Page 22 of Locked Souls

He's shaking and I don't know how to handle him looking so broken. He's always been the strongest out of us. Well, besides Levi, of course, because he was our mentor.

“I should knock your ass out, but by the looks of it, Jonas did that already. You look like shit.”

He huffs and shakes his head.

“We need to tell Levi or Jacob that Isabella is here.”

He nods and looks at me. I cringe.

“I don't have my phone.”

Sighing, Ash pulls out a battered looking flip phone, handing it to me.

“What the fuck is this?” I snark as I open it and try to type in a message, but the keyboard is so small, and you have to press the number repeatedly to get the letter you want.

God, has he been living in the Stone Age or something?

I give up after misspelling a word three times. My fingers are too thick for this.

I dial Levi and wait for him to answer. It takes calling four times for him to finally pick up.

“What?!” he snaps.

“It's Bast. Isabella is in the hall by Chastity’s room. I'm hiding in a closet with Ash. Let Jacob know.”

He hangs up and I look down at Ash.

“Why are you hiding?”

“Because if Isa sees me then my cover is blown, and I know The Dragon isn't done with me spying on her, or whatever the fuck he's been making me do since leaving you guys.”

He groans and slams his head against the wall, making a loud thump.

“Dude. Save all the brain cells you can,” I mumble, then sit next to him.

“How long are we going to be stuck in here?” I groan, thinking about my grumbling stomach. There was a reason I was headed to the vending machines after all.

“Probably won’t be much longer. Isabella won’t be able to hide for long if Jacob and the rest of them start looking through the halls. Oh shit, Snake.”

Grabbing his phone, he calls his partner, the man who took Chastity, warning him as well.

We don't say much, just a few comments here and there, and I can't get over how much things have changed. We used to be brothers.

Soon there is a knock on the door and Jonas tells us the coast is clear.

“Finally,” I grumble and Ash opens the door, letting me leave. Jonas and him have a weird stare off until Snake interrupts.

“Spider, you're with me. Let's roll,” he snaps, and I watch as Ash's shoulders droop.

“Before we leave, can I go talk to Chastity?” he asks and Snake nods, pulling out a pack of cigarettes and nodding toward the side door.

“Hurry up.”

Jonas moves next to me, and we watch as Ash pauses outside the hospital room door, takes in a deep breath and shakes out his hands.

He pushes the door open and I can hear Chastity's gasp from here before the sobs begin.

“We should give them a moment,” Levi says, exiting the room with Jacob.