Isabella's POV:

We woke up about an hour ago and since then I've explained absolutely everything to summer

"Wait so he asked you to be his date to the ball? That's weird." She asked me confused sitting on the disgusting floor like it was nothing

It was a rough night sleep but we had gotten over the dirtiness of it by now.

"Yeah at first I didn't think it was weird but now I just don't understand why he would, he's famous , hot and I'm sure that means many women want him." I spoke standing up signalling I was ready to start moving again

"Yeah weird." She mumbled more to herself than me trying to process everything in her head

I sighed my leg still aching but I was sucking it up we had to get moving.

"Right can you walk today?" Summer asked me, standing up herself.

She was still unable to use her injured arm properly but both of our wounds were slowly getting slightly better

"Yeah I'm good" I told her with a smile that barely looked like a smile

We started walking trying to find any sign of other people so we could find out whereabouts we were

We were slow so it was taken us even longer to get anywhere

---an hour later---

"Right so if the drive was 30 minutes how long would that be when walking? Also considering we're slow because of injury and we have no clue where to go?" I asked summer trying to do some sort of calculation on this in my head

We were both very thirsty and hungry as well so that'd probably slow us down even more

Summer thought for a moment

"Well I think a 20 minutes drive would take just over an hour to walk so atleast an hour at normal speed then another hour because of our speed and the last thing I have no clue because we could take any wrong turn any minute" summer tried to make sense but sighed unable to work it out

Just when we were losing hope , a woman came into view.

She was walking towards us.

Oh my god

Thank god

"Hey miss!" I shouted walking as fast as I could towards her but then summer grabbed me by my shoulder

What was she doing the woman was right there?!

"Izzy?!" Summer tried to get my attention but I fought her off trying to get to the woman

"Izzy! No one is there!" Summer then finally yelled shaking me so I'd get a grip but I didn't understand

The woman was right there

"What do you mean she right there-" I yelled at her as if she was the Insane one , turning my head to point at the woman but no one was there

Oh my god.

"No no she was.." I cried my head was pounding and I was a mess

I hadn't drunken anything for almost 24 hours.

It was already beginning to get late

I was hallucinating.

"Izzy we have to rest." Summer tried to tell me but as tears fell down my face I pleaded with her

"Please summer I have to get home" I told her and she tried to fight me but gave in after awhile realising I was determined to keep going so we could get home

Soon enough it was dark.

It had now been officially over 24 hours since we've eaten or drunken anything

Summer was getting bad now

"Summer I think we have to stop now" I told her as we were still on the side of an empty and deserted road in the middle of nowhere

She shook her head looking ahead with a thankful look

"We can't Izzy! Look at that sign!" She smiled at me making me really confused, I turned around and what I saw made me happier than ever

After almost two nights out here.

The sign you saw everytime you entered our town was there finally Infront of our eyes.

'welcome to town hallows'

We both quickly picked up out speed

Still struggling but the adrenaline that ran through our veins drove us so that we'd make it home

Hope drove us.

20 minutes later and we were on my street but the adrenaline had wore off now and I felt like I couldn't move

Everything hurt.

I kept seeing things that weren't there.

We were so close yet it felt so far

Suddenly summer calsped Infront of me

Completely passed out.

I screamed as I shook her trying to wake her up but she was out cold and I had to get her home so I sucked up my pain and I picked her up

I practically dragged her and myself up the street.

Three black fancy SUV sped into the gates of my house coming from the opposite way we were coming from

I didn't process them and just continued to fight myself towards the gates of my house

Summer still in my arms

I cried and I yelped but I didn't give up.

Finally I made it to the gate and they were already open so I did the best I could and just walked through them with struggle

My leg was bleeding out and every breath was an effort to take.

The black SUVs from before came into view along with my house

The cars had stopped but no one had gotten out of them yet until suddenly every car door on each car opened and revealed everyone

Jakob, Ace, Killian , Victor , Alexander and of course Leonardo

They looked so worried.

They all ran over to me and summer

Yelling things I couldn't make out

"Summer she passed out-" I mumbled but I couldn't hold myself up anymore and I fell to the crumbling

Leonardo's POV:

It's been a really long day

We've been searching and searching but once again today nothing at all

I was going insane and my kill count has now reached 13, I know she'd hate it if she knew.

Yet she's the reason.

We were driving over to her house again to go through her stuff and check she hasn't been back without anyone knowing and took anything

Her parents were out luckily so we wouldn't have to deal with them.

As we drove up just about reaching her house , I saw a someone at the opposite side of the road

I couldn't get a good look at them though because of how fast the car was going

The gates opened for us and we quickly parked up.

"I'm really worried." Alexander spoke looking down at his veiny hands

We all were.

Suddenly something caught my eye in the rearview mirror

A girl.

Isabella struggling to walk through the gates and up to us

She looked a mess , she was bleeding and she could barely keep herself up as she was holding summer.

Who was passed out.

"Oh my god it's her!" I yelled getting out the car as everyone else followed yelling similar things

"Isabella!?" I screamed running up to her but it was like she didn't process my words

She looked so tired.

She looked sick.

"Summer she passed out-" she mumbled but suddenly her legs gave in and she calsped into my arms

I quickly picked her up and Jakob caught summer before she could fall to the ground too

"Quickly take them inside!" Victor yelled as we all ran over to the house in a rush to get them laid down

She's back.

My love

Isabella's POV:

My heart bashed in my chest

Everything ached.

My head killed like a mother fucking bitch

I struggled to rip my eyes open but I managed to do it just about

Nothing processed in my mind for a few minutes until everything rushed back in a quick moment

Oh my god.

We made it home.

I sat up quickly and Leonardo, Ace , Killian and Alexander came into view , they were all sound asleep.

I chucked my hand over my mouth

Gasping.

I tried to be quiet

I couldn't process it all.

I was so scared

Why do I even do now?!

Suddenly the door creaked open and in walked Victor and Jakob

I backed up on the bed as much as I could

"Izzy?" Jakob asked realising I was awake but his word quickly woke every single one of them around me up

I wanted to cry.

"Isabella!? Your awake!" Leonardo said trying to come towards me but I flinched away from him

"Don't touch me." I warned him as my heart pounded in my chest

He froze and after a minute backed up.

"Izzy are you okay?!" Ace asked leaning forwards with concern and partly relief on his face

I just nodded

I noticed a empty glass besides me

I looked at it confused taking a guess it was full before but no longer was.

"You woke up in middle of the night, don't you remember?" Alexander asked as they all stared at me with worry and concern

I didn't remember anything since I passed out

I shook my head with a blank expression

"What were you thinking Isabella!?" Leonardo randomly snapped at me and I didn't answer just stared at him blankly

I didn't know what to say.

All I could come up with in my head was that I was scared

I didn't know what else to do.

"Hello?! Isabella answer me!" Leonardo waved his hand Infront of me and I looked away trying to find my words as they impatiently waited for an answer

"I don't know. I was scared.." I answered with the only answer I could think of in that moment

I couldn't look at them in the eyes all I saw was a bunch of killers.

"I know but look at yourself, you slept outside, you were missing almost two days!" Leonardo yelled at me clearly furious at me because of how much trouble I caused

"Look at myself!? Don't you think I know?! I didn't drink anything for almost two days to the point I was hallucinating, I didn't eat to the point I calsped and I sat there explaining to my best friend that the same men that helped her with her divorce were in mafias and killed people!" I snapped at him forgetting all about the fact he could kill me without a second thought

Where was summer?!

"Do not yell at us Isabella! After all we've been through trying to find you-" Jakob tried to tell me but I couldn't believe him

"What you've been through!? Jakob your sisters just been through an abusive arranged marriage and barely escaped and as soon as she does escape her brother kidnaps her and she finds out he abandoned her to run a mafia to kill people for a living! If we are talking about what people have gone through then we should start with your god damn sister!" I retaliated against Jakob because he was so insensitive

His sister's been through hell and he's standing here complaining.

"I didn't abandon her." Jakob mumbled looking down with hurt

"Leaving someone without saying goodbye or any explanation knowing they are going through hell at home is abandoning someone." I spoke sternly, my veins on fire as anger coursed around my body

I was furious

They blamed us after everything they've done?!

"You should've thought Isabella before you left , you really thought you could make it home!?" Victor asked me like I was an idiot

Of course I didn't

"I didn't think! I was scared! Do you not understand!? You all scare me!" I told them placing my head in my hands

I need to find summer.

"We don't want to-" Killian started but I didn't want to argue anymore I wanted to know one single thing

"Where's summer?!"

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Chapter 8 🫶🏼 🫶🏼

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