"Don't talk to me," Axel growled, kicking over a stack of chairs and sending them crashing against the wall.
"Yeah, something is definitely wrong with him," Bruno muttered, crunching on another chip.
"Shut up!" Axel hissed.
He needed to talk to Deepa. He needed her to understand that they were meant to be together, no matter how much they might hate each other.
He didn't need her to love him, just accept him, to stop taking that shitty medicine and let him back in.
He wanted to hear her say his name again, feel her touch, taste her.
Axel growled, throwing a broken chair leg at a window. It cracked but didn't shatter, so he picked up a desk and heaved it into the glass, creating a spiderweb of cracks that ran down its length.
He would get through to her. He would make her understand that they belonged together.
Chapter Ten
It wasn't easy for Axel to see Deepa. Her room was locked up at night and Ryan kept Axel busy during the day, sending him on pointless errands to try and keep them apart as much as possible.
"Hey!" Axel called out as he knocked on Deepa’s door. "It's me. Open up."
"Go away!" she yelled back.
"Just let me in, we need to talk!"
"I told you to leave me alone!"
Axel growled, pushing the door but it refused to budge.
"Come on," he whined. "I just want to talk."
"There's nothing to talk about."
"But-"
"Just leave me alone!" she yelled.
Axel groaned. He was so close to her, yet so far. He just needed to get her to listen, just for a moment.
"Let me in," he hissed. "Don't make me break the door."
"Then don't," she said coldly. "Just go away."
Axel growled. "Open the fucking door!"
"Or what? What will you do, Axel?"
Axel grabbed the handle, trying to force the lock open, but it didn't give.
"Let me in," he snarled.
"No!" she yelled.
Axel threw his shoulder against the door, but it still wouldn't move. He was running out of time. Ryan was probably on his way up, coming to save the day like the fucking hero he always pretended to be.
Axel wasn't going to lose her, not to his brother.
"If you don't open this fucking door, I'm breaking it down," Axel threatened.
