Chapter 8
I ran out onto the loading bay and then into the yard, making my way through a broken fence. I sucked in a breath as I looked around me, wondering which way I should go. This town looked as if it had been deserted for years. Nature had reclaimed the street, breaking up the cement and crumbling down walls.
What was this place?
Where was this place?
Before I had the chance to figure that out I heard the sound of running footsteps behind me.
I sprinted to my right, not caring where I went as long as I got away from Jasper. I heard him calling after me, begging me to stop, warning me that it wasn't safe here, but I didn't believe him. He was only trying to stop me, and keep me here.
Running felt effortless for me. I felt free with the wind whipping in my hair. It was almost as if I was born to run, and I could move so fast, faster than I had ever imagined.
I had been too lost in my own thought, not paying enough attention to my surroundings that I never noticed Jasper until it was too late. He jumped out from of an alley, grabbing my arms and pulling me to a stop.
How the hell had he managed to get in front of me?
"Please, stop," he begged, not even a bit of out of breath. Come to think about it, neither was I.
"Let go of me," I hissed.
"I can't."
"You will," I growled.
"You need to calm down," he warned.
I realised I was breathing heavy now, almost panting. My arms and legs were shaking with anger.
"No," I snarled as I bore my teeth at him. I shoved him hard against a wall. "You need to let me go. You need to stay away from me."
"I can't," he protested.
"You will," I growled, shoving him further into the wall.
I turned and sprinted away from him. I heard him calling after me, but it only made me push myself harder. I reached a large wall and I automatically scaled it without even thinking, but what I saw on the other side had me gripping onto the wall for my life.
It was a sheer drop. There was nothing, but a cliff and the raging sea.
If I fell down there, I would be dead.
"Bella, jump and I'll catch you," Jasper called. He was standing at the bottom of the wall with his arms stretched out towards me. "It's okay," he soothed me. "Everything is okay … Everything is going to be alright. All, you have to do, is jump to me."
A loud snapping sound filled the air before the wall began to shudder and shake beneath me. I screamed out as I tried to stop myself from falling over the edge.
"Jump Bella," Jasper pleaded.
I had no other choice.
I closed my eyes and held my breath, jumping towards Jasper.