His Dark Obsession by Moonlight Muse

6. An Attempt
EVANGELINE.

“Take her to my room.” Zedkiel had commanded, and two guards had immediately stepped forward.

I looked at Sinclair, hoping for one last chance for a miracle, but he simply cast me a final glance of regret before he turned and left through the same doors his father did moments earlier.

I was left in the Prince’s room, and even I didn’t miss the look of pity in the eyes of the guards.

“She’ll be dead by morning.” I heard them say as they shut the door.

“Pity, she’s so young too, to think the Welhavens raised her and just discarded her…”

I fell to my knees on the cold floor of the Prince’s quarters. It was far more modern than the rest of the castle I had seen, but like the prince, even his personal quarters were dark and cold.

There was no expression or feeling to the room.

I placed my face in my hands, sobbing into them.

What did I do to deserve this?

I really did try to be the best I possibly could, but it wasn’t enough…

Wiping the tears away, I looked around. This couldn’t be the end.

Forcing myself, I got to my feet and after scanning the room, I noticed it didn’t have a window. I hurried to one of the three doors on the other side of the room, the first was locked, and I rushed to the second, not giving up.

Luckily, it opened and I stepped inside, realising I was in Zedkiel’s bedroom. To my relief, I saw this room had a window. It was the only thing that didn’t match the modern interior of the room with its sharp pointy dome-like shape, and the intricate metal design around the edge of the dark frame.

Please open…

I didn’t know how, but I was sure he wouldn’t come up so soon… if I could get away, I would leave Dark Falls immediately. I’ll go far, far away. I’ll live amongst humans. I’ll get a job or something, anything would be better than staying here to be killed.

With shaky fingers, I brushed away my tears, pulling at the window handle. It opened pretty easily, and relief flooded me, but the moment I looked down I felt sick. It was high… extremely high.

“That or stay here and die.” I whispered, stepping away from the window.

I removed my heels, pushing them under the bed before I rolled my dress up to my knees and returned to the window,

I stared up at the cloudy sky. It was going to rain soon… if it did, it would mask my scent…

Gingerly I climbed out of my window, this room was towards the back of the castle and even the gardens below were lit with far fewer lights.

“Goddess help me.” I whispered as I squeezed out of the window, I lost my hold and almost fell, I grabbed hold of the ledge just in time, my heart thundering in my chest.

I didn’t think this through…

Deep breaths Evangeline…

I bit my lip as I slowly climbed down, grateful that the stone wall provided plenty of footing. It was hard, trying to find good niches to grip onto was difficult and at times I lost my grip. My nails were broken, as I dug into any hold I could find and I had cut and scraped myself several times.

At times, I froze when I heard someone approaching, yet luckily no one looked up.

Soon I was a few feet from the ground, but I dared not drop, if someone heard…

Twenty minutes later I was finally out through the gates, I broke into a run, my mind racing.

get out of here as fast

one of the staff at the Welhaven manor. She was out of town visiting some family for two days… What if I snuck

then I’ll leave. I’ll get as far as I

was feeling. Not only that, but I was running on

–

manor, which was dark and silent, and I wondered if the Alpha had returned. I hoped not… I entered and quickly hurried to my room, relieved that I didn’t run into anyone, and

of clothing and the small stash of money I had saved. It wasn’t much, but it would get me a room and food for a few nights. For a second, I was tempted to see if I could find any money in Grandmother

at just

drawers and looked around, the place that had been home for the last ten years, one

Home…

that was now

in a shaky breath, I wiped away the tears that brimmed my eyes. My emotions that were

I left my room, sneaking to the staff quarters, I bit

box that held all the staff’s car keys was in sight, but I had to

for stealing

it slowly and moved it onto the hook next to it, as I stared at Josie’s

that someone would see me, or that the monster himself would realise that I was missing, ate up at me. My arms were beginning

silent prayer of thanks to the goddess, although I wasn’t sure if she was watching out for me… I took one final glance back down the hall before I slipped out into the now pouring rain.

—–

hours had passed, and I was lost. I didn’t know where I was and without my phone, I had nothing to guide me, they would know I was

than a piece of property. I wouldn’t go,

the steering wheel with all my might. My hands were clammy and a bead of sweat rolled down

battered down on the windshield, making visibility extremely difficult, and I was straining to see past the hood of the car. The wipers were moving

whispered,

hilly, rocky side. One wrong move and

How far was I?

Would they find me?

little too hard, the back end of the car sliding on the slippery roads. Quickly I lifted my foot off the gas pedal, I didn’t even have

couldn’t go back there.

beating like a thousand drums as I eased the gas back on. I couldn’t go back there; I refuse to go back there. Even if I wanted to, the road was far too narrow to turn this car

Please clear up…

even worse,

panic attack coming on. Grandmother

breaths Evangeline, you may be an Omega

I always thought she had a good

sold me like I was a piece of

counting slowly to ten as

and steady… breathe

sound of a horn and blinding headlights made me brake, sending me slamming into

Evangeline… you’ve got

bit my trembling plump lip, feeling the taste of blood lingering in my mouth as I restarted the car once again, taking another shuddering

I let go of the steering wheel as something huge hit the windshield shattering the glass, the impact sending my car off the rocky winding

No!

not wanting to see death come at me. Yet when the car finally hit the bottom, I was flung back and forward, my nose hit the steering wheel, and pain rushed through my entire body as the car flipped over several times before it came

my head felt

still alive. How, I do not know, but I was still breathing, though my heart felt like it might burst out of my chest

I was met

that thing? Panic slowly writhes