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When I regained consciousness, I had the insane thought that I was blind. Then my eyes adjusted to the darkness and I realized I was in a barn and my hands were bound behind my back. Everything came rushing back at once and I winced at the pain blossoming across the back of my head.

"Awe, you're finally awake!" Chase announced, coming out of the shadows to stand in front of me. "It was so boring waiting for you. I was honestly about to wake you up with a bit of magic, glad I didn't have to."

"Magic?" I asked, feeling my eyebrows knit together.

"Don't play stupid, Grimm. It isn't becoming of you," he tutted, pacing in front of me with a malicious smile. "I know you're aware of the Sons and their pathetic tries at magic."

"Yes, but I didn't know you had magic," I said, trying to sit up and falling over. "Why do you have my hands bound? It's not like you couldn't catch me if I tried to run away."

"Tying you up is more dramatic and I live for the dramatic," he said, using his power to stand me up and move me in front of him. "How's the spider bite?"

"How'd you know about the bite?" I asked, trying my best to swallow my fear.

"I put them inside you, duh!" he laughed, stroking his finger over my cheek. "I also made the spiders attack you, put the dreams in your head, and followed you around."

"You did all that?!" I shouted, my anger taking over before I realized it. "You made me think I was fucking crazy? Why?"

"I wanted to get to the guys and this is the perfect way! They don't all care about Sarah or Kate, but they all really like you for some reason," Chase continued, still holding my face in his hand. "Reid's banging you, so I get that, but the others aren't. Are they?"

"No!" I said. "They're going to come after me and you're going to be sorry you ever thought this was a good idea!"

"That's exactly what I'm planning on," he smiled maliciously before throwing me back to the ground. "Now be nice and I won't have to hurt you."

He blew me a kiss before leaving me alone in the barn. I sat myself back up and thought back to when he burst into Reid's room. He was lying on the ground, knocked out, and I was checking on him when I got taken. A beam of hope cracked through the fear in my chest: I had plans with Gabby and El tonight! If Reid was still unconscious, they would tell the Sons I was missing.

I needed to find a way to cut my hands free. I was in a barn, there had to be something sharp laying around somewhere. I also needed to figure out a way to stand up without using my hands. I haven't done legitimate exercise in years so I had zero core strength, upper body strength, or lower body strength.

I pushed that negativity down and moved backwards until I was against a wall. My wrists were bound, but my hands were still free. I pressed them against the wall and sort of walked myself into a standing position. I felt something burn my hand, but that was the least of my worries. A splinter wasn't worth stopping –I had to find a way to cut my ropes.

The barn was huge and filled with a bunch of random farm scraps. I saw some shovels and a hoe, but none of them were sharp enough to cut me free. I was about to give up when I saw a knife under some roofing tin, happiness flooding my body.

Now came the struggle of getting down to the ground to reach the knife. It was nowhere near a wall so that method was out. I was wearing my leggings, a t-shirt, and my sneakers so I didn't really have that many layers to cushion a fall. I bent at the knees slowly until all my weight landed on them, it hurt but wasn't excruciating. Sometimes you had to do crazy things to get out of crazy situations.

I sat with my back to the knife and maneuvered it in my hands until the blade was against the rope. I sawed and sawed, trying to get the dull blade to cut the nylon. It felt like forever before the ropes finally gave way and my hands were free.

"I thought you were supposed to be smart enough to get into Harvard, Grimm? Didn't you realize I wouldn't leave you unwatched?" Chase said, appearing out of the shadows once again. "I'm impressed by your tenacity, I'll give you that, but you're starting to get on my nerves."

I was going to reply when I was knocked back and thrown against a wall. I felt my head bounce and blood fill my mouth, but I knew I had to get up. I spat the blood on the ground and pushed myself into a sitting position. I had to be smart, he was a witch and didn't even have to try to kick my ass. I just had to outsmart him, I could do that.

"Is this about me choosing Reid over you?" I asked, trying to buy some time before he knocked me out again.

"Why would this be about that? You're a slut and so is he," he shrugged.

That stung, but I knew that was its intention. "If I was a slut, doesn't that mean I would've fucked you? Or do I have the wrong definition of that word?"

Maybe it was stupid to piss him off, but making people mad was my only skill. I had to use it to my advantage, maybe he'd be so pissed he would just lock me in the barn and leave. That would be the best case scenario.

"No, that's the right definition," he said. Then he smirked and added, "I called you the wrong thing. You're not a slut, you're a naughty girl."

My stomach flipped over itself and my face heated up. How did he know about that? It was just me and Reid up there when he called me that. I knew it was stupid to stop fighting him, it made me vulnerable, but treacherous tears were burning my eyes. That was a very private moment I didn't want anyone to know about, it made me sound dirty.

"Awe, were you really stupid enough to think Reid would keep that to himself? He bragged about it to the entire locker room the first day of class," Chase said, coming up to me and crouching in front of me. "I have a question, are you really as good at sucking dick as he said you are?"

I couldn't hold in my embarrassed tears anymore. "Shut up, he didn't do that. You fucked around in our heads and dug it out. Reid respects me, he wouldn't brag like that."

"You think too highly of him, it's not like he thinks of you as anything else than someone to fuck," he snickered, tilting my face up with his hand. "He said he loved you and your panties dropped, just like a stupid little girl."

I was about to reply when he was flung to the side. I pulled my knees up and pressed my face against them, figuring the Sons were here. I risked a peek and saw all four of them were here and they looked pissed. I didn't want them all to see me cry, that would be so embarrassing and I'd had enough of that to last a lifetime.

"Come on, Grimm. We've got to go, this is going to get messy," Tyler said from in front of me. "Can you walk?"

I nodded and stood, letting him lead me out of the barn. "Where are the guys? I don't want them to get hurt, Chase's a witch."

"We know," he replied, wrapping his arm around my waist and hefting me into his Hummer. "I'm going to take you back to the dorms and come back with them."

I nodded and pulled my legs back up to rest my chin on them. I couldn't meet his eyes out of fear and embarrassment; what if Chase wasn't lying? What if Reid did brag about me and his friends all knew I was his naughty girl? I would never live that down.

"Hey, are you okay? You're not talking," he said as we drove down the deserted highway. "You're never quiet."

"It was just really scary," I breathed, my voice cracking with emotion. "I don't know what to say or think or anything. I just want to shower and go to sleep."

He reached over and squeezed my hand, holding it clasped in his. I liked Tyler, he didn't feel the need to talk all the time like a lot of people. The silence surrounding us wasn't awkward or stale, it was just a way of being. He valued silence as much as I did.


Gabby was waiting anxiously for me to come back. As soon as I walked into the room, she threw her arms around me and held on tight. I was so grateful for her and her touchiness, I needed someone to hold me together right now. I let out a ragged sob before completely falling apart against her shoulder.

"Reid bragged about me to the entire locker room," I whimpered.

"Grimm, I'm so sorry!" she cooed, holding the back of my head and my waist in her tight grasp. "He's an asshole that doesn't deserve you."

I just cried harder and held her tighter. Eventually we broke apart and I headed to the shower, my desperate need to wash off the night's events taking precedent over having a meltdown. Gabby offered to wait outside the bathroom for me, but I knew Chase could get to me with her actually in the shower with me. Her being in there just made her another target and I couldn't handle it if she got hurt because of me.

I sat my caddy on the ground in the shower with me and hung my towel on the hook. I turned on the hot water and let it wash over my body, soaking into my bone. I trusted Reid, I loved him and actually believed he loved me back. I was such an idiot, he played me like a game and I let him.

I hit the tile wall with my palms as sobs wracked my body again. I shouldn't care this much about him not loving me, but I got kidnapped because he liked to fuck around with me. I could've died because Reid liked to play with innocent girls' feelings.

"Hey, are you okay?"

I jumped and almost slipped. If Reid hadn't caught my waist, I probably would've cracked my skull open. As soon as I was steady on my feet again, I ripped his hands off me and washed my hair. He kept trying to get my attention, but I just showered and hoped he'd get the hint to leave me alone.

"Grimmy, baby, I know you're freaking out. Just let me fix it," he begged, taking my hands and forcing me to turn around. "It's my fault you were taken, I know that. I just want to make you feel safe."

"Is your ass jealous of all the shit that comes out of your mouth?" I asked, crossing my arms over my chest.

He smirked and eyed the cleavage my arms made appear. "That's cute, but you're cuter. Do you want to make another memory and fuck in the shower?"

"Why? So you can tell all the guys in the locker room?" I asked, shutting off the shower and grabbing my towel. "No thanks, find another girl to brag about. I'm done being your toy."

I grabbed my caddy and held my towel as I stormed out of the bathroom. I got about three feet when something pulled me to the side. I was about to start screaming when I saw Reid down the hallway. The asshole was using his magic on me now?

"Leave me alone, Reid!" I shouted, bending to pick up all the things that fell out of my caddy and going the rest of the way to my room. "Go fuck yourself, Garwin. This is the last straw, I'm done with your shit."

"I don't even know why you're mad at me," he said, rubbing his wet hair as he made his way over to me. "Don't I deserve an explanation?"

"You're really good at keeping secrets, Reid, but I want to know the truth," I said. "Did you or did you not brag to the entire locker room about having sex with me? Tell them about me being your naughty girl?"

He didn't respond to me right away and that was the only answer I needed. He must've seen it on my face because he threw out his hands and trapped me against the wall.

"That was before we were together, before I fell in love with you," he explained hurriedly. "I never even mentioned your name, I just said a girl at my party. I would never talk about you like that."

"But you did, you made me sound like a terrible person to make yourself look better. You're allowed to be a stud for having sex with me, but I'm a slut for having sex with you," I argued. "That's not something you can just apologize for, Reid."

"Grimm, I love you," he said, tears pooling in the corners of his eyes. "Please, don't end this. I can't lose you."

"Look, I'm not saying we're over –just on a break. I need some time to think," I said, pushing his arm away and heading to my room.


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