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 place to

I focused back on my daughter who was making a soft cooing

tears running down

heart was content that my daughter was safe and unharmed in front of

put a smile on my face, "I brought

brows lowered and her nose

were you crying,

"Because I missed you?"

and pointed a finger

"No lies.

Remember?"

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

giggled and flung her arms in an effort to get away

up the bags I had dropped

eyes darted to my bedroom and cold fear slithered

to live in,

would save me time and also I couldn't just live

I didn't sleep.

I couldn't.

night in a chair in mom's room, with a knife clutched in my hand under the

all of our things which were three boxes and

to get out of here and I was waiting for the sun to rise so we could

"Elsa…"

my mother, my eyes

troubled as she said, "Did

I swallowed.

that if we go back to Black Mountain after so many

to her, distance and time makes

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

to my knees twice in the last two days in the

no one

how much true that was because the man that would've been the reason

My new boss.

"I don't know."

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

in a women shelter

"Mom, please."

up and walked

beside her on the bed,

at the

to

her veins

tears back as I said, "And I found a way to

"Elsa…"

stiffened as if 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 and their

was one I had been thinking about for the last two days, since I knew that Kristian would take care

because he hated me,

to

rasped, her eyes shimmering with

sit up

And you made me strong, without

face

happiness you deserve and your prince

I chuckled.

a prince charming long

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 in every

now he was the devil with vengeance in

"We have to

the

under her head and slowly pulled her up into my

she wrapped her arms

"Wake up, Angel…."

in a soft voice

there's my

smiled while my mother shook her head making her way