Rae of Sunshine (Light in the Dark 1)

This time when I moved around him he grabbed both of my arms and shoved me against the wall so hard that it felt like my skull cracked against it. Tears stung my eyes and all air left my lungs as he glared down at me.

“I wasn’t done talking to you, bitch,” he spat.

I flinched from his words, his hold, and the scary look in his eyes. It was like he was possessed. They were so empty and lifeless.

“Wh-what do you want to talk about?” I stuttered, trying to appease him.

This was like the night at the club, but so much worse, because Eric was huge and I knew there was no way I was getting out of this situation on my own. I had to hope Cade came back soon or someone intervened.

Eric was clearly drunk, but his hold on my arms was so tight that I swore my bones rubbed together. I was definitely going to have bruises in the morning.

“Why are you here with Montgomery?” He asked.

I hadn’t expected that question. “Because he’s my boyfriend,” I whispered.

“Boyfriend?” He chuckled, the stench of alcohol on his breath making me feel dizzy. “That’s funny.”

“It’s not a joke,” I glared. “Now let me go.” I said the words with as much strength as I could muster, but there was still a slight quiver to my voice.

He chuckled. “That’s cute.”

“What’s cute?”

My whole body started to shake. This was so bad.

“That you think I’m going to let someone as pretty as you get away.” He released his hold on one of my arms, but before I could make a move to wiggle away he pressed his body firmly against mine. I felt like I was suffocating. “You’re not going anywhere.” When my body bucked against his he smoothed his fingers down my cheek. “Shh, I won’t hurt you.”

I wanted to argue that he’d already hurt me, but I knew my words would only fall on deaf ears.

Glaring at him, I spat, “I never knew someone such as yourself had to force themselves on girls to get any action. That’s called sexual assault.”

His eyes burned and I had no time to react before his hand slapped against my cheek.

I saw stars and wiggled my arm, trying to get my hand to my cheek to soothe the burn, but I couldn’t move.

I tasted blood in my mouth from the impact, and while I might have been scared I was also mad. I spat the blood out on his shirt and he chuckled in response.

“You have sass, I like that.”

“Get away from her.” An icy voice spoke beyond the mountain that was Eric.

Eric didn’t step away from me, in fact I was pretty sure he drew even closer, tightening his hold to the point that I was sure my circulation was cut off.

Looking over his shoulder he chuckled menacingly. “Now why would I do that, Montgomery?”

With a roar Cade charged forward, ripping Eric from my body. Eric stumbled back and Cade maneuvered his body in front of mine.

“Stay the fuck away from her.”

Eric held his arms out, chuckling. He seemed oblivious to the anger rolling off of Cade in waves.

“Do you really think I’m going to listen to you? I always get what I want, Montgomery, and I want her.” He puckered his lips at me.

Cade lost it and there was nothing I could do to stop him.

He charged forward like a bull, tackling Eric to the ground as if they were on the football field and not in the middle of a party.

There was a collective gasp and then sounds of, “Fight, fight, fight!” broke out.