"The night summons like an Un-quenched love, Reckoning with the promise of Dark Desires."

"The woods are lovely, dark and deep But I have promises to keep.."

"..And miles to go before I sleep.. ...And miles to go before I sleep.."

Mike: RUTH?! FUCKING STOP RUNNING! These woods are all stranger to you, but for me baby, it's a maze and I am the mastermind.

(The voice of two gunshots echoes in air)

I know every corner of this forest. There is nowhere to run. Nowhere to hide. FUCKING COME BACK TO ME RUTH!

I was running through the abyss of dark woods surrounding the villa, these three demons have kept me locked inside. My life has never been easy ever since I moved to New York from L.A., eight years ago.

Two years. Two years I spent with them back then, and I lost my whole family. My Dad. My Brother. My Boyfriend. I lost everything and every one I ever loved.

Six years ago I escaped thinking everything was over. But I was WRONG. So very wrong. They yet again hunted me down and finished off everyone I loved in the process. My husband. My Daughter. And my Unborn Child.

There are three men who want to possess me and SWALLOW me whole.

MICHAEL ROERIG

NICHOLAS DOHERTY ROERIG

And The Worst of Them All... ERICKSON ROERIG

They are not just obsessed with me. They want to break me into pieces and fix me, so I can be broken again. They have captured me with themselves again and are taking turns on me night after night. One killed my husband and the other killed my daughter, and the funny thing is that it's not them I'm running from.

ERICKSON ROERIG. He is the cruelest of them all. And no matter what, I can live with the murderers of my husband and daughter but NOT HIM. NOT ERICKSON ROERIG.

Tonight, it was Michael Roerig's turn with me and I heard him talking that Erickson Roerig, the man I fear more than Satan, was not home. And so, this was the perfect chance for me to try an escape once again. Running through the woods, that crazily I was, I heard Michael's storming voice echoing throughout the dark woods again.

Mike: RUTH?! COME BACK IN HERE RIGHT NOW!

And the gunshots boomed again. Thrice, one after another after another. But there was no way I was going back to the place where the murderers of my family lived.

Ruth: AAH!

I squirms and clamp my lips immediately.

SHIT.

I just gave away my location to the psychopath behind me with that squirm.

Mike: There you are.

He chuckled his beautiful enchanting smile which at this moment was more than creepy to me.

Mike: Now. Now. I'm coming to get you Ro-Ro.

His heavy footsteps started to come towards me and so, I took my chance to hide myself behind the tree trunk.

Nick: Wrong move, Walker.

I heard the awfully horrible voice of the monster who killed my husband and my daughter. He squatted down before me, his head creeping closer to mine, glaring at me.

Nick: Go back to the mansion NOW or the consequences are going to be worse than you already expect.

EXPECT?! There was no more of anything that I expect from men.

Ruth: No. No. NO!

I grabbed a handful of sand in my fist and threw it in his eyes blinding him there.

Ruth: There is no way I'm going back to that prison again.

I faltered back on my feet to get up and attempt the running again but as soon as I turned around, I froze on my feet. It was ERICKSON ROERIG, himself. Standing before me, glaring down at me.

Eric: Where do you think you're going Mi Amore?

He ran his fingers through his hair and smiled from the corner of his lips.

Ruth: E-Eric? Uhm... E-Er-Erickson.

My heart stopped as soon as I saw him. He was supposed to be gone and now that he caught me escaping himself, he would punish me in the worst way possible.

I started backing away, took a chance to turn around and try running from the other direction, but my path was blocked by Mike now. Smirking, mocking me, blocking my way.

I took a few steps backward and tried running from the third direction but, Nick too joined the trail. His lips held the same kind of smirk while approaching me. They started stepping closer to me, squeezing me in between themselves. I started backing away and bumped to Eric's front meeting my back.

I was trapped amongst the three sadists. AGAIN. With nowhere to escape.

Ruth: E-Eric. Erickson, Pl please- PLEASE, L-Let me g-o.

I said folding my hands, turning around, begging him, tears flowing down my eyes.

He smiled unexpectedly. His strong arms wrapped slowly around my waist, and he pulled me closer against his broad chest. His rough monstrous hands gently caressed down my cheeks wiping off my tears as he tilted his head to his right and pinched my chin lifting my face up to make me look at him.

Eric: I thought we were long done with you trying to escape now and then, Amore?

Eric started in his gentle and calm voice. Soon his expressions turned into a storm as he grits his teeth and roared in my face.

Eric: But guess what?! YOU FUCKING PROVED ME WRONG AGAIN!

One hard punch. It took him just one strong man-like punch and I blacked out right there in that very moment.

I opened my eyes in the RED ROOM- 'Their HEAVEN and my HELL'

All tied up my hands and legs with the same rope, my mouth gagged up. Neither could I speak. Nor could I move.

The Three Psychopath Sadists obsessed with me were standing all around the bed glaring down at me.

Ruth: Mmhh. Mmh.

My breath hiked up and the only sounds coming out of my mouth were my painful moan. Suddenly I felt Michael's fingers running down my ankles ascending to my thighs, between my legs. He touched my womanhood slowly and asked.

Mike: Why do you keep forgetting Ro-Ro?

Ruth: Mmh!

I screamed breathing heavily as his fingers started rubbing me down there roughly. Suddenly Nick grabbed onto my throat and started to strongly choke me.

I was gagged, eyes turning red popping out. I was drooling all over

Nick: You're Ours, Walker. Ours To Ruin

Just when Nick let go of my neck and I gasped behind the gag-ball hard for air, with my tear soaked, blurry eyes. Eric squatted down right before me and grabbed onto my hair, pulling my face up closer to his. My lips, just inches apart from his.

Eric: And there is no way in hell are you EVER GOING TO GET AWAY FROM ME.

Ruth: Mmh!

I squirmed loudly as my hair felt like ripping my skull off and he left me smirking, patting on my cheek.

Eric: Got it, Amore?!

Tears rolled down my cheeks as the realisation hit me. These tears never bothered them. They were only annoying, not only to them but to me as well. Because now I know that I was theirs. Not to love, but, only to ruin and there is no way I can ever get away from them. I was their toy, and was fated to be TOYED by them for the rest of the eternity.

RUTH'S POV

"Are you bored?" Brian whispered softly leaning into the crook of my head while I was trying very hard to keep faking my smile through my husband's company's 167th anniversary party.

"Extremely. What's worse is that we're doing this on our anniversary." I whispered back with the exact same softness leaning backwards into the crook of Brian's neck smiling at the old woman talking moons and stars with me.

"I am so sorry, for making you go through this." He chuckled softly.

"Well, you better give me a foot massage after we head back home, hubby." I replied to Brian and then turned to the old woman's husband who was now talking moons and stars,husband who was now talking moons and stars, basically praising my husband's work capabilities.

"You two look very beautiful with each other." The old man's wife, Mrs. Britania remarked as Brian wrapped his arms protectively around my waist and pulled me closer against himself.

"Well this woman better look good tonight as she took exactly three hours to get ready" Brian said in a cheeky attitude and I glared at him through the wine glasses we were both drinking through.

"And now, time for the announcements of the annual promotions." The host announced and we all turned our heads towards the stage.

"Finally! Say hello to the next chief editor of Nation's pride" Brian winked at me and there, the announcer spoke out his name.

"Brian Lewis, the new chief editor of our magazine, Nation's Pride." I turned my head around. the smile curlina huge across my lips as the whole place applauded for my husband and he winked at me.

"Told ya!"

A few more staff were announced. And later, the host told us to enjoy the evening and Brian took my hands into his slowly bringing it up to his lips. He kissed my knuckles and quickly pulled me inside his arms wrapping his other arm around my waist as we headed to the dance floor together.

"So, Mr. Chief Editor. Where are we headed to celebrate our anniversary after this?"

"Hmm... let's see wifey. How about to the beach in an hour?"

Brian shot his eyebrows, looking at me with his cute smile and I could do nothing but just stare at his face. Dressed in a fairly expensive suit, probably the only one that he owns in his wardrobe Today he was looking so edible. Oops! Did I say edible?

"Can't wait, husband." I winked.

The same night we were dining on a deck, in the middle of the sea, floating, with water all around us both. I looked mesmerized into his eyes as he raised a toast at me looking at his watch.

"Three, two and one. Happy anniversary love." He said gulping the whole thing down his throat, and then smiling at me.

"Happy anniversary, Bo" I smiled resting my chin upon both my hands on the table.

"What about my anniversary gift?" I asked shamelessly, and he smiled, forwarding me a plate of shell food.

"Here, I bet you'll love the food." I chuckled at his audacity. The food was my anniversary gift? But then, that was cute too until I uncovered the shell only to find a beautiful pendant in there.

"Brian... This-?" I couldn't form words. Since when did my overly worked up, extremely busy, no time for family husband become so romantic?

He smiled briefly and got up, circling around my chair and took the pendant from my fingers and removing my hairs off my shoulders, made me to wear it down my neckline

"You look... STUNNING."

He slowly wraps his arms around me and twirls me around to grab my waist and we were in a dancing position. Moving our bodies softly to the music

"When I fell in love with you, I realized that I have never fallen this hard for anyone else before. I love you, Ruth. I love you past the moon and want to be with you beyond the stars" He said looking deep into my eyes as I just couldn't help but stare back at him. He is just so gorgeous, isn't he? He breathed me into himself and placed a soft bite on my neck, marking a hickey there.

"OKAY. Now, enough of the romantic shit, where is my gift?" Brian completely changed the mood by saying that. I looked at him surprised as he frowned.

"It's not just YOUR anniversary tonight? What about my gift, wife?" He grinned and pulled me closer against his chest, our lips almost inches apart.

"If you don't have a gift for me, you know exactly how I'm going to take it from you myself. Don't you?" He said in a husky voice and I know he was talking about some of me served naked to him in handcuffs on the bed with his lips devouring every inch of my skin. I turned red with that thought

"Brian?" I turn around and wrap my arms around his neck swaying my body with his in a dance movement.

"Yea?"

"We are expecting a Jr. Brian soon." I said and he looked at me completely shocked. He didn't say a word, reacting a bit odd and stunned.

"It's two months and healthy." I added it when he stepped backwards. A slow smile curled up his lips as he suddenly scooped me from my legs up in his arms and started to circle me around with himself.

"I am going to be a dad again? Ruth, I love you! I love you so, so much!" He said, and was suddenly disbalanced as the deck misplaced and we were both now down into the waters.

"RUTH?! ARE YOU OKAY?!" Brian screamed as soon as he got hold of himself in the water.

"Yeah, I'm fine." I said, with water running all over me. I stand up to realise it wasn't very deep. We both looked at each other all wet and then burst out laughing. Brian's eyes soon turned dark with lust as he slowly walked towards me, wrapping his arms around my waist and pulling me up closer against his chest.

His warm breath mingles with mine as we slowly dive in for a kiss.

The kiss sooner turns hungry as he lifts my body up from the ground and takes me up inside his arms and we start to head back to our resort. Shoving me back in bed roughly he went for the drawers and came back with a pair of handcuffs.

"Strip."

He commands looking at me with lust and I bit my lower lip pushing the thin fabric off my body dropping it down on the floor.

"Crawl"

He commands again and I smirked going on my four as I slowly wag my ass up in air crawling up to the edge of the bed towards him. He quickly took off his belt, and pulled down his zipper taking out his cock for me, pressing its tip against my lips.

"Do it."

I bit my lips taking up his cock in my fist and started to rub on it back and forth before slipping it down my throat. He wrapped my hairs around his fist and pumped his cxck down to my throat and then started to thrust vigorously.

"Argh, FUCK!"

He moaned in pleasure and I could feel him getting rock hard now. He let go of my hair and I knew he wanted me cuffed now. I straighten up my back and forward my hands before him to lock them with his cuffs.

Soon, I was cuffed to the headrest lying all nxked feeling his hands roaming all over me. He circles his tongue around my nxpples and then bites my flesh earning a sweet whimper from me.

"Aah!"

He then trails his tongue down to circle it around my belly button before biting me there too. I threw my back up making an arc as he continued down to reach between my legs and bit my inner thigh.

"Ahh, Brian."

I moaned his name in pleasure as he quickly grips both my thighs apart and slid his erection inside my already dripping wet pussy with no warning at all.

"Oh baby, you're going to be fucked so hard tonight for wasting my money on condoms."

He said hammering madly inside me. Oh boy, the nigist was far from over.

SOMEWHERE IN AMERICA.

"Sir the news is confirmed. The woman is Ruth Walker, now known as Ruth Lewis, married now and has a daughter called Irene Lewis about two years old." The man at the other end of the call said.

"We finally found your Ruth Walker, sir."

"Entonces es bueno, no tiene sentido esperar más. He esperado lo suficiente." The reply came before the call got disconnected.

RUTH'S POV

"OW!" Brian hissed in pain. "OW! OW! OW!"

I had his left arm wrapped around my shoulders as I was trying hard supporting him throughout his way from the car back to our apartment.

"Careful wifey, don't break anything. I'm already on the verge of falling apart." Brian said making an animated face. He was wounded in his legs so badly and still in this situation, he thinks he could joke around like that

"Shut up! What was the need for you to get into all of that mess?!" I glared at him once he was on the couch.

"They were talking shit about my girl, I had to beat the crap out of them." His nostrils flared

"And hurt yourself in the process?" I folded my arms against my chest and looked at him in anger.

"Uhh... I never said I wanted to win?" Brian replied cheekily, and just then somehow Irene got to know about her daddy getting back home and she came running from inside and jumped over Brian's shoulders from behind.

"DADDY!!" She planted a strong wet kiss on Brian's cheeks and dug in her face into the crook of his neck, smelling him.

IRENE LEWIS, Our three year old daughter.

"You didn't sleep yet princess?" Brian said kissing her cheeks back ruffling through her hairs and Scarlett came from inside

"She becomes too hard to handle when she doesn't find her daddy in bed. It's so hard taking care of her when you two go away." She said taking a deep worn out breath.

SCARLETT PERKINS, She is my best friend and Irene's godmother.

"Thanks a lot for taking care of Irene, Letty."

Seriously, Scarlett has been so much of a help. Otherwise, it wasn't going to be easy for me to take care of Irene alone. She is like my little sister. And I don't have any family apart from Brian, Irene and Scarlett. I mean, not till seven months from now.

"What happened to you?" Letty asked looking at my husband's swollen legs genuinely worried about him.

"Nothing much! Just a scratch." Brian said acting brave when I put a heating patch on his ankle and he screamed in pain. "OW!! DO YOU WANT TO KILL ME TONIGHT?!"

"Yeah, just the scratch." Letty mumbled chuckling.

"We were at the red light waiting for the traffic to get cleared when the drunken guys in the car adjacent to ours saw me and started to pass lewd remarks on me. My husband got angry and went down there to break some bones." I said. providing his swollen legs with much of the warmth it needed

"I see." Letty chuckled and her cell buzzed.

"I should get going, and let you have family time right now. I'll see you later this weekend" She said and walked upto Irene to kiss her cheeks.

"Aunt Letty and baby Irene had a wonderful time, didn't they?" Irene chuckled in response as Letty gave a small hug to me and Brian each.

"See you Friday."

"Yeah."

And she walked away.

"I am sick! Please take care of me, mama." Brian pouts making a puppy face at me and I turn around to look at him controlling my laughter. Irene chuckled hard hanging onto her Dad's shoulder as I sighed and ruffled his hair getting up walking towards the kitchen.

"I'll make you some chicken soup." I said.

THE NEXT MORNING

"NO!" Irene shouts out loud and starts to run around the living room holding her favorite plushie. "I want Dada feed Baby Irene!"

"Dada is getting late for his work baby! Come on, why are you making your mommy so tired?" I said carrying a spoonful of cereal for her in my hand trying to get a hold of her. It's been four months since my pregnancy, and this shit is pretty exhausting.

"DADA, DADA, DADA!!" Irene stomped her feet in anger puffing her cheeks up in anger like a blowfish.

"Fine! Don't eat!! I don't care!" I said in anger too slapping the bowl at the dining table and went inside to plate out Brian's breakfast on the table. And here we go again. Irene started crying hugging her life-sized plushie sitting on the couch.

"Ohkay, why is my house a zoo first thing in the morning?!" Brian came out irritated struggling with his tie. Seriously, he takes more time tying that knot around his collar than he takes in the shower.

"Mama shouted Irene!" She complained sobbing.

"Hmm... Bad mama! Shoo!!" Shooing me away, Brian scooped her up in his arms and petted her hair with love. "Dada will feed our baby... What say?"

I sighed handling Brian the bowl, and he started talking moons and stars with her patiently while feeding her spoon after spoons.

"Yay! The baby finished the food." Brian says with his starry eyes and Irene jumps to wrap her arms around his neck and plants a strong kiss on his cheek.

"Irene loves daddy."

Brian chuckled ruffling her hair and getting up with the bowl coming at the table.

"Mission accomplished wifey." He said with a grin and wrapped his arms around my waist pulling me towards himself. I did the knotting of his tie for him while he played with my hair.

"You're late for your work husband." I whispered. He softly kissed my cheek and linked his forehead with mine, "If you didn't ask for a quickie this morning, this wouldn't have happened!"

"Okay, now go!" I slapped my hands against his back slowly turning all red.

"Are you sure wife? Should I really go?? What if I run away?" He shot me a teasing look.

"I'll go find another man, there are more out there in the world... Better than you." I said giving him that grin back.

"Seems like last night wasn't hard enough to mark the fact that you are MINE!? Want me to repeat the exercise?" He said pulling me closer.

"Shut up and go! We'll do this after you come back." I said, moving my head all through his neck and chest, breathing him into myself.

"Bye. Miss me." He breathed into my ears softly and nibbled on my ear lobe

"Yeah. I will."

I said pushing him away handling him his office bag as he took up a roll in his hand and biting it off he walked away. I stood there watching him walking away with a smile pasted on my lips. Life has been so calm and peaceful lately. Just like I wanted since forever. I wonder if Brian knew about my past would he still want to hold my hand through everything or not?

Whatever. I'm happy, bearing a child for my husband. We have a sweet little world of our own and I don't want to change it by telling him the truth about my past. It would only ruin us.

"Irene, not on the couch!" I yelled at this little typhoon again while she settled on the couch with all the water colors trying to paint. Paper or Couch? Can't tell.

BRIAN'S POV

"Here's your coffee sir." Scarlet slammed the cup against the table in hatred almost breaking the crockery.

"Careful little bird. You don't want to pay the penalty, do you?" I chuckled and she glared at me.

"When are you telling Ruth?" She asked in anger.

"It's her birthday tonight Letty. It's not gonna be tonight." I said getting back to seriousness.

"Right..." She mumbled. "But, Do it in a month, or it will become hard to hide."

"I know that. Now where the heck did I keep the "Nightingales" file?" I said going through the documents

"Ugh! What would you do without me?" Letty rolled her eyes and went through the drawers coming up with the very file I was searching for.

"That's what I hired you for, sweetcheeks." I winked cheekily taking the file away from my secretary also, a very intimate friend of mine and Ruth's.

I was working through the day when one of the staffs knocked on my glass door and I looked up at him giving him the attention he wanted.

"Brian sir, CEO Rodriguez has called you in his office."

"Alright, I'm coming." I said getting up closing my pen and stuffing it up in my pocket.

"I'll be right back!" I husk to Scarlet and walked towards the door.