Bad Intentions

Twenty-Nine

Leah

I stood frozen in place as the man in front of me smiled wickedly.

"Leah Tate. It's a pleasure to finally meet you." He said peering straight into my eyes. An icy shiver ran down my back. How did he know my name? "I'm Damian, a friend of your boyfriend."

Something within me knew that this guy was far from good and far from Jace's friend.

"Leah!" I heard Jace's voice shout. I looked over my shoulder to see Jace a distance away with a quiet large man blocking his path. His eyes scared, nervous and furious. He tried moving past the man, but couldn't break free. "Get out my fuck way!" He roared.

"You might want to tell your boyfriend to calm down, before he gets hurt." Damian said with amusement in his voice.

I wanted to say something, anything but words were not forming.

"Leah Tate. I've had my eye on you for a while now. Not for me, but for someone."  The man leaned in close and to my eye level. He did tower over me. I would say he was an inch or two taller than Jace.

His green eyes felt like they pierce into my soul looking for my deepest and darkest secrets. The air around us was tense, I felt another icy chill run down my body. The feeling was suffocating.

Damian let out a deep chuckle. "Seems like the cat has got your tongue."

Again, no words. I wanted to say something, but what? The words were gone.

"That's okay. I'm sure we will be seeing each other quite often." He said taking a step back. "Felix, let's go." The large man followed suit as Damian turned on his heels.

I heard the sound of footsteps running from behind. A strong arm grabbed and pulled me into a hug. I look up to see hazel eyes filled with worry and regret. "Leah, are you okay?" Jace asked softly.

The only thing I could do was nod my head. Jace let out a sigh of relief and just as that relief came it left and was replace by rage. Absolute rage.

Jace ripped away and started to follow the path that Damian was taking. "Damian!" Jace called out in pure anger.

Damian turned around and looked at Jace with pure amusement. My feet finally decided to work and I ran after Jace and grabbed his arm right before he faced Damian. I could feel the heat radiating off his body. It was so hard to keep him from moving any closer. Jace was too damn strong, but I needed to stop him before he did anything stupid.

"Jace, don't." Was all I could say.

"Come near her again and I will fucking kill you." Jace said, his voice dripping with venom.

I knew if Jace wanted to he would beat Damian's ass to a pulp, but I was very aware that Damian could do the same especially since he had that large man, Felix by his side.

Damian let out a dark chuckle. "I would love to see you try." His eyes narrowed towards Jace. "Know your place." was the last he said before walking away completely.

Jace started to move forward to go after him, but I still had my grip on him. I used all of my weight to hold him down. I was barely able to keep him.