A Refuge In Danger

(Lydia Richmond's POV )

I was shocked on seeing the man. He had scars all over his face. I fell down not unconscious but with my heart beating louder than ever. He was a beast in my eyes and I expected him to tear me into pieces at that moment.

But he didn't. I watched him more and saw this caring perspective of him. He looked startled after he had gazed at my stomach. He must have seen that I was heavily pregnant.

"How come you are here, young woman? You should be with your family…" the scary man told me. He moved towards me and helped me up. This got me surprised. I wasn't expecting this from him at all.

He began to help me dust off my clothes. I knew he would want a reply to the question he had asked before and so, I decided to cook up a lie. That was probably a way to escape from his hands. He was definitely from the Pack and if I told I was escaping from Lord Stone Sumach, he would want to hold me and take me back to where I have been escaping from.

"My uncle is an evil man.