Chapter 24
Pulling into the drive to Akron Falls, Jason's body was humming with anticipation, nervousness, anger, and a small measure of fear. In a few moments he would be seeing Aidan, his fists clenching in anticipation to be wrapped around his throat as he squeezed the last breath out of him, but what about Sam? Would she be with him? Was she ok? He had to fight back the fear that tried to overcome, that tried to take over his control, he couldn't let that happen. Finding all of his strength to keep the anger in control and the beast of rage leashed within him, Jason forced his mind to take over, not his emotions. He needed a clear head tonight.
"Jason?" Lucky broke into his thoughts. Jason listened without turning to acknowledge the other man as he parked the SUV under a thick cover of trees and bushes that faced the falls from the side and turned off the engine. His protective and possessive instincts were so on over drive that if he even looked at the ex lover of the woman he loved, he would destroy him. The beast in him roared in the outrage of it all, it prowled and paced the cage of his psyche, waiting for the perfect opportunity to strike, to rescue his mate, to claim her, to mark her as his, but not yet…. not until he killed and destroyed the obstacles in his way. "You can't kill him, man." Lucky spoke again even when Jason didn't acknowledge. No doubt the younger man thought to appeal to the man within him, but Jason was no man any longer. "I'm a cop, you can't kill the guy and think that I'll be able to cover this up for you." He heard Lucky sigh as if he wasn't getting through to Jason. He was right, there was no talking him out of his intents were Aidan was concerned. And just when Lucky was about to spew some more garbage from his trap, Nikolas broke in from the backseat.
"Lucky…" Nikolas' voice was strong and cold. "If that son of a bitch hurt my cousin, you won't have to worry about Jason… I will be the one to kill him."
The tone of his voice caused Jason's eyes to catch his for the briefest of moments in the rear view mirror. For once he was thankful that he wasn't alone, thankful that he had Sam's family with him. Nikolas may be a prince, but years of living and surviving under Helena's attempts to control hardened him. Jason knew that he was serious, and so was he. The only difference was that Jason never agreed to hand Aidan over to Lucky on a silver platter to be dealt with by the PCPD, as far as Jason was concerned, Aidan was a dead man walking.
A flash of headlights caught their attention and had all three heads turned to watch a small car pull into the park. Robin. They watched her step out of the car with a bag in hand. After closing the door, she walked until she came upon a bench in the middle of the park, it was facing the falls in front with Jason's undercover SUV on the right a good distance away. She wasn't aware that they were there, spying on her. Jason's hand clenched on the steering wheel to the point of shattering it. How could she betray their friendship that way? He told her what her cousin did, she knew the sickness, the same as it was in that demented doctor that terrorized her and her family, so how could she do this to him? He understood that Aidan was her family, he understood that Robin had a pure side to her that thought all people were innocent and deserved second chances, but he could never forgive her. Not for this. This was worse than when she betrayed him by telling AJ that Michael was his, Sam's life was on the line. A part of him wanted to understand, wanted to forgive her, but not yet…. not until he had Sam safe in his arms.
"Do you think we should tell her that we're here?" Nikolas asked from the backseat. He was pissed off as well at the other brunette but how can he hold such anger towards her. After all that she had done for him. She's the one that told him about Spencer, she's the one that reunited him with his son, but what she was doing right now was unforgivable. To help a monster kidnap his cousin? He shook his head, he couldn't believe it was true, won't believe the worst until she explains her actions.
"No." Jason shook his head in denial. A part of him needed to hear what Robin had to say, needed to make sure that he didn't truly lose his friend in her act of betrayal. "We sit and we wait…." He let the rest drop as he paid attention to the other SUV creeping into the drive with the lights out. Immediately recognizing their signature rides, he leaned back and pulled out his phone as he watched the SUV creep in quietly as to not alert Robin that she was being followed. "Milo, I see you coming in. Take a left and park right next to the falls facing us. Do not move until you hear from me. Did you hear from Max?"
"Yeah, they're still a ways back. He said that Alexis was threatening him with bodily harm if he didn't get her here in time. I made sure to stress to him that he needs to drive slow."
"Keep an eye out." He hung up the phone and carefully eyed the SUV and Robin at the same time. She looked to be oblivious to the world around her as she stared into the miniature falls that cascaded down the rocks. Oblivious to Jason, Lucky, and Nikolas in the SUV on her right, with Milo and Cody on her left. Both groups of men prepared for the standoff that was no doubt coming soon.
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Gently running his fingers through her soft dark hair, Aidan closed his eyes and imagined the silk falling over him, his face, his chest, his thighs as she rode him, as she went down on him…. Shaking off the shudder that went through his body, he held her close as she slept. He had no choice but to drug her again. He had to meet Robin and this was the only way for him to be certain that she would never leave him. He knew that she was suspicious of him, how could she not be after his stupid eruption over her making a simple phone call? But that phone call could have destroyed everything that he worked so hard for, it could have destroyed them. They belonged together and in time, she would realize it.
She was so suspicious that she didn't eat the food that he prepared for her, settling for the sealed, unopened bottle of water instead. Little did she know that he inserted the small fine tipped syringe in a way that she wouldn't be able to notice. It was only a minute amount of the drug that he had that was left over from spiking the soup that he had made for her. But it was enough, it was enough to put her to sleep so that he could go out, meet Robin, grab the money and come back. He had an adventure in store for them. An adventure that would make her forget all about Morgan and love him instead. Leaning over, he brushed the silk of hair from her face and gently, oh so gently kissed her on her soft parted lips, letting his tongue gently graze the satin soft skin for just the briefest of moments, just to taste, just to savor her until she was ready to accept him. His fingers itched to do more, to reveal more, her body was to be worshiped and he was more than ready for her, but that's not how he wanted their first time to be. He wanted to feel her passion when she welcomed him in her body. He wanted her love.
Reluctantly pulling away, he stood to his full height as his hungry eyes devoured her as she slept in his bed. "Soon, my lovely Samantha, soon it will be only us." He gathered all of his strength to walk away from her. He had to go and meet Robin and get his meeting over with as quick as possible. The drug will only last for only a short amount of time, so he needed to hurry. The sooner he left, the sooner he would return and the life that he dreamed up for him and Samantha could finally come true.
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"For God's sakes Max, can't you go any faster?! A semi truck just passed us!"
"Alexis…"
"OH LOOK! There goes another one!" Alexis pointed at the window to another one that looked like it was going only 45 MPH, ignoring Sonny as he called her name.
"Alexis, you need to stay calm…"
"I AM CALM!" She took a deep breath and faced the bane of her existence. "If I didn't know any better, I would think that you were purposely slowing us down. So help me God Sonny, if we don't make it there in time and something happens to my daughter, I… I will…. I will cut off your balls and eat them for breakfast!" She cringed at what ejected from her mouth with a foul taste.
"As tempting as that sounds, I think I'll pass."
"UGHH!" The smirk on his face enraged her. How dare he make fun of her at a time like this? Her daughter needed her.
Sonny let the small chuckle escape him, he couldn't help it, Alexis always made him laugh at her theatrics. "Listen…" He fully turned to her as much as the backseat would allow and picked up her hand in a comforting gesture. He knew what she was going through. "I know how you feel. I know you want to get there and face Aidan, but you can't…." He quickly spoke again to interrupt her before she spoke up. "You can't confront him right now. Aidan has lost it. He's dangerous right now and he doesn't care that your Sam's mother, he won't let anything stand in his way. He already proved that by faking her death." He truly felt for her, saddened by the fear and sense of loss in his friend's eyes. "Jason will take care of it. I promise you, he will bring her back. It won't do any good to be there when this goes off. You would become a distraction. And if something, anything goes wrong, then I will send every man I know out there to look for her. I promise you."
"How do I just sit here and wait?"
Her saddened tone broke his heart. "We wait together. If Jason needs us… he will call." He turned to the window, noticing that Max parked on the side of the road underneath the sign that located their destination just a mile away from the turn to Akron Falls just as Milo directed him to do. He wanted to be there for Jason, but having Alexis there was not a good idea. He had already messed up one rescue attempt, it was the least he could do.
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Jason watched, not so patient, as Aidan's black SUV that he stole from the Balkan turned into the entrance to the park. At first instinct, his right handle immediately landed to the handle of his gun in the back of his waistband, but stopped short. He hand to control himself, he needed to reign in his emotions to use his brain. But the beast within him was raging in contempt. It demanded to be freed, demanded blood, DEMANDED Aidan's head. How could he refuse?
He forced himself to calm, but it was proving futile. His blood was pumping heavy and thick in his veins, his heart was accelerated to prepare his body for action, his breathing was almost too quick. He watched as Aidan stepped out of his SUV and head towards Robin, not even bothering to look at his surroundings. Jason recognized the desperate man in Aidan, and desperate men made mistakes.
"Where's Sam?"
Nikolas' question had his head jerk towards the dark SUV. They couldn't see anything, couldn't tell if Sam was lying in the backseat. Was she drugged? Was she tied up? His fists were clenched so tight, they were white. The idea that Sam, his Sam could only be a short run away from him was almost overwhelming, was almost too much for him to take. He found his own desperation to reach to her, take her, to make sure that she was safe and in his arms. But he couldn't. Not yet.
