Blackmailed For Love

I entered the apartment with one last look over my shoulder, making sure that Kristian didn't follow me.

My heart beat like crazy in my chest and my whole body still hummed from his closeness, the way he had pressed into my body reminding me of the nights we had spent in each other's arms, in secret- grabbing forbidden moments away from public eyes.

Losing ourselves in each other.

My innocent love and his fierce possession.

We had burned for each other.

Two poles desperate to connect.

But the universe had its way and pulled us apart.

4 I took a deep breath to control my emotions and took a step further into the apartment only to pause when my foot landed on something.

When I looked down I found a white envelope without any markings.

Cautiously, I picked it up and shuddered at the way the back of my neck tingled with foreboding.

I tore the envelope and upended its contents in my palm.

All the breath left my lungs as the three photos landed in my palm.

One of me in the diner.

The other with Anna outside this building.

And another that sent a shiver of revulsion and fear through me, it was of me sleeping in my bed with my daughter.

2 The photos slipped from my nerveless fingers as apprehension gripped me, only to up in its intensity when my eyes landed on the back of one of the photos.

"You should have gotten rid of her.

I don't like the reminder of the fact that someone had you before me.

Don't worry, I have a solution for it."

2 I swallowed the bile, my throat closing up and a new kind of terror tore through me as an anguished cry left me.

"Anna!"

Footsteps echoed and then two pairs of legs came in front of me.

I hadn't realized I had dropped down on my knees.

"Mama…"

My sweet angel touched my cheek with her small hand and I looked up to find her grey eyes staring back at me with concern.

"Mama, you are crying."

I grabbed her and hugged her tight to me.

"Anna… My angel…"

I cupped her face and kissed her, my emotions going out of control.

I had thought I had left the sick stalker behind when I changed cities.

He had left veiled threats before but now he was openly threatening my daughter.

I didn't know who it was and why he had targeted me but I couldn't let him harm my daughter.

Even the thought broke me apart.

"Hush… Mama, no crying."

She frowned down at me, admonishing me.

I sniffled on hearing her tight voice.

My little domineering angel.

A soft hand caressed my head and I looked up to find my mother standing thëre looking frail and tired in her blue nightgown.

She only asked one thing, "Again?"

running from one place to

focused back on my daughter who was making a soft cooing sound like I do for

more tears running down

was safe and unharmed in

my tears and put a smile on my face, "I

lowered and

were you crying,

"Because I missed you?"

huffed and pointed

"No lies.

Remember?"

I curled my arm around her and pulled her up in my

in an effort

dropped

my bedroom and cold fear slithered

to find a new place to live in, maybe close to the

time and also I couldn't just live here

I didn't sleep.

I couldn't.

night in a chair in mom's room, with a knife clutched in my hand under the blanket that was on my lap, while

things which were three boxes and two small

I was waiting for the

"Elsa…"

head to look at my mother, my eyes reluctant to leave my daughter's

gaze was troubled as she

I swallowed.

go back to Black Mountain after so

to her, distance and time makes

to tell her that sometimes distance and time festers the wound more, not giving it a chance to

help us was the same man who had brought me to my knees twice in the last two days in the name of

is no one there,

because the man that would've been the reason for me to go back to that

My new boss.

"I don't know."

of her words before she said, "Anna shouldn't suffer

should live in a

"Mom, please."

stood up and walked to

her on the bed, I said, "I have a

when I get the salary at the

need to spend

took her hand in mine, noticing how her veins were

back as I said, "And I found a

"Elsa…"

she knew what price I would've to pay

I shook my head.

"It's my job.

company provides free health care for their employees

for the last two days, since I knew that Kristian would take care of

him because

shouldn't have to be

rasped, her eyes shimmering

her to sit up and hugged

has to, right? And you made me strong, without you

my face and kissed

will have all the happiness you deserve and your prince charming will

I chuckled.

about a

wasn't as

with vengeance in his cold grey eyes and hate in his

"We have to

rounded the bed

my hand under her head and slowly pulled her

as she wrapped her arms around

"Wake up, Angel…."

said in a soft voice as I caressed

there's

made an annoyed sound and I smiled while my mother shook her head making