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I still can’t believe I had sex with Kaiden. I don’t regret it, not really. I mean, how could I when it was so damn good? But if I wanted to have sex I probably should have found literally any partner outside of The Holy Trinity that I could.
Oh well, there’s nothing I can do about that now except ensure it doesn’t happen again.
I did thaw a little towards him though when I found the morning after medication waiting for me on my bed after my shower. I haven’t taken it though. I’m not convinced I can trust him. Hell, history has proven that I can’t trust him. I just don’t think, given recent events and revelations, that I should take this medication. How do I know it really is what it says on the box? Although fuck knows why Kaiden would want to mess around with my birth control. He doesn’t strike me as the type of guy who’s in a hurry to knock a girl up.
I umm and ahh for so long, debating what to do. Ultimately I decide it was my own damn fault for forgetting the condom and for trusting him to pull out, so fixing this mistake will also be down to me.
I grab my bag and my useless phone out of habit more than anything, pocket my keycard and take off towards the campus medical centre. On the way my mobile buzzes with an incoming message. It’s only going to be from one of The Trinity, but I still find myself unlocking my phone to read it.
It’s from Axel but it’s in the group chat.
Axel: What are you doing?
What’s it to him? I ignore him.
Axel: I know you’ve read my message. Don’t ignore me.
Ugh. I keep my reply brief: busy.
Nothing happens for a moment and then another message comes through.
Axel: Why are you heading towards the medical centre? Are you hurt?
Motherfucker, he’s tracking me. Before I can even consider how to chew him out for this, my phone buzzes again. I grit my teeth and seriously consider launching the damn thing in the lake.
Kaiden: Don’t go there! It’s not safe!
Jeez, what an arsehole. They’re both as bad as each other. I think I can handle going to see a doctor for the morning after pill.
I fire back an angry retort.
The Holy Trinity may control a lot of things on campus, but my body will never be one of them.
I don’t care if it’s a dead giveaway of what I’m going to the doctors for, or if Axel realises that I know about his alleged birth control shot. I need to send a message that just because I’ve been branded as The Doe and I have to take part in their twisted, fucked up little battle for power, I don’t have to submit to them as Odile Kemp. They can brand me and track me but they can’t control me.
Once I’m armed with a morning after pill I can trust after a visit to the world’s creepiest doctor and stroppiest pharmacist – and thinking maybe Kaiden had a point about it being unsafe – I head to the gym to work out. Running clears my head and after the events of last night, I could definitely use some clarity.
Despite wanting to escape from the Trinity, I find them consuming my thoughts with every footfall, no matter how fast I run or how hard I push my limits, they’re right with me, haunting me every step of the way.
I run until my legs are liquid, completely overdoing it until I’m on the brink of collapse. I don’t even manage a cool down routine, reaching my limit and smashing my hand against the emergency stop button.
Panting for breath, I drop to my knees the second the machine halts. It jars, and I’m catapulted into the past and assaulted by demons I don’t want to face today.
“Are you okay, miss?”
I jerk away from the stranger’s touch and blink. I’m on my back, on the floor of the gym, and a pair of concerned deep brown eyes are staring down at me softly.
“Sorry, I didn’t mean to startle you, but you collapsed and didn’t move for quite some time.” There’s an accent there, maybe Hispanic, and his voice is as warm as his gaze.
“I-I’m fine. J-just…overdid it, I guess.” He nods knowingly at me and holds out a large hand for me. Reluctantly I take it, and he helps me to a sitting position. I’m grateful he doesn’t try to get me on my feet.
Instead he surprises me by dropping down on the floor beside me and passing me his water bottle. I drink deeply.
“Thank you,” I say when I’m done, but when I try to hand it back, he waves me away. I take another drink and use the moment to study him. He has the broadest shoulders of anyone I’ve ever seen. He could easily be a bouncer or a bodybuilder or something judging by the way his Trinity U T-shirt stretches over his muscles, which ripple with every movement he makes.
“Keep it. It’s only a university one anyway. They give them away for free.”
“Thanks…” I probe.
