SAVE HER

LIAM'S POV

I almost didn't believe my eyes when I saw Dante coming back to his place, driving in with Adrian's unconscious body and covered in blood. My first instinct was to call the police and my heart dropped to my stomach because I've been worried sick about Adeline and instead of Dante to be driving back home with her, he's with Adrian's unconscious body.

Without thinking, I get into my car and drive behind Dante.

"What the fuck happened? Why does he look like that? Is that freaking blood and where the fuck is Adeline?" I throw questions at Dante per second, not even giving him time to respond between each second but he doesn't even look like he wants to answer me. He has a sinister and dangerous look on his face. A look that I've never seen before and for the first time since I've known Dante, he looks dangerous and scary. He looks like a murderer and from the redness and wetness in his eyes, I can tell something has gone extremely wrong.

"Where is Adeline, Dante?" I ask him, feeling my own eyes getting wet. He carries Adrian inside the house and up his stairs. I follow him up desperately and angrily. I watch him input some numbers into a touch pad stuck to a wall and suddenly, a secret door opens. The door is filled with weapons lining every wall.

So many weapons that no one should be allowed to have. In a left corner of the room is what looks like a small bed or a table, I don't really know but he walks towards it and straps Adrian down to it so he can't move even when he finally wakes up.

"WHERE THE FUCK IS ADELINE, DANTE?" I ask one more time raising my voice as I force myself to ignore the room Dante just brought me into. He gives me a death stare and then shuts the secret door in front of him. Now I'm left alone with him in a room filled with weapons.

The severity of the situation makes me take a small step back in fear. All this time, Addie and I never really knew who he was. He might be a freaking serial killer for all I care.

"Who the hell are you?" I ask forcing my voice to come out strong and unafraid.

"For my entire life, I've been hunting a sex trafficking organization." He blurts out.

"What? What are you talking about man- WHERE IS ADELINE?" He stomps towards me and yells in my face.

"That's what I'm trying to fucking tell you God damn it! Shut the fuck up and listen. Take a seat." He gestures towards a chair beside me and I take a seat despite myself. He looks crazy and hysterical. I don't know what he has done to Adeline and I have no idea what he might do to me so I obey.

I look up at him with anger and rage in my eyes when I start thinking of the worst things that could have happened to Adeline. I swear if Adeline is in trouble, I'm going to kill him. He just said he's been targeting a sex trafficking organization and I can't stop thinking about it.

"My sister was targeted. They raped her. Her body couldn't take it so she died. They killed her and then just left her for dead. Since then, I decided to get revenge. I decided to hunt anyone concerned one by one until I finally make the organization fall. And then I met Adeline…"

He laughs at the name of Adeline pure joy and love in his eyes. I have no doubt he loves my best friend, but that doesn't mean he's good for her either.

"I was obsessed as soon as I laid my eyes on her. I left a flower on her doorstep once…"

"So that was you? All this time it was you? You were fucking stalking her?" I can't believe the words that are coming from his mouth.

"I tried to stay away from her. To protect her from the world that I live in, but I just couldn't."

"So you pretended to need a therapist…" As Dante explains, I come to the realization and everything starts to make sense. "You're a fucking psychopath."

"I was going to keep her safe. I was never going to let anything happen to her. But then Adrian came into the picture and that's how I found out he's part of the organization. A major investor as a matter of fact. I wanted to keep Adeline away from him."

"What!?" At this point I can't keep sitting down anymore because if he knew all along that Adrian was dangerous, why the hell did he let Adeline get involved with him.

"So you knew. You fucking knew how dangerous Adrian was and you let her get involved with him anyways? You fucking bastard! Where is she!?" Before I know it, my fist connects with his jaw and I feel my knuckles bruise up as I punch him.

"It's all my fault." Dante whispers as I land him another punch. My punches don't seem to do any kind of damage to him though. He's taking them all like a tickle.

"Now she's gone and I need your help Liam." He stops my fist midair and looks me deep in the eyes.

"I've never been desperate for anything else in my entire life. I have no idea where Adrian sent Adeline to and we need to find her. You need to help me find her." He pleads.

"I think I'm just going to call the police. That's what I should have done a long time ago instead of entertain the circus you and Adeline were trying to pull. I'm going to get my best friend back and I'm going to do it my way! Using the law!" I feel tear prickling at the sides of my eyes as I speak.

"ARE YOU FUCKING STUPID!?" Dante yells at me and grabs me by my collar. "You really think the police are going to do anything to help. They're just like you. Too loyal to the law. They're not going to break any rules to get Adeline back. You think this organization is easy to track. I've been tracking them my entire life and I assure you, I'm better than any FBI agent you might find. We find Adeline my way! My way Liam! And it starts with that man on the table."

I glance at Adrian's body still laying unresponsive where he's all tied up. As he yells at me, I know that he kind of has a point, but I'm so filled with rage and I blame Dante for it. I blame Dante for whatever might have happened to Adeline.

"Where did they take her, Dante?" Before I know it, I start crying. "Where did they take my best friend?"

Dante seems taken aback by the tears that fall from my eyes. He tenses up for a second before dropping the bomb that shatters my entire life.

"My guess is Adrian sold her away. They've taken her to be one of the girls sold and bought by sex traffickers. We don't have time to sulk around and cry Liam. Each second Adeline spends with these people, is enough time for them to break her. She may be going through unimaginable things right now. Adeline is strong but she's never been in such a situation. We have to get her rout of there before they start drugging her. We have to find her before she breaks."

"Then tell me what I have to do." I say wiping the tears off my face.

"I hate you. Just know that. And when we find Adeline, I'm taking her far way from you." I speak with spite at I stare at the man in front of me.

"You will never see her again." I say strongly.