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?"

knew why we were running from one place to another, 1 nodded

my daughter who was making a soft cooing sound like I do for her as she

more tears running down my

was content that my daughter was safe and unharmed in front

a smile on

lowered and

were you crying,

"Because I missed you?"

pointed a finger

"No lies.

Remember?"

pulled her up in my arms as I used my other hand to tickle

and flung her arms in an effort

and picked up the bags I had dropped as

darted to my bedroom and cold fear slithered

to live in,

and also I

I didn't sleep.

I couldn't.

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

of our things which were three boxes

and I was waiting for

"Elsa…"

mother, my eyes

troubled as she said, "Did you think

I swallowed.

that if we go back to Black Mountain after so many years

distance and

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

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

is no one

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

My new boss.

"I don't know."

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

live in a

"Mom, please."

up and

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

get the salary at the end

to spend

in mine, noticing how her veins were standing out and her skin was so

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

"Elsa…"

knew what price I would've to pay for

I shook my head.

"It's my job.

company provides free health care for their employees and their

last two days, since I knew

believed him because he

to be this strong,

her eyes shimmering with

sit up and hugged

you made me strong, without you I wouldn't

face and kissed my

happiness you deserve and your prince

I chuckled.

had stopped dreaming about a prince charming long

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

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

"We have to

the bed to wake my

head and

as she wrapped her

"Wake up, Angel…."

said in a soft voice as I

there's

sound and I smiled while my mother shook her head making her way to the