Second Chances

Chapter 1- Winter War

I remember those many days ago, it was rough, really rough, the O'Driscolls had kidnapped my husband in Blackwater, took him to the same cottage they kidnapped me and took me into, and once I found him they killed him right in front of my very own eyes, with no hesitation.

A whole day had passed until I was no longer alone, they had drug in another woman, a woman I didn't recognize until I did.

The woman was sobbing, I had heard those sobs before, those were the sobs of my sister Sadie Adler, I ran to my sister after they had thrown her into the locked room they were keeping me in.

my sister had told me that they too had killed her husband right in front of her, we didn't understand why they had done what they did but we knew we were going to get revenge on them one day.

we spent about three days in that cabin, it had felt like months because it was pure torture, they beat us, starved us, and everything you could think of was what was done to us, we were so weak.

one night there was a shout from outside and what it sounded like was the men running outside, then we heard gunshots, we were absolutely terrified, we were sure we were gonna die, out of the blue we heard men walking inside the cabin looking for things, which they found apparently.

the door had shut so Sadie and I had busted the door down, assuming we were alone now, moments later a man busted in, trying to grab us, calling us names, and acting like the O'Driscolls until two other men came in.

We were sure they were here to kill us as well, but one of the men had a mustache and yelled "Micah, what the hell are you doing?" Micah said "Tryin' to get these damn women to talk!" tantalizing us.

the other man, rather good looking shall I mention, said "Leave them alone Micah, they look terrified!" and locked eyes with me for a solid two minutes looking as though he had seen a ghost.

the other man said "Madams, we aren't here to hurt you, you're safe with us, I'm Dutch and this is my buddy Arthur, we just want to help" and softly smiles.

Arthur says "Ma'am, come this way, let us help yall" Gently putting a hand on the small of my back to guide me out of the house, he says "You can ride on my horse since my friend Micah had to be a bastard of a man" and softly smiles.     

he helps me on his horse and we ride off, Dutch says "So whats yalls names and what on earth happened to y'all?" I say "My...my... my name is Y/n Adler, and this is my sister, Sadie Adler, I was kidnapped from the O'Driscoll boys and so was she, they killed our husbands brutally in front of us and... and tortured us in horrible horrible ways" starts crying.

Arthur says "Them O'Driscoll boys deserve to die for doing that to you ladies, I'm sorry you had to go through all of that but I will say maam, as long as yall are with us, you'll be safe, I promise you that" as we continue riding back to their camp.

we all make small talk until Arthur says "were here" Once we stop they help us off the horses, and Dutch says "Everyone listen up, we found a hideout from them O'Driscoll boys, they had these two ladies locked up and tortured them in horrible ways, they're staying with us for a while so women, take care of them... I reassure everyone that now these O'Driscolls are out of our area you... are... safe... we are doing everything possible to make sure that happens, everyone get to sleep, we have a busy day tomorrow" Right then, everyone disperses to their tents.

A few ladies named Abigail and Tilly took us in, taking care of us, they said that we had some minor bruising and that it would be healed in a few days, I say "Thank you, for everything and smiles.

Sadie says "Yes, thank you so much" and smiles ever so faintly, we and Sadie had cuddled up next to each other to gain some sort of comfort in this awkward situation they had been put in.