Chapter 29- Hidden room

I wake up to something weighing me down, half of Hero's body is on top on of me with our legs intertwined together, his head is in my neck and the blanket is almost below my stomach with his t-shirt bunched up at the sides making my stomach in full view. I have no idea how we got to this position from me falling asleep on his chest but we did.

I rise up a bit and move the messy hair from his face, he's adorable, his mouth is open a bit and he's fast asleep. I touch his face multiple times and my hand plays with his hair while the other rubs his bareback. The shirt is above my thighs and my panties are almost in view with his hand across my stomach. I admire his perfect body on mine for what feels like an hour, one hand plays with his hair while the other traces the snake tattoo on his neck, I also kiss his face multiple times, I kiss every inch of his face and I plant a small kiss on his open mouth even though I know he won't feel anything in this sleepy state.

Oh my god, what time is it! I need to get back to the tents!

I gently rise and push Hero off to his side of the bed. I get off the bed and immediately look for my phone. Where is it? Oh yeah, I didn't bring it, I check his alarm clock on the bedside table and it 4:10, oh thank god, I thought it was like 8 or something but he has to take me back now. I watch as he turns his head the other way and is now facing the opposite direction of me. I need to wake him and tell him that he has to carry me back to the tent but I don't want to, he looks adorable like this and I don't wanna wake him.

I'll just wait for another couple minutes and see if he wakes up. In the meantime, I decide to take a look around a bit. I walk down the hallway and I notice another hall on the right, it's really small and narrow and I walk to the end and I see a door, you can barely notice it but it's a door, it has the same brownstone design as the wall and blends in perfectly with the wall so it's barely visible.

The hall is dark and I can barely see anything, I reach for the door handle and turn it but it's locked. Something tells me that there's something suspicious behind this door, I need to find the key. I remember he left his set of keys on the kitchen counter on the table. I head to the kitchen and grab the set of keys but none of them open the door. I walk back into the kitchen and the living room looking for the keys that open the door.

I eventually give up on finding the key, it's impossible I can't find it anywhere. I give up and decide to forget it, I shouldn't be snooping around his house anyway. I go to the pantry and something silver catches my eye as I'm walking back out. Under the shelves of the pantry to the left is a key, it's just one key.

The key is barely visible if it wasn't for me tripping over a box I wouldn't have seen it. It makes me even more suspicious to why there's a key behind the shelf on the ground where nobody can see it.

I grab the key and make my way down the dark hall, I push the key in and to my surprise it opens the door. The door creaks open and I stare into a dark cobwebbed room. I pull the string down and a small light comes on. The room is empty with nothing but a bookshelf. I walk over to the bookshelf and the books are all classic romance novels. They're all dusty and some of the pages are torn to the sides.

The entire room is dusty and so are these books, they look like they've been sitting here for quite some time. I spot the notebook, the older cover, Outlander, Jane Eyre, and many others. The notebook is pushed out the most from the shelf an indication that it has been read recently.

Whose books are these? Are they his? No, he doesn't even look like he reads, the only thing he would read would be the back of a cigarette pack or beer bottle.

I turn around and make my way out of the room but as I turn to head out I notice an old wooden door at the side of the door I entered from, the wooden door is curtained out from the room. The door is locked and I need a key again. I look around the room and I see no key but something tells me that it's in this room. I look everywhere around the empty room but I see nothing. I notice a hole in the wall, a barely visible hole in the wall by the bookshelf in the corner.

I walk up to it and glimpse something shiny near the hole, it's a key, I dust it off and open the door. The door opens to another room, it's a tiny room and has an old wooden door. I walk through the door and it reveals a dark old staircase. I walk down the staircase, practically guessing where the next step is as I can't see anything in this darkened space. The staircase leads down to another hallway, what is this place? It's terrifying and it's just doors and hallways leading further underground.

The hall is empty so far but I keep walking until I see the end, I can't see anything. I walk closer and closer trying to find the end, I bump into something and step back immediately as the object hits me hard against my chest. My mouth hangs open at the sight in front of me. It's a gigantic door, the door has huge heavy metal chains wrapped around it and 6 different locks and latches.

This door looks like a door leading to a room where you kidnap and torture people. The door is horrifying just looking at it, it's much taller than me and it's black and made of iron. What the hell is this place?

Does Hero even know that this part of his house exists?

This place is full of rooms and secrets and I want to know what's behind this door more than anything, it has to be something terrible for it to have this many locks and chains and practically be down here hidden so far away from everything. I stare at the door wondering how to get inside? I look around for key well keys but I see any. Even if I find the key do I want to see what's behind this door? Maybe I'll be better off not knowing.

''Stessian!'' a deep rough voice startles me from behind. It's Hero, I totally forgot about him during my investigation.

He walks up to me, his face full of anger and grabs me by my arm. He pulls me up the staircase and continues to pull me until we reach the bedroom, he pulls me inside and slams the door shut behind me. He stares at me with anger plastered across his face and if looks could kill I'd be dead.

''What the fucking hell were you doing!'' he shouts in my face and the bright blue that I saw in his eyes last night has disappeared and his eyes are now dark, glowering over me.

''Do you know about those rooms down there?'' I ask my voice much softer than his.

''Can't leave you alone for one fucking second and you need to go through my things. Fuck! You're such a fucking snoop always looking through my things. I can't even trust you for one second'' he screams in my face.

''Can't trust me! I've been keeping everything a secret about you and your friends. I haven't told anyone anything about anything that has happened and I easily could have. As a matter of fact, I don't just keep them a secret I cover up and lie for you so don't tell me you can't trust me, you can trust me more than anyone. I should be the one not trusting you''

''Why the hell are you always looking through my stuff! God you can't be your nose out of something of mine for one second''

''So you know about those rooms?''

''Yes Stessian I know about the rooms''

''Then what's behind that door with all the locks on it?'' I ask him and he hesitates a bit before answering.

''Nothing''

''What do you mean nothing? There is something behind there, something scary because why else would it have all those locks and metal chains on it?''

''It has my things in there''

''What things?''

''Just some of my personal things when I moved in here''

''Oh, then why does it have all those locks on it and why is it hidden away like that?'' I inquire.

''Because when I moved in I found the door there and it was already like that so I just use it as a storage room''

''So what do you like store there?''

''I just told you Stessian all of my things'' he says his voice getting aggressive.

''So why are the other rooms empty and locked?''

''Because I want them to be locked and I want them to be empty'' he says.

''Are all those romance novels yours?'' I ask and he nods and walks over to the table to check his phone.

''Why do you always have so many fucking questions? God, you're an annoying snoop, you can't stay out of anything that isn't yours!'' He shouts and backs away from me. I'm not a snoop, I was just curious about what was behind that door well all the doors, I think anyone would.

''That's because you never tell me anything, you always wanna know everything about me but I can't know anything about you. You won't tell me anything so I have to look for answers!'' I shout back.

''That's because it isn't your god damn business to know so stay out of it!''

''So it's your business to know everything about my life but I can't know anything about yours!''

''Nothing is your fucking business so stay the hell out of my things! If you wanna fucking snoop so bad go snoop through Nesbit's things I'm sure he would love that'' he says and walks over to the bedside table and goes on his phone.

Nesbit? Who's Nesbit? I think he meant Nelson.

I stay silent and just stand here and rub my arm in the spot where he was pulling me. It's a little red and hurts a bit. He looks at me and I look down, my eyes are downcast and I feel them starting to water. He makes his way over to me rubs both of my arms, he rubs his thumb on the part that's red and brings my chin to look up at him.

''I'm sorry for grabbing you like that and for yelling, I just got mad but I'm sorry'' he says and I look away from him, I don't have anything to say and I just wanna get out of here, I shouldn't have stayed here last night in the first place.

''I shouldn't have gone there in the first place. Now can you take me back to the tent?''

''It's now 4:30''

''Yeah but I have to go now before anyone notices that I was gone last night''

''Can we leave at five? Let's just go back in bed for another half-hour''

''No I have to go now''

''Relax baby'' he says and rubs my arms up and down my arms and as I stare into his deep blue eyes that are now returning and feel his hands up and down my arms I'm more relaxed than ever.

''Don't tell me to relax after the way you shouted at me like that''

''Just forget it and don't ever go back down there again''

He takes my hand in his and leads us back to the bed. He lays down and pulls me next to him. I'm now turned on my side facing him while he's on his back with his head turned to me. His fingers are twirling some strands of my hair as he speaks.

''So did you enjoy sleeping with me last night?'' he smiles and I nod.

''You'll enjoy it, even more, when we're both naked and hot and sweaty'' he says and my breathing picks up and I have no idea what to say so I just stare at him.

Thinking about being naked in bed with him makes me nervous and scared but I want it but that will never happen, I will not have sex with him, ever. Sleeping with him in bed is the farthest we're going, nothing more will happen. After some minutes of silence with him playing with my hair and me tracing the lines on his chest, I finally speak.

''The investigators, they're here and they're looking for you'' I say.

''I know but don't worry about them they're assholes, they won't find anything'' He assures me.

''How do you know? What if they do? Were you making those noises yesterday when we were walking?''

''No'' he says, I could've sworn it was him.

''Are you sure because we were hearing some noises behind us and I thought it was you''

''It wasn't''

''Oh''

''Maybe it was an animal or something'' He says.

''Maybe''

''You and Easton seem to be getting pretty close''

''I guess, we're friends''

'' I see the way he looks at you, he likes you'' He says and I look at him with a confused expression.

''Are you serious? We're friends he doesn't like me in that way and plus he has a girlfriend''

''Doesn't mean he can't like you''

''He doesn't''

''Like the time when you tripped on the tree root and fell and he helped you up. I saw the way he was looking at you and how he touched you, he likes you.''

''I tripped on the tree root and was he was being nice and helped me up''

''Nice my ass''

''Wait a second how did you know that I tripped on the tree root and he helped me up?''

''Because I was there obviously''

''What? you were following us?'' I step away from him.

''No I just happened to be walking there at the same time'' He grins and I know he's lying and was following us.

Gosh, why was he following us?

It's now 5 and I get up from the bed and make my way to the bathroom and change back into my dress and shoes. I don't wanna take the t-shirt off but I have too. I make my way outside to find Hero all dressed, he wearing black sweatpants and a black t-shirt. I make my way over to him and he's on his phone. He's reading an email about something to do with human resources and it says that they wanna start their program next week Sunday.

''That's the same day as my birthday'' I say in my head but apparently the words leave my mouth as he looks at me surprised.

''Your birthday? Your birthday's Sunday?'' He seems really surprised and in shock, it's not that big of a deal why does he look so staggered?

''Yeah''

''Why didn't you tell me it was so close?''

''Because the talk never came up and it doesn't matter, I don't really celebrate it too much''

''Oh''

''You're a Leo?'' he asks.

''Yeah, what are you?''

''Pisces''

He leads me out in the living room and I look back once more at the room, I wonder if I'll ever see it again, something tells me I will. As I get to the living room he pulls me back so close to him.

''Did you really mean what you said earlier that you can't trust me?'' He asks, his voice low and sounds a bit hurt. Hurt? him? no.

''Yes''

''So you think you can't trust me?''

Is he serious?

''Well you don't give me other reasons for me to think otherwise''

''So for the last couple weeks your life revolved around me, you followed me up a mountain then to my escape place then you spent the night in my bed last night and you can't trust me?'' He raises a brow. He has a point and I don't know what to say because it's all true.

''You can trust me more than you think. I want you to know that, I know I might make you think otherwise by well everything that you know about me and what I do sometimes but you can. You can tell me anything.'' He says and cups my cheek.

Those are the words I've wanted to hear, they sounded much better coming from his lips than in my head. He brings his lips to mine and before I know it we are full-blown making out. He puts both of his hands on my butt and lifts me onto him, my legs wrap around his waist and our kiss never breaks as he walks us over to the couch. He sits down and I'm now over him, my legs around his waist. I feel his erection by my panties and his hands trail up my thighs and on my butt.

I kiss him faster and this time I break away our lips from each other as my mouth now meets his jaw, I kiss along his jawline then go to his neck. His head falls back in pleasure as I suck hard on his neck, hoping it would leave a mark. He guides my head back up to meet his lips. His tongue licks my lips then makes its way in my mouth. I suck hard on it, then he pulls my bottom lip between his teeth and holds it there even longer than usual causing me to groan every second. He then sucks on the sore part of my bottom lip from his bite and makes the spot feel better.

''We should get going'' he says and I get off of him.

''Can I use the bathroom?''

''Yes you may'' he gives me a creepy smile and a wink that makes me smile back.