Chapter Fifty Nine
“Thane… I’m sorry for last night; I don’t know what exactly got over me.” I said, the lie feels bitter against my tongue. Those intense eyes on me made me feel unsettled, like he knew.
“That wouldn’t stop me from punishing you if you deny me of what is mine ever again” he says and I gave a stiff nod.
“Where is Axel? I hadn’t seen him in a while.”
“I’ll send him in, in a few hours,” Thane replied,
“Thank you“.
I waited patiently for the knock, and soon it came, I let Beatrix in. Hoping Axel wouldn’t walk in on us just yet.
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will be waiting for you just as we agreed,” she said silently to me. “You just have to do your part, and I trust you know what to do.”
“Yes. Yes, I do.”
“Good. I’ll be ready,” she says. She left just as silently as she came in.
The second knock on the door was Axel. I had anticipated that too.
“You look kind of pale, everything alright?” he asked
“I am fine. Just really tired of staying here all alone,” I said, avoiding his eyes.
Axel wasn’t innocent either, and it was in a way, harder to bear. Knowing that Axel was just as cold as Thane. I couldn’t help but feel so… betrayed.
“You are dressed; where do you want to go?”
“I was wondering… if we could go for a run. I need that to clear my head, there had been a lot. on my mind lately” I explained to him, praying that he agreed; everything would be ruined if he didn’t.
“Okay, let’s go then.”
I couldn’t bring up any conversation; it would sound fake, so I opted for silence. Axel kept staring at me every once in a while, and it was unnerving. I feared he did notice something was
wrong.
“Are you okay?” he inquired again.
“It is private, I don’t really want to talk about it, okay?”
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you do need someone to talk to, I will always be available,” he says, but I couldn’t help but remember the Axel I had seen down the chamber. I wish he was a good guy–I really did. I gave him a curt nod.
I could only hope Beatrix stayed true to her words, though I had every single reason to doubt her, yet she was my only choice if I wanted to get out of here.
The woods seemed more alive today, the bright light penetrating through the leaves, casting shadows on the bare ground. The anticipation built in me.
Axel paused.
“Why are we stopping?” I asked, even if I already knew. Beatrix had said she was going to create a kind of distraction; Axel just heard something I didn’t.
“We need to head back.”
“What?”
“Come,” Axel tugged at my hand; that wasn’t part of the plan.
“No!” I said, snatching my hands away from his, “I do not want to return back to my room; I need this; I want some space.”
“I can’t leave you here.”
“I’ll wait. Axel, trust me,” I said, staring into his eyes.
“One minute. I’ll be back. Wait here,” he says, and I nod, taking a seat on a fallen branch as he hurried away.
When I was sure he was a good distance away, I stood, running deeper into the woods. I didn’t know my way around, but I knew I just had to move forward. Beatrix had told me she woulu catch up with me;
of course she wasn’t going to risk anyone finding out that she helped me escape. This way, out.
her scent wouldn’t give h
The longer I ran, the more I lost hope. Maybe Beatrix had planned on leaving me hanging, but
this was what she wanted, right? She wanted me gone.
“Hey there,” I heard her voice call. Of course she showed up. “You are smarter than I thought,” she says.
“Which direction is the way out?”
“Straight to the point, I like that. Come with me,” she ran, and I followed after her.
“What if there are soldiers in the pack borders?”
“Oh, there
there are,
“she answered, still running. “But I am also assigned patrolling duty, so I could slip you out easily without anyone noticing” She explained.
I worried still; I didn’t think we moved fast enough; what if Axel caught up with us?, then we
would be completely doomed.
“We aren’t going fast enough; he would catch up with us easily.” I voiced out my worry.
“I did make a very messy distraction; it should take them a while to sort it all up, so nothing to worry about.”
I didn’t want to leave my mother behind; it felt so wrong, but she would have wanted this for me so badly I couldn’t tell her either, that would only implicate her. I would be back for her too, I was never planning on leaving her behind, but for now, I needed to get the hell out of this pack as fast as I could.
But then after that, what next?
