Chapter 11. Chase of Terror

BELLE

I screamed and felt tears of complete terror pour down my face.

I ran.

I wasn’t even sure where I was running to; I just let my legs carry me away from the nightmare that my life had become. I heard heavy paws running after me as I sprinted up the stairs, knowing it was Grayson on my heels.

I panicked and ran into the first room I came across.

That room just so happened to be the one I had first woken up in with him.

I slammed the door shut and locked it. I backed away from it.

It took precisely one second for something hard and large to start pounding against the door.

I sobbed as the entire room shook. I continued to step backward until I felt my back meet the window on the other side of the room. I slid down, hugging my knees to my chest.

He’s trying to break down the door.

Oh my God. This is how I die.

The door shuddered like it was seconds away from splintering. In the middle of the pounding, the door handl