*Rose's POV*

I passed the same café over and over again, 'was this the third or the fourth time?' I thought to myself. I don't know. For as all I know is that I've been roaming these streets for days. I have lost track of time and it seems as if it has been yesterday since I ran away.

I remembered his cold dark eyes and that evil smirk on his face, the thought of him made a shiver run down my spine. The cold breeze that kissed my soft skin brought me back to reality, I shook my head trying to forget about him and continued roaming through the streets.

I passed a fancy looking restaurant which made my stomach growl. It's been a while since I've ate something. This nice old lady was kind enough to give me a couple of dollars to buy myself a sandwich and a bottle of water. After that, I ate nothing.

Well, I guess I'm used to it. Before I ran away, I wouldn't eat for long periods of time because that monster wouldn't let me feast my eyes on anything good, neither would he let me out of my room which is more like a cell to me.

After about 10 minutes it started to rain, which I started to shiver due to the coldness that surrounded me. The clothes that I was wearing didn't help either. I looked at my ripped baggy pants and my dirty tank top I was wearing. My tank top had holes in a lot of places because I kept falling and bruising myself.

I look like a mess, I thought to myself, but a voice interrupted my thoughts before I could think of anything else.

"Hey, beautiful." I looked up to see a man standing nearby me, he wasn't alone. There were about six of them, but I didn't have time to count, I was too caught up in the fear of being in another man’s presence.

They all looked scary, and I was afraid history would repeat itself again. I started to back away from them but then he spoke "Hey, where do you think you're going?"

I didn't think twice and made a run for it. My legs were hurting me so much, but I had to hold on, I had to try.

"She's running away, catch her!" The man exclaimed to the other men. I started to hear footsteps right behind me, but I didn't dare to look back, I kept running until I had nowhere else to go but a dark alley.

"Come on kitty, we won't hurt you. All we want is to have some fun, I'll give you the best time of your life." My stomach turned at what he said. I felt salty tears run down my cheeks and fall off my chin, I only wanted to run away from him and now I got myself into another problem.

All of a sudden thing got quiet and I thought that maybe they went away or something. I decided to get out of the creepy alley and go to a crowded area, at least, that would be safer.

Once I made my way out of the alley, I felt a cold arm wrap itself around my throat. A scream made its way through my throat, and I started to struggle.

"Please let me go!" I cried. "I swear I don't have any money."

"Who said we want money?" he laughed. "We just want to have some fun." He along the other six started to laugh while I was praying for my life. I didn't know it was going to end this fast, but my life is already a big mess so maybe ending it will be better.

But I can't die. I can't, my mother always said, 'fight for your freedom and don't let anyone get in your way'. I gasped for air realizing I was pinned to the ground. But I wasn't going to let his dirty hands touch me, so I threw my feet up in the air and kicked him where the sun doesn't shine.

"Ow! You little piece of shit! I was being easy on you, now you'll get it!" He yelled trying to get up. But before he could do anything else I ran away from him making my way to another block.

"Get her." I heard him shout to the other men. It was about 11 and dark outside therefore I couldn't see what was in front of me but that didn't make me stop.

All of a sudden, I collided into a hard wall. 'Wait what, where did this come from' I thought to myself. I started to panic hearing the men getting closer to me but then the wall moved, and I realized that it wasn't a wall. It was a body.

I looked up to see the most handsome looking man in all existence. He looked at me with cold eyes but softened for a split second, but then turned into confusion.

"There you are," I heard the man say. My heartbeat started to increase, and I looked at the man I ran into hoping he wouldn't just leave me here to die.