Chapter 21: The Hunt

Chapter 21: The Hunt

It's been 6months now since this Isabella was used as an alliance and married to Bruno. Her life has never been the same.

Isabella awoke to the sound of Nicolas urgently shaking her shoulder. Her eyes fluttered open.

"What's happening, Nicolas?" Isabella asked, "What's going on?"

"We need to go, Isabella. It's not safe here anymore, he has found us and they killed the pilot," Nicolas replied, his voice filled with urgency.

She glanced at her father, still asleep.

"Where are we going?" She asked.

Nicolas looked at her, "We are heading to a safe house I know of. It's not too far from here. We need to leave now! Hurry up and wake your Dad up."

She quickly gathered her belongings and gently shook her father awake.

"Dad, we have to go. It's not safe here," Isabella said, her voice shaking with fear.

"Shhhhhh, can you hear that?" Nicolas asked Isabella.

He can hear the distant sound of footsteps and hushed voices growing closer. Time was running out, and they had to