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 place to another, 1 nodded with a tight

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

act had more tears running down

daughter was safe and unharmed

smile on my face, "I brought you

brows lowered and her

you

"Because I missed you?"

pointed

"No lies.

Remember?"

around her and pulled her up in

her arms in an effort

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

eyes darted to my bedroom and cold fear slithered down

new place to live in, maybe close to

save me time and also I couldn't just live here any

I didn't sleep.

I couldn't.

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

of our things which were

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

"Elsa…"

my mother, my eyes

gaze was troubled as she said, "Did

I swallowed.

notion that if we go back to Black

to her, distance and time makes the

was going to tell her that sometimes distance and time festers the

help us was the same man who had brought me to my knees

no one

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

My new boss.

"I don't know."

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

I should live in a women shelter

"Mom, please."

and walked

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

at the

to

how her veins were standing out and her skin was so

I sniffed my tears back as I said,

"Elsa…"

she knew what price I

I shook my head.

"It's my job.

company provides free health care for their

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

him because

to be this strong,

her eyes shimmering with

sit up

made me strong,

cupped my face and kissed my

day, you will have all the happiness you deserve and your prince charming will come

I chuckled.

stopped dreaming about a prince charming long

my prince charming looked at me like the villain of the story but then again he wasn't as charming as one would think to begin with,

devil with vengeance in his cold grey eyes and

have to

rounded the bed

and

as she wrapped her arms

"Wake up, Angel…."

soft voice as I caressed her

there's my

my mother shook her head making her way to