Chapter 1
Disclaimer: Don't own anything by Christine Feehan. Only own my characters.
I really appreciate Purple Lavenders for reviewing my story. I really appreciated it girl! Anyways! I went back through and edited and fixed the chapters so their less confusing. (I hope anyway).
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A cold and icy prison. She was trapped, feeling nothing but the bitter coldness of night and the sting of ice upon her skin. A man hung from the ceiling of the icy prison. He was broken, bruised and bloody. She thought he was dead. That was not the case. He looked up at her, his icy blue eyes held a broken but determined look to him. Cold icy blue eyes begged her and pleaded her to be released.
He showed her a cave. The cave was surrounded by snow, she saw kids a mere hundred feet below sledding and snowboarding. She knew where this place was. It was at the center of the Carpathian Mountains that was behind the little inn she was staying at.
"Come to me little one, come." His voice whispered. It brushed across her skin like silk. So dark, and so seductive.
"W-who are y-you?" She asked the voice with a quivering voice.
"Come to me. Free me. Come." He whispered. His haunted icy blue eyes were the last thing she saw as she drifted off into a restless sleep.
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Emerald Roses groaned as she woke from her restless slumber. It had been like this for a month or so. Every time this man visited her in her dreams she never could sleep after-words. He had shown her where he was at this time though, and she was bound and determined she was going to free him, to release him from his prison.
She walked to her bathroom and began to get ready for her adventure. After taking a quick shower she proceeded to get dressed. She threw on a pair of ripped jeans, a good-fitting black t -shirt, jacket, and a pair of hiking boots. She grabbed her hiking bag and walked into her kitchen and packed it with a few fruits and a couple of water bottles. She walked back into her room and pulled out a big oversized white button up and a pair of pants that she slept in occasionally. They would fit a man of good size, so she shoved them in her bag too, just in case he needed them when she freed him – if she freed him. She threw in a couple of flashlights too, just in case she needed them, which she was pretty sure she would. She pulled her hair back in a messy bun, grabbed her bag and headed for the door. She was bound and determined to find this man and free him, no matter what.
She followed a group of young snowboarders up the mountain. She stayed a good piece behind them though. She couldn't be held up by idle chit-chat. It was a long and slow hike, but she knew she would make it by noon.
It was exactly noon when she arrived at the cave. Finding it was extremely easy due to the gaping black hole that proved to be the caves entrance. The cave looked like an open dragons mouth; icicles hung from the roof and stood from the bottom. She waited until the snowboarders had begun boarding down when she bravely took a step inside. She found a flashlight in her bag and turned it on. The cave was cold but beautiful. Stalagmites hung from the ceilings in a rainbow of colors. Small rivulets of water inched down the wall making a melodious twinkling sound as it went. It was really beautiful. She walked towards the back of the cave, there seemed to be a small crevice just big enough for a small person or animal to fit through. She wiggled through and found herself in another cavern. This time though it looked as though someone had lived there. There was a fire place, a few canteens, and a small cot. It looked as though it hadn't been used in ages.
Come. Come to me little one. Come to me.
She dropped her flashlight in fright. It was that voice, his voice. It was his voice, that same haunted voice that spoke to her through her dreams. She scrambled to retrieve her flashlight and stood on shaky legs looking around for the source of the voice. She turned in circles looking for a person, animal, or something but the cavern was empty. No one was there but she had sworn she had heard a voice.
"H-hello?" She called out in a broken voice.
Come. Just a little further little one. Come to me.
"W-where are y-you?"
She walked forward on shaky legs toward the sound of the voice. She came to another cavern. She shivered as a cold breeze bit at her skin. She rubbed her arms for warmth and continued further into the cavern. The further she walked the colder it got. The rivulets of water soon turned to ice, and so did the walls. It was completely made of ice. The whole cavern. When she breathed she could see her breath. It just kept getting colder. She walked around looking for the person who called to her. She heard something, it sounded like heavy breathing, and it was getting closer. She turned around quickly and saw a man, if that's what you would call him, standing there in nothing but a pair of shredded pants and a shirt. He was an odd shade of blue grey and his eyes were red. He would've been handsome had he not been so gruesome looking.
"W-who are you?" She demanded backing up with every step he took toward her. He only chuckled darkly.
"Why so afraid of me little one?" He asked getting closer to her with every step he took. She backed up until her back hit a cold wall of ice. She looked around for an escape but found none. She looked back at the man to find him merely centimeters from her.
"S-stay back! I'm w-warning you!" She cried holding her flashlight in front of her like a shield. He laughed. The sound was harsh in the empty cavern. He grabbed the flashlight and threw it against the wall, busting it into thousands of pieces. She gasped as the cavern went dark.
Her breath came out in heavy pants. She was scared. She dropped to her knees and felt around for a stick, a rock or anything she could use for a weapon. She felt nothing but cold ice beneath her fingers. She cried out when two hands wrapped around her wrists and lifted her off the ground.
"Tut, tut, little one. Looking for something to hurt me with? Ha! Don't make me laugh." He growled darkly. He threw her roughly to the ground and stood above her. She whimpered as she tried to get off the ground. She looked up at him fearfully. He growled and yanked her off the ground and pulled her to him.
"P-please, let m-me go…"She whimpered. He chuckled and twined his fingers in her messy hair and yanked her head back roughly exposing her neck to him. He sniffed her neck and she felt him grin against her neck. Tears gathered in her eyes and she whimpered.
"Please…" She cried she reached behind her and she felt a rock. She grabbed it and smashed it against his head. As soon as he released her she ran. She ran and ran until she came to an ice wall. She looked for a way out, nothing but the way that she came. Tears ran down her cheeks as she felt around the wall for some kind of crack, crevice or something she could use to escape. She found nothing but a few marks in the wall. She ran her fingers over them. She heard loud cussing and running feet coming toward her way. She kept running her fingers across the wall frantically.
"P-please. Please open! Please open! Help please! Shit!" She cried as she slid down the wall crying and whimpering.
"Please." She begged burying her face in her hands. Her head jerked up as the man skidded into the room, blood was coursing down the side of his face.
"You bitch. I was going to kill you quickly, but now I shall kill you slowly. I will make you pay." He growled coming closer but he didn't even get two feet before he was thrown back against the wall. She looked around frantically her wide eyes came to rest on a tall muscular man. Wavy black hair that reached his shoulders was tangled and matted. He wore dirty ripped pants and no shirt. Scars, wounds and ugly gashes were all over his bare chest and back. He was soaking wet. She gasped as the monster man stood up bringing this new mans piercing icy blue eyes to hers. It was the same man in her dreams. He was nothing that she thought he would be.
He wrinkled his nose at her but turned his attention to the monster man. The two men growled and snarled at each other. She crawled backwards and as soon as she was out of their sight she got up and ran. Hell, she didn't know where she was running to, she just ran. No matter how far she ran she could still hear the horrified screams and the sound of tearing flesh and breaking bones as she continued to run. She ran until she came to the crevice. Well, what was the crevice that she had used to enter the cavern. It was now closed chunks of ice now were blocking her way out. Her breathing began to get hard as she started to panic. She heard heavy footsteps coming her way. She backed against the wall and tried to make herself as small as possible. Soon, a shape came into view. As her eyes focused she realized it was the new man, the man who had been trapped in her dreams. His chest rumbled, sounding almost like a deep growl. He stalked toward her. She fell to the ground and curled up into a tiny ball. She was scared, no doubt about that. The man yanked her up roughly. She whimpered and began to cry again. She was too scared to even move.
"P-please…d-don't…" She begged. The man only growled and threw her over his shoulder like a caveman and began carrying her off towards an un-known destination. That was the last thing she remembered before she blacked out.
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Dang, I didn't realize how confusing it was until I had read this chapter over But I hope it is better and more understandable now. Thanks again to Purple Lavenders for reviewing!!
