Zoe Deutch as Nova Forbes
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"Kane! Kane! Please come back to me, stay awake," I cry shaking him. His eyes are slowly closing, he's slowly giving up but he needs to stay. When he's gone I have no one.
He stays completely silent, a tear trails down my cheek and it falls onto his face. He doesn't move, "I hate that you're hurting. I hate that I can't do anything about it! Kane please don't leave, I'll have no one." He stares at me, he musters up a weak smile.
"I'll always be with you somehow Willow, always and forever that's our motto, right?" I shake my head a laugh between a sob coming out of my mouth, the tears are still falling then new ones form.
"No idiot, it's always and 60 years. We won't live forever. This isn't The Originals," he chuckles, but then he stops. "I love you."
"I love you too Willow," he whispers, his eyes close and I still. I shake him shouting his name, but it sounds distant. No. I have no one. No!
"WILLOW!" My eyes open and I jolt awake, salty fat tears are running down my face and I'm sweating. I look next to me noticing Valentino. The psychopath. He did this. He killed him, he put me through so much pain; HE IS THE ONE! I scramble away from him and he tries reaching for me but I scream at him to leave me alone.
"GO AWAY! I HATE YOU! You did this to me! You made me like this!" Pain is something I'm not good at handling. I've felt so much but it just gets too much, like when my parents died- I couldn't deal with it, it was like I was suffocating and everyone around me was able to breathe fresh air and live. Nothing stopped the pain. Nothing will ever really stop the pain.
He looks torn, "What can I do to?" He whispers softly, my hiccups are loud. He turns on the light and grabs me hands, no I don't want him touching me.
"Don't you get it? I hate you. You killed my brother! You killed him, cold murder with no regret. And now?" I let out a bitter laugh, "NOW I HAVE NO ONE!" I kick around trying to get the anger out of me. "I hate feeling like this!" I scream.
"Hate feeling like what?" He runs a hand through his brown silky hair and bites his lip.
"I hate feeling so helpless, I hate feeling like the whole world is collapsing around me and yet again I'm drowning, drowning," the tears don't stop and I don't think they will. It's like before I was in shock and now it's settling into me that he's really dead and there's nothing I can do about it, I can't go back into time for peeps sake! Do you know that feeling in your heart too? Where it hurts so much and there's a physical pain there that you didn't think was possible. You press your hand on your chest trying to ease the pain but it doesn't go away.
"Drowning?" He mutters to himself, he frowns and pulls me to him. I don't have the strength to try and get him off me, to escape him. So I let the man that killed my brother- the only family member I had left, hold me tightly.
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Arms are tight around me, holding me protectively and almost strangling me. I blink my eyes open and look at the arms, tattoos cover the masculine arms and hands and two rings sit on his right hand. Memories of last night come rushing back to me, I try to calm myself with some steady breathing and closing my eyes trying to think of anything else. Why would I let him touch me? I'm disgusted with myself, repulsed.
That's the worst thing I could possibly do! Kane keeps coming back to me, all I can think about his his body laying on the ground in his own blood. Kane was a good guy, he didn't deserve this. Why is Valentino sleeping in my bed? Well it's his but I'm sleeping in it...Like he could have walked out after I fell asleep so I could wake up in a bed to myself without the man who killed my older brother.
I turn in his arms and study his face, he isn't a peaceful sleeper. He doesn't look at peace. His face is scrunched up and a frown rests on his face, he doesn't look like he's having a good sleep. His arms tighten around me, almost squeezing the life outta me! I take a deep breath trying to breathe and not literally suffocate.
One thing I don't want is him waking up, now that wouldn't be good. I try removing his arm as gently as I can but all it does is make his arms tighten around me like he doesn't want to ever let go. So I wriggle- shimmying down his body and unintentionally pressing my body against his. His deep husky groan makes me freeze and grimace, I look up slowly and his eyes are closed. His eyebrows aren't furrowed anymore and he has a tiny smile on his face. After staying still for a couple more minutes I wriggle my way down, I feel something poking at my back and I'm ready to hide in a corner when I realise what it is. "Contain yourself," I whisper knowing that he can't hear me because he's in slumber mode.
"Well I can't exactly when you're wiggling your ass and everything all over me, that's gotta cause a reaction," I freeze and look up slowly; he's looking down at me in complete amusement. He chuckles and removes his arm, I immediately spring to action and bolt towards the ensuite. I quickly go to the toilet then wash my hands and look at my reflection in the mirror, gosh I look bad; my dark hair is in tangled knots and my face is groggy looking. I splash my face with some warm water then brush my hair and chuck it in a pony tail, I walk out of the bathroom only thinking of ways to get out of here.
Plan one; Just shout I'm leaving.
"Okay I'm leaving now!" I slam the door closed behind me and bolt down the stairs, I run to the front door and open it but a hand slams it shut. I follow the tattooed hand to the tattooed arm and sheepishly smile when I see Val's furious face. He cages me in, his two arms at the sides of my head and a predatory look settled onto his face with dark eyes. I look down, he is completely shirtless and is wearing boxers. I'm surprised to say that he doesn't have tattoos on the front of his body. I gulp when I meet his eyes, he glares at me and I push myself back into the door somehow trying to get away from him even though I know that I can't.
"You shouldn't have tried to run from me," he says lowly. I swallow and stare at him with wide eyes, what do I do?! Stare dreamily into his eyes then open the door and escape? Nope the hate is too much to do that. Just simply check him out to create a diversion so he'll get all cocky then escape? Nope. I'll get too distracted. So instead what I do is bring my foot back then thrust it forward and kick him in the balls. Hashtag sorry not sorry! Quickly I run past him like the speed of lightning after he drops to the ground crying out in pain. Plan two in action. "GET HER!" He roars.
I zoom past Landon, sliding across the wall to escape his grasp. I dodge Jarrad's strike- I really feel like a pro at the moment! I slide under Aidan's legs then bolt up and and away, but when Titus comes into view I gulp trying to dodge his move but he lunges towards me grabbing me by the waist and slamming me to the wall to stop me. I cry out as pain spreads through my back I still and tears push themselves forward. "C'mon Titus I want to go home, okay? Your leader is a psychopath! H-me killed my brother," I let out a pained sob, and no not a pained sob from being slammed into a wall but a one where everything is getting too much and emotionally I'm in pain.
Titus' eyes are cold and emotionless, he looks to his left and grabs me by the wrist; he pushes me forward and I stumble landing in Valentino's muscular arms. I quickly look up at him in fear and sadness, he reaches his hand up to my cheek and uses the pads of his thumbs to wipe the fallen tear away. I spot Chris murmuring incoherent words to Titus, where had he been in the game of chase? His eyes are angry and I know he is doing everything and anything to contain himself from lashing out on me.
"Twice. You ran from me twice, I don't know why I'm letting you off so easy princess. The first time you just ran out on me then you kicked me in the balls..." he pauses taking sharp quick breaths to contain himself. "The balls! You know what? We are all going to go the club, this is going to be a little test," he smirks grabbing his keys. His eyes darken when they rake over my body, I feel disgusted; I don't want him looking at me. Why do we need to go to the club?
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I've never been in a club much before, from the amount of movies and books I've read I figured it was a good idea not to go. The music is blaring- bursting my eardrums. Sweaty bodies are grinding up against each other and the whole ground is vibrating. Now I know why I never went to clubs. Val's arm is protectively around me and he gives an icy glare every time a guy looks at me which is unnecessary. I try to remove his arm for the fifth time this evening but all he does he tighten it and pull me closer.
"Oh look, it's Nova!" While he is distracted for one second I run out of his arms and straight to my best friend Nova. I jump on her wrapping my arms around her and she stumbles back, "so did Mike tell you?" I ask pulling back, she looks at me in surprise.
"How did you know?"
My heart sinks and I feel my eyes watering, her eyes widen when she sees the tears falling one by one.
"Well for starters I was kidnapped by that!" I spit pointing to Valentino, "then I assumed he was in a gang with the tattoos, a black mansion with guards everywhere and showing no remorse when he kills my brother. And they mentioned Mike and I told him to tell you or I would myself." Her mouth drops open in shock, she looks over at Mike probably wondering the same thing I have been thinking the whole time.
"Was he in on this too? Are you okay?" She worriedly asks studying my face, I shake my head no and her eyes water as well. She hugs me, sniffling then whispers into my ear. "Make him pay," she points to a guy who is staring at me, I smirk and walk past Nova to the guy.
"Wanna dance?" I ask, he smirks and grabs my hand pulling me to the dance floor. "I'll take that as a yes," I murmur.
I sway my hips against his and he spins me around so my butt is against his arousal. "Hmm, so sexy," he hums his hands trailing down to my thighs. Before he can reach any further he is ripped from me, I gasp and spin around placing my hands to my mouth when I see Valentino punching him like his life depended on it. I tug at his shoulders pleading for him to stop, the guy tries blocking Valentino's hits but with an elbow to the head he passes out cold. I should have expected that. I feel awful.
"STOP IT! JUST STOP IT!" I cry. This is my fault, I don't want another person to die and see it again. He stops and his murderous eyes look into my fearful ones, he stands- his knuckles bloodied and he grabs my wrist dragging me out of the club. "Let go of me!" I spit, he ignores me. I take note that he's leading me in an alley to most likely kill me.
He slams me to the wall and I cry out as pain soars through my back, "you really like testing me angel, don't you?" He growls through clenched teeth.
"W-what are you talking about?" I clench my eyes closed, he tilts my chin up but I keep eyes screwed shut.
"Open your eyes," quickly I pop them open. "You know what you did angel. Flirting with those guys like that, letting them flirt with you- YOU'RE MINE! DO YOU GET ME!?" He punches the wall beside my head and I flinch.
"Never will I be yours," I whisper in the quietest voice, he starts laughing like I just made a really funny joke
"You will always be mine princess."
"Firstly Valentino I only flirted with one guy! Not guys it's guy!" I scream, which I really shouldn't have said that. His eyes flash with anger and he grips my hair, his stare doesn't look anywhere else.
"One guy or not, it was still a guy. Touching you, flirting with you and looking at you. How many times do I have to repeat myself Willow, I will kill any guy who touches you. I will kill anyone who threatens you and I will kill anyone who tries taking you from me and you will always be mine." No. No. He killed my brother, I will never be his- an object.
"I'm not some object that you can claim!"
"You're right, you're much more than an object. You're an angel, my angel and you will be my woman for as long as we live," tears spill out out of my eyes and I shake my head.
"You've ruined me, Valentino. You took the one thing from me that was most important," I whisper in the quietest voice, he doesn't look amused but he doesn't look mad either.
"Good because you shouldn't trust me but I want you to," that makes no sense. "Remember that you'll always be mine, if you run I will chase you, if you fall I will catch you, if you die I will die with you and if you hurt I will be hurt."
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