Chapter 79

Emma’s POV Under Axel’s lead, me and Lizzie were trekking for days. Axel was my mother’s brother. Like calls the other, so as anyone could have noticed, they both were ruthless and cruel. The air around us seemed thick and it was hard to keep walking, considering I had nothing to eat. My pregnancy only burdened me further, because I couldn’t keep up with the long strides of Lizzie and Axel and they kept on cursing me and shouting at me. As if I had brought this upon us. And, maybe I did. But Lizzie wasn’t innocent in all of this. When walking became even harder, I took a pause to breathe heavily. Lizzie, with a wicked glint in her eyes, glanced back at me. "You know, Emma, you're really slowing us down," she hissed, her voice dripping with contempt. "If you keep moving like a snail, those wild beasts might just catch up to us. And I don't think they'll be particularly discerning about their prey." I squinted my eyes at her. “And you know what I would do, I will run, and not before I wi