” Jace hissed angrily as he pulled me away in the opposite direction. I couldn't believe there was no one walking nearby to witness him, but that’s my luck for you. “For thinking you were too good to sleep with me. You walk around in those sexy clothes, flaunting your tight body and being a major cock tease, and then act surprised when a guy wants to fuck you. But not just any guy. No, you have the most popular guy in the school thirsty for it. And what do you do? You turn me down. No girl has ever turned me down. Ever. I mean, any girl who turns me down must have some serious issues. And then I realized that you do have serious issues. You slept with your brother, for Christ’s sake. What girl in her right mind does that?”

I struggled against Jace’s grip and tried to swear at him, but all that came out was a garbled mess. He was one to talk. Jace was obviously obsessed with getting revenge on Stefan and having sex with me.

“And sometimes, sick people need medicine,” Jace said into my ear, his words sending a chill down my spine. “And I have just the medicine you need.” He pressed his body into me as he made me walk forward, and I could feel his hard cock rubbing up against my ass.

I began to tremble within his grasp as I realized what he was going to do to me.

“Yeah,” he whispered in my ear, aware of my fear and probably getting even more of a kick out of it. “I’m going to show you just exactly what you’re missing.”

I tried to look around for help, someone, anyone, but Jace kept my head in one position as we continued to move forward. Still, I couldn’t see anyone in the vicinity.

Surely, someone had to see what was going on.

Feelings of despair overwhelmed me as the desire to scream, yell, bite, and kick faded away. Even if I could somehow manage to fight back, Jace was too strong. He had absolute control in this situation, and he was going to have his way with me whether I liked it or not.

We were just about to round a corner and probably disappear from any last chance of help when a deep, familiar voice said, “Let her go.”

My heart sang with joy and relief.

Jace whirled around clumsily with me in his arms. “Fuck off, Livingston.”

“I warned you not to lay a finger on Bella,” he said darkly, “and I told you what would happen if you did.” His eyes strayed to me briefly before going back to Jace. For a moment, I wondered how he had miraculously appeared right at that moment, but then I realized that even though we were supposed to keep our distance, Stefan had been watching me from afar this whole time to make sure I was safe.

I loved Stefan even more in that moment.

“I’m warning you one last time,” Stefan said in an even tone, ignoring Jace’s bait. “Let her go.”

Stefan's eyes strayed back to me again and then back to Jace. Slowly, it dawned on me that he was sending me a subtle message. If he rushed Jace, who knew what he would do to me before Stefan reached him? He needed my help.

Jace shook his head. “Not going to happen. You’ve been a thorn in my side ever since you transferred to NSU.”

Stefan’s eyes flickered one last time to mine, and I almost felt a shared connection between the both of us. I knew what he wanted me to do.

Stefan’s voice cracked like a whip. “Now, Bella!”