I sat out in the courtyard watching the leaves fall from the trees. A storm was coming in. I can't spend the rest of my life in this place. I'm not even crazy to be here. I heard footsteps crunch the leaves on the ground.
"I was looking for you everywhere." Teddy said out of breath. "I have something to show you."
"What?"
He held his hand out to me. "Follow me."
"Teddy I don't know," I said unsure. "A storm is coming in."
"Now is the best time to roam around. The guards will be busy preparing for the storm," He told me.
I put my right hand in his and followed him going in the woods. The wind was picking up now.
"Where are we going?" I shouted over the wind.
"You'll see!" He yelled back still moving forward.
My feet were getting tired. I don't know how long we had walked but suddenly he stopped and let go of my hand.
"Teddy, what are you doing?" I asked watching him remove some tree branches.
"Your getting out of this place!" He yelled over the wind.
"What are you talking about?"
"Look!"
When he removed the last tree branch I gasped in shock. Ray was dead a long with Chuck. I could feel my heart beating faster. I looked back at Teddy now afraid of him. Please tell me he didn't kill both of them…
"You can now leave this place!" He said excited for me.
I took a step back from him. "What did you do?"
"Ray was never going to stop. You said so yourself." He said walking toward me with each step I took backwards.
"So you just kill him?" I said in disbelief.
Teddy's face changed from that boyish charm to the kind that Ray used to look like. "I didn't this for you! For us! So we could be together!"
"What did Chuck ever do to you?" I yelled crying.
"He was keeping you away from me!" He yelled angry. "Clara, I know you feel the same way."
"Stay away from me, Teddy!" I felt drops of rain on my head and looked up. The sky was now black with dark clouds.
"Clara, why are you afraid of me?" The wind picked up harder now along with the rain. In a matter of seconds my body was soaked and so was his.
I turned and ran from him as fast as I could. I could hear him yelling my name behind me. Please don't let me die out here like this. My foot caught a root sticking up from the ground and I fell hard on my stomach. I cried as I struggled to get up but the rain and the mud was making it difficult. I felt his hands pull me up and I screamed…..