"I'm fine Lucas, get her, she has what I'm looking for, she has the gem...... Don't let her get away"
Lucas nodded reluctantly and started running after Aurora
* * * * * * *
It didn't take long before Aurora ran out of the bar, she ran as fast as she could like someone was chasing even though she didn't know if that was true or not...
She stopped for a while and looked around to check for Ryan, but no sign of it...
Suddenly, she saw the same man that was with Ryan in the bar earlier, she noticed that he was heading towards her direction. She immediately got scared, she ran as quickly as she possibly could, trying to find a way out, something to help her, but she couldn't see anything, and there were too many people on the street, too many obstacles and she knew she had to hide now...
But where? Where? Her eyes scanned desperately around the street when she suddenly noticed a small alley. She was so relieved, she didn't know what to do. She tried to hide there behind some garbage cans and bushes that stood on opposite sides of the alley, she hid in them and waited for him to disappear from her sight. But instead, she could hear him coming closer, she couldn’t run away anymore, so she decided to just try to get it over with, it’s not like anyone will recognize her if they see her, anyway, she’d never been recognized by strangers or by anyone in general really
Her legs started giving out, she felt dizzy and lost her balance, but the next moment, she was grabbed by someone, she screamed and struggled against the person but he kept hugging her tight, almost painfully so, and held onto her tightly, almost like he wanted to choke her, and he had his hands over her mouth to muffle her screams.
He lifted her off the ground easily and placed her on the ground behind him, she tried to reach for something to defend herself but the arms around her body prevented her from doing so. The arm around her shoulder restrained her more painfully, "Don't move" whispered a low voice.
Aurora closed her eyes in fear and waited for the pain to end, but nothing happened and soon, she was being pulled up again
She opened her eyes to see who was holding her so tight, but instead of a hard face, she realized that he was staring at her intently, "who are you?" she asked quietly
"My name is Lucas" he whispered back with an intense expression on his face, Aurora noticed how his eyes seemed to shine and she thought they were beautiful
"what's your name?" Lucas added, breaking the silence
Aurora hesitated for a second
"What kind of maniac chases a girl, chokes her, and suddenly asks for her name? You almost murdered me?"
"I don't know, I find you gorgeous"
He calmly said staring beautifully at her
"Huh?"
Aurora was caught off guard by how smooth his voice sounded
The guy didn't seem like someone who would be so charming and polite all along
And she also thought he sounded weird saying stuff like this
Her heart was beating fast and she felt her throat tighten, she tried to speak up before he did something else but no words came out
it was deep like velvet, sweet and soft
"I don't know, maybe I found something about you that attracted me, you're mysterious,"
he added smiling slightly as he watched her blush in embarrassment
She had no idea what to say in this situation
"Why on Earth would you possess the stone, you look so clueless"
"What stone for crying out loud!!!"
Aurora yelled at him as her heart started to race faster
Lucas was quiet while he observed her reaction
"Ummm, can you let go of me now"
She said breaking the long silence
"I'm afraid I can't do that, Ryan needs what you possess"
He said holding her hand tight against his chest
The girl in front of her gasped and started squirming
Ryan didn't seem interested in anything but whatever it was Aurora possessed
As soon as Aurora began to struggle he released her abruptly causing her to fall backward on the ground with a thud
Lucas smiled and helped her up
"You are quite clumsy, you know that"
He said as he knew her
"What are you talking about? you just met me"
She released herself from his grip and moved back a bit as Lucas walked closer to her, her body tensed as she saw Lucas's face come to within inches of her
"Well, I am going to ask you one more time to relinquish your possession"
He said his voice low and calm
"I don't even know what you are talking about, I think you got the wrong person"
She said trying to pick a race
"No matter how fast you run, I will find you, you know that right?"
Lucas smirked and turned away from her again
"I don't think so, you know I can just escape, but for some reason, you are allowing that"
Aurora said awaiting his answer...
she looked around her trying to figure out if she could slip past him without leaving a trace
Lucas laughed loudly and turned back to her
"Just go, if Ryan gets his hands on you, believe me, you won't last a second"
The young man smirked and turned around again, his eyes never left hers for a split moment
Aurora turned around and ran as fast as she could into the forest, hoping he would forget about her, but when she realized he didn't follow her, she slowed down to a stop and leaned against a tree...
She needs to rest, a lot has happened in a few hours, first, a man almost forcing himself on her, Ryan almost murdering her, and Lucas here letting her go for some reason ...
Aurora took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and thought of everything that had gone wrong lately. She just shrugged it off and went her way...
* * * * * * ** * * * * * *
It took a while but Aurora finally reached her home, she dragged her feet aimlessly like she was just chased by an animal
Her eyes were bloodshot and the bags under them had grown so much that it threatened to tear at the skin of her face. She didn’t have the energy to take care of such things and they probably showed on her face. The only thing keeping her awake is the adrenaline running through her body
"It's about time, what took you so long young lady, I thought I clearly said three hours"
Her grandmother yelled right immediately after she opened the door. Aurora winced, "Sorry grandma, I...lost track of time..and then..." Aurora trailed off, she felt bad lying to her grandmother and she knew how disappointed her grandmother will be if she tell her about her day
"Aurora, are you okay? you look stressed"
Her grandfather said coming out of the kitchen
with a cup of tea and some biscuits in his hand
"Aurora, sweetheart?" her grandmother asked again
Aurora smiled brightly, "I'm fine, Grandmother, I just ran into some trouble today",
she paused, "but I promise I'll explain everything tomorrow"
Aurora's grandparents shared a worried glance
Aurora tried to exit their presence but her grandmother grabbed her hand with a full glare on her face
"Aurora what happened? Did you meet someone unusual today"
She asked like she knew who Aurora might meet
"Umm....no.... nothing like that grandma, I'm just exhausted, that's all, I'll go upstairs now"
She said heading to her room but suddenly stopped...
She was curious to ask a question
"Grandma, do you know what a gemstone is?"
She asked and her smile went down when she saw the worried look on her grandmother's face
Aurora wasn't sure if asking the question was a good idea or not
After a moment of silence, both her grandmother and her grandfather gave her a very different look, one which told her something bad is gonna happen
"Why do you ask Aurora? Who do you meet?"
Her grandmother curiously asked
"Nobody, I'm just curious that's all"
Aurora said regretting the fact that she asked the question
"Curious my foot"
Maltida said, grabbing Aurora by her arm and dragging her upstairs
Aurora's heart beat faster than normal, her palms were sweaty, and she could feel her pulse going crazy in her neck.
The second they entered the bedroom, Maltida closed the door behind them
"This is what happens if I let you go out for three minutes, I will not lose you, I won't let him take you away from me"
She said firmly, her eyes narrowed.
Aurora swallowed hard.
"Did you meet him Aurora?"
Her grandmother yelled with her head tilted back so her neck would be more relaxed.
"No.....I.... don't know what you are talking about"
Aurora lied, feeling guilty about her actions.
Maltida gave Aurora an evil glare that almost looked like it had some kind of magic powers.
"Don't lie to me Aurora, you met Ryan, didn't you? You met that demon"
Aurora's eyes started to widen.
"You know him?
She whispered but Maltida heard clearly
"Did he hurt you?"
Maltida yelled squeezing her hand tightly, making Aurora wince
Aurora shook her head frantically trying to calm down
"Of course, he can't hurt you, you are way more powerful than he is"
Her grandmother looked madder than before
Matilda put her hands on Aurora's shoulders and forced her onto the bed
"Make sure you pack all your loads, tomorrow we are moving"
And with that, she turned around and left the room.
Aurora was sitting there motionless, staring blankly ahead with wide eyes
TO BE CONTINUED...
Aurora woke up to her horror staring bluntly at her ceiling, she couldn't believe it... After everything she did to convince her grandmother to let her leave the house and now she is moving away, from all those things she built for herself and all those memories that she loved with all her heart... And what's worse - She has no idea where she will end up, she's never been outside of this city before so who knows where she'll end up in a place like that but if she were lucky maybe there' would be something she could do to make her life worth living again Aurora sighed and reached over to see the clock on her wall, it was 4 AM and her body was screaming at her to go back to sleep, but she couldn't find it in herself to close her eyes again when she already knew what she had to do today She got out of bed as quietly as she could and slipped into her slippers and grabbed her keys and headed towards her grandmother's room to take a look inside, she slowly opened the door to see her grand
"Grandma, you can't just let me go!!!!" Aurora yelled despite being dragged to a carryall "Grandma!!! I'm your granddaughter..... grandma!!!" The words were muffled and unintelligible by the bag being shoved in front of her face. Aurora's hands flailed as she fought for balance against what would be her death... but she could not escape... Aurora was trapped. There was only one thing she could do... yell. "Grandma please!!" It took all her strength to scream into the bag, her lungs felt like they were burning. She did it again and again until there was nothing left inside.... no air. ***** Earlier before the incident... Aurora rose her head up high, counseling herself on her way to the stream that lay hidden in the forest behind her family's house. The sounds of the wind rustling through the trees and water flowing over rocks, so close. It almost reached out and enveloped her. It was her last day in this town, but the wind was doing a great job calming her down. It brought
"If only I could crush all you nitwits with my hands" Ryan sighed as a gust of wind blew through his hair. He stood up at his balcony, staring at every single people of the town with disgust.."You all made my life miserable, I'll do so by returning the favor" he said looking up into the sky and smiling a littlethe world looked brighter when he smiles. That's why Ryan doesn't smile that much. His lips are always slightly curved downwards, but not a lot."Ryan?"Ryan's thoughts was interrupted by a deep voice, he turned and saw his guard Lucas standing behind him"Lucas...you fucking bitch, I thought I made myself clear that I'm gonna murder you if you come back"Ryan said in a low voice like he wasn't actually serious. Lucas looked at Ryan with sad eyes"Yeah," Lucas said softly as he walked up to Ryan and put his hand on Ryan's shoulder "But you wouldn't really kill me...""You fucker! you know damn well I can't"His low voice responded and smiled"At least you got the girl"Luc
The next day Lucas in his fitted armored suit, walked down the hall inspecting every nook and cranny of the mansion as his job as the head of guards required. It was a rather boring but necessary task, so there was no other choice than to perform it. After he had finished with his inspection he walked over to one of the large windows and looked outside towards the backyard. He could see a group of guards standing there talking in low voices. His duty as an armed guard demanded that he stay alert for any suspicious activity, especially after all the threats and disappearances the house was experiencing lately. Now that Aurora is in the house, he has to protect her from any potential kidnappers. It’s quite an honor to be able to guard her against anything or anyone who might hurt her, Ryan has a lot of enemies and they would use Aurora as an advantage. Of course, Lucas would never allow anything to happen to Aurora or anyone else close to him. "Sir, I have a letter for Lady Aurora"
It's the day Ryan and Aurora get married to each other, and that’s all anyone’s talking about. Well, everyone besides Aurora. She doesn’t really have much to say about anything anymore. She just finally accepted her fate, there is nothing else she can do anyway but to get married to Ryan.The thought makes her feel slightly disgusted by herself for even having thoughts like that, but it doesn't make her stop thinking them because of it. She's been trying so hard not to think about him, especially lately. It's hard to not think about the fact that Ryan could make her life miserable. If only she has feelings for him also it's would have made her mood better but she can't fall in love with a person who threatened her grandparents, kidnapped her unconsciously and almost murdered her more than once. But still… it might help if she had emotions for someone, or even if she was in love. Even just the thought that they may get along well together makes Aurora want to puke in the toilet. But
* * * * * * *After some while, Aurora finally came out of the bathroom dressed in her wedding dress, she peeped before coming out, she can't face Ryan after what happened earlier. Ryan wasn't in the room and she just assumed that he had left earlier."That's good, Ryan is gone"She thought, sighing in reliefShe walked slowly towards her bed but then she heard steps outside of her room and someone calling her name, she frowned and ran to the door, she pushed it open and there were five maids standing in front of her"How many maids are in this house"She thought staring at the ladies in front of her, they were actually beautiful, every single one of them, they were dressed in fancy gown and they seemed nervous, they were avoiding eye contact with Aurora at all costs. They looked guilty but why?"Do you all need something?"She asked "Well my Lady, it's time to go, the wedding is about to start"One of them said with a smile"Yes my lady, Lord Ryan specifically asked us to accompany
The man moved closer to her, grabbed her by the wrist, and made a clean cut on her palm , she cried out in pain as the knife touched her skin. She dropped to her knees holding her wounded arm, blood dripping onto the white rug below her. She felt lightheaded, her legs began shaking uncontrollably. Ryan just stared as she cries uncontrollable, a part of him doesn't care at all but he also imagine how painful that will be, she obviously felt pain, she isn't as immortal like him. She screamed and clutched her bleeding palm tightly, the man continued until her hands were covered in blood Ryan was standing in the same spot, watching every detail of it without blinking, he wasn't even feeling anything or even showing any sign of being affected When the man stopped cutting her open, she dropped to the ground with a loud thud while her face started turning paler by the second. "She is Worthy, if she wasn't, she would have been dead, no human can survive the knife of the jaguar" The ma
"Keith?"Ryan gasped"Hello father, it's being so long, hasn't it"Keith said moving forward to him , ignoring the blood dripping from his chin, he was grinning widely, like a proud kidRyan stared blankly at him in silence, he didn't want to accept what's happening, this man before him was supposed to be dead, how could he still be alive, Ryan looked behind Keith."I thought you were dead"Ryan asked grinning his teeth with a cold stare."That's not a good way to welcome your son, it's been twenty years"Keith stated nonchalantlyRyan shook his head"No..no no, you have died, you are not here anymore, how is it possible?"He shouted in surprise Keith rolled his eyes looking down at him"That's a story for another day father, let me say happy married life and of course, rest in peace....see you in hell"He winked and before Ryan could react, he disappeared "Shit!!""Shit!!! shit!!!"Ryan yelled holding the blood stained cloth over his nose and mouth desperately trying to stop the fl