burning love

Chapter 28 - Prey

Daryl Pov:

I can't believe the Governor wants Bella. He can't have here. I won't let him. I will die protecting her. I look over at Bella who was standing there in shock. She looked at me with big eyes and then walked away, with no word. I followed behind her. She walked to the middle of the cafeteria and just stopped. She sat down on one of the benches and stared in to space. I sat down beside her and saw a tear slip down her cheek. She was crying, it broke my heart. I wrapped my arm around her shoulders pulling her into my chest. She laid her head on my chest still crying.
"Daryl I'm scared." She said after she sniffed.
"Bella I will die protecting you. I won't let anything happen to you. That's a promise." I said promising her. I kissed the top of her head. I looked over and saw everybody staring at us. I narrowed my eyes at them send them the most deadly glare I could mustard up. They all scattered the other direction.
"Bella I wish that I could tell you that everything will be alright, but I can't but I will promise that I will protect you with my life." I said softly, "Come on let's go to bed." I stand up slowly then lean down and pick her up bridal style. I carry her up the metal stairs that clank under my feet. I walk to the cell and lay her down on the bed. I shut the curtain, that made as a door, I walked to her and pulled her shoes and socks off. I pulled her pants off of her gently. I threw them in the corner with the rest of the dirty laundry. I sat her up gently. She had a blank look like she was looking back in her past or something. I pulled her shirt over her head and pulled one of my t-shirts over her head. I laid her back down and got undressed, down to my boxers. I got in bed and laid down behind her wrapping my arms protectively around her.
"Daryl...... I'm scared. I don't want him to take me. Why would he want me I did nothing to him." Bella whispered scared. I wrapped my arms tighter after she rolled over and looked up at me fearfully.
" Bella I don't know, but I promise I will do everything in my power to keep you in my arms."I whispered. She laid her head on my chest while i rested mine on top of hers after kissing her on the forehead.
" Good night Bella I love you." I whispered half asleep. I felt her kiss my chest and then my lips.
" I love ya too." I then fell in a deep sleep.

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Daryl's Pov:

I woke up the next morning, to the feel the spot next to me cold. I jolted up. No she went to bed with me last night, I'm usually the first one up. I jolted up fast and swung my legs over the side of the bed. I grabbed my boots and put them on fast I race down the stairs in to the common room.
     "Carol have you seen Bella?" I asked frantically.
       " Yea she went down that hall about four this morning." Carol said nonchalantly. I raced down the hall that carol pointed too. I turned left down the hall following it, I heard a voice down the hall. I slowed to a stop as I heard the voice more clearly. I grabbed my hunting knife out of my knife holder holding it to the ready position, I opened the door and peaked inside. I walked in the door and saw a pair of my pants and her shirt on the floor. I leaned down and felt the dampness of the clothing. It was still pretty wet, the weird thing being that I haven't seen Bella yet but the clothes are soaked. I turned to the left looking threw all the shower stalls, I froze when I heard a voice behind me.
     "Drop the damn knife right now. Drop it and kick it toward me,"  I dropped the knife and kicked it toward them. "Now slowly turn around... Now!" I turned around slowly to see Bella. I dropped my arms and sighed in relief.
     "God damn it Dixon you fucking scared me shitless. " She exclaimed.
    " I scared you, you scared me you weren't in bed this morning and then I come in here and see the clothes lying on the floor and no you... I scared you, you scared me...I thought he got you I was so scared." I said She walked forward sushing me. She grabbed me in a hug and pulled my head on to her shoulder. I stopped my rambling and just held her tightly. She pulled away and kissed me gently . She bent over and grabbed my knife hand I g it to me. We finished picking up our clothes I grabbed the basket in one hand and hers in the other. We walked down the hallways and outside to the court yard to hang out our clothes to dry. I looked at Bella, while she hung up the last shirt. I walked over to her wrapping my arms around her waist and kissing her shoulder. She turned around grabbing my hand and we walked back inside to the common room where everybody sat down to eat breakfast. We all had a water bottle and a breakfatst bar. I saw everybody staring awkwardly at Bella and Michonne who were both squirming under the looks that they were given. I saw Bella look like she was getting angrier by the second. She stood up abruptly and marched off to our cell. I stood up and grabbed her breakfast that she left behind and  followed her to the cell. I stopped outside the cell when I heard shuffling around. I opened the curtian and walked in the cell. I stood in the doorway and watched Bella as she was shoving things in her rucksack.
    "What are you doing?" I questioned her.
   "What does it look like." She snapped.
   "Why are you packing?" I asked keeping my cool even though she basically bite my head off like a walker.
     "I'm leaving Daryl... Away from here....away from the governor and away from the prison. Im not gonna be handed over like some prized possession." She finished.
"Nobody's handing you over Bella." I looked at her astonished. "Bella look at me nobody is handing you over I promise." I said sincerly grabbing her face making her look at me.

******* a couple hours later*********
Bella's POV

    I'm walking down the highway with wire tied around mine and michonnes wrist...
" Merle look at me!! Do you think daryl would want this? Do you?!" I shouted at him stopping in the middle of the road. My answer was a tug on the wrist. Me and michonne walked behind Merle in silence seeing as I have tried everything. Im Just gonna except that this is my faith. We saw a building and car come into view. Merle tied us to a post as he went to the car to try to stop it.  I turned my back to the post and began rubbing the wire against the post michonne began to do the same thing. All that was heard was the rubbing of our wires against the post and merles occasional cussing. Me and michonne froze as we started to hear the familiar moan of the walkers. We saw that there was a herd if 12 walkers coming our way. One of the walkers gotvto close for my liking so I kicked back only for it to come towards me again. I kicked the walkers legs from under it and the bashed its head in. I looked up in time to see a walker. I struggled to push it back but it shoved me harder causing me to slam my head againstbthe post. I could feel the gooey residue of my blood slipping down. The last thing I saw was michonne kicking the walker off me and then bashing its head in before I passed out.