Fragile, Innocent, and Scared

Chapter 20

AN- To all my lovely piglets who are reading this story, your comments are amazing! Keep it up :)

Flora's P.O.V

One of the waitresses of the restaurant noticed how out of breath I was and thankfully pulled me inside for a glass of well-needed water. She let me sit at a spare table that held folded napkins as well as fresh clean glasses and eating utensils as I rested. Although she was so kind to me, I was a little weary of her. 'She immediately got on the phone and called someone after giving us the water.' Anna said as she paced back and forth. 'I don't know who she could have called, maybe she recognized us?' Anna sighed and kept pacing, muttering to herself while I sipped the glass of water. I kept drinking it until my heart slowed down to a normal pace as well as my breathing. Sadly by then the glass was empty.

I was about to call for the waitress for another glass of water when she walked over carrying a glass that was fizzing slightly. "Here you go Lu- I mean dear." Her eyes widened when she realized she was about to call me Luna. Now Anna was definitely on alert. The lady nervously laughed before speaking again, "I'm sorry dear, but I have a daughter that looks a lot like you and her name is Luna." 'She's fake smiling. She's trying to cover herself.' Anna growled in my head. She placed the glass on the table just as I stood up. "I should be going. I thank you for the water." I spoke quickly and tried to walk past her. What if Liam realized I was gone? He could already be out looking for me. No doubt he could trace my scent. As I tried to walk past the lady she almost desperately grabbed my arm and stood in my way. "Please dear, at least have one last drink of water before you go. You look tired and will need it wherever you go next."

I narrowed my eyes at the lady, but couldn't reply to her as a table of customers called for her. She ran off quickly towards the table calling out an apology. "I'm sorry gentlemen." She said once more as she reached the table, yanking out her notepad. Her cheeks were red in embarrassment. I suddenly felt bad. She had a job to do and yet here I was criticizing her for being kind to me. I slowly sunk back into the booth seat and grabbed the glass. The drink was no longer fizzing, to which had me confused. 'Maybe it was just bubbles you saw earlier. I mean the waitress did say it was water.' I scratched the back of my neck as I looked at the unknown liquid. Was I too anxious to leave that I saw things?

'Just drink it and let's leave. I want to cover more ground before Liam comes for us.' Anna pushed and was once again pacing in my head thinking of various topics. I took once last look at the glass before raising it to my lips. I took a few sips of the water, before gulping the rest down. The water tasted a little sweet, but I guess with my nervousness, that my taste-buds were off kilter. Downing the last few sips I rose to my feet and left the restaurant and darted towards the woods as directed by Anna. By now I could feel a cold chill in the air and suddenly had to stop due to a sharp, burning stab in my stomach. I gasped and stopped for a minute as the pain seemed to stretch itself through my abdomen. 'It's the heat' Anna sounded angry. 'Try to keep moving...' I was unaware of how far I would get before I would crumple over in pain, but decided to keeping running. 'I am strong. I am not fragile. I am not weak. I am strong.' I repeated to myself every time the pain would strike.

I ran through the woods, no longer knowing what direction I was running in. The only thing pushing me was the anxiety of Liam finding me. Even if he was my mate, I don't want to be near him right now. He shot and killed a man in our own house, in the kitchen! The memories that suddenly came to me had me shaking in fear. Why, if Liam was my mate, did he torture me so willingly? Would he do it again, for me escaping? 'Flora stop running, Now!' I complied with Anna and stopped running. My head felt fuzzy, my stomach hurt, and my muscles burned. I decided to sit down on a nearby rock to calm my body down, but strangely I never reached it.

I collapsed to the ground, my mind a blurry mess. 'Annnnaaa W-what's going onn?' My thoughts were even becoming slurred as I found I couldn't think right. My muscles were slowly becoming heavier and soon I couldn't sit up. Anna hadn't replied to me, and honestly I couldn't feel her. What is going on with me?! The only thing I could move were my eyes. The trees dancing in my vision swayed back and forth. Wind howled through the trees and the stars shown bright. I stared at them in a daze, my brain scattered. Suddenly the stars weren't there anymore, neither was the trees. It took me a minute to realize that someone was leaning over me. The only thing I could clearly make out was a light colored hair. It seemed to reflect the moonlight... so pretty.

"Flora babe.... Why'd you leave? We could have loved each other so much. I was so sweet to you, but now you're in for it. You left sweetheart and now I am never letting you out of my sight." In my mind, I could distantly comprehend something being wrapped tightly around my hands and ankles. "Sleep tight Flora... for when you wake...you'll wish you never had." I no longer felt the ground underneath me, just as I no longer had the strength to keep my eyes open.

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Awhh. I bet some of you thought I would make it that easy for her to get back to Sebastian. Nope, but still this chapter! Sorry it was a frenzied typing with my tired brain. I will retype it at some point in the future, but nowhere near now.

What do you think happened to Flora?

Who do you think the waitress had called?

Now I know some of you need to rant to let all the emotions of this chapter out. Feel free to do that in the comment section. Or talk to the characters below!

Words for Flora...

Words for Sebastian...

...(Kind of scared to type this one) Words for Liam...