She's Mine

Chapter Twenty-One

Josie POV-

"Oh my god, Hope, can you hear me?" I will my message to reach her. I look up to see Dad looking at me with a confused look. "Dad, Hope just spoke to me." He turns around quickly to pull out a pen and paper from his desk. "Yeah, I can hear you, do you know where I am?" Tears flood my eyes. Hope is just as clueless as us. "No, we don't, we think the Peryton took you last night." Dad looks up at me, "What is she saying?" I sit down in the chair across from him. Everyone else has left the room already.

"She said she doesn't know what happened or where she is." Dad nods his head. "Just keep talking to her, I am sure she is scanning her surroundings but ask what the room looks like, smells like, what she can hear, anything could be useful." I hear Hope's voice again, "Dammit, I remember hearing something outside the window and didn't think anything of it. Are you okay?" I can hear the concern in her voice even as she speaks to me in my head. She was the one taken but she is asking if I am okay. "I am okay, Hope, Dad is asking you to relay what your surroundings look like. Anything that might help us find you." Hope is quiet for a second.

Hope POV-

Josie is asking for my surroundings. "Um, looks like I am in a basement, carpeted floors, kind of chilly down here. Two small windows looking outside but I am facing away from them. Wooden stairs leading up to the main floor. I can hear people walking above me." Shit, someone is coming downstairs. "Jo, someone is coming, I will try to voice what they are saying to you." I wait for her response as the Peryton climbs down the last couple of steps. "Okay, we are ready, Hope."

"Well, well, well, looks like we finally caught the infamous Hope Mikaelson. Long time no see," he snickers as he walks over to stand in front of where I am bound. He continues, "You know, I wasn't expecting you to be so bonded to that twin. Did you complete the imprint yet?" He walks a little closer placing his hands on my forearms. My arms are bound to the chair with wolfsbane rope and magical cuffs to prevent me from doing magic. I know he is trying to get a response out of me, but if I tug against the ropes, Josie will feel it too. I look up at him, "What do you want?"

Of course, he starts monologuing. "Since you asked so nicely," he sneers at me before lifting my hands to put resistance on the ropes which begins to burn. I grit my teeth but it hurts worse knowing Josie is feeling this too. "Your father years and years ago decided to come wreak havoc on my small little town out in the middle of nowhere. He fed on everyone before ripping every single person's heart out of their chest, a bloody massacre." The Peryton lets go of my arms but then proceeds to thrust his hand into my chest grabbing ahold of my heart. It knocks the breath out of me immediately. I lock my hands onto the chair attempting to ground myself, to block out the pain. He continues, "I was in my human form at that time and Klaus did not know I was supernatural. He slaughtered the entire village before his family came and found him." He pulls his hand back out of my chest. A huge gasp leaves my mouth. "Naturally, I wanted revenge but your poor father died before I could enact it. That was when I found out he had a daughter."

I am still recovering from his hand being wrapped around my heart but I continue relaying to Josie. "I was just planning on killing you, but then I saw how you reacted to me holding a knife to that girl's throat. Touching, really. I realized it would be a lot easier to just take you. You know, instead of you losing just your loved ones, quicker recovery. No, that is too easy, so I gave you a couple of days, you finished the imprint, and now, not only will I be torturing you, but her as well. You are the reason she will feel this pain." Josie's voice cuts through my head, "I'll be okay, Hope, don't give in to him. Freya is on her way here we will fix this." Josie's voice is the only thing keeping me strong. "Now, I don't want you to be able to keep communicating with your precious little girlfriend, so I will be back later. Sleep well." He pulls out another syringe and plunges it into my neck. "I love you," I manage to get out to Josie before darkness surrounds me again.

Josie POV-

I look down to see the burns on my arms slowly fading away. My chest still aching from whatever the Peryton did to Hope. Dad is still looking at me concerned because he just witnessed me getting burned and having crazy chest pain. "We will find her, Josie." I nod my head before walking out of his office.
I head upstairs to Hope's room and lay down on her bed, on her side. Tears threaten to overflow my eyes but I wipe them away. I pack a small suitcase with some of my clothes and some of Hope's. I grab the crystal off the side table and our phones as well. Freya should be here later today. Until then, it is a waiting game.

My phone buzzes with a message from Dad a couple of hours later, "Freya is here." I immediately grab my bag and head downstairs. I find Freya and Dad standing inside the main doors. Freya turns to look at me. "You must be Josie, I am Freya," I walk up to Freya and shake her hand blushing. I know Hope has talked to her aunt quite a bit about me. "Okay, let's go talk about this in my office." Dad waves us to follow him.

When we get into his office, I start to recount everything we know to Freya. My voice is steadier than I was expecting. "So, let me get this straight, the Peryton broke through a heavy-duty boundary spell, took Hope without anyone knowing, and now she is tied up in a basement and being tortured." I nod my head. "Okay, this is going to be a little trickier than I initially thought."