Burn Beyond Control

Running Date

I froze staring into his eyes. The smile across his face made him look so much younger than what he actually was. He stood up and paced around the room. Before I knew what happened, he had tackled me and the couch flew across the room. We laid on the ground. He had his dagger against my throat.

"I'm going to give you the choice, Zhan. I don't want to kill you, but that's my daughter. I can kill you and nobody will find you for a very long while."

"I wasn't going to harm her," I gasped out.

Almost like he floated off of me and the air eased back into my lungs. Right. That's where air goes. My brain told itself. I pushed off of the floor and stood up.

"People are coming for her, Adien."

"For what?"

"He doesn't think I can do it."

"What gave him that idea?" Adien demanded.

Okay. He's much scarier when he's holding a gun than a dagger.

"Because he calls every day to see if she's dead. I can't lie to them. So he said next week a group is coming."

Something changed about Adien's demeanor.

"I'm going to write down how to change her. Something is going on back home. I have to leave fast. So you will keep this paper safe, right?"

"On my life," I answered determined.

Handing me the paper, he disappeared from sight. Okay, so the king trusts me? Nice, but there is one tiny bit. How do I get her to trust me within a week? No dumb dumb, before a week. Do I need to bring the fucking gun out?!

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(Hali's POV)

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Okay. So. Big man. Lot of running. Don't stare, was all I could think about while getting dressed for the running date. Running date? What the hell?! Yep. Its official. Someone is a trying to kill you and a big guy comes along. Your drooling over his body. Hey hey now!he had a body! Ohhhhhh and those eyes. Come on, you gonna walk out in your underwear? Oh. I thought pulling on some tight clothes.

Ugh. My ass looks horrible in these. Can't I just wear a sheet? Yes, at least I'd be covered... Don't even think about it! You're perfectly fine. Whatever head, you think that all you want. Now. Running time! No. Correction. Looking at a hot man time! I couldn't get the stupid smile off my face.

I was running on the path I was on yesterday. I was in my head thinking I forgot what I was doing. Someone came out of nowhere, scaring the shit out of me. I stumbled almost falling but strong hands caught me. Whoa I thought he's taller than I remember.
"You okay?"

"Me? Pshh, yeah!" I lied, smiling at him.

His laugh made me smile bigger. So damn sexy. His hands were still on my hips. Stepping out of his grip, I saw him frown for a second.

"How do you sleep?" He wondered, walking beside me.

What sleep I thought with a slight laugh. "I slept great!"

"Liar."

"What?"

"You just lied about sleeping," he says with a gentle smile.

"Yeah, I did. I just have a lot of stuff on my head."

"You mean in your head?"

"Huh?"

"Well I don't see anything on your head. Its quite beautiful actually."

I blushed. Okay, brownie points then. I thought and I saw him blush a little. Oh wow. Does he not talk to girls like this? Huh, I thought with a grin spreading on my face.

"Now what. What are you grinning at?" He wondered.

"Ha! Nothing important. So you said your name was?"

"Zhan."

"Oh."

"What?"

"Weird name."

"Oh, like I've never heard that one before," he rolled his eyes.

"Hey, hey. I didn't say it was a bad thing! I could have said your name reminded me of a vagina or a penis! But I didn't!" I almost shouted at him

"A vagina or penis?" He wondered, what seemed like the perfect eyebrow.

"Um, sorry. I've had a rough couple of days," I muttered, running my hand down my face.

"Do you want something to eat, Hali?"

"Did I ever tell you my name?" I wondered.

"Yes," he answered almost too fast.

Nodding to him, I felt like something was off about this run. Swallowing hard I could hear my mother from the grave nagging at me. 'You know better than to just run out with some random guy, especially one you just met,' rolling my eyes I could see him studying me. Snapping back, I walk a little further ahead of him. I chew on my bottom lip and stop turning to him quickly.

"You aren't going to kill me... Are you?" I demanded, pointing a finger at him.

"What?" He demanded.

It was like a caught him off guard, like something inside of him got spooked.

"No. I'm not going to kill you."

Yet, something said in my head. Bunching my eyebrows together, things weren't adding up to anything.

"What is it?"

"Nothing, I'll figure it out one day," I muttered quietly.

Nodding to me, something made him grab my wrost pulking me to him. Getting pissed, I go to jerk my hand away. That's when I saw two men coming up behind him.