Chapter 6: Sweet Danger

I was relieved.t I had been so worried that I would become one of those hopeless would-be heroines that would trail pathetically after their villain silently hoping he was a hero. Leave it to me to compare this situation to the many love stories I had committed to memory. I was fairly sure this relationship wasn’t in any story. But now he agreed to become that hero, right off the bat. The good, sweet and chivalrous man I’d seen in him before my frightening discovery, and even seen the ghost of after, was actually there. Eric was good. Not in the typical hero way, but still good in a way that mattered infinitely more. That made it easier to let down my walls and love him. This was about as far as I got in my thought process when an earsplitting crash interrupted our tender embrace. The gasp was barely from my mouth before I was being yanked, pulled against Eric’s stone stronghold. It didn’t let up and my arms ached fiercely from the strain. I felt like I was going to be torn in half. I wasn’t screaming, I couldn’t seem to find my voice so dumbstruck by shock my eyes still on Eric, despite the pain. I then realized that a horrific growling was coming from Eric, and from the source of the pulling behind me. Then something behind me hissed

 “You going to be the one to break her in half then, Eric?” it said sarcastically. Eric’s eyes tightened in pain. He let go.

My Eric let go and I flew, my eyes no longer able to see him, as I hurled across the room and slammed into the wall. I wasn’t so into shock that that didn’t faze me. I let out a shrill whimper as I felt the warm liquid ooze down my head. There was some sort of battle going on that I could hear, growls and half uttered yells. The mix in my dizzied head sounded like lions locked in a fight for domination. I whimpered again out of fear and pain. I tried to open my eyes and almost screamed as I discovered the blood that was flowing over them. I took deep, painful breaths and wiped the liquid away. I opened my eyes to see in blurred vision. Wonderful. I vaguely could make out the blond and white of Eric, and