A Mated Affair

My head is pounding. My body can't move. Here, in front of me, was the man - no, monster - whom I had been so desperately trying to hide from, standing no less than five feet away from me. Fear paralyzes me. I have to move. To get as far away as possible from this traitor. Not for me, but for the young twins I had been protecting since their birth. Elijah and Elizabeth. Eli and Lizzy. Their names whispered repeatedly in my mind, reminding me of what I would lose - should I keep standing here.

Turning around in speed that would rival Flash, I bolted past the crowds of people in hopes of disappearing from his sight. "Wait - ," yells Dante. No. Never. He betrayed me. I loved him. I won't make the same mistake again.