64 Game of Cat and Mouse (1/2)

Olivia groaned as she got up.She felt something wet coming from the side of her head.She looked around and seen that the sun had finally set and it was dark now.She cautiously got off the ground and winced in pain.

There was a twig sticking out of her thigh.She sucked in some air and slowly started to pull the twig out.She watched carefully as it slowly inched it's way out of her thigh, making sure that her blood didn't start squirting out, hinting that it hit a major artery.

Once she saw that only a small stream of blood was starting to spill out, she bit her lip to stop herself from screaming and yanked the rest of the twig out.She silently took off her blazer and then her blouse.She held her breath as she tried to carefully rip her blouse into strips, each tear made her cringe as it would echo through the woods.

She gave a sigh of relief when she finished her task and started to wrap her thigh.She quickly grabbed her blazer and put it back on her body to protect her from the cold air.She realized she could see her breath with every exhale and figured she was getting close to the lake.”Princess... what do you think you were doing just now?” Edmond's voice sounded close and Olivia started to panic and sweat started to roll off her face.

She knew she couldn't run very fast, not with her leg hurt the way it was.So she tried her luck and squatted down and hid in some bushes behind a tree.She covered her mouth and nose to hide her breathing as she heard Edmond's feet coming closer.

”Princess it's useless to hide I will find you... and when I do I will tenderly cut you over and over againinto tiny pieces and deliver you to my m-a-s-t-e-r.” he sang psychotically.Olivia could hear his blade being dragged across the bark of the trees.

Olivia counted the seconds that passed by since he walked past her tree and dared not moved till she reached 400.She slowly put her hands on the ground and started to inch her way out of the bushes, holding her breath as she tried not to make a sound.

”Princess did you think you could fool me so easily!” Edmond hollered as he kicked her in the stomach and sent her flying sideways into some more trees down below.Olivia let out a gasp as her back hit the base of a tree.She was able to look up and see Edmond's copper eyes glow as they silently mocked her for her own stupidity.

Edmond spun his dagger around in his hand, catching bits of moon light making every spin more ominous as he walked closer to her.She tried to scramble of the ground and was able to narrowly miss his dagger as it was sent flying to her head, instead it cut her hair tie.As she held her stomach, her hair came tumbling down over her face as she ran for dear life while he coldly laughed after her.

”My princess has some life left in her!You must really want to live!” he shouted into the cold, dark sky.Olivia had no other option left, she had to run down to the lake and see if there was a small row boat tied to the wooden dock.

Her body felt like it was on fire as she started to breath harder with every step she took.She felt something wet running down the side of her leg and didn't dare to look down as she finally reached the dock.

In the distance she could see a small boat tied at the very end.Her heart sang in relief as there was a glimmer of hope right before her.”Princess I'm coming for you!” Edmond sang at the top of his lungs.

Olivia looked back and could see his glowing copper eyes start to grow bigger with every passing second.The relief she felt stopped her adrenaline rush and now her leg felt heavy and unusable.She have dragged herself down the dock and knelt down to untie the rope when she suddenly noticed that the boat was sinking into the lake.