A Fateful Encounter- Chapter 2
Manah should've been back by now." Nowe said to Urick. "I wonder if she's alright?"
"You wanna go and look for her?" Urick asked looking at Nowe as he smiled at him.
"Yeah." Nowe said back.
Urick and Nowe had left to go and look for Manah.
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"Ungh," Manah had woken up to find she was sleeping in a room. She had looked around to find there was a bed, closet, and only one window facing outside.
She had thought back to before she had fainted.
She remebered falling from the cliff as she reached her hand out. She had felt a warm hand grab hers and lifted her back up to the ledge.
Manah looked at her hand and still felt it was warm. She felt her heart beat hard as she remebered Caim's hand holding hers. She turned as she heard the door open up.
"I see you had woken up now." Caim said.
"Why?" Was all Manah could ask as her throat dried up.
"Why did I save you? Or why are you here?" He asked walking up to her.
"I-," Manah said as Caim came within inches of her body. Her heart was pounding hard in her chest at being close to him. She had felt her temperature rise at how close his body was.
"Why is my body reacting this way! I had ruined this man's life! He is my enemy!" Manah had thought angrily.
Caim's voice had broken her trail of thoughts.
"You are my prisoner. That is why I had brought you here." Caim said.
"I won't stay here," she said angrily to him.
"Try and escape if you can." Caim said smiling evily.
Manah glared back at him. Only to feel her heart beat faster once again at seeing his grin as he walked out the door.
"Why am I acting this way!" Manah thought angrily to herself as she looked out the window of the room she was in.
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"Why did I save that witch!" Caim thought angrily to himself. "I should have let her fall to her death when she slipped from the edge of the cliff. She deserves it after all the shit she has done to the ones I had loved dearly."
Caim looked at his hand remembering how warm Manah's hand had felt as he grabbed it.
He curled his fist in anger. The next instant, blood was running down his hand and dripping onto the floor.
He had gone to his room to relax. He had laid down and closed his eyes.
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Manah had left her room and walked downstairs. She didn't see Caim anywhere. So she went to go and open the front door quietly. But had no luck because the door was locked. She had gone to the back door. It was the same as the front door. It was locked.
Manah had decided to search the house for another exit. She had opened the rooms to see if there was anyway of escaping.
She had gone down a hallway and opened the last door on the rightside.
It was a bedroom.
She had looked inside and had once again felt her heart beat hard in her chest. Making it hard for her to breath. For she had seen Caim sleeping.
She had walked into the room and walked over to his sleeping form as she searched for a key to get out of his house. She had just about given up searching until a light caught her eye. She looked and saw a key hanging around Caim's neck.
She had reached forward with her hands trembling. She had started to lift the key up off of Caim.
At that moment, Caim's eyes opened up in rage. He had grabbed Manah's hand and had squeezed it tightly.
"What do you think you're doing in my room witch!" Caim groweled at Manah as his eyes showed hatred towards her.
"I was looking for a way out of this hellhole!" Manah said back angrily.
"You needed this key to get out of here?" Caim paused then said sitting up as he smiled evily at her. "I'm not going to let you go. I told you, you are my prisoner. And you'll stay that way until you die and rot in hell."
"I will not stay here. I will escape from you." Manah said back.
She could feel her pulse speed up as Caim still held her hand.
"Are you scared?" Caim asked also feeiling Manah's pulse speed up.
"No," Manah said back angrily as she thought. "Yes! I'm scared of these feelings inside me!" She thought angrily towards herself.
Manah had pulled her wrist away from Caim's grasp.
Caim smiled at Manah as he watched her back into a wall.
"You better watch where you step." Caim paused then said grinning at her. "You might lock yourself in here. And then you won't escape this room without a key."
Manah had looked at where she was and noticed if she had moved less than an inch to her right side. The door would have closed on them. Leaving her inside with Caim. And then the only way out would be for him to unlock the door with the key around his neck.
Manah looked down towards the ground in anger at how she was reacting towards Caim.
"He is my enemy! I should not be reacting this way!" Manah thought as she had begun to walk away from Caim. When all of a sudden she had stopped as she heard a click beside her. She looked towards her right side. She had seen the door had closed. Now she had nowhere to go unless Caim unlocked the door for her.
But he decided to lay back down.
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"Where is she?" Nowe asked outloud. "Manah!"
"Keep your voice down Nowe." Urick warned. "The Knights of the Seal are still hunting for us."
"But where could she be?" Nowe asked again.
"We'll find 'your princess'," Urick said smiling teasingly at Nowe. "So don't worry."
Nowe and Urick had looked at the sky and saw it was getting dark.
"We should rest for awhile. And continue our search first thing in the morning." Urick said.
"Okay." Nowe said walking back to the house with Urick.
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Manah had stayed in the corner watching Caim as he slept. Her heart was pounding so hard from being in the closed area of his room. Manah could feel her knees tremble as she walked towards the window.
"How am I going to get out of here? Do I want to?" Manah had thought to herself. She felt her eyes open wide at the second question she asked herself.
"What on earth am I thinking?" She asked outloud as she turned to look back at Caim.
Caim had slept the entire night.
Manah had fallen asleep watching him. She had dreamt about Caim once again. But the dream she had was her true feelings sealed deep within her heart.