Hunting Love

Chapter 19

Chapter 19

Sabrina's POV

"He loves me...he loves me not...he loves me...he loves me not..."

Yeah it's not the best way to pass the time while healing but I'm tired. Not physically, but I'm too emotionally drained to think about getting up from the ground and walking anywhere, much less farther away from where my heart still stays.

Although my mind is trying to convince itself that I've moved on, my heart hasn't, and I can't leave without it.

As I pluck the last petal from the flower, I twirl the stem around my fingers for a while before gathering the rest of the petals around me. Once I have them all in my palm, I blow them away and the soft breeze carries them away from me. How I wish I could do that, drift away peacefully without any worries or complications.

Being alone in the forest has given me time, a lot of time, to really think. It makes me wonder about how my parents are dong, and if they even remember me. What about Alex and Amber? I wonder how they are doing. Obviously I know they couldn't care less about how I am, but a small part of me wonders if anything has changed since the last time I've seen them, which must have been months ago.

How do they get their food? Back then, they depended on me to hunt them whatever game I could catch, but now what are they doing? Maybe Alex found a spare bow hidden in my room and decided to try and learn how to hunt by himself. Speaking of my room, did they change anything about it? Is it still my room or did they convert it back to the attic?

Not wanting to dwell on negative thoughts, I start thinking about Sarah and Jack Miles. They're the people I left behind that I miss the most. How are they holding up without me? Not that my presence really mattered to them that much but still, I'd like to think that I was still a part of their lives. Did they replace me already? Maybe I should go check up on them myself.

Groaning, I stand up and brush off any dirt and loose twigs from my body. I run a hand through my tangled brown hair and sniff the area before walking in the direction that I know will lead me out of here. I remember Braydon telling me about a dirt bath that leads out of the castle, but the reason that no slave has ever tried to escape is because they would have to go through deep, dense woods before reaching the main town, and by then they would have already gotten lost or killed.

Luckily for me, I don't have to worry about that.

I quickly find the dirt road and start to follow the trail. I turn around and glance at the top of the castle, seeing the family flag wave proudly in the air. Seeing the symbol makes me think about Drew and my heart clenches as a result. No, I have to forget about him! I take another deep breath before turning around and continuing on my way, ignoring every urge screaming at me to go back and turn around.

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Drew's POV

I pound my fist against her door, making sure that she knows that I'm in a rush and that she has about ten seconds to open the door before I kick it open. "OPEN THE DAMN DOOR SABRINA THAT'S AN ORDER!" I yell, slamming my fist against her door.

"What now Drew? Keep it down!" Maybelle scolds, coming down from the hallway with Brandon's arm wrapped around her. Seeing them together makes my blood boil with jealousy but I know that it's pointless to get angry at them. They did nothing wrong. Which is exactly why I'm taking out my frustration against Sabrina's door.

"I'll keep it down the second she opens the door!" I say, raising my voice at the ends before pounding on the door again.

Maybelle squints in confusion at me before turning towards Brandon with a strange look in her eyes. "Wait...she isn't with you?"