Page 22 of Light in Your Eyes

I can't believe what Jaxon has decided for me. I can't believe that I have to accept that girl, that I need to be friends with her. This is fucking ridiculous.

He said that he wanted to make sure that I wasn't going insane, but he just made it worse.

I lower myself to sit on my bed, my arms hanging on my thighs. While I'm still trying to breathe properly, my thoughts wander to the girl.

I remember the last thing I said to her.

"Get lost."

I clench my shaking fist, knowing that saying those words in front of our members would only cause her one thing.

Death.

Chapter 7

Layla

I can't breathe. I'm going to die.

Air is being sucked out of my lungs. My face is being pushed forcefully into the water. The grip on the back of my head is so painful, it makes me nauseous.

I choke, my arms flailing wildly and helplessly. I'm struggling to breathe for dear life.

Just when I think that I can't make it, the hand pulls my hair roughly. My scalp is burning. I breathe the oxygen again, opening my eyes, which only hold fear.

I make out the shape of the water fountain before me. A strangled sob escapes from my mouth while two other Black Wings members secure my arms with their grip so that I won't be able to escape.

"You're trying to kill yourself, huh?" the cold voice echoes in my ears.

My vision is already blurred because I'm slowly losing consciousness. Yet, I'm still trying to stand on my feet because I don't want to die.

I was never so close to death as I am right now.

They've been trying to drown me in the fountain located in the middle of the backyard of this mansion.

I squint. The guy who claimed himself as one of the knights' right-hand men laughs at me. Everyone else laughs too, watching me. They're standing near the fountain and forming a circle to get a better look at me—the joke.

I hear a girl scoff. "Told you. No one would believe your story."

I turn my head, only to find Brea crossing her arms over her chest and watching me with pity.

"Do you know her, Nina?" someone asks out loud, and now I know that her real name is not Brea.

Her boyfriend interrupts, "Not at all. We figured out that she lied, but she was stubborn and didn't listen to our warning." He looks at me with disgust.

Probably the boyfriend’s real name is not Gio either. They weren't stupid enough to expose their real names to an outsider.

Tears spill from my eyes as I remember my family. What have I gotten myself into? Will I never see them again? Will I really die here soon?

Kellan's words are like a stab to me. It doesn't just kill me inside, but it can actually kill me.

"Get lost."

Such words uttered by the king of Black Wings are enough to make the members take it as a death sentence for me.

"You said your name was Layla, didn't you?" the guy who has been ordering around asks me again, and nothing can describe how much I hate him.

He said his name was Luca and that he was assigned to run this place while Jaxon and his friends conduct a mission in Italy.