The Freedom Hunter

Chapter 1 - Broken

Country roads were long, hasty and endless. It hurt having to do this but I knew it was the right thing to do, I needed to get away from what I thought was a safe place. I clenched my steering wheel tightly, anxiously checking my review mirror an overly abnormal amount of times. Max sat next to me, with his little head out the window; a smile crept up on my face as he wagged his tail. I could smell the fresh air from the forest upcoming - a protection and a relief for my freaking out mind and the danger of the straight endless road I front of me. God what was I getting myself into, I don't even know where I was going.

Then it hit me. Slow motion took over and I saw my life flash before my eyes. Like a tone of bricks all at once whatever it was that hit us sent my world flying, glass and debris covered my body like poison and before hitting the ground I could hear men shouting outside. I couldn't move, I couldn't feel a thing and I knew I had failed to get away. Whimpers from max next to me made me stretch out my hand in consult, the last piece of my sanity was gripping onto his life next to me. I could smell the blood and the petrol mixing together and it make me choke as I startled to breathe and deal with the pain of what seemed to be 100 broken bones. Smoke and dots covered my vision. I don't know what happened after that but all I heard was his voice, and I tell you I was hoping I was die before he would reach me.

I couldn't really see what unfolded before me, I was that beaten up that my mind just frazzled into overdrive. Sunlight streamed through a window tracing dust particles along its way, stinging the dry blood on my arms and legs. I lay on a pile of hay in what seemed to be an old animal barn. Chains harshly attached to my leg preventing me from escaping. A door that was obviously guarded by his men was inviting to me. Where was max I pondered, I dreaded to think what they had done to him, the thought killed me. All of a sudden footsteps entered the barn and I closed my eyes, trying not to move to prevent any soaring pain running through my broken body. Then there he was. Xavier. I could feel his unearthly presence haunting me like a parasite as he stepped closer and closer. Dressed in black and to the nines, his watch would have been worth more then my yearly salary. "Heidi baby, you know running away from me is just going to get you beaten up." He snarled as he bent down to my level. His green eyes pierced mine, his black straight hair fell to his shoulders and moved in perfect time with him. "Fuck off Xavier, if you touch me.." He cut me off as he ran behind me wrapping his arms around my waist "Oh I will touch you, as much as I want." I silently screamed to be released from his precsene but he just keeped his hands around me tightly, lips slowly caressing my neck. With a swift movement I forcefully jammed my elbow into his ribs. He stumbled away with a groan, "Heidi you bitch, you're going to pay for that." I felt him grab my hair and pull me back "Xavier don't FUCKING touch me you prick." By this stage my breathing had increased, I didn't care but I knew I didn't want to be around him when he gets angry. He gets his way, every single FUCKING time. "God I have missed you," he smirked as he paced the barn slowly, "I've missed you're beautiful long brown hair and your piercing blue eyes, your aggression

and the thought of you naked really gets me..." I stopped him there, I couldn't deal with this anymore. "Xavier you can't keep doing this to me, we are over its over it's all over." He cringed, "for fucks sake Heidi, you know I am protecting you from HIM and you don't appreciate that you bitch, if it wasn't for me you'd be dead." I laughed "Yeah protecting me by smashing a fucking SUV into my car," He walked swiftly over to me and whispered to me, that was HIS car, I was behind you the whole way baby you didn't even notice, he got away and I managed to kill half of his men before pulling you out of the car." My eyes softened. "Thanks you life saver, I really appreciate your over protective obsessive habits to stalk me and then chain me up in a barn in the middle of nowhere, where is max." He looked intently down at me, "Heidi IM not going to save a fucking dog he's dead deal with it." My heart dropped, this was what I feared, my darling boy. "I hate you so much you have no idea you piece of shit." He came back down to my level, "oh darling you don't hate me, you hate that you love me." He was so wrong and has always been. He started to walk away then turned around one last time before he could see the tears running down my face, " we are getting on a plane tomorrow to Spain, my men are outside you do anything stupid tonight you'll be dealing with me, this is your time to sit in this SHED and think about how much you have fucked around with me by running away for the past three months." I couldn't even look at him before the door slammed and I fell into hysterics.