Suppressed (Suppressed Saga) (32 page)

“
Where’s Eric?” I repeated.

His head slowly shook from side to side and he looked down at the ground.

I didn’t know what was going through my mind at that moment but I took off towards the door, shoving Declan aside. The second I touched him I felt a fever rush over me but tried my best to ignore it. The two men in the doorway were huge but I didn’t care. I was much smaller and squeezed my way through them easily.

Rough, warm hands grabbed for me and I felt my wrists being held behind me. Out of the corner of my eye I saw something move and turned to see Eric leaned up against the wall with a pained expression on his face.

“
Why did you do this to me!?” I shouted at him.

“
I’m sorry.”

“
You’re sorry? Don’t tell me you’re sorry!” I ripped my arms from the hold the men had on them and lunged for Eric. He took hold of my waist and tried to fend me off as I swung and smacked him across the face.

It didn’t seem to faze him as he tugged me to him and held me against his body. “I had to do it, I’m so sorry.”

I could hear the plea in his voice but didn’t care. I hated him more than anyone or anything I had ever hated in my entire life. I pushed myself away from him and smacked him again. The pained look never left his face and he looked like he was about to break down.

The men got a hold of me again started dragging me back into the room kicking and screaming. Just watching Eric stand there as I was dragged helplessly away tore me up inside.

The door slammed shut and I was pushed down into a chair. Declan stood above me not looking too pleased. He slowly knelt down in front of me so we were eye to eye.

“
I know you’re upset but you’re here to stay.”

My jaw tightened, “I want to go home.”

Everything was a blur as he brought his hand up and smacked me across the face, busting my lip back open. It was so hard that the noise echoed off the walls.

There was a ringing in my head and I heard a loud boom sound out from the hall. One of the men left the room to go see what was wrong and my eyes followed his movements. I tried to see what was going on but Declan’s heated fingers grasped my face and brought my attention back to him. His touch was so hot that it caused me to get a little dizzy. He gritted his teeth and stared me down with frightening eyes.

“
You
will
love me and you
will
share your power with me.”

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July 10, 2012