Falling for your Fate

Prologue

Prologue

Mine

I had to escape. I needed to run. I could feel the wind cutting through my clothing as if it were the sharpest shard of ice, biting at my skin, reminding me of the dangers. Reminding me to stay hidden, because this pain was nothing compared to that I would receive if I dared to stop, if I dared to shift.

Mine

I could hear them coming I could feel his presence in the back of my mind. It wouldn't be long now until I felt his breath on my neck, his presence bearing down on me from all around, reminding me-

Mine

There were voices and footfalls all around, bouncing off the trees and ringing out into the night. Autumn leaves crunched beneath my feet and darker clouds than the night sky loomed threateningly, but I just needed to run a little further. Push my body a little harder until I would reach a semblance of freedom. I didn't know what lay on the other side but I knew I needed to get there.

Mine

I could still hear all his words rolling through my mind, reminding me why I couldn't leave, why I was obligated to stay. Why there was no other option for me but here.

Mine

A little further and I could breathe again. I knew if I just ran a little further the pain in my chest would ease. I felt wrong, but what was truly wrong? Was it wrong that I leave or was it wrong that I had stayed so long?

Mine

My heart was racing so fast I was afraid it wouldn't be able to take it much longer. I was certain it would just give out on me. It had already been through so much. So much pain, mistaken love and uncertainty. Could that fragile organ in my chest really carry me away, or would it be the one pulling me back? How far was I really going to make it?

Always mine

The world seemed to be slipping, the trees blurring and the moonlight fading but I had never felt so alert. I knew their paws were nearing my own footfalls now. The prospect of escaping narrowing as I edged nearer to the boundary. When he caught me, what would he do? How much would my betrayal cost me? How would I bear the pain? Not only the damage which he inflicts upon my body but the destruction deep down inside of me. The pain spreading through my soul, knowing even after everything I will never be able to escape. I will never be free, not when he has a piece of my soul, not when I know...

He is mine.