No escape by Anne Louise Guest (books to read fiction txt) 📕

a job with responsibility and have others in your care. You left this house knowing that you are under threat” he said coldly. “Would you have allowed children in your care to do what you have done?” he added.
“I am a prisoner here, I have done everything you and my aunts have asked with little complaint. If I had asked to go out would you have allowed it Mr Palmer?” I spat. He sat there just staring at me.
“Yes but with protection”
“And that’s the whole point I am a private person, Adam dominated my life for the past three years controlling every action, now I have you and my aunt who have taken over from where he left off.” I could feel the tears gathering again.
“I understand your frustration, Sarah but I do what I do for a reason not just to stop your fun.” he said more kindly. I bowed my head in acknowledgment of his words,
“Sorry I just want to be free” I whispered, and was surprised by Joshua response
“Don’t we all” I thought I heard him whisper but I chose not to reply.
I smile and look back up at him to see a small smile was also upon his lips. We silently continued with my usual concentration exercises, but with little success as I was too preoccupied with Alex and his ultimatum. Joshua sensing my lack of effort called the lesson short. I had relaxed with him again and my body had begun also to react to him by tingling whenever we touched heating my whole body through.
“Sarah I feel that we are not going to accomplish much tonight, rest and we will resume tomorrow” he said and stood and just like last night I placed my hand on his arm stopping his leaving. He looked down at my hand then back at me, I removed my hand but Joshua waited for me to speak.
“I want to trust you” I said softly.
“Is this about last night” he asked.
“Yes” was all I replied. He sighed heavily before he spoke but did resume his seat on the floor.
“I don’t want a relationship with you or anyone if I thought you were in it just for sex I would consider it but that’s not who you are, Sarah”
“I know that, but there so much I’ve got to think about”
“Like what” he asked with a frown. “What are you not saying?” thankfully I had learnt to shield my thoughts early on from him or he would have had a blow by blow account of Alex’s threats towards me.
“May I go out I have a something to take care of” I sweetly asked completely changing the topic. “I’ll take Raul with me” I added. Joshua looked long and hard at me as if looking for something. He must have seen it as he nodded his consent.
I got up and put my shoes on, and then made my way down to the kitchen to come face to face with my furious aunt. To my surprise she stayed silent. I grabbed myself a cup coffee and sat down to drink it.
“We are going out so I have been told” Raul spoke to me displeasure noted in his tone.
Before I could reply Kath marched and got in my face and screamed “the only reason I haven’t beating you black and blue from that stunt you pulled is because his lordship has told us to leave you alone!” her tone quietened down so I could barely hear her “I am so disappointed in you Sarah” with that she left. I was completely shocked never had she said anything like that to me before. I knew I had messed up this time.
“As am I” Raul added whilst standing in the door way after just witnessing Kath’s hurtful but justified comment.
“I need to speak with someone” with that I made my way through the house to the front door not waiting to see if Raul had followed but of course he did. We got back into my mini cooper but Raul drove this time, I got him to drive me to the club from last night and he wasn’t happy I could tell my the look on his face but he opted to remain silent.
We pulled up and again Dean was on the door I jumped out of the car and marched straight up to him and got straight up into his face.
“You knew” I stated “you knew and let me go in there.”
“Sarah I had no choice” he started to say.
“Where is he” I demanded cutting his explanation short. “I have a week, I’m sure you are aware of the conditions he gave me”
Raul stood beside me watching the interplay between dean and me.
“I’ve got to make a call” he said as he removed his mobile phone from his pocket, and stepped away to make his call.
“Are you going to tell me what’s going on a week for what?” Raul hissed in my ear. I turned to look at him and answered as truthfully as I could.
“I don’t know myself.”
Dean returned to us and gave me address of an office block 15minute drive away I turned on my heel with Raul by my side and walked away from my one time friend. We got in the car and head over to the new address.
It took roughly about twenty five minutes by the time we fought our way through the traffic to pull up to a huge office block. I walked through the glass do and approached the receptionist on the desk, but before I even had chance to speak she told me I was expected to carry on through. I looked around me searching for security cameras that must have seen us enter. Raul came along with me until she called back “alone” .
“No fucking way” he said matter of fact.
“Please trust me” I implored. “I’ll be right back.” I continued on casting a glance back at Raul who had a face of pure outrage upon it I entered his office to be greeted by Alex wiping blood from his chin and a women of dark blond hair passed out on the floor at hi feet, I looked again I realised she might even be dead.
“I didn’t expect to see you so soon” he said throwing his handkerchief on his desk before sitting back down behind his desk
“Why do this, what did I ever do to you?” I pleaded.
“Nothing” was his answer.
“Well why?” I repeated.
“You was given a gift yet you wasted it, I wanted it, craved it but got nothing” he said steepling his hand in front of his chest. “You was always favoured but I got the scrapes”
I started to deny it but to my horror I couldn’t Alex was ignored as I treasured and dotted on because of my magical potential even though I still chose to throw it away and lead a normal life. I understood what Alex was saying but to me it was no excuse for what he was doing now.
“You had a choice I had shit” sighing he stood and walked to around the back of me as if he was circling around me, he then leaned into me to my back to speak into my ear “I even asked the bitch to change me, but I couldn’t even have that” he added moving back to sit in his chair.
“That’s not my doing” I said quietly to myself.
“But you’ll pay me anyway” he answered. “You have 6 days Sarah don’t waste it” he added in dismissal but I stayed put.
“What about Kath will she be safe from you?” I asked.
“Don’t ask questions that you won’t like the answers to” he said. I could feel the rage in me grow not only was he going to make me pay he was also going to make my only remaining family pay.
“It will take more than you to accomplish that” I spat “and Mr Palmer what of him?” he smiled but didn’t answer me. I wanted to lash out and before I knew what had happened I had raised my brother whole body up and flung him across the room. He hit the far wall with a loud crack.
I backed up to the door but my brother had got back to his feet an evil smile across his lips and he began to approach me. I tried to hit him with my power again but sent the desk clattering instead due to my panic and poor aim. That distracted me long enough allowing Alex to reach me and pin me up against the wall bearing his fangs at me.
“You’ll pay for that bitch” he then sunk his fangs into my neck and bite down Pain from the bite shot through my body and then I started to relax and my world dimmed I became limp and darkness descend. I then felt him remove his mouth from my neck. I was held in Alex’s arms and for a moment I imagined I saw sorrow but quickly it changed to triumph. He threw me down to the ground right next to his earlier lunch and stepped over me headed for the door.
“I’ll send your companion in, you have 6 days left Sarah attack me again and I will kill you” he then left the room a few moments later Raul came crashing through dropping to his knees beside me
“You fool” I heard him say,
“I know” I weakly replied pushing myself into a sitting position. “My fault I broke