A Night With The King

“Aha,”

She cried when she felt pain in her stomach, she cradled her baby bump, praying that her poor child was okay and unhurt. She couldn’t just keep standing there, she needed to leave; she reached for the door but noticed he was rising again, she picked up the wooden lamp stand near her, walked back to him, and hit him with it again a couple of time more, she stopped when he stopped moving, turned around and ran out of the room.

Sophie ran out of the room, hoping that she would find a way out of the place, she needed to be out of the house before Damon walked up or his men found out what she had done to him. She looked around and there was no one in the hallway, she ran for the front door but had to stop and hide when she saw a man with a gun. She hid behind a shelf and waited until he was out of sight before she ran away from there. It was dark outside but the darkness served as some form of protection for her. She walked as fast as her legs could carry her towards the gate, she didn’t know what awaited her at the gate but she couldn’t just stay within the compound, she continued walking and also looked around to make sure no one was after her just yet.

“Stop there,”

A deep voice rang out, Sophie turned to see Gavin, he was holding a gun too, and pointed it at her. She couldn’t see his face properly but recognized his voice.

“Sophie? What did you do?”

He asked as he walked closer to her with the gun still pointed in her direction, Sophie held both hands up in the air in surrender.

“He was going to touch me without consent and I couldn’t let him, you have to let me go,”

She pleaded as tears started running down her eyes.

“He did? Did you kill him?”

“No, I didn’t, I just knocked him out,”

Sophie found herself answering all of his questions.

“If you go through that way, you will probably be dead before you get to the gate, follow me,”

He instructed, and even though she would ordinarily not have trusted him, she found herself following him, he led her to a darker part of the huge compound; the only light she saw was from the furthest part, and it took almost ten minutes to arrive there, when they did, he opened a small gate and gestured for her to go.

“This place will lead you directly out of the estate, go right and then turn left and you will see the main road, here, you will need money to get a taxi,”

He said and handed her some cash which she took without saying a word.

“Don’t even think of going to any hotel, he has people everywhere in almost all hotels, he will find you, better to call your people, that’s all I can tell you; this is all I can do for you. and I hope you never come back,”

Sophie didn’t know what to say, she always thought he was just as bad but he tried to get her out by calling Patrick and now he is also helping her escape.

“Go,”

He yelled at her and she didn’t wait to be told again, she ran as fast as she could through the gate, she heard it shut close but didn’t look back or stop running, she took the direction he told her and was quick to see a taxi which she waved down and got in, the driver asked her where she was going and she told him to just drive as far away from where they were as possible while in the taxi, her mind went all over the place to try and come up with a quick solution. She knew she had little time to come up with a plan because she knew it would not be long before Damon would send men after her, she was sure the impact wasn’t that great for him to pass out for long, Gavin only helped but if Damon wants him to bring her back to him, she was sure he would and she wasn’t so sure she would be lucky again, at this point, it was clear that her freedom depends solely on her, even though she told herself that she would never call Lance or go back to him when she knows it would disrupt his life, she couldn’t stay back anymore, he was the only one who could help her, plus he knew she was adopted and was willing to pay for her to be released. She looked around, as they dropped, hoping to see a pay phone but there was none available.

“Please can I borrow your phone? Please?”

She asked the driver.

“I am sorry but I don’t do that, but I can drive you to where you can get a pay phone,”

The driver responded.

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She told him. He drove for about five minutes before he came to a stop near a pay phone. Sophie rushed down from the taxi and almost forgot to pay him until the driver yelled out for her; she paid him and ran to the pay phone. She quickly dialed Lance’s number but nothing worked, it was as if the pay phone was dead or something. She tried a couple of times as frustrated tears fell from her eyes.

“Those don’t work anymore,”

A woman said from outside the phone booth, pointing at the small sign posted that stated that it doesn’t work. Sophie felt so dumb and stupid, she walked out of the phone booth and walked to the woman who was kind enough to tell her to stop wasting her time.

“Please, can I borrow your phone? I need to call my husband, it is very urgent,”

Sophie lied, she figured the best way to get an older woman to help her fast was to tell her that. Not like it was all a lie, if she hadn’t left, they might have gotten married.

“Oh, yes, you can, also, you should wear this, it is too cold for a pregnant woman to be so exposed,”

She pointed at her shirt which she didn’t know was torn due to her fight with Damon, she thanked the good old woman and collected both the phone and sweatshirt she offered, she first put on the shirt before dialing Lance’s number.

“Please pick up, please,”

Sophie whispered with tears of frustration still rolling down her eyes; her heart jumped when she heard his voice.

“My king,”

Sophie cried. She was so thankful that he took the call, it was as if he was waiting for the call.

“Sophie? Is that you? Where are you right now?”

“In Briscout,”

She answered as more tears streamed down her eyes, she couldn’t control the tears.

“Calm down, baby, I know you are in Briscout, where exactly are you right now, can you give a detailed description of where you are?”

He asked, she took a deep breath so that she could answer his questions. She spoke through her tears, telling him where exactly she was using everything that she could to describe the place.

“Please come get me, before he finds me again, if he does, he will hurt me and the baby,”

Sophie cried.

“Don’t worry, I am in your city and we are coming to get you, don’t leave where you are right now, can you stay on the line?”

Lance asked, his calm voice made her feel some kind of peace, and knowing that he was coming to get her reduced her anxiety. She turned to the woman who had given her the phone and she nodded.

“Yes, but I don’t know for how long I can stay,”

“Don’t worry, we will be there, just stay put my love, okay? I love you, you know that right?”

He asked and her throat tightened as she got emotional all over again, why did she ever for once think that Lance would regret choosing her? She should have trusted him more, if she did, she would never have gotten herself in the kind of mess that she did.

“Sophie? Are you there?”

He asked and she nodded but remembered he couldn’t see her.

“Yes, I am still here,”

“Good, stay with me, okay? We got your location and we are just five minutes away,”

he told her softly, his voice and the words he just said made her tear up even more, the older woman just stood there like some kind of guardian angel, she didn’t say a word. Lance spoke with her on the phone, she could barely hear anything he was saying because she was so overwhelmed by everything.

“Sophie!!!”

She heard her name, she turned around and saw him waving and walking towards her, she wanted to run to him but she couldn’t even move, she just stood there with the phone still in her ears and with tears running down her eyes, all her heart and mind could think about was that; he was here, he found her.

“Sophie,”

He let out when he got to her before she could say a word, he reached out for her and pulled her into his arms; it felt like home, it was home.