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I felt like my life was spinning out of control and there was nothing I could do except hold on tight, hoping I wouldn't be swept away.
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
Scarlett
Later that evening when Gary made an appearance, my blood still boiled with the anger I felt at his betrayal. If he hadn't told Cade about me overhearing his conversation with Blake I would not be locked up.
At the sight of him, I turned over on the bed to ignore him.
"I know you're angry with me," he began and then cleared his throat nervously. "I did it because I love you."
I ignored him as the anger simmered inside of me. Because of him my hands were tied and there was nothing I could do.
"We are all doing this because we love you and we want to keep you safe," he argued further when he didn't get a response from me.
"You need to eat," he instructed. He'd been sent to try and get me to eat. That just made me more determined not to eat.
"If you don't, Cade will get Curtis to sedate you and put you on a drip," he said, repeating Cade's warning.
"Please, Scarlett," I heard him plead.
One moment's silence ticked into another.
"I brought you some clothes and toiletries," he offered but I continued to ignore him. I heard the door to the cell open and after a few moments I heard it close again.
"Cade has sent a couple of werewolves to watch over your house until this thing with Victor is resolved."
My silence hung in the air.
"I'm sorry that you're still angry with me," he said softly. "But one day you will thank me for what I did."
I wasn't sure I would be able to forgive any of them, including Cade. They had no right to do what they'd done. They'd taken away my right to choose.
He waited for a few more moments and then he let out a heavy sigh as I heard him leave. Once I was sure he was gone I turned to see he'd left some folded clothes next to my toiletry bag on the floor by the door of the cell.
That night, before going to bed, I had a shower and changed into new clothes. As I lay on the bed staring up at the dark ceiling I thought about the mess I was in. I couldn't believe how quickly my life had changed in such a short space of time.
Then I thought about Cade. My feelings were mixed. As angry as I was with him I still loved him. I'd told him I would hate him if he kept me locked up but the truth was I didn't. I was angry and upset with him but I didn't hate him.
For most of the night I tried to come up with ways to get us out of the situation that my past had landed us in. Sometime during the night I drifted off to sleep. My sleep was anything but peaceful so the next morning I felt exhausted.
I glanced around the room I was being held in. I'd walked around it trying to find any weakness so I would be able to escape but there was nothing.
My anger was still going strong when Cade walked in. In his hand was a plate of food. I was sitting on the bed with my back leaning against the wall. My stomach rumbled at the sight of the food.
"Here is your breakfast," Cade said as he looked to me for a response.
I kept silent.
"Scar."
It was only one word but it took me back to a time when there wasn't this massive obstacle standing between the two of us, to a time where things had been simpler.
"I'm giving you an hour. If you haven't eaten anything I will follow through on my threat," he stated calmly. There was no emotion in his features. It was like I was looking at a stranger and not the boy that I loved.
I got off the bed and walked over to the bars in front of him.
"Let me out," I instructed in a firm tone. His eyes held mine in a challenge. I wasn't going to beg.
