Tangled Love

Jake's POV -

A silent tear runs down my face as I take in her words.

"You'll die if you stay."

I know she's right but hearing someone I love say the words makes it a reality. I've missed her all day, an aching empty feeling settling permanently in my stomach. I miss her soft skin, her gentle voice, her lips on mine, having her presence around me.

My whole thoughts are consumed with Emily. Every minute I spend thinking about her, thinking about what I've lost. She's the best thing that has ever happened to me, my one true happiness.

Hearing her voice over the phone immediately makes me emotional, the tightening feeling in my chest increasing. I groan loudly as I shuffle in bed, my body flaring up with pain. I reach over and grab the tablets I've been prescribed and chuck a few to the back of my throat, drowning them with water.

Amil hasn't reached out to me for almost two days. This is the longest I've gone without hearing anything from the gang and it's worrying. An uneasy feeling settles in my stomach as I have a hunch he isn't finished with me just yet.

My jaw clenches tightly and I feel the anger inside me increase as I remember how he'd laid into me, punch after punch. If he'd only just release my arms, I would have shown him exactly what a decent punch feels like.

looking over my shoulder and having my loved ones fear for their life. I shouldn't have developed any feelings for anyone, never mind fall

dolls with them and braid their hair. I could

stab of pain hits my chest and I clench my jaw, blinking back the tears. She's gone Jake.

when I would leave early hours in the morning and come home the next day with cuts and bruises. She'd tend to them silently, her eyes full

take a minute to think about how it was effecting her? Lying in bed for the past two days had given me enough time to

her grandfather who I had never met before. I wanted to drive up there and see if she was being treated properly but then I remembered, she isn't mine anymore

mine to touch.

mine to cuddle in

isn't mine to wrap my arms around and breathe her scent in deeply.

popping his head round the door. I immediately

emotion away. I clench my teeth tightly from the amount of effort it takes

do it myself."

and my eyes to burn through his. I sigh in defeat knowing he's right, these past few days he had

I mumble, my eyes drifting over my bed. He walks

back up at him,