FEARLESS (#Wattys2016)

Chapter 9

I woke up when I felt myself being dragged toward the forest, I grabbed a tree branch and held on for dear life.

It would have been funny, if it wasn't me who was being dragged or kidnapped.

That women from my nightmare -Oh god! Was this another nightmare? - snarled at me and pulled my hair so my chin was up and I was looking directly at her. I flinched and stumbled back, my head was throbbing and I felt as if something sharp held me.

And then, slowly, slowly, my mind began to clear and I felt myself returning to reality. My eyes opened to the pain I felt - it was real.

How could this be! What was happening?

I began to remember the events before darkness consumed me.

I remembered someone did this. This means - It.Is.All.Real! I soon realised.

She then hisses at me, with her thrashing hands into the air. She crouched, reminding me of an animal stalking prey. Also adapting a predatory mindset, I was ready when she jumped at me. My foot hit her square in the chest.

I smirked, she got what she deserved.

I felt the violet guy eyes held amusment. Deep behind those eyes lays hidden secrets and an abbundance of emotion waiting to spill out over the brim of his eyes.

Oh, so he thought this was funny? Was he laughing at me or at her?

Then I saw his eyes on her, like he was happy I hit her.

Aren't they a team? Shouldn't he be angry I hit her and shouldn't he held his patner out? What was their deal? So many questions swirled my mind.

She got up and walked toward and said "You shall pay for that you b***!" and she put her hands around my neck - pst, so, you came to say sorry now? I thought but she started strangling me - not what I had in mind.

She made a hissing sound like the rodent sitting in the middle of the sidewalk on my street. She smiled a crooked smile. I thought of as many curses I can think of!

"That is nothing compared to what I can do to you, you pathetic human!" Her words were cruel like her.

She was really strong. I couldn't breathe, my eyes felt like they were popping out, and legs struggling and I was kicking and my face turning red until I couldn't hold my breath any more, and I fell to the ground.

I want to strangle her so much!

I couldn't turn my face from her, because my neck was too stiff, The deadness invaded my arms and shoulders.

It entered my trunk and strangled my lungs. For seconds, frightened I couldn't breathe in there, I reacted as if underwater.

"Leave her be Priscilla!" The guy was glaring at that her, there was something in his voice, a hint of hidden anger,

"This isn't why Lord Derek send us here. Our job is to get her and bring her to him."

"Who are you to tell me what I should do and not, Jeremy, I shall do as I pleas-"

"I said leave her and let us carry on our journey!" he growled.

As he spoke, I couldn't help but stare into his eyes. They were enthralling, like sparkling kaleidoscopes of color. They were celery violet, but also dark violet. Dashes of emerald speckled his irises. And for some reason, they looked like they had seen a lifetime.

A quiver of something that was not quite fear and not quite desire went through me and I knew he sensed it from the way his eyes narrowed to me.

Could he, somehow read peoples minds? Of course not.