Chapter Eight

"If I were you, I would stay very still." The low growl of the man who held my hands tightly resonated through my entire body and I froze.

Even the scream that was about to come out of my mouth somehow found its way back into my throat.

"Very good," he whispered into my ears as he gently stroked my hair and I shivered in fear.

"Olivia!" Suddenly Ivy's voice rang out from my laptop and I could sense that she was worried.

"Now princess, this is what you are going to do. You will put on a brave face, go to that laptop and you will tell your friend that you thought you saw a mouse and that was why you screamed. You will also tell her that you will get back to her later that you have something very important to do. Is that clear?" His voice was calm and I would have easily concluded that he meant no harm to me but the coldness of the knife tracing the outline of my neck reminded me that he was not my friend.

"Okay," I said softly but that was not enough for him because suddenly he pla