Sorry about the cliff-hanger in the last chapter!

Ana tried to dodge Jack's hands as he came towards her but he was fast. He gripped her wrists and moved right in front of her so that green manacing eyes were glaring into terrified blue ones.

"It...It's not what it looks like, I swear," Ana said desperately, trying to think of a way to free herself. His grip was strong but maybe if she was quick enough, she could dig her nails into his hands and wriggle free and run out of the house; or even out of the window if she had to. She panicked as she saw his face come closer. The smell of alcohol on his breath made her feel sick and she could feel the heat coming from him.

"It's not what it looks like? so what exactly is it? you mean to tell me what you weren't fucking the Captain the entire time he was here. You mean to tell me that these letters are all make believe? that he doesn't love you and miss you? that he isn't coming back to get you?" Jack spat. His eyes were dangerous and Ana had no idea where this was heading. She never knew just how far his anger would take him, especially when he'd been drinking.

"Y...yes, I'd never have gone with the Captain, I'd never leave you, you're my husband" Ana tried to smile as she lied but she was too scared. Her lips were trembling as were her hands. Jack seemed to notice her fears and smirked; a sadistic smile graced his face and he moved his hand to her neck.

"You remember when I put my hands around your neck and the captain came down and tried to intimidate me? you remember that don't you Anastasia? well lover boy isn't here now, it's just you and me. Let me remind you that you are my wife and I own you. You will never leave me, you hear?" he got right in her face and she tried to move her face away only for him to grasp the back of her neck tightly, pinching the skin. She yelped and he laughed.

"So tell me Anastasia? how many times did you let him inside you? did he spread you out on this table the first day he was here? I bet you opened your legs for him the second I left for work," Jack snarled, "Jose was right about you, you're a little tease and I'm sure the captain had some of you and wants more. Is that right?" he pulled her hair back with one hand and moved his other to her waist, gripping her hip tightly and then moving to her behind, squeezing. Ana tried to move away. She felt disgusted, violated, terrified. It was a lethal concoction. She needed to find an escape but how could she think when Jack was everywhere, his words were like menacing fire, his hands like claws. She needed Christian, she needed him to save her.

"You haven't answered me, so I'll make it easy for you." Jack hummed, "you simply nod yes or no, ok?" Ana didn't move so Jack forced her head to move up and down as though she was nodding. Tears were streaming from her eyes by this point; blinding her vision. She could hardly see the monster in front of her.

"We'll start with an easy one, did you have sex with the Captain?" Ana didn't move and Jack smirked. He moved her head up and down.

"Good, ok, next question, did you have him in our bed?" Ana shook her head. She hadn't taken Christian in their marital bed. They'd had sex on the kitchen table, the floor, in the shower, on the couch and in his bed. But never in their bed. She didn't want the reminder of what her husband liked to do to her in that bed

"I don't believe you," he spat, "next question, were you planning to run away with him?" again, Ana didn't answer so Jack forced her to nod. She was sniffling quietly and he laughed at her.

"oh Anastasia, your list of misdemeanors goes on and on," Jack tutted, he moved his lips to her ear and Ana tried to move away but he grabbed her tighter, "If you think you had it bad before, you're going to get a shock," he roughly grabbed her breast and Ana yelped. He fondled her and Ana knew that she couldn't let this happen; not again. Jack had too much power over her and that ended today. With all of the sheer will and strength she could muster, she gritter her teeth and quickly raised her foot, catching him hard at the apex of his legs.

"AHHH! you fucking bitch!" Jack keeled over and Ana ran for it. She could hear Jack trying to get up and come after her so she raced to the front door and grabbed the key from the hook. Her hand shook as she tried to unlock the door and she could hear Jack's hard footsteps coming towards her. She quickly threw open the door and slammed it shut, running as fast as she could down the street. She knew she looked a mess. She was crying, her face was red, she was shaking; she'd just escaped a monster. She ran as fast as she could and when she found the house she was looking for, she slammed her fist on the door, looking behind her fearfully to see if her husband had followed her. She noticed that he was staring at her from the corner of the street. His face was red, his fists were clenched and his eyes were giving her a blood curdling stare. She shivered, smacking the door again, praying her friend wasn't at the salon and when she heard the key unlocking the door, she sighed in relief. She didn't even wait for the owner to say anything, she just pushed past her, running into the sitting room and burst into hysterical tears. She heard her friend lock the door and then come over to her, pulling her into her arms.

"Ana, what's happened?" Ana couldn't say a word, she was on the verge of a panic attack, "shh, calm down honey, just breath with me ok? in and out, in and out," Ana tried to mimic her friends actions, regulating her breathing but it wasn't working too well.

"I think.. I..I.. just need to ... sit down," Ana stuttered, nearly falling onto the couch and cluthing her face in her hands. She couldn't believe she'd just kicked Jack; she couldn't believe that she'd managed to escape. For some reason, Ana found herself laughing as she thought of Jack's face as she kicked him and looking up, Kate was staring at her worriedly.

"I kicked Jack in his privates," Ana giggled. Kate's eyes went wide and then her eyebrows furrowed.

"Erm.. congratulations," she said, starting to laugh, "Why are you crying, what did he do to make you need to kick him?" Ana took a deep breath, her face falling at the memory of his hands tracing her skin, his menacing words, his scent.

"He.. he found Christian's letters," Kate gasped.

"How?"

"I was reading them whilst he was out, and he came home early, so I shoved them under the bed, atleast I thought I did. A few minutes later he came down with them in his hands and oh god Kate," Ana put her face in her hands again, "I'd never been so scared, the look of his face when he saw my expression. He stalked towards me, grabbing me and saying all of these things. I thought he was going to .. r.. rape me or kill me and bury my body. I thought I'd had it this time but then, something in me snapped and I got a surge of anger in me and I just kicked him and ran. He nearly caught me up, he was staring at me from across the street when I was knocking your door but he didn't come any closer," Ana panted.

"So, what happens now?" Kate asked.

"I don't know, I mean Christian's coming tomorrow and I... OH GOD KATE," Ana turned to face her friend, "Christian's going to go to the house tomorrow, what if Jack's in, what if he answers the door? what if he can't find me and thinks I've left him? what if..." Kate grabbed her friends hand in hers.

"Ok, Ana, breath, calm down," she said, "Jack will be at work when Christian knocks tomorrow. You know what he's like, it doesn't matter what happens, he'll still go to work to show he's 'doing something to help the war effort' in front of his friends," Kate rolled her eyes and Ana nodded, that was true. Always the 'big man' in front of his friends. "Christian will knock, see you aren't there and head straight here to find you. He'll know that if somethings happened, you'd come to me. He sent your letters here for gods sake, ok?" Ana nodded and let out a sigh of relief.

"Do you need to get anything from the house?" Ana shook her head.

"I don't want to risk it. Jack will want revenge now and I don't know how, but he'll do something to try and get back at me for not allowing him to win like I usually do. I just need Christian home,"

"Tomorrow Ana, tomorrow," Kate said, trying to cheer her friend up. It worked, Ana's face lit up like a firework. Her Christian was back tomorrow, she needed to see him so badly.

"Tomorrow," she whispered.

Ana was wary all evening, constantly jolting up in her seat if she heard something outside; a bang or a crash. She thought Jack was going to come for her. Kidnap her and take her away just so that she would never see Christian again. Kate had given her a glass of whiskey. It was her dads 'secret stash' of the hard stuff for when he came to stay. The only thing Mr Kavagnah drank was a tall glass of Bells whiskey. She knew Christian didn't drink, and she herself hadn't had a drink... since she could remember. She might have had one at her wedding but she wasn't sure, she was too terrified the whole night of spending any time alone with Jack. She tried the whiskey and immediately spat it back out when it burned her throat. Kate laughed at her.

"It doesn't taste nice hun, but it will stop you from jumping up and down like a yoyo everytime you hear a noise,"

"You don't think he's... out there do you?" Ana asked timidly. Kate rolled her eyes.

"Do you really think he'd come to my house after the way I showed him up last time?"

"You don't know what he's like Kate, he'll want revenge, he wants me all to himself, he never wants me to be happy,"

"Ana, I know you're frightened, but tomorrow you'll be back with your captain and he's whisking you away to god knows where in America, you have a chance at happiness, a chance that so many people would give their right arms for. Don't tamped that by worrying about someone as irrelevant as Jack Hyde,"

"I'm still married to him Kate," Ana whispered.

"When you leave here you won't be,"

"What? of course I will be," Ana said incredulously, wishing her friend would talk sense.

"Do you think they care Ana? America is so far away, the government has more pressing things to worry about like the war. Just change your name back to Steele, say that you're not married and marry Christian when you get there,"

"But..."

"Ana, you've lived by the rules your whole life and I admire you for it. You've suffered under the reign of that disgusting monster for years. Be reckless. Do this for yourself. Do you really want to deal with the hassle of divorce or do you want to go and live your life? if you told anyone what Jack had done to you, they'd know why you did it. Break the rules for once." Ana nodded, Kate was right. It was risky, but only her and Christian would know that she had ever been married. Jack could do nothing about it... could he?

"It's been a long day Kate, can I head up to bed?"

"Of course Ana, i'll be up soon too," Ana nodded and heading up the stairs to the guest room of Kate's house. It was usually reserved for Kates 'man of the month' as she called him. Kate had never wanted to settle down. She'd never wanted marriage or kids, she just wanted to have fun. Ana pulled the sheets back and undressed, wondering what Christian was doing right now and wishing he was here to make her feel safe and loved. Maybe he was on his way to her now; her knight in shining armour.

Kate could hear Ana from the guest room, moving around and opening and closing cupboards. She groaned at looked at the clock on the wall. Quarter past 6, why was she up so early. Sighing, Kate got out of bed and moved along to the guest room, pushing open the door to see Ana walking around in her underwear, scrolling through Kate's spare wardrobe. Kate coughed to get Ana's attention and Ana beamed as she saw her friend.

"Hi! you're up! I'm so glad, I need your help," Ana said, moving her gaze back to the wardrobe.

"Ana, It's so early, I'm not in work until late today, why are you up?"

"I couldn't sleep. I'm so excited to see Christian today that I couldn't sleep. I want to look perfect for him so I was trying to pick out a dress from your wardrobe hoping you'd let me wear it, and maybe make me look beautiful?" Ana asked.

"Ana, you could walk out in a burlap sack and you'd still look beautiful and have that man on his knees for you," Kate said.

"Please Kate, I want to look perfect for him," Ana pleaded. Kate sighed dramatically.

"Ok, Ok," she held up her hands in surrender. "Pick a dress and then sit over here and I'll do you up,"

30 minutes later and Ana had chosen a beautiful pink dress with frills on the bottom. Kate had styled her hair into a puffy fishtail plait and was in the process of doing her makeup.

"You don't need this you know," Kate said, applying rouge to her cheeks.

"I know, but it's a special day and I want to look special," Kate smiled at her, brushing over her other cheek.

"I'll miss you Ana," she said.

"Come with us! I'm sure Christian won't mind," Ana said.

"No, I can't leave here, not with more soldiers coming in everyday," Kate winked and Ana laughed.

"Oh yeah, the poor soldiers won't know what hit them," Ana giggled.

"Says you! you picked the most handsome of the lot, now I'm trying to sift through the remains," Ana laughed loudly.

"Seriously Ana, If you hadn't fallen for your captain at first glance I'd have had him here in my bed, not letting him leave the bedroom for his whole stay," Ana growled in jealousy and Kate laughed, brushing some powder on her nose.

"That's basically what happened, we did stay in bed a lot," Ana blushed and Kate winked.

"Perfect, right I... ooo wait! I know what I have to give you!" Kate rushed from the room leaving Ana staring after her. She returned a few moments later with a bag I her hand.

"I packed you some bits to take with you, somewhere in the back of my mind I thought that it may not all go as smoothly as planned so I thought I'd pack a little bag for you," Ana thanked her and looked inside the bag. She came across something silk and pulled it out to see a very raunchy silk nightdress.

"It's for the captain... well, it's for you, but I'm sure your captain will get some enjoyment from it too," Kate winked and Ana stuffed the nightdress back in the bag in embarrassment. In the back of her mind though, she knew that at some point, she'd put that to greater use.

Ana and Kate headed downstairs for breakfast and to listen to the radio. Ana was restless and kept fretting, wondering if Christian would think to come to Kate's or not. Kate rolled her eyes at Ana every single time and told her the same thing "of course he will, my house will be the second place he checks, it's the only other place he'd think you'd be." They giggled and talked like old times, when Ana used to come by atleast once or twice a week for tea and a good old chat. Ana realised just how much she was going to miss Kate and her sense of humour. She'd pulled her through some pretty tough and bleak times.

Finally, after what felt like hours of waiting, Ana and Kate heard a knock at the door.

"I don't think its him, it's early," Ana said, looking at the clock and worrying.

"It's fine hun, I'll go check," Kate got up and Ana watched after her, praying that it was a certain naval captain. She didn't hear anything and wondered if she should go and check on Kate's wearabouts when her friend shouted for her.

"Ana! Come here, someone's very eager to see you!" Ana shot out of her chair, nearly spilling her tea in the process and raced to the door. She saw him standing outside, wearing his blue naval uniform and looking even more handsome than she remembered. She just stared at him for a moment, trying to process the fact that he was actually here; he'd come back.

"Hi," he whispered.

"Hi," she jumped into his arms, legs wrapping tightly around his waist and arms around his neck, grabbing him for dear life. She didn't care who saw, she was in his warm arms and that was all that mattered. Love emanated from him and for the first time in a month, they both could breath. He moved his arms to hold her, breathing in her comforting scent.

"God I missed you baby," he whispered into her hair, kissing her head. She moved her face out of the crook of his neck where she'd buried it and grabbed his face, smashing their lips together. They were back together; they were safe.

AN - So I have my A levels at the moment and revising for them is kind of taking over my life lol, I'm trying to update as often as possible though. I couldn't drag out their separation for long... Also, I do have a plan so that they will get properly divorced but it will be after they've left.