Her Unwanted Mate On The Throne

Chapter 109 Run, baby.

She almost didn’t believe it when she heard the lock click. It took several tries at different keys before it finally worked. Doris threw on another sweater before she carefully creaked open the door and peeked into the hallways. She wasn’t sure how it had gotten so dark in such a short time, perhaps Jospeh took all of the light with him.

She quickly pushed his kind face away from her mind. Kindness counted for nothing when she wanted to survive-she learned that the hard way. Lessons are always learned the hard way and she had gone through more than a few of her own.

Slowly, Doris creaked the door open and slipped out through the small crack. She clicked the door shut and locked it behind her as if she hadn’t left the room at all. It would only fool them til morning, then they would be after her. Hopefully she would find the camp long before that happened.

It could have been hours or mere minutes until the sun came out, she didn’t know but she was certain of one thing. She had to hurry before anyone else came knocking. Joseph had been the only one to check on her since she’d been here besides Mr. Hugh. But, she already had an appointment with him so she didn’t expect him to wonder about her until evening. That gave her enough of a chance to try and get as far as possible from here as she could.

Doris kept her steps light as she followed the same path Joseph had led her down less than an hour before. She skimmed the walls and peered around each comer to make sure the guards were still fast asleep before she hurried by. She had no idea if Joseph was off for the night after he left her or if he was doing a round of the grounds since no one else was up to do she. She just knew she had to be extra careful.

Her feet felt as if they were gliding on air as she rushed to the door that led outside. Not one sound thumped against the ground as if she weighed nothing. Though, her heart was the loudest thing inside her. It could have even woke the dead.

so loud, she had to hold her breath and listen for any trace of steps hurrying her way to throw her back where she came

tum it. The cold breeze the chilled her face was almost a relief. She glanced back once before she hurried out into the snow that

miles no matter where she headed. Doris didn’t know what direction to head in, she didn’t know which one would lead her to where William was but she had to try. All she knew was that she had to make it through the trees but she was dead if she didn’t get a

in deep conversation with their backs to her near the stables where William had stolen the horses. Doris quickly pulled back and hid herself from their view again. Her breath grew louder to her ears. She tried to calm the sound but it

was ridiculous—how was she going to get out of this one without a horse? She’d be

with Joseph, she felt hot as if

skin ripple with goosebumps. What if they hunted her like an animal when they found out she was gone? She knew she had to keep going and at least try to get

for miles and she hoped that meant she’d left them all behind her. Each crunch in the snow made her cringe and heart race as if it was trying to exit her chest. How far was the camp from here? She remembered it being long by carriage but fast by horses. Perhaps if she ran she

but more trees. She took a long deep breath before she took off into the darkness away from Life Pharmacy. The forest didn’t look

realized that William stole a few of their horses the night they escaped before they were found out and now made sure

long for her breath to run out with barely any ground covered thanks to the thick snow. She wasn’t used to running like this, she collapsed to the ground and rested her head against her knees.

Pharmacy was now a distant shadow behind her but she knew it was still too close for comfort. The sun started to poke up above the horizon and she wondered how long it had been since she left her prison. Did Joseph notice she was gone yet? Or