Unhinged Devotion

Run Far Away

Chapter One

~Violet's POV~

I wake up feeling tight arms wrapped around my waist. I turn my head to smile at the gorgeous man who I am so happy to call mine. A smirk grows on his face and I know something stupid is about to come out of his mouth.

"The way your hair is sticking up is like my dick so if you're going to fix one, you gotta fix the other." A laughter erupts from me. My head falls onto his shoulder and I just hold him, laughing. Sometimes I really hate my boyfriend. I sober up and look him straight in the eye.

"That's a lie. Only one's my problem." I fight my way out of his grip and walk into the bathroom, closing the door behind me. I do my business, grab a shower, throw on some clothes, and brush through my hair. I then exit the room to go find my loser best friend.

I knock on her door, but am not so surprised when her boyfriend answers instead.

"Where is she?" I question, a sigh slipping out of my lips.

"She was gone when I woke." Zander shrugs.

"Thanks." I say, a frown slipping on my face as I turn to walk away.

"Hey, Vi, can I talk to you?" I freeze and turn back around. I give a slight nod and he lets me into their room. Instantly, I just feel her. All of her things, all of the stuff she managed to bring when we left. It honestly feels like I lost the last family I have left. Tears form in my eyes, seeing all of her things, knowing this is as close to her as I can be. As I can really be.

"What did you want?" I ask, as loud as my voice will let me go.

"I'm worried about her." He states. I turn to face him, tears in my eyes.

"We all are, Zan. There's nothing we can do though. She doesn't want us around. No. That's wrong. She's fine with you. She just doesn't want me around. So now I've lost an entire family. Four siblings and two parents. I get that all of this is hard. I do get it, but I never thought that the strongest person I know would be one of the ones that I'd lose." By the end, there are a few trader tears that have fallen. I turn on my heel and walk out of the room. I make my way back down the hall and enter my room once more. Jax takes one look at my face and is by my side, wrapping his warm arms around me, in an instant. I fall into his hold, needing him.

"Shhh baby, it's okay. You're okay. We're okay." He tries to soothe me. I don't know what I would do without Jaxton Gunner.

Once the tears finally stop falling I break away from his hold. I try to give him a reassuring smile that probably came out more as a cringe.

"Go get ready. Meet me down in the lobby in ten." He nods, kisses my forehead and makes a break for the bathroom.

I make my way to the elevator and take it to the lobby. Once the elevator doors open, I'm instantly wrapped in the smell of breakfast. I see Zander sitting alone at a four person table and make my way over.

"Jax'll be down soon." I inform him, hoping that'll make him feel better, seeing the frown that has overtaken his face.

"Why do you think that Teegan is okay around me?" He suddenly asks. I take a deep breath.

"Compared to how she is around me, she's perfectly fine around you." I express. Jax makes his way over, taking a seat beside me and across from Zan.

"Where's Tee?" He asks. We both shrug.

"She knows that it's time to move again. I don't know why she's taking so long." Zander sighs.

Leaving Williams Gate has not been easy. Every day or two we move - a different town, far away from the last. With it being so close to the end of our senior year, it sucks that we quit. But honestly, we have too much going on to worry about that. Everything about being on the run has sucked. It's only been three and a half weeks, but it feels like a lifetime. The best part has definitely been Jaxton by my side. Waking up every morning to him by my side and falling asleep every night the same way. The worst part? Well if that isn't clear, it's definitely Teegan. I want to be there. I want to help. Just like she had helped me with the first three deaths, but she won't let me in. All I see are blank stares in an empty, lifeless body. A girl who has been put through too much for any human to handle. But it is so hard watching her struggle so much, knowing there is nothing that I can do. What really broke her was seeing the bodies of those two innocent little kids, brutally murdered. From that day on, you can tell that we've all changed. I don't think you can go through the hell we did in Williams Gate and not change.