She was scared by the way he walked to her and gave her the envelope. He was tall and muscular. He had a black, grungy trench coat and his face was hidden in the darkness under a fedora hat. He wispered in her ear and told her that they were waiting for her. The strong scent of expensive men's perfume hit her nostrils and she immediately felt a little dizzy. She was too afraid to say something and she thought that he was one of the men who took her family. No - actually she was sure of it. Something about him screamed danger. Besides who else would send blackmail letters to her if they didn't have her family.
He walked away. She was still standing frozen and too afraid to move in the middle of a deserted road. She didn't know why she was so scared of the man. She shouldn't be - atleast that's what they told her.
She and the Man had an agreement that they do not touch her as long as she does what she's told. She obeyed their orders and regretted what she did.
She looked at the envelope in her hands and opened it. There was a small peace of paper inside of it. For a moment she stoped because all the letters on the paper blurred together. ALready from here she could smell that the small peace of paper smelled exactly like the scent from the man before. She felt goosebumps run down her spine.
As soon as her sight cleared she read the letter:
"For so long you have been a good girl and obeyed us in our every order. Will it continue or you will betray us. You know what happens to traitors? It certainly isn't something good.
We found out about your little stunt earlier and decided to let that slide past us. It's already been taken care of. But for the future, as you know - it may never happen again. Do you understand?" - The letter in her hands felt like ice. Everything turned blurry around her again and she felt like throwing up. She did remember the only thing she did to betray them.
Two days ago she had knocked on some strangers house door and tried to explain what had hapened to her, but as soon as the woman opened the door she looked her in the eyes and realized that if she told her, then she'd be in danger too. That couldn't happen. Plus the woman looked so nice and caring. It would be a crime to get her into all of this. So she ran away leaving the woman standing on her doorstep.
She realized that she had already involved the innocent woman by arriving at her footstep. What did the Man mean when he said - It's already been taken care of. Was she murdered just because she saw her?
This time the goosebumps didn't leave her spine but runed down her whole body
There was so many questions that even she didn't know answers to.
In the botom of the paper were signature. She couldn't read the most of it but she could clearly see two letters in the begining of the signature - IR...
She didn't know what the letters stood for but she knew that the people who wrote the letter aren't, weren't and never will be her friends - they are her enemies.
She runned away from the road into the forest near there. She runned until she was so tired that she couldn't breathe. The strong scent of the mans perfume followed her and made her dizzy. The darkness and blindness took over and she fainted.
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Dark At It's Brightest
Mystery / ThrillerWhat is it like to live dangerously? Does the title "living dangerously" mean everyone around you is in danger? Including you? Since Zarah's family has been kidnapped, she has been living a very dangerous life. Her mothers, brothers and fa...
