"You bitch! It is you who is going to regret it!" He gritted his teeth and tried to attack her but she ran faster.
As fast as she could but she could follow him behind. He was walking closer to her but it was not only him who was following her. The dark shadow which she had noticed from the start when she had entered that bar was following her again.
Bella ran faster to come out of the dark alley. Many men stopped and stared at her with a frown when her captor caught up with her. He stopped running. His hands on his knees and he heaved. His chest moved up and down and his face was red, breathless.
But his eyes were cold and dark. He looked at the man who all worked under his father. His father was the leader of this town and they all are safe from the witches and vampires only because of his father. He knew they would follow his command whether they liked it or not.
"Catch that bitch right now." the man howled when Bella stopped to look at him with a frown. His eyes went to men who looked startled by the sudden command but they did not have any desire to ignore or oppose it.
"He is forcing me." she whispered though she knew her words did not matter. His words did. If she wanted, she could blow this whole place or burn it to the crisp. But the shadow following her wanted her to do that.
It wanted her to prove that she was a witch!
"You can not help him." she pleaded as she did not try to run away this time. It would be meaningless since there were so many and she was alone.
Fighting would be foolish too. But she still stared at them with a bit of arrogance.
"Are you going to support a criminal when he is forcing an innocent girl and raping her?" A few flinched at her cold remark while others frowned and looked at Graham.
"Lord Graham, how about we let go of this girl? I can take you to a brothel. I am sure there will be many you like." a man offered with a smile as he scratched his nape and looked at Bella with pity but Graham only scowled.
"This bitch had attacked me in the alley. Do you think I will let her go? She needs to bear the consequences." he announced as he walked closer to Bella and held her hands tightly with the desire to hurt her.
"Do you think you can escape by your pleadings? This town belongs to my father. My words rule here and you are coming with me." he started to drag her but she did not move an inch. She stood there using all her strength when he frowned.
"If you do not walk, i will ask all of them to carry you behind me." he warned in a cold voice but she only sneered at him.
"I would rather die fighting here than following a coward like you who needs a town to get a girl. But even if you took me successfully, who will save you in the room when you will be alone with me?" the man standing behind her winced at her choice of words. He shook his head while many exchanged glances.
"Lord graham. How about we teach this girl a lesson before she could serve you." When Graham frowned, the man continued, "even if we force her to your room, I am sure she would try to hit you again and run. You can not expect us to stand there and stop her from playing any trick while you do the deed with her. Do you?"
Graham flinched at his coarse words but Bella only grinned as if she already had her plans prepared. Gritting his teeth he punched her on her stomach. She stood there straight and stared into his eyes as if challenged. Is that all you got! This made him irked and he punched her more. He punched her until his hands were bloody with using so much force.
Everyone looked at Bella with a mortified look but she still had a smile on her face. As if she did not feel a thing. Graham heaved again. He felt like a mocking clown getting hurt while beating a pale girl.
"Tsk! Confine her in a room and do not offer her any food or water until she decides to serve me." he announced when two men bowed and took Bella from there.
Bella did not struggle this time. She had noticed a man wearing a cloak standing among the crowd when she was struggling with Graham and his men. His shoes.. They were the same.
They took her into a dark room and pushed in. closing the door behind her, she heard their leaving steps and sighed.
After three days of struggle she was back to square one. In another confinement. Her eyes adjusted to the dark to see it had a bed at least.
She walked toward the bed and laid on it.
"Safe town for leaving freely, my ass!" she cursed as she covered her stomach with her both hands. She could feel the wetness there. Her dress was sticking to the wetness and for a second her hands itched to heal herself but she controlled.
The door of the room creaked open and Bella turned to see a man entering the room.
"If you are here to convince me to sleep with that pig, it would be better that you return. I will not give in."
"What if I were to offer a man instead of a pig?"