Taken

Chapter 1

Daisy

I always wondered what the girls in the movies felt like when the male lead saved them and they later fell in love. I wondered what it would be like to be in love with someone who only thought about me.

The books I've read haven't been doing their job lately, tricking my mind into thinking I was the girl in the books and the male leads were proclaiming their love to me.

I was sick of being confined to the small land my uncle owned, though in reality it wasn't actually that small seeing as he owned three acres of land. I was never able to go farther than the stream that I could see easily from my bedroom window.

I mean, I understand his reasoning. He promised my parents to protect me and never let anything happen to me.

You see, my dad served in the army and was killed in action while deployed in Afghanistan when I was three, and two years later my mother lost her battle with cancer, leaving me as an orphan.

Luckily my uncle had been a very prominent figure in my life and so when I was told I was going to be living with him I wasn't mad. Since then my uncle has done so much for me, and made sure I've had the best life I could, stress free and safe from any dangers the world may hold.

But I'm sixteen now and I want to do things normal teenagers do. Which don't include homeschooling, never going further than where my uncle can see me from the house, and having no friends.

I can't even remember the last time I went into town, which was only a thirty minute drive from our home. Don't get me wrong I love this place, the serenity of it which makes you feel so at peace.

The garden I have in our yard which grows all of our fruits, vegetables, and herbs, as well as the miniature farm we have to get our eggs and milk from.

But I want to have the 'normal teen' experience. I'm getting tired of the solitude while my uncle is at work, but I'm scared, scared of the outside world.

My uncle has told me the horrors the world can hold and how they would treat someone like me, though I don't really understand what he meant by that.

He's told me about riots, murders as well as kidnappings and I don't want that to happen to me. I wouldn't even know how to defend myself if I left home, I'd be completely helpless. I've tried talking to him but seeing as I'm still underage, I have no say.

Shaking out of my thoughts I head to my bathroom to get ready for the day. After brushing my teeth I take a shower then do my skincare routine. I've always preferred to have nice skin as opposed to makeup.

Once finished I go into my room picking out a pair of pajamas to wear for now and an outfit to garden in and lay it on my bed.

I then head downstairs and make myself some breakfast, which consists of an omelet that I put peppers, onions, and cilantro in and a glass of milk, everything coming from the garden and our animals.

I didn't put any meat into my breakfast as I'm a vegetarian, the thought of an animal being killed just for us to eat makes me sick to my stomach.

After finishing my food I head over to the living room, where my uncle has already laid out my work for the day. I get started with math, then move onto science, then lastly my favorite subject, english. Anything to do with books and writing is automatically a favorite of mine, it just makes me so happy.

It takes me about five hours to complete all my work, and by the time I'm finished it's about lunch time. So I gather everything up and take it to my uncle's office for him to look over later when he's home, before making my way to the kitchen.