Living in Fear

Chp 3

He stood there completely dumbfounded. 'How the hell did she know my name?!' he thought to himself. The sky became darker and he mentally cursed himself for getting distracted. He'd never done that before...

He growled to himself and walked in the direction of where his prey was, only stopping to light a torch. He came upon a little cabin, only the cabin was in a tree at his eye level. He stared at the strange sight and prepared himself for her to run.

He knocked on the roof, "Come out of there," he demanded.

To his surprise, the woman from before came out. "Yes?" she said as she looked at him with a blank expression, "Can I help you?"

He glared at her, "You are coming with me."

She scoffed, "Uh...no."

"No?" He asked incredulously, "You don't have a choice."

She chuckled and shocked her head, "But I do. You see, this is the Middle Grounds, where there are no rules to abide to except your own. And I say I'm not going with you."

"I could kill you right here," he growled lowly.

"Yeah, yeah, you said that. Yet here you are, not doing your job. Tsk tsk, Nathaniel." Ash said with a bored expression.

"Where did you hear that name?!" he demanded.

"When you and the king were in his throne room. He called you Nathaniel then called me a bunch of mean and hurtful names. He then instructed you to kill me. 'Make her suffer,' he said. Then you bargained on a price. I'm surprised, 2 million gold pieces?! For little old me?!" She laughed and wiped a fake tear from her eye.

"You heard that conversation?!" He bellowed!

"Yep!" She chirped. The she smacked her forehead, "I forgot to introduce myself! How rude of me. I'm Girl."

"Girl? That's not a name." He said as the crosses his arms.

"I know, but it's what everyone called me so that's what I am."

He just glared at her. She gave him an amused look. She was there?! She heard that conversation. She knew his plans... "What are you?" he finally asked.

"I'm a human girl who's been broken down, beat up, torn apart, and still is expected to do everything. I'm a shadow in the wall, yet a beacon to those who notice me. I can be in three places at once and I have ears everywhere. That, sir is what I am. Now, what are you?"

His glare hardened, "I'm a monster."

She chuckled, "No you're not...  You're someone who has to pretend he's a monster so you can forget your past mistakes." She opened the door to her house. As she was about to step in, she looked at him, "My condolences to your daughter, I know what it's like to lose someone that important."

He stood there.

And stood there...

He never told anyone about his daughter... how the hell would she know?!

Her voice rang through his mind. He grabbed his head and closed his eyes.

No one had ever done this to him before...

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