"You're done for , Eira".

The way he uttered my name made my hands tingle. Oh, he was fuming with anger.

He also knew my name which is something I hadn't disclosed to anyone. My name had been on my modelling portfolio and strangely enough it seemed that he remembered it.

"Vidarr get the hell out of my house". Erebus now yelled to his friend who seemed not to have a car in the world. I wasn't able to see him now as Erebus blocked me from his view but I did know he looked like he wanted to murder his friend.

"Now now, is that anyway to treat a long... lost friend?" I could hear the tone of the way his friend Vidarr teased him.

"And you didn't find a better time than right now to get into my house?"

"I did but I had a feeling you were having some fun and I wanted to join in".

Erebus gritted his teeth as he towered above me and he looked into my eyes while lifting my chin up.

"Go out through the back door,change your clothes and get out of here". I flinched at his voice when he yelled at me but he didn't seem in the mood to joke so I backed away from him as his friends eyes caught mine and he winked.

He looked... different then Erebus.He seemed to be lighthearted while Erebus seemed so cruel and harsh.

Erebus glared at me as I lingered on and so I turned around and made my exit through his back door. I went and retrieved my clothes and left the black dress behind the stage where I had changed.

I exited his lawn to find the driver once again waiting for me. I rolled my eyes to myself and began walking ,and just like earlier the driver kept following me right until I reached my apartment.

Once I stood outside my apartment I turned to the old man. " So is he making you follow me now?"

The old man had his hands on the steering wheel as he smiled to himself and replied ."No one would allow a young lady to walk home alone at this time,at least no good man would".

I scoffed to myself, Erebus was the devil himself. He was the definition of bad and I saw it today. I saw it in the way his eyes looked,the way he acted and the way he felt like he could order me around.

"Well he is no good man".

"Stay away from him child, He is good but we all have bad within us and sometimes we allow it to overpower us".

The night was dark and the wind whipped against my arms , and even more so as he told me to stay away from Erebus.

He worked for him and yet here he was warning me against him. Todays events had played with my mind in various ways causing me to not comprehend anything that was beginning to happen.

"Why would you say that?"

"I know him. I've known him for a very long time and if you heed my words you'll be saving yourself from a lot of trouble".

I didn't want to be near Erebus and nor did it cross my mind for a second. However the way he spoke caused me to feel a sense of danger and yet it made me want to taste the feel of it.

I knew I was crazy for feeling this way. No one tried to get near danger once they were told to stay away from it, but I was once again reminded of a time very long ago when I had ventured into the forest and the sound of danger had called me and I walked right into it.

I cut the conversation short with the driver , knowing I needed all the rest I could get. I had a day full of humiliation and I was jobless too which only furthered my problems even more and caused my head to ache.

"I'll keep it in mind , thank you". The driver tipped his hat and then drove away. I entered into my apartment and flopped onto the bed from all the exhaustion.

I definitely needed a hot shower and to jump into some comfy pyjamas which was exactly what I did.I removed my clothes and stood in front of my mirror assessing my body.

I held my hands along my waist where his hands had gripped me and surveyed my figure. Was I that ugly to the point I had gotten rejected in such an insulting way?

I stared at my features, I wasn't thick nor did I have the full body of a women that most people fell for. I had a small hourglass body that at times looked good and at times made me remember the insults of girls who'd call me too thin or too skinny.

My face probably helped me more ,my dark eyebrows framed my brown eyes and my full lips with high cheekbones were what made me a little confident but we all had our insecurities and so did I.

I got into the shower and stood underneath the hot water as it burned against my back. I hated the way his eyes reflected on the back my eyelids whenever I closed my eyes, of the way I was reminded of his strong hands as they gripped me.

I puffed out a deep breath and got out of the shower and into my black lace bra and night gown. It was the perks of living alone, I was completely and utterly alone and thus dressed to my freedom.

I allowed my wet hair to air dry and got onto my bed with my knees lifted up and my phone dangling in the air as I began scrolling through all my social media.

Erebus, Erebus, Erebus. There wasn't a single app I entered that didn't have girls screaming over him or news outlets writing about him.

If only they knew the truth of his cruelty.I smiled to myself as I found a brilliant plan. I made a new account called 'Erebusthereptile'. I began giggling to myself at the name,he really was like a reptile. Cold blooded and hard.

I made sure to go under all the posts of his fans and girls who whined over him and to spout the truth about him.

"Erebus... is the most cold hearted reptile the world has ever seen. Don't let his good looks fool you because he hides his ugly face behind all his fame".

I typed send and almost instantly got attacked for attacking him. I rolled my eyes at the lameness of all the girls defending him. I was about to switch off my phone when I received a notification of a new message.

I clicked it to reveal the same unknown number who had texted me that morning but the message I read now caused me to shake in fear.

Black lace on you... what a delightful view

Immediately I began scanning my eyes around the room and my head flitted from left to right in shock. I was wearing black lace,and no one could have known that. It wasn't possible and yet this message itself proved that it was.

I grabbed my blanket and covered my body, I was too scared to move. It was night and I was alone. It baffled my mind to think of who would do this?

I grabbed my phone with my shaky hands and kept reading the message over and over again when a new message was sent.

Reply.

Reply.

Reply.

But I didn't reply,what if it was a prank? I tried wrapping my head around it,with a million thoughts crowding my head. It wasn't possible for anyone to be so spot on with what I was wearing except if they were looking at me... right now.

I gulped to myself. I didn't live in a big place it was a small apartment with one room and there were no places to hide in so what did that message mean?

Stop thinking. I said reply to me.

My hands shook, I didn't know what to do or who to call for help. Or if I was being dramatic, was I?The only way to find out was to actually reply.

I bit my lips as I began typing.

Who are you?

Instantly I got a response almost as though he waited for me.

Someone who you can't escape

I began thinking and thinking to myself.I barely knew anyone for them to do something like this. I responded to his message and decided to be clever about it and see if he really knew it all.

Im not wearing black lace. You've got the wrong person.

I began chewing my nails at this point nervous to see what this anonymous person would say.

Is that why your hairs dripping wet and you're covering your body from me with a blanket?

I stared in shock at my phone and I was sure now that I actually did fear for my life. Someone was here, someone was watching me.

What do you want from me?

The reply I read gave me chills.

I want you. Be ready for me.because once I get my hands on you, your life will belong to me.

Immediately I switched off my phone and stared around my empty room. There was no explanation for this, I lived on the third floor, no one could climb up and clearly no one hid in my room.

And that left me with my final option of this and that was that my phone was either hacked. Perhaps they could see me through the camera, but I knew that was too delusional. Or perhaps... there was an actual camera.

I rubbed my hands through my hair as I thought of all the possible possibilities. I had to change my number and I would do it stat first thing tomorrow morning.

Suddenly I didn't feel so safe in my apartment anymore. I needed a new place , and that meant I needed a job.

My dream of modelling would simply stay a dream and I would have to do something more realistic. I hugged my knees to my chest as I lied in bed.

Every time I tried to make something work it always back fired against me. I wasn't sure if some people were fated to go through tragedies and hardships of life but I was sure that I was.

It was a reality I had to face ever since I was small and now that I grew up and thought things would change, it still seemed to be going down a slope and taking me with it like a hurricane.

I wondered about the man I'd seen in the forest as he always seemed to linger in my mind at times even though we only had one encounter.

I wondered if he pushed through his struggles or if we both battled things that were too hard to get through.

It always seemed as though I never tried knowing anyone in life because of him. Because from the very first and only encounter of meeting him, I'd felt something move deeply within my chest. Something that words couldn't explain and I knew that mean I needed to run from him and forget him.

He had been a stranger who called himself a murderer and I was just a girl who wanted to live everyday as a normal day.

I placed my head against my pillow and didn't turn off the lights. I shut my eyes closed and dozed off knowing that tomorrow wouldn't be an easy day.

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