This was it. Morning had turned into afternoon, afternoon had turned into evening, and evening had turned into night. It was time.
Sophie's POV
Sophie tossed and turned, but could not get to sleep. Sighing, she sat up and lit a candle on her bedside table and started to flick through a fairytale book that she had put next to her candle.
The wind howled outside as Sophie nervously turned page after page, her heart pounding faster each time, expecting to see or hear a slither of a shadow. After she had kissed her father goodnight for possibly the last time, she had laid down and tried to get some sleep.
Sophie stood up and went over to her window. She could see her father in the distance, standing with the other adults in Gavaldon, his right arm resting gently on a woman's shoulder, his left arm touching two small boys. Sophie smiled. She was happy for her father that he had found another woman he loved. It wasn't that they weren't happy before, just that it had always felt like something was missing in their family. Honora was a widow with two sons. Stefan and Honora had planned to get married the following week, that is, if Sophie isn't taken.
Suddenly the wind howled and blew the candle out. The room was in total darkness. The only sound Sophie could hear was her breathing, until-
"AHHH!" she screamed in fright as a black shadow skimmed past her window. A few moments later, the shadow flew into Sophie's bedroom. It grabbed her wrist and yanked her off the ground. She just had enough time to grab a small bag she had packed earlier on, it was full of her most precious items, though she had left a photo of her, her mother and father on her bed for her father to keep.
Sophie covered her eyes with her hands. She heard yells and shrieks from the ground. Taking a deep breath, she took her hands away from her eyes and looked down. She saw her father almost immediately. They shared a knowing look, then Sophie shouted,
"Father I love you!"
Sophie saw her father lips moving in reply. She heard no sound, but that was because he was too shocked and sad and scared to actually say anything out loud. That didn't matter. She knew from the look on his face and the shape that his lips made that he was saying 'I love you, and I always will'.
The shadow was speeding up, clearly knowing where it was heading. With a gasp Sophie suddenly realized where they were going.
Up and along they went. Past trees and bushes, moving swiftly to dodge objects by few millimetres.
The shadow was still flying at quite a fast speed, despite the fact that they were already at the second child's house. The shadow gained speed, rushed in to the house, grabbed the child by their wrist and flew up and away.