chapter 9

Scarlett

So many things were playing endlessly in my head as I saw his retreating figure until he vanished completely.

" Scarlett?" I was pulled out of my chain of thoughts as my father called my name and shook me by my arm.

" Huh?"

" We need to get away from here," he said to me, looking at my eyes.

" Why?" I asked him in confusion.

" Why? Why? You are asking me why? Can't you see?" He said in a serious tone. I looked at him in confusion. Why is he acting this way when Luke is the one that saved me and him?

" I don't understand," I said, looking at him.

" He is the reason why we are stuck here and he is the person that wants to kill me," he said through gritted teeth.

" What?" I said in disbelief. I stared at my father blankly as his words rang in my ears.

" How?" I breathed out. Unable to believe what my father said. How could he act so innocently? That is the reason why he said he would help me to find my father.

" Scarlett," my father called my name, taking me out of my thoughts a