The Fire Within the Passion by Kayla Trautman (best big ereader TXT) 📖

Please let me explain." Kattie sighed and looked at him waiting for an explaination. Jack continued, "I was angry, ferious, and upset that you were shot so I went for a walk. On my walk I saw Victor sitting on the steps to your house. I lost my temper and went after him. I didn't tell you because I didn't want to upset you. I didn't want you to worry or anything. I'm sorry. I should've told you." Kattie said, "But it hurt me even more when I had to hear it from my brother and not from you." Jack began to cry at the fact that he hurt her, "I know. I'm sorry. I love you." Kattie moved closer to him, "I love you too. That's why I want you to promise me that you won't ever do that again unless you really have to." Jack nodded, "I promise." Kattie put her hands on his face and kissed him. Jack kissed her back passionately. He was upset that he had hurt her and relieved that she forgave him. Kattie got up and sat on his lap. She leaned back on him resting her head on his shoulder, "Can we please not do this again?" Jack looked down at her, "Do what again?" Kattie replied, "Argue. Not talk to each other." Jack kissed her, "No we don't ever have to do that again. And I won't make you upset with me again." Kattie smiled and closed her eyes. Jack layed down on the couch with her on top of him. That's where they slept for the night.
Chapter 18: Caught in the Fire
It was August 19th and Kattie, Jack, and George were all at the house getting Kattie's stuff. They never left Kattie alone for a second while they packed. They were with her at all times to be sure that Victor didn't try anything. Jack was upstairs in the bedroom packing her stuff that was in there, and Kattie and George were downstairs packing the little things that she had around for decoration, etc. George asked, "Where do you want this..thing...to go?" Kattie looked at it, "Oh just put it in the box on the right." Kattie got up and picked up a box. George went over to help her but Kattie stopped, "I got it. I think that I'm quite capable of taking this out to the carrige myself. I may be a little sore and pregnant, but I can do this." George sighed and went back to packing. Kattie continued to go outside to the carrige. When she got half way to the carrige a man came up behind her and grabbed her. Kattie dropped the box and screamed. George heard her and ran for the door. But two other men lit the house up on fire. Blocking the way for George to get out. Jack came running down, "What happend? Where's Kattie?" George answered backing away from the flames, "They got her. Victor has her. And they put the house on fire so we couldn't get out to save her." Kattie was fighting Victor and managed to get his hand off of her mouth by biting it, "Jack! George! No! You bastard! Let me go! I need to get them out!" Victor had the two other men gag and tie her. With the gag around her mouth she wasn't able to scream anymore. But she was still kicking as hard as she could, even though her legs and feet were tied together; as well as her hands. Victor told the one guy, "Hey, make yourself useful. Grab her legs. She's putting up much of a fight." The guy did as they put her in the carrige. Before the carrige pulled off Kattie looked out the window at the house that was burning down. The house where Jack and George was still in. Kattie cried as they rode off. Victor sat next to her. He put his hand on her head and she moved away as far as she could. Victor than took both his hands and pulled her over to him, "Look. I can understand that you're a little upset at the moment, but don't take it out on me. If you would've just came back with me like I said they wouldn't have had to die. Now, you're going to listen to what I say or I'm going to make you lose your baby." Kattie gasped and cried even more. Victor continued, "I'm glad you're okay. I didn't mean to shoot you. Now we will be going to this place just by the river and we can talk there. Just lay your head on my shoulder and rest." Kattie relunctantly did so. She cried all the way there.
Jack and George weren't dead like Kattie thought they were. They had escaped through the back door. When Jack and George finally got around the house they couldn't see the carrige anymore. Jack yelled, "Damn it! This is outragous! I promised I wouldn't let him take her back! I promised I would keep her safe!" George said, "Don't worry we can get her back. I know where they're going. Or most likely going. I followed him every where he went. There's this cottage just by the river where he's been staying. That's probably where he'll be taking her." Jack nodded and followed him on horses that they detached from their carrige.
Victor arrived with Kattie at a little cottage just by the river like Victor told her. Kattie stopped crying but she hadn't tried to do nothing or say anything. She would do whatever he wanted her to do. She was only thinking about one thing. Jack and George. Victor picked her up and carried her to the cottage. He put her down on a chair that he had against the wall. Victor pulled up a chair and sat in front of her, "Alone at last my darling." He touched her face, "Boy have I missed you. I know I haven't showed my love in a way that you would find it love, but I do love you. And to me, I have shown you my love for you. I've went through all this trouble to get you back in my arms again. I love you." Kattie just sat there and stared at him. She was still gaged and tied. Then Victor said, "I'm going to take the gag off. If you scream I'm going to put it back on. No one will hear you from here but you'll give me a headache." Kattie just stared at him as he removed the gag. "That's better. Now we can talk to each other." Victor kissed her. She didn't resist, but she didn't kiss back. When Victor realized that she wasn't kissing back he pulled away, "Kattie this only works if you kiss me back. Now come on. I've missed you. And went through all this trouble to get you back. Now at least reward me with a kiss." Victor leaned in and kissed her again. This time Kattie kissed him back so he didn't hurt her.
George and Jack arrived at the carrige about a hour later. Jack seen the cottage that George had been talking about. And a carrige that could've been the one that Victor took Kattie in. The men that Victor had help him were sent away. So it was only Kattie and Victor in the cottage. Jack and George got off of the horses and walked up to the carrige. They looked into the cottage and saw Kattie sitting in the chair tied up. They looked around but they didn't see Victor. So Jack went inside while George stayed outside and watched for Victor. Kattie had her head down when Jack went inside to her. Jack knelt down and lifted her head. She was asleep. Jack cut the ropes with a knife that he had on him and picked her up. He carried her outside and saw George. George looked at her, "Is she okay?" Jack shrugged as he walked to the horses, "I don't know. We'll find out when we get back to the castle." At that moment Victor tackled George from behind. Jack ran and put Kattie on the horse. After she was on the horse Jack ran back to help George. Victor was on top of George pounding on him. Jack took out his knife and slashed the side of his face and stabbed him in his side. Victor yelled and immediately got up. He ran away from Jack and George. Jack and George had no time to go after him. Jack knew that he hadn't stabbed him deep enough to kill him. If he got to a doctor or someone who knew how to stitch then he would be alright. Jack got on the horse with Kattie and rode back to the castle with George following.
Jack and George got back to the castle about a hour later. It was now 4:30. Jack told George to go get the doctor and he took Kattie inside. Jack took her up to their room and layed her on the bed. The doctor arrived a half an hour later. When he got upstairs and he went straight to examining Kattie, "Are you two always getting into trouble?" Jack got irritated but he didn't worry about it. He was only worried about Kattie. The doctor suddenly just stopped and packed his things up, "She's fine. She's just sleeping. She took some sleeping pills and she'll wake up in a couple of hours. But with the way you two keep on going and the stress she's been in, that's a good thing." The doctor left. Jack let out a breath, "Thank god. And I hope that's all he did." George agreed, "Yes me too. But we should go downstairs while she sleeps. She's safe here." Jack followed him out. They sat in the library just thinking about Kattie.
It was now 7:30 and Kattie still wasn't awake. Jack was pasing in the library, "It's been hours and she's still not awake. I'm getting worried. Did he do something else that the doctor's missing?" George was worried too, "Give it a little more time. Victor must have given her more for the trip he was planning back." Then Mr. McNight came in without knocking, "Sorry to barge in like this,sir. But Kattie's yelling something like - Where have you took me Victor? - she sounds so bad." Jack and George ran upstairs to Kattie. When they went in there Kattie had her head in her arms on her knees. Her knees were brought up to her chest. Jack sat on the bed right in front of her and put his hands on her back. Kattie lifted her head. She was already crying. She looked at both Jack and George, "Jack. George. It can't be. The fire. I saw the fire. You two were still in it." Jack replied, "We got out of the back. George knew where Victor would be taking you. And when we got there you were sleeping. We were afraid something had happend to you when you didn't wake up. But it seems that Victor had given you sleeping pills." Kattie started to cry even more and it wasn't silent anymore. She hugged Jack, "I thought you two were dead." George sat next to her and put his hand on her head. Kattie lifted up from Jack and hugged George. Kattie pulled away with a green look on her face. She jumped up off the bed and ran over to the trash can. She was having morning sickness again. Jack and George ran over to her to help her when she needed it. When she was done Kattie said, "This is what I hate about being