Her Unwanted Mate On The Throne

Chapter 122 Closer and closer.

It was all one big blur that Doris could barely register. William grabbed her arm and took off in a run towards the trees. She felt as if her feet barely touched the ground as they pounded through the snow. She knew that William would start to drag her if she didn’t hury and she didn’t feel like losing an arm to him.

An arrow zipped past her head and thudded into the snow in front of her. William forced her to start to run diagonally instead of a straight line. Doris almost tripped over her own feet, but William straightened her before she could fall. She didn’t know how close they were to being caught, she didn’t know if they were right behind her about to clasp their hands around her body—she only ran. Even when the back of her throat burned and her body tried to give up on her, she ran.

They disappeared into the trees and the silence engulfed them. Doris heard her breath almost burst her ears as they dodged the trees and turned a different way. There was no time to think, only move. She trusted William enough to follow him blindly through danger and hope he would lead them out on the other side. It wasn’t that long ago that she would have refused to trust him for even a second.

“Down there!” William called to Enzo who was slightly ahead of them. Shouting erupted from behind them and she desperately wanted to see how close they were behind them. She resisted the urge, if she turned her head it would’ve been over for her. Up ahead, Doris saw Patrick and the rest of the guards waiting down a small hill.

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They mounted their horses and several had taken off already at Patrick’s command.

“Come on!” William said. She wasn’t sure if he meant himself or all of them, but Doris pushed herself just a bit more even though her insides wanted to bleed. How did he seem so unaffected?

William picked Doris up at her waist and skidded down the hill, passing Enzo on the way down. He lifted her on an empty horse and pulled himself up without a second to breathe. Doris gripped onto him tightly and saw Enzo mount his own horse and take off seconds after they did.

The group of guards halted at the top of the hill and started shouting at them as if it would make them stop. Faster than she expected, they were out of sight. She faced forward again and allowed herself to breathe despite the harsh gallops of the horse. Her throat burned so bad, she thought it would start bleeding soon.

Her mind started to catch up with her, she gripped William tighter and was thankful they were even alive. She closed her eyes and let him take her somewhere far and safe. If safety even existed in these lands.

surroundings. Her face was completely frozen by the time they finally stopped to rest. Snow started to   fall slowly

the horse and helped her down. He glanced around once

the fabric and forced it back down

William said impatiently. “Let me see. I need

of her stomach. She didn’t even feel the arrow that must have skimmed her skin when it hit

closer to see how deep it was. His warm breath caressed her cold skin and sent a shiver down her spine. “It seems to be more of a surface wound, but I want you to have a taste just to close

when Enzo came over to

manage.” He brushed his hand across the horse they stood by. “I’ll have

take care of the horse. Please, go rest.” Doris rubbed his arm. He offered a small smile and turned away from them. He staggered

think he’ll be okay?” Doris asked. William gestured for his men to hide the horses and turned back

towards one of the further caves. The men were quick to clear out the area and make it seem as if

so.” Doris whispered and ducked into the small space. It was barely big enough to hold both of them—she knew there was no hope for a fire unless she wanted to

the wall and closed her eyes. Nothing inside her cared about how she looked or what awaited them the next day. All she cared

his coat. She opened her eyes and watched him with

bread he’d taken from the kitchens. Doris gasped and gripped the

rested on her thigh and for a moment she swore he smiled at her but perhaps she was only imagining it again. He wasn’t one to smile for longer than a second. Doris broke the bread in half and held

before her thoughts started to wander. It tasted better than she expected, she wished she had taken the entire try before they left-even if it had gotten

She forgot why she was even mad at him, but a little distance still settled into her chest. Perhaps