Chapter 78
"Dimitri... Jaden... Riley..." I say through sobs, unable to make a proper sentence, this whole thing is making me realize how weak I have become. No one should ever go through the type of emotion I have experienced.
"Hailey I understand you have a lot on you now but Hailey there is a big dilemma I didn't want to say anything, but now I have to let you know because I know we're running out of time" Dimitri says pulling away, my heart clenches within as I am unable to speak. Of course, it only gets worse, I want to run away from it all, hide away and act like my life didn't take a low blow just this morning bracing myself I give a nod of approval for him to continue.
"Ride had been abducted" He states without hesitation.
I immediately know it's Madam Von Grey and I'm also certain at the end of this I would be the cause or have engaged in this way or another, I look at him expectantly making him break the silence he had my full attention now. "It's vivid Madam Von Grey called for the invasion when we were sending her child to Lord Perry's mansion they retrieved the girl and also captured Ride"
My heart slumps as it comes back to me, I remember them leaving to drop the child off before I passed out, and I also remember giving them the idea to get the child out.
I shiver in fear of what things they will do to him recalling Sal's condition.
Is Ride being turned into a mindless zombie? Is he alive? And worse of them, he is being self-tortured?
"He...Ride" I failed yet another person close to me, having nothing but trouble to spread around.
Maybe Riley is right. I should just leave now I have the chance to run away, start all over, give my child's life a new path filled with no pain, no regret, no fear of tomorrow and most importantly to be loved. There's Ride and then Jaden.
The crown and there's Riley.
It's always a rollercoaster living in these walls.
Will it ever end? Can we ever leave without worrying about unusual problems?
"Hailey if we don't get him out I fear it may be too late"
I don't know how to react, I'm on the verge of breaking, I can't take it anymore, how do I help Ride when I require that myself?
It will take a miracle to get to Ride if they already haven't killed him, I feel worse and helpless.
"I can't," I say, looking away. I feel so hopeless inside feeling misplaced.
"Tell Hailey he got a nice a*s' Ride's last words" Dimitri tries mimicking his tone, I laugh in pain, my tears falling.
That sounds like something he would, I've always been protective of Ride and he always kept me safe.
"Right before he saved me, I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for him, I would never have been able to come to save you, Hailey, you have to agree with me we owe him" he says giving a dramatic pause letting this sink in.
Excluding the recent events of course I owe him, he helped me multiple times back at the badlands and even in these walls, Ride deserves better than to die In the hands of those monsters.
"I have a plan that will only work out if you partake Hailey, I know you are worried about Jaden but you have to focus on the bigger picture, Ride doesn't have much time whereas Jaden has all these to protect him" he says waving his hands signifying the pack house "If we can save Ride we'll handle Riley." Dimitri magnified.
This was the least I could do for him, it is time that I end this bad curse, I failed Aitch, I failed Sal, I failed a land that took me in and made me feel at home now I have to protect what's left of it.
"I will Dimitri anything it will cost" I say nodding my head feeling my strong will sober up and my eyes dry up.
Dimitri gives a small smile and he leads me out of the room.
I can't help but notice the glares and scrawled faces that gaze over at me as we walk past, they all really believe I was a witch.
Riley is the witch here, forcing herself into a place she doesn't belong.
Walking through the main room Jaden is seated with Riley by his side leaning on him, my hands balls into a fist as anger surges through me.
Dimitri doesn't let it go far, caressing my hand, back to what matters at this point.
Jaden spots us, his face scrunches up in disgust, he averts his gaze quickly making my heart bleed out those same eyes that were once filled with love now look at me with venom and hatred. Riley catches this character and leans in for a kiss but Jaden gazes in the other direction, I feel the pain shallow to a little pang.
You can't force a heart to love you, true love flows from the heart when Riley understands that the pack will be a better place.
We hop into Dimitri's car once he drives away from the pack house he reveals his plan.
"I've been watching her house for a while now, turns out only females are given free will to walk around"
I stay quiet listening to his plans feeling a little bad leaving Jaden in the hands of Riley, who knows the stupid things she will do to him while I'm away? "Hailey...Hailey " I stare back at Dimitri a bit aghast.
"Do you concede to it?" He asks, watching me intensely.
"So sorry I did it get what you were saying" I tried my possible best to stop my mind from trailing back to Jaden but I fail that battle each time. You're going undercover into Madam Von Grey's house"