Shadow

Chapter 2

Wynter walked in on Harlequin pacing the floor. She had never seen him so stressed, he was always so calm in front of her parents.

She put her hand on his shoulder as he was facing the back of the barn house. "Hey..."She startled him.

"Hey, how was breakfast?" Harlequin was really trying to be calm and to breathe, as Wynter always told him.

"It was good, thank you. What's wrong? Stress? Work?" Wynter was starting to worry. She saw that he was sweating, a drop and just traced his brow and fell onto his shoulder. "He never sweats." She thought. "The only time I have seen him sweat this time was when he was accused of taking my virginity."

"What's wrong? Talk to me, Harley." Wynter was starting to shake.

"You shaking?" Harlequin was starting to see the same symptoms he had just moments ago.

"I don't know. My head is hurting." Wynter fell onto the pile of hay that she was just stepping on.

Harlequin picked her up but her body was throwing itself around. It caused her to pull him down as well. He fell on top of her, both breathing heavily. She stopped shaking, she felt better. They were eye to eye, face to face. It should've been a romantic moment but Harlequin's body started to shake again too but it felt like someone was trying to control him from the inside. His body got thrown up into the air and he flew all the way to the edge of the forest and everything stopped. It was all normal again, no shaking, no busy brain. He started to walk into the forest but Wynter came running with arms moving violently, obviously being controlled. Harlequin knew she hated that. She was tossed onto the ground, right next to Harlequin. He smirked.

"What!? Was!? That!?" Wynter saw him smirking.

"Did you set this up?

"No..." Harlequin remember he was forced to this very spot, near the forest.

"Let's go."

"Are you kidding me right now?" Wynter was ballistic. She was just thrown from her barn to some random part of the forest by force.

"Trust me. I was freaking out but I have a feeling we were supposed to look in here for something." Harlequin was ready to get this over with. His senses were going crazy, it was if they were upgraded, and HD version of all his senses. He took her hand, feeling her smooth hand and softly pulling her towards the forest.