I can’t breathe as the panick begins to set in from what I’ve done. I have never been in love before. It’s as if the feeling has completely taken over my mind, body and soul. Because of the rose colored glasses, I believed a man that said he would burn the world down to have me. The more he spoke, the more I wanted him. Needed him. _Do I even remember what I traded for a man who does not exist? A man of shadow and wind. _ _ _I stumble out of the woods into the opening next to the stream near my families cottage. My father must know about binding contracts with souls and shadows. I will not allow my stupidness take away my life. My heart rate spikes as I notice the stillness surrounding the homestead. Mother should be baking her bread with Mia. I should be hearing my sisters laughter through the open windows. _Please, please, please. They have to be here. They are all I have._ _ _“You have me now, darling,” The dark caress of his voice down the back of my neck, feels like ice water was poured down my back. I jump away turning around, ready to face him. But he’s not there. “What did you do? Where is my family?” I cry out scanning every dark area surrounding me. “Yuri, Don’t you know I do not intend to share the souls I own. If you choose to stay in your realm, you will live the way I choose. And I choose to have you begging for me to bring you home. To me.” His cold breeze sweeps my hair off my neck as if he is caressing me. I breath is ragged as I hold in the screams that want to come unleashed. I will not give him what he craves. “Then you will be waiting until the world burns.”