Free Betrayed: Dark beginnings by Rebecca Weeks

struggled to do the back of it up.
    He walked over and took the ribbon, pulling in the corset. He did it so gently. He had clearly done this before, to another woman perhaps? A lover or even maybe a wife, but she didn’t want to ask. He finished quickly and Elizabeth looked at herself in the shop mirror. She looked beautiful; she silently wished that Richard could see her looking like this.
    Elizabeth’s thoughts turned to Richard. She had forgotten about him momentarily and needed to find him and her family.  Elizabeth didn’t say anything to Matthias. She decided she was going to wait until they found the warlock then she would sneak away from Matthias; once the warlock had reversed whatever he had done to her. She pulled the hood over her head and followed Matthias out of the shop, thanking the woman on the way out.
    They had not even made it half way down the road when Elizabeth saw Richard and her sister walking hand in hand down the road. She looked at them in disbelief. So they find out she supposedly died less than a week ago and they both betray her. The thought made her furious. Matthias looked around and saw Elizabeth snarling at them, they had not seen her yet.
    She pulled her hood down and went to run at them. Matthias grabbed her, pulling her into an alleyway and restrained her against the wall. She fought him, but got breathless and stopped. He grabbed her hand and led her down to the bottom of the alleyway. He looked frustrated.
    “Are you trying to get us killed? What happened to laying low?” He said angrily.
    His face frightened her, but she had felt so hurt and could not help it. Elizabeth threw herself onto him and sobbed on his shoulder. She had nothing else left now.
    Elizabeth expected Matthias to throw her off of him and walk away, but he surprised her. He pulled her into his arms tightly and stroked her hair. It felt good, she needed to be comforted.
    She felt so horrible and she wanted to run away. She hated them, they should be grieving, not sneaking off with each other, it’s the worst betrayal, he could have gone for any girl, but no, he chose her sister. And worst, her sister agreed.
    They were always there for each other. Elizabeth meant the world to her, as she did to Elizabeth and then she betrays her like this? She is not even upset; Elizabeth thought to herself and sobbed harder. She wanted to kill them both. Elizabeth could feel something boiling inside of her; the hurt went and was replaced by hot anger.
    She would get them for this, and kill them. They had taken everything from her, and it hurt so much. She made a promise to herself to kill them for what they had done. Elizabeth looked Matthias in the eyes and blinked back her tears.
    “I will kill them.” Elizabeth spat.
    “Who? What happened back there?” Matthias looked at her anxiously.
    “My sister and Richard, my husband-to-be, they’re not even upset Matthias. They were together, hand in hand.”               She started to raise her voice and clenched her fists.
    “Don’t worry Elizabeth; you will have your revenge. But first we need to find the warlock who did this.” He led her off down the street.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    chapter fifteen
     
     
     
     
     
    Present day – Cumbria
    Jordan walked to Elizabeth’s house and knocked loudly on the door making flakes of paint fall onto his trainers.
    Elizabeth answered and looked at Jordan brightly.
    “You want to come out?” He asked sweetly.
    “Don’t really feel like it.” She said honestly.
    “Come on, you need some time out of the house.” He persisted.
    “No I am happy being inside.” She relented. He grabbed her hand and attempted to pull her out the door. She huffed and tugged her hand from his.
    “Come on.” He pleaded. Elizabeth sighed and rolled her eyes.
    “Fine, but I’m only going out for a couple hours.” She knew that she had loads to do, but she guessed a couple hours out would not do any harm. She grabbed her