Chapter 6
1286 Words
Fiona
It has been an awfully long night for me. The cold wind that whipped through the forest made me shiver and grit my teeth. My legs were gradually growing weak, but I was determined to escape from my captors before the light of day.
I tripped on a small rock and fell to the ground. The rogue picked me up instantly and shoved me forward. I purposely tripped and fell again, this time I pushed one of the rogues, causing him to fall with me.
One of them picked me up and shoved my back against a tree, knocking a harsh breath from my lungs.
“What the hell is wrong with you? What the f**k are you playing at?” He held a silver tipped dagger to my throat, the metal hissing at my skin as soon as it made contact.
“I can’t see,I can’t see where I’m going, please don’t kill me.” I pleaded, but the rogue didn’t bulge.
“You will move whenever I tell you to, I don’t care how many times you fall.” The rogue hissed.
“Take off her blind!” Their leader commanded.
The rogue hesitated before pulling the thick cloth off my head. And I blinked hard at the new sight in front of me, we were now deep inside the forest.
The moon was high in the sky but still it luminated gracefully. The midnight wind swayed the trees in a frenzy. And the crickets chirping sounds sync with the ruffling sound of tree branches.
I took in the appearance of my captors, they were three haggard looking men, rough and unkempt. The one who seemed to be their leader stepped closer to me.
“Don’t try anything funny or else I’ll kill you myself.” He sneered, his eyes swirling in piss yellow.
With that, they led me away, deeper into the forest.
I smirked, my plan was gradually working.
Finally, we got to the river. It was flowing eastward in small waves. The current was strong and the waves were enough to carry a whole person, so the rogues decided that we take the small wooden bridge that was built above it.
Now is the time for the second phase of my escape plan. But first I need to reconcile with my wolf.
“Mera, I’m sorry.” I apologized to my wolf through mind link, an apology for an offense I never knew.
Her silence was all that still greeted me for a moment, until she eventually spoke.
“It’s not your fault.” Mera said, her voice low and fillled with sadness.
My heart leaped with joy as I heard her voice again for the first time since the incident at the pack house.
“I have missed you, Mera. You don’t know how much it means to me just to hear you voice again.” I said with a smile.
One of the rogues noticed my smile, he shoved me forward. “Walk faster, what are you smiling for?” He spat with malice.
I didn’t respond to the rogue. Instead, I walked obediently and tried to keep pace as we headed towards the bridge.
“Let’s leave the reunion for later. Righ now, we need to do something quickly about this rogues before they led us to a place we can’t come back from.” Mera suggested and I was suddenly interested in her seriousness.
“I have a plan already. When we get to the middle of the brigde, I’m going to jump into the river and swim in whatever direction the water takes me. When we ar—”
“That’s the lamest plan I have ever heard since the creation of the universe.” Mera snickered.
I furrowed my brows. “You haven’t even heard all of it and you’re judging me already.”
“I don’t need to because they will probably shoot you with an arrow once you jump into the river. You’ll be be dead before you can even swim out of their sight.” Mera explained, still laughing about how lame my plan was.
“It’s nighttime, they won’t be able to see me in the darkness and under water.” I argued, our reunion had suddenly turning into a debate.
“In case you haven’t noticed, the moon goddess seems to be generous with her moonlight tonight. So seeing you won’t be a problem for them, and it’s true they might be rogues but they are still wolves and their eyesight are sharp.” Mera said with a smirk.
Before I could reply her, the rogues had led me to the bridge and pushed me forward to go first. The brigde looked weak as it swayed slightly and creaked loudly under the gentle push of the wind.
“These bastards want to use me as collateral damage if the bridge isn’t strong enough to hold.” I told Mera.
“Tell them to free your hands, you’ll lose your balance if you cross with your hands tied up.” Mera suggested and I nodded in agreement.
“Cut me loose.” I turned to one of the rogues.
“That is never going to happen, princess.” He replied, shaking his head.
“I might lose my balance when passing, i need to be able to hold the ropes just in case, and I can’t do that in tied hands.” I said, showing him my hands.
The rogue turned to their leader for order. He thought for a moment before nodding his head in agreement.
“Alright, cut her loose.” He told the rogue and turned to the other, who had a bow and arrows in his possession. “You, kill her if she tries to run after she crosses.”
The rogue held out a knife and cut the thick rope in a single slice. My blistered wiriest screamed in freedom as I rubbed them.
I held onto the ropes on both sides of the narrow bridge. My heart started to leap as I took my first step. The bridge creaked loudly as it took my weight.
“Don’t even think of jumping.” Mera said to me, spiking my fear.
“Do you have any better plan in mind?” I whispered.
“I do, you just have to let me take control when I tell you to.” Mera said, not giving a hint of whatever she had in mind.
“No!”
“What do you mean, no?” She asked.
“You didn’t listen to me anymore when I let you transform back at the pack house.” I reminded.
Mera sighed. “All that I did at the pack house, I did for a reason. I never allowed for our transformation ever since your eighteen birthday. Everything I ever did to you, was for a reason.”
“And what could that reason be?” I asked, rolling my eyes.
“Fiona, I’ll explain all of these to you. But first, we need to get out of this situation. You just need to trust me.”
“Fine!” I finally agreed and she cooed happily.
I took in sharp breaths as I slowly guided myself to the middle of the bridge, trying my to avoid looking down at the crashing waters below me.
The wind pushed past the bridge, shaking it slightly plus my weight. I held onto the side ropes for dear life until it subsided again.
I continued my journey across the bridge in slow small steps, until finally I was there at the other side.
“Now what?” I shrugged.
“Release me!” Mera snarled.
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