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?"

she knew why we were running from one

making a soft cooing sound like

act had more tears running

when my heart was content that my daughter was safe and unharmed in front of me, I

and put a smile

brows lowered and her

were you crying,

"Because I missed you?"

pointed a finger at

"No lies.

Remember?"

her and pulled her up in

and flung her arms in an effort to get

bags I had dropped as we made our way to the small

bedroom and cold fear slithered down

to find a new place to live in, maybe

me time and also I couldn't just

I didn't sleep.

I couldn't.

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

things which were three

I was waiting for the sun to rise so

"Elsa…"

head to look at my mother, my eyes reluctant to leave my

mother's pale gaze was troubled as she

I swallowed.

notion that if we go back to Black Mountain after so

her, distance and time

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

brought me to my knees twice in the last two days in the name

is no

man that would've been the

My new boss.

"I don't know."

then thought of her words

should live in a women

"Mom, please."

and walked to

beside her on the bed, I said, "I

I get the salary at the end of the month, everything will

to spend

veins

but I sniffed my tears back as I said, "And I

"Elsa…"

knew what price I

I shook my head.

"It's my job.

health care for

two days, since I knew that Kristian would take care

believed him because he hated

have to be this

her eyes shimmering

her to sit up and

And you made me strong, without you I wouldn't have

my face

happiness you deserve and your prince charming will

I chuckled.

about a prince charming long time

villain of the story but then again he wasn't as charming as

the devil with vengeance in his cold grey eyes and hate in his

"We have

the bed to wake my

head and slowly pulled her up into my

she wrapped her

"Wake up, Angel…."

in a soft voice as

on, there's

my mother shook her head making her way to the