Chapter 25: Playing With Fire {1}
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"Now... What shall your punishment be? For lying to me"
He wants to punish me for lying. My brain couldn’t process that solely because of his hand gripping my chin and it made me uncomfortable because of the fact that my body was reacting to it in ways I didn’t like. The warmth it gave to my skin made me crave more of it.
His words have left chaos in my brain. I was in total confusion but my body had my guard on, no matter how I told myself I should have starved back in that cell and rid myself of this fate as a fairy, I knew... I couldn’t do it. There was an unknown spark in my body that kept telling me to survive, survive? To what end? Was it worth it? I have a high-worth one I do not want because I know the consequences of it. I could be struck dead by him before I could even blink.
I felt like I was trapped on the edge of a mountain with no choice left other than to jump. But now in my head and senses, I want to get out of his grip and bear my strength for myself, for I knew my punishment will be an ugly one, so I reacted as I chose to, it might be stupidity but for the first time, I was standing up for myself.
I placed my two palms on his chest and gave a strong push causing him to take a step backward. I do not know if it was by my strength or solely because he moved but nevertheless, I was free and my legs acted next, and then my eyes.
Finding a small space between the shelves I fled to it and the next thing I knew was... I was running without having a flick of where I was going. But I didn’t care, I just kept telling myself to run, anything at all, as long as I do not have to be near HIM.
I made several turns in the maze of the curvy shelves and it felt like I wasn’t getting anywhere but I didn’t stop, and more importantly, the boots I had on were making my legs hurt so I paused quickly and took them off in a swift move.
My bare feet found the floor and I feel alive and re-energized to run again. I was panting just halfway through and my brain got alarmed again. I turned even though it was brief and I found relief when I realized he hadn’t caught on yet. Was he even chasing me?