Brian’s POV

“I-I was just going to see if Jimmy—“ Em stuttered when I had caught her moving towards the door, and when I heard her use Jimmy’s real name I narrowed my eyes, who told her the name of The Rev was Jimmy, and why was she going to see him?!
What had those two been up to while I was out cold?!

“He’s the Rev to you,” I hissed at her not really knowing, why I pointed that out, she knew my real name as well, but it seemed to have an effect on her cause she swallowed thickly.
“And you’re not going anywhere, sweetheart. So get your ass back over here. I’ve got a cramp in my bicep that needs your attention.” Maybe that little saying wasn’t the entire truth. I did have a cramp, but nothing I wouldn’t get loosened up by myself, still why not have a nice female touch on my arm, rather than me shaking out my arm?!

She was here for a reason, and why not use that to my advantage. I mean it was still her fault that I got shot and was hurting, why shouldn’t she be the one who made me feel better, right?!

She approached me slowly, as if she wasn’t really sure what to think of my request. I was still feeling tired and sore and knew I wouldn’t be able to stay up much longer, so I had to make sure she was close enough and it wouldn’t pull out all the remaining energy that I had left.
When she was closer to the bed, I quickly grabbed her arm and pulled her onto the bed with me.

She gapped at me and looked a little shock at my sudden movement, while I couldn’t keep that taunting smile off my face, that was a position I had imagined her to be in.
Em in my bed, ready for whatever I had planned to dish out on her, only problem was, she was now my prisoner… our, fine our prisoner and this wasn’t the situation I had imagined us to start with, but hell… I would take what I could get and this was a nice start if you asked me.

I was surprised when her soft hands landed on my arm and she began to massage my upper arm, then moving down and back up. “Fuck yeah…” I practically moaned, and let my head fall back against the pillow. “At least you’re fucking good for something.” I groaned out and felt how her hands tightened during the massage. I smiled, go on sweetheart, I like it rough.

“I-I’m good for a lot of things,” Em muttered under her breath and I burst out laughing, yeah I could imagine a few things she could be good for. Sitting at a freaking tea party, or her being the show off at a party for the old business jerks of her father…

“Please, sweetheart, you’re nothing more than a fucking pain in the ass princess,” I laughed, and let my hand rest on her upper thigh patting her lightly. Em’s eyes shot up to mine and her mouth hung open in pure shock and I had to chuckle even more.

“You wouldn’t have been able to handle me anyway, princess.” I told her, knowing where her thoughts were wandering, because mine had been in that direction right from the start. I still pictured her hot little body pressed against the wall in that club, I have been so close… so fucking close.

“I’m not a princess,” Em mumbled and I couldn’t stop another laugh that burst out of me, just as the door opened to interrupt us.

“I just wanted to check if-” Jimmy stood in the doorway and he really was getting on my nerves.
“-you are awake” He finished and closed the door behind him, but sadly only from the inside.
“I’m up” I said short clipped, and Em robbed a little farther away from me, making me lift an eyebrow at her. I wouldn’t lose the feeling that something had happened while I had been out.
“How’s the wound? Still bleeding?” He asked coming closer and then his eyes moved over to Em and he gave her a smile “And you? Are you okay? Should I get you something?”

“We are not a fucking hotel, Rev! We are good, now get out…” I pointed towards the door and he shook his head “Emery? Are you okay?” He asked again I narrowed my eyes on him, Jimmy was my best friend but it wasn’t beyond me to put him in his place.

“I-I’m okay… I could need something else to wear.. I mean-” She looked down on her and Jimmy nodded “Okay, let me get you something…” With that Jimmy got up and disappeared out of the door and I frowned, they were acting like I didn’t exist, what the hell… I would make sure, they wouldn’t forget I was here.

“You will be staying here, you are aware of that, sweetheart, are you?” I hissed at Emery and her eyes widened, she looked at me, the bed and then around the room.
“But where do I…” She trailed of and I let a smirk come across my face “Where do you think? I bet we can make it pretty comfortable for the both of us right here, and just that you know, you don’t even have to get up and try to get out, the door will be locked and you won’t be able to get away.”

The door opened again, and Jimmy came in with a pair of shorts and a shirt, was that his shirt? In his other arm he held a bottle of water. He stopped right in front of the bed and held the bottle out to Em, but I was faster and quickly took a sip and handed it over to Em. She looked from me to Jimmy and back “Go ahead, now you know it’s not toxic” I smirked and Jimmy rolled his eyes “I told her already that she doesn’t have to be afraid”

And if I could have moved my arm further I would have slapped my face, what was wrong with Jimmy sometimes? We had to scare them to make them do what we wanted, not make them feel fucking at home!

“That’s all, thanks” I told Jimmy and he narrowed his eyes on us “Shouldn’t I take-” Jimmy started and I cut between it. “Get lost, Rev. Right fucking now… I got this!” I told him and he stood up reluctantly.

He moved towards the door and turned around a final time “I nearly forgot, Shads wants to talk to us first thing in the morning. He wanted to give you the night to recover, if there is anything you need… let me know, alright?” Jimmy asked and I nodded but the last part of the sentence wasn’t directed at me as it seemed and I narrowed my eyes and flipped him off when the door fell into its lock.

“Alright, now get redressed if you want to, and then let’s settle down. I’m still feeling exhausted from the pain as you might know” I told her and watched her reaction closely.
“I wont be sleeping in this bed with you…” She trailed off looking around my room, her eyes narrowed down on the small couch.
“I don’t think so, princess.” I turned a little to the side and made her look at me closely, her eyes shortly moved up and down my shoulders, chest and abs and then back up.

“You will be staying in close contact with me, my wound could get worse or even rip open again during my sleep. I want you to lose as less time as possible if I need assistance, so you will be sleeping directly next to me.” I told her and thought that was a genius move, not only had I reminded her of my pain and her guilt, I also made it pretty clear there was no other way for her.

But instead of obeying my little princess got out of the bed and I followed her with my eyes. I was about to push myself up with my good arm and teach her a lesson for not listening, but she held her hand up in surrender.

“Fine, I will sleep next to you… and and… I will redress, I really need to get out of this bloody dress, but only when you will turn around. I’m not some piece of meat you get to watch and harm-” She stopped and I smirked, damn she was feisty if she wanted to, but she had given in to my request, so I would let that one slip.

“Come on, Em. Don’t be so shy now, in the club you had yourself plastered to me, wanted me to fuck you and now you playing all innocent and shy?” I countered and her eyes widened, while a small blush crept over her face, which made a thought appear on my mind.

If those girl had been so secluded and taken care of as Johnny had let us think, but they had somehow managed to get out in the club, heavily making out with me and Zack.. were they still the little virgins we thought they were?
That would be a question for me and Zack to find out later… I had to talk to Zack in the morning, seeing how he was holding up with the little brunette.

“That- I.. Turn around” She stuttered and demanded finally and I chuckled “I would love to, princess… But my wound won’t let me… is it okay, if I will just close my eyes, and imagine those tight little curves from you?” I asked and heard a sharp intake of breath, yeah… That’s what I thought.

I did her the favor and closed my eyes, leaned my head back on the pillow and smirked, when I heard the zipper of her dress I peaked at her from one eye and found the dress pooling around her feet, she didn’t really think I wouldn’t look, did she?

Her back was turned to me, so I guess she was assuming I wouldn’t keep my word, and she was right. She quickly pulled on the shirt The Rev had given her and that ugly ass shirt hid all of her curves, and fell down to just above her knees. She looked at the sweatpants, tried them on, but they fell right back down to the floor making me chuckle and her spin around to me.

“Now get in the bed, I have a meeting in the morning with the boss, you heard the Rev” I got tired of her tactics to postpone the inevitable, and I finally wanted to feel some hot woman flesh beside me in the bed, and maybe… maybe just a small taste that I could grant myself, I mean… We knew we both wanted it, right?

She glared at me and went to the couch, I frowned and she took a pillow from there and then took the sweatpants rolled them up and lay them down on the floor next to my bed. Without another word she plopped down on the floor and turned her back on me.

“Are you fucking kidding me?!” I yelled “Get your ass in the bed!” I growled and saw her small form flinch, making me feel a little bad… well, no not really.
“I said I sleep beside you, not where exactly” She countered and I hissed in air, “I’m not joking, princess. Get your ass in my bed, or I swear to god, I will teach you a lesson about behavior” Em’s small form cringed and she sat up but didn’t move yet.

“Do I really need to fucking put my gun back to work, or will you obey without it?” I asked, and in the end, I meant it only good for her, it was way more comfortable in my bed then on the hard floor and she couldn’t really prefer sleeping on the cold wooden floor then in one bed with me, gods damn it!

And why the hell did it piss me off so bad that she refused to sleep with me in my bed? If she wanted to sleep on the fucking floor she should… I closed my eyes in frustration, but then I felt the bed shift and when I opened my eyes again, she had turned her back on me and lay now beside me, her legs high, arms around them, making her as small as possible.

I sighed but was still too tired and still hurting to start another fight with her. I lay there with closed eyes for a bit and listened to her breathing, I didn’t really know if she was asleep or just acting, but I didn’t care much either. I grabbed some of my blanket and put it over her, then I robbed a little closer until my side brushed her back, she didn’t move away and I smiled, we were getting somewhere.

I knew that tomorrow on our next night she wouldn’t be as reluctant to sleep in my bed, I would make sure of that, and that was also my last thought before I was falling into a deep and exhausted sleep, happy to have my nurse lying beside me and the pain slowly subsiding.

I had a light sleep, so when I heard the lock on my door turning and the door slightly opening, my hand was on the knife buried underneath the pillow within seconds.
“Meeting Gates” Zack’s voice sounded from the door and I blinked my eyes open, seeing the sun was already brightly shining through the windows.

“I’m coming” I grumbled and heard Zack’s chuckling “I bet you want to but you didn’t” I rolled my eyes at his double meaning comment which made me aware of the sleeping form beside me.
Emery was pressed into my side, her head was resting on my arm and I frowned, when had we cuddled so close, and why didn’t I wake from that?

I was a ruthless enforcer and I woke from nearly everything, was part of the job description I would say, but when a woman was moving nearly on top of me I kept on sleeping?
-That was a first!

“Get your ass moving, we are waiting for you” Zack said and I tried to wiggle my arm free from Em, and was amazed that she was still sleeping and didn’t wake from the commotion around her.
Zack disappeared and I sat up, my shoulder was still hurting but I tried to slip into an open shirt, when both arms where inside, I didn’t bother with buttoning anything up, not needed anyway.

If I wanted to get really dressed later on, and out of those dress pants, I had a little helper still sleeping in my bed, only waiting for me to return to give her some new jobs.
A smirk came over my face realizing that this kidnapping thing had a lot more advantages than I had thought.

I went out of the door closed it and locked it, making sure that Emery had no chance of escaping, everything was double secured and she had no chance to get out, at least not when I didn’t want her to get out.

I walked into Matt’s office and saw that the others were already waiting there for me, so Zack hadn’t been lying, fine… I walked in and all eyes turned towards me.
“How’s the shoulder?” Matt asked and I nodded “Been better, but I’ll live” I replied dryly before shoving Johnny out of the chair and letting myself plop down.

“How is the girl?” Jimmy asked and Matt nodded as if that would have been his second question as well. “Still asleep, not harmed, if that’s what you wanna know. She did a pretty good job on my shoulder, I think she was trained in stuff like that.” I said thinking about the way she had in the end handled the situation.

Matt seemed to think about that for a second and then nodded “So, both girls are unharmed and fine for the moment. They are scared and Pagano knows they are gone. So everything we wanted is achieved.” Matt summed it up and we all nodded, expect for the little shot wound I had suffered, everything else was a fucking picnic.
“How went the patrol last night? I didn’t get to talk to you yesterday anymore” Matt looked from Zack to Johnny and I frowned, Johnny and Zack had been on patrol? Well, that was something new.

“Yeah, you didn’t get to talk last night… my ass…” Zack muttered and Matt’s head snapped to him “What was that?” He asked lifting his eyebrow and I had to stifle the chuckle escaping me and earned an elbow in my good side from Jimmy.

“Nothing out of the ordinary” Johnny quickly set in before this would get dirty “I mean of course there were more of Paganos men out there, especially on the rim of each territory, but no one stopped us. I bet they still don’t know who had actually taken his girls” Johnny grinned and we all had the same expression on our faces.

“Perfect, now I wanted to make a match plan with you guys” Matt said and I frowned he looked a little tired, why that?
I looked over at Zack and he shot and angry look at Matt, what was this about? Had I missed something while I was out yesterday and during the night?

“When do you want to contact Pagano for the first time?” Jimmy asked looking curiously at Matt who sighed “I thought since Johnny just confirmed what I had hoped for, we will let some days pass, not give him the hint who has his little girls and what happened to them. He should know we are serious, and if he doesn’t even hear from them in a few days, he knows this shit is real.”

“He should at least get a short-” Jimmy started but Matt shook his head “Jimmy, if we give us away so soon, this can all be for nothing” Matt said and leaned back in his office chair.
“I think you are right, we should let him suffer… and if we think the time is right, we let him know something, we are the game maker and he is our little plaything, he should be aware of that” I smirked and Matt nodded agreeing with me.

Johnny frowned and then met my eyes “You know what I was thinking about?” I chuckled “You can think?” Johnny rolled his eyes annoyed, “Tell us” Matt urged him on and I was curious what was to come now.

“When we had the girls yesterday in the van, I hadn’t really seen them, but when you carried them in the house and we had them here in our home and the short look I caught this morning from the brunette, I can’t seem to shake of that feeling that I have seen them before… or at least that something about them is familiar” Johnny said and my eyes snapped up to Zack’s, he couldn’t remember, could he?

“But I don’t know where I could have seen them before…” Johnny trailed off and I sighed in relief.
“Wait a second… now I know… the blue eyes, blonde and brunette, and the-” Johnny looked at me and a smile came over his face, then his eyes snapped to Zack and I slowly shook my head, don’t say it, Christ… don’t freakin-

“Those are the two girls you nearly banged in the club a week ago, right?” Johnny said and I sucked in air, while Matt suddenly stood up, his chair falling back behind him with a loud bang and I saw Jimmy looking at me from the side, uh-oh!

Jo’s POV

“Where am I sleeping?” I asked the guy in front of me and I wasn’t really sure what to expect now, sure I was sitting here in his room as it seemed and I held his shirt in my hands, but what he really expected from me to do was beyond me.

“You’re looking at it,” He shrugged and then did something I haven’t seen coming at all, he pulled his shirt over his head and stripped down to his boxers.

I swallowed thickly, seeing all that glorious male flesh, covered with tattoos and muscles, and hell he was trained, abs shown on his flat stomach, but I was always a sucker for biceps, it shouldn’t be too much, but I had to admit, his arms were pure perfection and the ink only highlighted that for me.

Way too soon for my taste, he covered his boxers with a short gym pants and his upper body with a wife beater. I tried to sort through my thoughts, and knew that my thinking was completely inappropriate right now so I shook my head and let my eyes move up to his.

“I’m sleeping here? With you?” I asked completely taken off guard and when he nodded I gasped. He couldn’t mean that, could he? Why?! As if he read my thoughts he answered before I could voice the questions out loud.

“Yep, we cant risk you trying to get away, and don’t even try. We are both locked in for the night. So you’re stuck with me,” My eyes widened when I heard that, I was locked in this room, with him? One of the dangerous Avenged Sevenfold guys?

“You cant be serious,” I said, he just wanted to scare me, right? He wouldn’t want that, he wouldn’t do that, right?! What if he would try something tonight? I couldn’t share a bed with him!

“I’m dead serious, now move over.” He motioned me to the other side of the bed and I quickly moved away, afraid he would make me move with force if I didn’t react.
When he saw me quickly scrambling away, he sighed loudly. “I’m not going to hurt you, Jo. Calm down”

He sat on the edge of the bed and turned towards me, while I was now pressed against the wall afraid to move and bring too much attention towards me.
“Jo?” He asked and lay down on the bed, above the blanket, his tall form taking a lot of space away on that bed.

“Yeah?” I asked trying to not sound as afraid as I felt “Come closer” He said and I swallowed, what now? He was way stronger then I am, he could force me to do whatever he liked.

I slowly inched closer and then he moved so quickly, that I couldn’t even flinch away, he had pulled my back into his chest, his hand was brushing away the hair from my back and his hand was on the zipper of my dress.

I was too afraid to do anything, my voice felt frozen so I couldn’t even scream. “I will open the dress and then turn away, so you can put that to the side and slip into my shirt, okay?” His voice was so close to my ear, his warm hand running over the skin of my neck and I had to admit it didn’t feel frightening at all. I felt a shiver that wanted to surface, goosebumps rising on my skin, but I tried not to let it show.

“Ready?” His lips brushed my ear, I didn’t know if he was doing that on purpose or if it was an accident, but I didn’t trust my voice so I slowly nodded and heard a small deep chuckle. “Okay.”

The hand moved from my neck to the zipper and instead of just opening the dress up, he took his time, the zipper reached down towards my lower back and then he stopped, I felt his breathe on my back and then the bed dipped a little when he shifted his weight.

“You can change now” He said and I turned to look at him over my shoulder, still holding the dress with my hand to my chest, but he made true to his words and had turned away. I quickly grabbed the shirt he had handed me.

I put down the dress wiggling out of it and when I stood in underwear on the bed, my back turned to him I quickly pulled the shirt over my head and was glad that he was such a big guy, cause it ended right above the knee, hiding most of my form, making me feel a little better at least.

“Done?” He asked and I saw him peaking at me and then turn fully around, a small smirk on his face “You look good in my shirt, maybe we should now make it official and exchange names?” He asked and with that smile his face lit up and dimples were shown, and damn… He was a handsome man, but what if this whole friendly move was just a show?

“I guess you heard my name already?” He asked lifting an eyebrow and I shook my head, not sure if I should know his name or not. “Don’t lie to me, Jo… Or would you prefer me calling you Jolie?” He asked and I shook my head “Jo is fine”

“Good, I’m called Shads or Shadows, but to show you I don’t mean any harm, you can also call me Matt” He said and I frowned, he was indeed the leader of Avenged Sevenfold, the famous ruthless and murderous M. Shadows… so M stood for Matt.

“It’s nice to meet you now officially and share my bed with you, Jo. And now that we exchanged names and already got undressed in front of each other, it shouldn’t be too weird to share a bed, right?” He said and that smile was on his face again and I inched a little further away, he couldn’t fool me with his friendliness.

“Okay, but if you feel cold…I’m here” With that he turned around and gave me his back, I sat there a little further and waited what would happen now, but nothing… He just lay there and seemed to be asleep so I wagered my options, trying the door and maybe earning his wrath when he caught me, or settling in bed beside him and getting a few hours of sleep, so maybe… maybe I was a little fitter in the morning, my neck still hurt from the narcotic shot and my body still felt a little weaker than usual.

Maybe tomorrow I would get a chance to find a way out, maybe tomorrow I could make a plan, maybe tomorrow…

I woke to the sun shining through the windows, I blinked my eyes open and found hazel eyes staring back at me.

Shit, when had I sneaked out of Daddy’s home and where had I landed and who was this guy?
I had to go home, Dad must be searching for me already… or Jeremy… and if he found me… maybe “Jeremy” I said, he was the only one who could get me out of these troubles without my Dad knowing my thoughts were in duplex mode and that’s when I noticed that I earned a frown from the hazel eyes that stared back at me.

“What? Who is that?!” He demanded and just now I realized where I really was, being kidnapped from Avenged Sevenfold, lying in bed with Shadows…
And not only lying in his bed, my head was even resting on his chest, his arm had been caressing my back, what the hell?!

I quickly sat up and moved away from him, “Who is that?” Another demand and I cringed “My guard… one of my Dad’s men. He is assigned to me…” I stuttered a little “I thought… I didn’t…” I had no idea how to explain but the anger in the hazel eyes subsided, still a frown on his face.

“You have a private guard?” He asked and frowned “He wasn’t doing a good job on the party, beauty” Matt said and swung his legs out of the bed.
“You tricked him… you tricked me!” I said and looked at him, while he stood up and stretched his muscles, and I don’t know why but my mouth watered, shit what was wrong with me, he was a killer!

“What are you going to do with me? When can I go home? And where is my sister?” I asked all at once and Matt rubbed a hand over his eyes looking frustrated at me “I can’t answer any of those questions now. Do you need to use the bathroom? I can bring you there afterwards I have some work to do, and you will be locked in my room again… I will come looking for you as soon as I am done” He announced and I nodded “I need to go to the bathroom” I knew at his clipped tone that he wouldn’t answer any of my other questions, at least not now.

Matt walked towards his door and typed something into the control near the door, the door unlocked and Matt looked out, he nodded at someone and then motioned me to walk forward.
I tried to push the shirt lower, shielding more of myself but that wasn’t working.

“Come on, next door on the right” Matt motioned me forward and I saw someone sitting in a room we passed. I haven’t seen him before and I couldn’t ask a question, because Matt shoved me into a bathroom and said through the closed door I had 5 minutes. I took care of my business and looked longingly at the shower and searched for a toothbrush, not finding one unused and sighed, giving up when the door opened without a warning.

“Times up” He announced and I straightened “Do I get to use the shower later on? And get a toothbrush?” I asked hopeful and he looked at me with a frown then nodded “Of course, we will take care of that. I will bring you to the shower this evening” He said and seemed to think about that for a moment.

“But now I have some work to do, and you will wait in my room. I will come back to you as soon as I can and then we will settle some things and talk” He said and I frowned was that a warning?
Matt grabbed my arm, he guided me back to his room, his hold wasn’t hurting, but firm, his thumb running over my skin, in a way soothing but I didn’t know why.

When I was in his room he looked around “Don’t try anything stupid, I will be back as soon as I can. The door is locked, the windows too. There is no phone and the laptop is secured with a voice recognition lock, so no chance for you to reach someone. I’m sorry beauty, but we can’t take any chances” With that Matt disappeared from the door, the lock fell into it’s place and the last thing I heard was Matt’s loud voice announcing a meeting.

Notes

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