Chapter 247: YOU CAN NEVER ESCAPE.

Chapter 247 YOU CAN NEVER ESCAPE.

“ I’m afraid you’re mistaken Katie, I’ll never accept something so outrageous! You very well know I have a mate already. I have a family of my own so how do you expect me to just… No, this is.. this is pure madness!” Haven shook her head “ I’ll never accept it!” Her voice was filled with determination.

“ Shh—” Katie tried to shush her “ Lower your voice, Haven. Don’t make a scene here Haven. Someone might here and we’ll be in big trouble”

“ I don’t care! I'm not afraid of anyone!” She yelled again shaking off Katie’s hand which held onto her again. “ Let go of me! I really don’t care—”

“ Is there a problem here ladies?” A deep voice asked behind Haven, startling both ladies. Haven and Katie were so engrossed in their conversation that they failed to notice someone walking up to them. They turned around to see a Shadow Guard standing with his hands in his pocket.

The Guard had been on patrol and was passing by when he happened to hear some yelling coming from the two women standing by the riverside so he approached to see if there was a problem.

“ Anything wrong, Katie?” He recognized Katie out of the two. The other extremely beautiful one, he hadn’t seem to have seen her around here before.

“ This your friend?” His mouth betrayed him as he was mesmerized by Haven’s beauty.

“ Ah yes! This is Haven, she’s new here” Katie introduced.

“ Explains why I’ve not seen her around here before” He nodded. The way Haven stared at him made him look back at Katie.

“ Is something wrong here?” He asked.

Katie hurriedly clasped Haven’s hand and flashed a smile at the man“ Oh, no officer. There’s no problem here. My friend here and I were just.. having a conversation. There’s no problem, right Haven?” She tugged at her hand and smiled awkwardly.

Haven gritted her teeth before forcing a smile back. “ Right”

“ Very well then” He nodded “ You two take care” He added and glanced at Haven one more time before continuing on his way. The moment he left, Haven yanked her hands away from Katie as and glared at her.

“ I’m sorry Haven but– but there’s no other way to go about this” Katie stuttered “ If you’re staying here, then you have to abide by the rules. That’s just how things are being done. So please, do it for everyone’s sake, yours as well as ours so everything will continue as it was. It’s for the best.”

“ For the best, for the best, for the best!!!” Haven exploded “ I’m tired of hearing you repeat this over and over again. Did I ever tell you I’m interested in staying here? How many times do I have to tell you I have my own home and mate to return to! Don’t you understand?”

“ This is your home now” Katie frowned.

“ I’m not interested in staying here one bit!” Haven cried out. “ I’m definitely going to leave from here, you’ll see!” She began to look around.

“ You can’t escape from here, Haven. That’s not a good idea at all. The Shadow Guards, they’re everywhere. There’s no means of escape from this place and let’s say you do escape, where will you go then? Huh? The desert of no return awaits you out there. Where do you think you’ll E able to go? You’ll just die.”

“ I’d rather die than stay here and accept this” Haven said through gritted teeth. “ I’ll rather die a hundred times than allow a man pointed out by some so called elders touch me! I’ll rather die!!” She yelled feeling more fear crept up her spine.

“ You can never be able to escape from here, Haven. In the end, it’ll all be the same. You can never escape. They’re everywhere “ Katie’s voice softened as she pulled Haven into a hug.

“Don’t worry, you’ll love your partner eventually “ She whispered into her ears while patting her head gently.

A single tear dropped from Haven’s eyes and before she knew it, more and more followed. She sobbed quietly while Katie patted her hair.

This was just so unfair! All of it was unfair! What had she done wrong to deserve this? Why was this all happening to her?

Haven stood there quietly allowing Katie hug her. Her mind was racing with the possibility of escaping from this place. It didn’t matter whether Katie had just told her it was impossible. She would never know unless she tried, right?

But truly, as Katie said, where would she go? She had no idea where this place even was but she was sure it must be miles and miles away from her home. Maybe it really was just useless?

But thinking about it again, all that didn’t matter, the most important thing was running away from this place first. She’ll think about all the rest later.

“ Every Guardian needs to be paired with a Shadow Guard.” Katie’s voice whispered into her ears after a while. “ It’s not that bad, I promise. Your partner will love you, and so will you, you’ll see. Now don’t be sad okay?” She asked before lowering her voice again.

“ And please, don’t try to create another scene here that’ll put us all in trouble. Let’s go home and try to talk it out okay? It’s not safe here” Katie’s said in a low tone before she released Haven from the hug.

“ Don’t cry okay? Everything will be fine” Her hands wiped away the tears on Haven’s cheek. Haven’s cold eyes stared back at her, which left her feeling a little uncomfortable. This was the first time she was seeing Haven like this.

“ I’m really disappointed in you, Katie” Were all Haven said before she picked up her bags and walked away. Katie too picked up the rest of the shopping bags and walked after Haven, head hung a little low.

Yes, this wasn’t really fair but then, they all had to accept it– and Haven wasn’t an exception. There was no other way if she wanted to survive in this place.

As the two ladies walked away, they however failed to realize, the Frosty River which never froze begin to glisten on its surface as ice started to form slowly but surely as it crept over the surface of the water.