A girl cursed by an evil witch to relive the lives of different princesses when she falls asleep. One constant remains the same in all her dreams, one day her prince will come. The only question is will he save her in time?
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Chapter 22- Every Woman for Herself
I pressed the dagger to his throat. His eyes widened in shock, waking up instantly from the sudden pressure.
He immediately began to struggle but I anticipated this and pinned his arms and legs down, almost straddling him.
"What is going on Jana?" Colin asked, disoriented. "What are you doing?" He thrashed for a few moments against my strong hold and gave up after not moving.
I ignored his questioning and only started talking once he gave into my hold.
"I'm only going to give you one chance to tell the truth." I pressed the dagger into his skin just a fraction more, it was enough for him to flinch from the blade and take me seriously.
"Why are you taking me to Andres?" I forcibly spat out the words.
Colin stared at me unblinking and it frankly unnerved me. "Where is this coming from, I'm taking you away from Andres."
"Lies!" I shouted frustrated from his lack of cooperation. I had a knife to his throat, he should be telling me what I want.
"I'm not." He shot back exasperated and confused.
"Then why are you taking us closer to the castle instead of further as you claimed?" I quickly retorted, throwing my head back in bitter laughter.
Colin looked away, too much of a coward to look me in the eyes. I applied more pressure to the dagger drawing his attention to me, this conversation was not over.
"I'm not an idiot, I can tell we are heading West not East and I will not be seen as a fool."
"I never thought you to be stupid." He said softly as if that makes up for the betrayal.
I scoffed at his answer, withdrawing the blade slightly. "Then why lie?"
Colin froze and became silent once more. I realized he would never give me a straight honest answer.
I applied slightly more pressure to the dragger so it was flush against his throat. I must have placed more strength than anticipated because it pierced his skin causing a small droplet to leak out. I pulled back immediately, I never meant to actually hurt him. I only meant to scare him.
I did not have much time to react because I was suddenly flung backwards by a red light, hitting a tree nearly twenty feet away.
My back collided with the rough bark of the tree and my head hit the base with a forceful impact. My vision began to blur from the throbbing in the back of my head and the ground seemed to be sinning.
He hit me with his magic.
When I was able to see clearly, Colin's shadowy figure was coming closer with his hand outstretched.
