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?"

why we were running from one

was making a

tears running

was safe and unharmed in front of me, I pulled

put a smile on my face, "I brought you ice

brows lowered and

were you crying,

"Because I missed you?"

pointed

"No lies.

Remember?"

my arm around her and pulled her up in my arms as I

arms in

smiled and picked up the bags I had dropped as we made our way to the small

darted to my bedroom and cold fear slithered

new place to live in, maybe close to the

me time and also I couldn't just

I didn't sleep.

I couldn't.

my hand under the blanket that

all of our things which were three boxes and two small

had to get out of here and I was waiting for the sun to rise

"Elsa…"

mother, my eyes reluctant to leave

mother's pale gaze was troubled as she said, "Did you think about going

I swallowed.

stupid notion that if we go back to Black Mountain after so

and time makes the

was going to tell her that sometimes distance and time

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

is no

would've been the reason for

My new boss.

"I don't know."

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

I should live in a women shelter

"Mom, please."

stood up and

her on the bed, I said, "I have

get the salary at the end of

just need to spend

how her veins were standing

my tears back as I said,

"Elsa…"

as if she knew what

I shook my head.

"It's my job.

company provides free health care

been thinking about for the last two days, since I knew that

him because he hated

to be

her eyes

sit

has to, right? And you made me

face and kissed

happiness you deserve and your

I chuckled.

had stopped dreaming about a prince charming long

looked at me like the villain of the story but then again he wasn't as charming as one would think to begin with, he was always intense and more

now he was the devil with vengeance in his cold grey eyes and

have to

the

head and slowly pulled her up

grumbled as she wrapped her

"Wake up, Angel…."

soft voice

there's my good

my mother shook