Chapter 49

Isabella had been waiting inside the stables as Erik had instructed. She held the dagger he had given her tightly. Her heart was thumping very fast.

She was worried about Erik . He said they were being followed since they left the river bank.

’Who would want to follow us? What are their intentions?’ She thought to herself.

Then she remembered the accident earlier. When she was nearly ran over by a running carriage. She felt someone pushed her.

"Someone is after my life?" She said to herself.

She was deep in her thoughts when she heard some sound.

"Who is there?" She quickly got her guard up. She unsheathe the dagger from its scarb and held it at arms length. She made a defensive stance.

"Young lady, I do not wish to harm you." A voice of a man was heard.

Then the man emerged from the shadows. He was a young man with short dark brown hair and eyes. He was wearing black cloak.

"What do you want from me?" She asked with authority.

The young man flinched. He looked into her eyes, as if se