Evince Me by Lili Lam

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behind him. "Princesa, Analia get up." He uttered in a hushed
whisper while shaking my arm demandingly.
     
    The sense of urgency in his voice had my eyes
snapping open to stare up at him in fear. Why did he out of all
people sound scared? He's the one orchestrating this entire
kidnapping, isn't he. What's he possibly in fear of?
     
    "Wh-what's going on?" I stuttered as my heart
began beating at an accelerated pace. I could hear the swooshing in
my ears as I began panicking. Either he's planning on moving me
elsewhere because the guys are coming to get me or he knows I was
pretending to sleep earlier.
     
    "I need to get you out of here. My mother's
caught wind that Tristan and the Manzanares are coming for you. She
thinks killing you will end all this trouble." Marco's deep voice
had an undertone of regret in it. "I won't let her hurt you. I
should've never listened to her. You don't belong to me."
     
    It was almost as though he was sorry for
involving me. What's going on here? I'm so confused, Marco wants to
help me? Wasn't it his idea to take me in the first place? "We need
to hurry." Marco sounded frantic, helping me up from the bed to
stand. He led me quietly towards the door, poking his head out the
door before swooping me into his arms bridal style.
     
    Before I knew it we were out the back door and
Marco was off running at full speed into the woods surround his
pack house. During the run I felt the need to confess what Mia told
me. "She forgives you...you know." I breathed out causing Marco to
stop completely, almost dropping me on the ground.
     
    His eyes bore into the side of my face as a look
of understanding washed over his expression. "She came to me. Mia
came to me." My voice shook as I admitted it out loud, hoping he
doesn't look at me as if I was insane. Then again, we'll be in the
same boat.
     
    "Thank you, I needed to hear that." Marco nodded
his head in understanding, his eyes tearing up a bit before he
advised me what to do next. "We need to shift. I'll run across to
the next territory until we reach the start of the Manzanares land,
but that's as far as I can take you."
     
    Does Marco have multiple personality disorder?
Don't get me wrong, I'm grateful for his sudden change of heart,
but how do I know I'm not being set up? If he isn't setting me up
I'll be sure to get him the best psychological help I can find and
that's a promise.
     
    We shifted together and ran through the
neighboring territory, as we got midway through we became
surrounded by wolves. Some of the wolves were strangers, a few I
recognized as members of my own pack, others my friends.
    ‘They came for me.’ Is all that crossed my mind, the next thing occurred in slow
motion as Tristan came charging out of nowhere along with Rico and
Alonso. The three of them together collectively pounced on top of
Marco in a fit of rage, snarling and snapping at him viciously. He
didn't stand a chance.
     
    'No...no...no, you're killing
him!' I screamed out in my mind praying they'd hear
me, but it was to no avail. They kept on attacking and the sad part
of it all was that Marco wasn't even fighting back. Doing the only
thing I could think of, I shifted into human form and threw myself
down on top of Marco's limp and bloodied wolf screaming. "Leave him
alone!"
     
    "Lise baby, what're you doing? Get away from
him!" Tristan snarled standing stark naked in human form. His chest
heaving up and down in anger as he glared at me shielding the
enemy. Shaking my head vigorously I managed to breathe out a
'No'.
     
    Turning my attention back, I stared down at
Marco with tears trailing from my eyes. Yes, he kidnapped me and
injected me with black ice, but I think it was all at the hands of
his mother. Deep down inside there's got to be a good person. He
did help me escape after all. I couldn't feel his heart beating
under my body, nor could I see the rising and falling of his chest
from breathing. Please don't tell me it's too late for him, please
tell