FIVE
1177 Words
It was the only chance I had and I took it, in a way it was all planned doubt in my mind what I was going to do.
The tire being punctured was merely a coincidence but having the chance to head deeper into the wood?
Who wouldn't take such a chance?
There was so much Uncertainty about how everything was going to turn out if I didn't, I had seen the look in his eyes and though he had not looked at me in any other disdainful way, I couldn't just risk it.
I headed for nowhere in particular, all I wanted was to get away from him as fast as I could.
His gaze had not so much flickered yet he emanated so much intimidating power that no-one had ever inclined on me—It was easy for me to predict how all of this was going to end.
It was easy to see that he was a controlling freak and I'd rather lose myself in the woods than going to somewhere I didn't know about with a total stranger.
There was a flow of tension between me and the big Wolf man—That was what I chose to call him as I had no idea of his name—This tension was undoubtedly telegraphed. There was a huge hitch in his plan.
I wasn't resigned to the inevitable confrontation that was pending till we reached our destination, so as I headed deeper into the woods getting weary with each step I took…I really did hope he wasn't going to get me.
My mouth twisted in bitter irony.
Should I feel flattered that a man as handsome as this stranger was coming right hard at me claiming ownership of my child? Of course I shouldn’t!
My mind boggled over the assumption that my pregnancy had been planned and at the same time, I couldn’t help but think that he was trying to abduct me.
Or how else would he know I was pregnant and turn up at a time like this.
The thought filled my mind with so much contempt but also there was the impending danger as I could hear them coming right at me.
I felt a slung in my chest in disgust as I stared at nothing helplessly than endless darkness, I was unable to offer any further defense for my decisions. I had simply hadn’t realized he would care so much about a baby who was yet to be born, that he would feel so responsible to come after me.
The manner at which he had looked at me and been self-mockingly, as if reminding me of the lengths he’d gone to in order to connect with me again.
It made no sense. More especially because I had no idea of how I got to be pregnant in the first instance.
I had no idea of this man and there was no way he would have thought I would accept what was only the idea of his truth.
Has my rejection of him rankled?
Maybe no woman had ever walked out on him or rejected him…
Was this an ego thing? .
Had he thought he could force me into accepting this claim of my child?
All these thoughts filled my mind as I headed deeper into the woods, I could hear them coming right at me from behind, whatever they were —Werewolves or any other unspeakable things. It was a matter of time before they got me.
.
All I could feel was pain as she headed for the only place I thought I would be safe.
With each step I took came a loud thud from heart.
I felt weak and tired and just when I was resting by a tree, I heard what was unmistakably his voice.
“Did you think you could get away from me, And refuse me my child?” He rolled his eyes in contempt.
“I still don’t understand where you’re coming from or why you’re after me and this baby,” I cried out wondering why he would set out to come after me.
Was I that important?
Suddenly it felt like I was under the spotlight. I could see some of his boys coming over but none of them tried to get any closer to where I was; I sighed.
“That was totally irrelevant and unnecessary, you shouldn't have tried to run away” he said tersely. “There’s only one thing you need to understand, woman ”
He walked towards me, aggressive purpose radiating from him, making my heart flutter with fear.
It would be right to say I had run from this man simply because I feared him.
Staring at him was like seeing a demon unleashed, every atom of his being geared to fight. Against me.
A shaft of pain across my lower back increased the tension that was probably causing it.—Fear, anxiety and exhaustion.
Still I fought the urge to double up and nurse it through.
There was no way I could anyway.
I had seen how fast he got to me at the hospital, but if there was only one thing I knew about this man…it was the fact he wanted me alive, not dead.
He stopped directly in front of me , his big, powerful physique making me feel hopelessly weak but I couldn’t let him see my weakness nor fear.
His eyes burned into mine as he reached out and very deliberately spread a hand over my baby bulge—It was possesive, the manner at which he did it.
It was as if he was claiming ownership over it as I trembled under his touch.
”You will not shut me out from sharing a life with this child, neither would you run away” he said, the hard edge of ruthlessness in his voice telling me I had no choice — For now.
I couldn’t fight him. Didn’t really want to. Didn't know how to. His figure felt intimidating enough but heaven's this man was handsome.
My whirling mind clutched at a little piece of hope, as I backed away slowly sliding away from his touch.
He rolled his eyes at the fact that I was doing that—Back tracking, but he was unaware of what I had seen even before he did.
When I had earlier said that I would rather die than have him take me, I wasn't bluffing.
His sight came to the ditch too late cause I was close right at its edge.
"You are not having this child." I whispered.
It all happened so fast…
In between taking a last back step and saying the last words I saw a flash of him reaching to hold on to me.
Too late though.
I had a smile on my face while falling through the dark deep ravine.
“No!”
…suddenly the forest walls shook with a heart wrenching scream that was definitely not mine. It was his and it was scary…
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