CHAPTER # 8: THE ESCAPE!

Agnis's POV:

I woke up in the morning in a very weird posture. I got up from the bed and walked over to the window and drew the curtains letting bright light hit my face bestowing a wide smile on my face. A thought of what might happen today or what new these kidnappers will do today also hit me which then obliterated my smile away. I got dressed and walked downstairs for the breakfast. After completing the breakfast in complete silence, Mack asked Fage:

"So are you coming with us or not?"

"Ah no I don't think so. You guys can go, I will stay here with..... Megan. Actually we're going to spend some quality time together, you know". Fage said winking at Megan.

"Okay, yeah-yeah you should". Angry bird said winking at both of them.

"Wait! Are you guys going somewhere?" I finally spoke and asked Benken and Mack avoiding a look at Angry bird.

"Ah yeah-yeah we all, except Fage and Megan, are going in the woods for-for some air". Mack said.

"For some air in the woods?" I asked dubiously.

"Yeah in the woods. Now no more questions. Just stay in your room. And.... Do not try to escape". Angry bird meddled in, warning me.

"Okay". I said slowly.

They all headed towards the door and went straight in to direction of the woods. I got a hint there that I was kept captive in a house in the middle of some forest. I finally realized that I should check out the house and roam about a bit. It was a huge mansion, designed in the combination of hickory brown and latte beige colors with tiny exquisite details in gold. The house's interior was extremely opulent and it seemed that the designer actually wanted to make it ostentatious. It had a beautiful minimalistic marble staircase on the right side with stripes of LED lights for each step giving it an elegant look. It has a beautiful chocolate brown marble floor and beautifully designed false ceiling. In short it was like living in a castle. Megan and Fage passed by me, winking and waving me bye. They looked cute together. Spending quality time with your loved ones is the happiest feeling ever. I thought in my mind and hoped that someday I would get free from there and would spend quality time with my friends and family.

I climbed up the stairs and walked to my room. I sat there for a while. It was almost noon. Just then I realized that I was totally alone in this house. No one's here. All of them are in the woods and Fage and Megan are busy together. I thought. Something occurred to my mind and that was 'I should run'.

I opened my room door and looked furtively outside to know if someone was there. I was fortunate as there was no one out. I made my way out from the stairs to the door on my toes to avoid making noise, not even with my shoes. I quickly watched for the servants if there was anyone watching me but there wasn't. I tried opening the house door slowly and fortunately the door got opened. Walking outside, I saw a beautiful garden. It was big and huge with so many flower pots and trees. I wanted to adore the beauty of the scenery but preferred to run at that time. Fortunately there were no guards on the door which was odd, given that they were so rich and strange. I walked out and through the garden I entered the woods. On my way what if Angry bird finds me? He will kill me. I thought in my mind but I ran, leaving all the 'ifs' on God. I ran as fast as I could.

I was running for a long time but wasn't able to find my way out of the woods. It was dark in the woods and scary but not as scary as Angry bird. I reached a large apple tree. I waited there for some time and breathed in and out as I was extremely tired. As I was ready to walk again after sitting for a while, I heard a strange sound. It was a growl or something like that. Then I heard a monstrous sound. It was of some wolf or dog. I have heard these kind of sounds in fantasy movies. I thought. It made my blood run cold and I was petrified. I started to run as fast as I could.

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Aaron's POV:

We returned home from hunting and practice for our Annual Pack Fight Competition. We entered the house and into the living hall. Benken poured us a glass of wine. We were discussing about our weaknesses and our strengths.

"I will go and check up on Little Muffin". I said while standing up and heading towards the stairs.

"Yeah but don't scare her this time and don't fight with her, dude". Dalis yelled at me from behind.

I ignored and went upstairs. Turning the knob and walking inside, I found an empty room. I knocked the bathroom but no answer. I opened the bathroom door and checked but she wasn't there too. I got my dander up and my face was becoming red with anger. I yelled while coming down the stairs:

"Guys she is not in her room".

"What?" Hoyt asked.

"She must be somewhere in the house" Benken added.

"Or… she ran away?" Mack sow a seed of suspicion.

"I don't know. Servants! I want you all here right now". I yelled while standing in the middle of the house. Fage and Megan also came out of Fage's room.

"Hey what happen? Anything wrong?" Fage asked Benken.

"Ah yeah actually we can't find Agnis. May be… she ran away". Benken answered while noticing my expressions.

"Didn't any one of you see her?" I asked angrily from all the servants.

"Ah no sir. We were all on our duties. Some were cleaning the rooms and some were in the kitchen making dinner". One of the servants told me. I moved towards my servants to hit them or yell at them but Fage and Mack held me from my elbows and asked me to calm down as I was not in control.

"I will kill her". I said.

"Hey Aaron, just calm down. We can't do anything to her. She is important for us and you know that". Dalis said while keeping his arm on my shoulders.

"Yes. And where ever she is, we have to get her back before some other pack catch her and do something bad to her or misuse her". Hoyt warned us all.

"Yeah I think you guys should go find her. And Aaron, I will stay here to keep everything in control over here". Megan said.

"Yeah okay" I said and curled my fingers into a fist.

"Aaron, please calm down a little" Mack said, tapping my shoulders.

"She is going to regret this, Mack. She is definitely going to regret this". I said and stormed out of the house followed by the other guys.