~Avery's POV~
We had all eaten and I could tell that my plan of getting under James's skin had worked. Even though my whole interaction with Alex was merely about getting to James, I really enjoyed talking to him. Alex was funny, sarcastic and charming. As far as I could tell he didn't have a serious bone in his body, he was almost like an other brother.
I had an older brother back home, but I never saw him much. He was the golden boy so perhaps there was some resentment or something keeping us from ever forming a bond. He left our home early on and moved across the country. Part of me believed it was to get away from our parents but I never knew for sure. Alex on the other hand was someone I felt I could open up to about pretty much anything. He had that aura about him.
We were all gathered outside in front of the hotel. James and George were going to get the cars. Alex was telling me about all the trouble he and James used to get into when they were kids, Amber and Alice were talking to the hotel staff and I must say this family seemed amazing, too good to be true in fact. So loving and caring, I felt truly blessed to have met them. I was just hoping that feeling wouldn't change.
After about fifteen minutes, James and George rolled up with the cars, two Range Rovers, one black and one white.
I was so caught up in my conversation with Alex and didn't notice how we were both walking to the back seat of the white one driven by James. James jumped out of the car and made his was to us, grabbing my arm and dragging me to the front with a simple "NOPE!" Making me roll my eyes.
I got in on the passengers seat, Alex sat behind James and James was our trusty driver.
As we drove I realized how everyone was completely silent. However, when I looked back at Alex he was looking at the back of the drivers seat, like he was in some sort of trance, not noticing me and when I looked over at James I realized it was the same thing there. The car radio started making a beeping noise as someone was calling. The noise broke James and Alex out of their trance and James answered.
" Hello?"
"Al- boss... there was an issue, did you get that?"
"Yes, Emanuel, I got it. Good to know everything is taken care of. We're leaving the hotel now and should be home in about 6 hours."
"Got it."
The call between James and Emanuel was short and brief. They only said a few words but it was like they had shared a whole story.
Me being me, I soon got bored and didn't feel like sitting in a car for six hours in complete silence.
" Should we play a game or something?" I asked jumping a little in my seat. I was getting very bored and I couldn't sleep so I needed to keep myself entertained.
" What game?" James asked looking in the mirror sending a smirk to Alex.
" Well, I see something blue," I said, and I was met with dead silence
"Yeah... this is the part where you guys guess what it is I see," I said glaring at the two men in the car.
" The sky?" James asked giving me a glare and a cute little smile without turning his head.
"Nope," I answered simply.
" The small lake?" Alex asked and squinted looking out the window. He was probably looking for the lake he assumed I saw even though we were driving through the desert.
" Ehm.. no," I said giving him a pitty smile
" Well I give up," James said throwing his hands in the air.
" You guys suck and are two very boring people, the car in front of us? Duh," I said. There was a blue car in front of us. It had been driving in front of us since we left the hotel.
I decided to try and take a nap sense nobody wanted to play with me, so I turned up the radio and laid back my head, ready to be consumed by darkness. It didn't take long though considering I didn't sleep al to well last night.
I woke up feeling groggy and my brain was complete mush. I squinted while looking around in the car while my eyes were adjusting to the bright sun. The car was parked at a gas station and both guys were gone. They had probably gone in to buy some snacks and didn't want to wake me up which I appreciated. However, I really had to pee so I stretched in my seat and shook my head to wake myself up before opening the door and getting out.
I did another stretch outside the car, ready to walk into the shop when I heard a guy calling.
" Hey, excuse me beautiful? Do you know which way Westford Lane is?" The guy asked as he came uncomfortably close to where I was standing. He licked his lips, giving me a full body scan. When his eyes stopped at my breast on his way up I snapped my fingers and rose a brow.
"Up here, buddy, and no sorry I don't, I'm not from around here," I said as nicely as I could to the creep in front of me. His breath reeked of alcohol.
"No worries, so what are you up to?" He asked stepping closer. I took a step back only to walk into another person standing behind me. I quickly turned and saw a tall muscular man standing with his arms crossed and a disgusting, evil smirk on his face, his eyes filled with lust. I felt my heart beat increase, there was no one I could yell to for help seeing as the gas station was completely empty.
I saw James and Alex in the shop talking to another guy with their backs turned towards us. The guy they were talking to was faced towards us and looked over their shoulders as he threw me a wink and I felt my breath caught in my throat, hewas stalling them. I was about to make a run for it into the store but merely took two steps before one of the guys grabbed my waist and slammed me against the car. I was about to scream when his hand came over my mouth to choke my screaming and his other hand let go of my waist and groped my breast roughly.
"Let's have some fun baby," he whispered loud enough for me and his friend to hear.
My eyes widened in horror and I knew I had to do something quick. I took my hand and with all my force I slammed it at the car window, breaking it and making a loud noise. I saw both James and Alex turn around and quickly both their eyes turned completely black. Alex jumped at the guy in the store, probably realizing what he had done whilst James ran out to me. The guys were unaware that they knew. The guy holding me looked at me like I was a meal and the next thing I knew his hand came flying to my face, making sharp contact with my cheek. Before I had time to react he was being lifted up by his neck and thrown into the store through the window. I had never seen something like that before.