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 another, 1 nodded with a tight

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

more tears

and unharmed in front of me, I pulled back

put a smile on my face, "I brought you

lowered and her

you

"Because I missed you?"

huffed and pointed

"No lies.

Remember?"

I curled my arm around her and pulled her up in my arms as I used my other hand to tickle

her arms in an effort to get away

mother smiled and picked up the bags I had dropped

and cold fear

a new place to live in,

also I couldn't just

I didn't sleep.

I couldn't.

in my hand under the blanket that was on my lap, while

all of our things which

and I was waiting for the sun to

"Elsa…"

my mother, my eyes reluctant to leave my daughter's

gaze was troubled as she said, "Did

I swallowed.

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

distance and time makes the heart

that sometimes distance and time

had brought me to my knees twice

no one

answered her, not telling her how much true that was because the man that would've been the reason for me to go

My new boss.

"I don't know."

of her words before she

I should live in a women

"Mom, please."

up and

her on the bed, I said, "I have

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

need to spend a

took her hand in mine, noticing how her veins

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

"Elsa…"

she knew what price I would've to pay

I shook my head.

"It's my job.

provides free health care for their employees and

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

believed him because he hated

have to be

rasped, her eyes

sit up and hugged her

has to, right? And you made me strong,

cupped my face and

all the happiness you deserve and your prince charming will come to

I chuckled.

dreaming about a prince charming long

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,

vengeance in his cold

have

rounded the bed to wake my

hand under her head and slowly pulled

as she wrapped her arms

"Wake up, Angel…."

in a soft voice as I caressed her

on, there's

while my mother shook her