Page 76 of Her Arranged Alpha
"She's possessed again," I said, trying to think of how to get her free. I tried to think of what Nina had told me, how she and Frank had talked to her to get her to free herself.
"Let her go."
Jillian slowly pulled herself up, and as she looked at me, suddenly I could hear voices. It felt like someone was screaming in my ears, and I quickly tried to cover them, but I could still hear.
"Kill him."
"He doesn't deserve to live."
"He isn't the man you think he is."
"He's only going to leave you soon enough."
The voice grew louder, and the guys all winced as it became a scream.
"Kill them all!"
"They all deserve to die!"
I looked at her. I knew she was in there begging to get free. She'd told her this was her fear; being pulled back into the dark, unable to control her body, was something she never wanted to happen again.
I knew she disliked the bracelet, but another part of her was happy because he wouldn't get into her head again, but he had. He was stronger than we thought. But I knew she was strong enough to fight this.
"Jillian, I know you're in there! Please. Come back to me."
The voices continued and moved closer to Jillian. Jillian moved. A small knife in her hand swiped at me. I jumped out of the way, but I could hear the guys all moving.
"Maddox!" I knew they were worried about me, but I wasn't. Jillian moved again, her hand swiping at me again, this time as she charged at me.
I ducked her knife and caught her middle, twisting us. Jillian thrashed this time, the knife stabbing into my forearm. I felt the blood trail down, but I ignored it.
The guys were grabbing her, trying to push her down onto the ground. "Careful." I snapped.
"She just fucking stabbed you," Owen snapped at me. "We're trying to restrain her."
Jillian screamed, but it wasn't her voice. Her body thrashed and kicked. She even bit onto Ethan's hand. I saw the pain radiate over his face as I tried to grab her head to look at me.
"Jillian! Come back to me. I'm right here. I know you're in there. You just have to fight it."
Jillian continued to thrash, her entire body bucking against us. I felt the wind whip hard against us, almost like someone was trying to free her. I tightened my fingers on her face, leaning closer.
"Jillian, I know you're there. You are stronger than this. You are the strongest person I know. The most resilient and patient. You are everything to me, and I need you. So, I need you to find your way back. I know you hate the dark. But, consider it."
Her body went still, but the voices remained. I was at least getting closer, right? She was fighting to get free.
"You really are so easy to fool," the voice said, almost like it was sitting on my shoulder.
Jillian's eyes slowly opened, and they looked like hers. She looked scared as she stared at me.
I felt a little relieved as I stared at her, seeing she was okay. She looked to have control over her body, but the look in her eyes confused me. I expected her to at least smile a little, but she was looking at me with complete horror.
My hands moved down from her cheeks, going over her jaw and to her neck. I watched her eyes widen as my fingers curled around her neck.
What the hell!
I tried to move them back, but I couldn't. I had no control over anything I was doing. My fingers tightened, and her arms jerked, but the guys were still holding her down.
"Maddox, what are you doing?" Owen spoke as he looked at me, completely confused.
