Love and secrets

Chapter 16

     I was still struggling and yanking at my captor when I heard a man yell and a gunshot. I didn't have time to ponder who or what had gotten shot, as he was dragging me dangerously close to the clearing. I thought fast and decided to use reverse psychology. "Please! Don't turn right! Uh the amulet is this way!" I said pulling him forwards again. Just as I had expected he yanked my sideways, "Oh you think you are so smart! Thinking you could trick me, I know it is this way." he said pulling me to the right. My bluff had worked. I was still struggling to get away from him. I couldn't check my watch because he was holding my hands behind my back. "Give me the amulet!" he yelled. "Listen to me ahh!" he had kicked my acle. "The amulet isn't what you think it is! It will kill you internally!" "Liar!" he screamed and pointed his gun at me as he threw me to the ground. The amulet's magic was settling on him, making him go crazy. In that moment I saw the evil the amulet could do, and it wasn't even in its full power yet. Just before he pulled the trigger I rolled over and the shot missed my head by inches. I got up and started to run, despite my ancle. I suddenly felt someone run into me and almost knock me down. It was Robin. Fury bubbled up inside me as I stared at him, "You! you lied to me! You betrayed me!" I screamed as I reached for my knife. "Crystal, wait." He said. Something in his voice that made me stop. He had used my middle name! I had always preferred it over my last and first name so I had changed my last name to my middle name. but I didn't even know he knew either of my first or last (AKA middle name.) I liked the way he said it. I suddenly felt foolish I had mistrusted him. Something in the Cour De Noir's story didn't match up. I stepped back and let Robin do what he was going to. To my amazement he walked up to his father and put the knife up to his throat. "I will not let you take her father!" he said with vengeance. "Put the knife down boy now! I welcomed you back into my family after your whole incident with that Maria girl, and now you are doing the same thing! Helping our enemy! I have already lost a daughter because of stupidity! Don't make me lose her brother because of it too." "Father please!" he cried searching his face, "You have to listen to Crystal's warning! She can help you!" "Traitor! You are nothing to me now!" Robin released his father and grabbed my arm. "Go!" he shouted as his father reached for me again. "I know where to find you again! And next time I won't be Mr. nice guy." He muttered as he headed towards Drop Off Point.