Bound by love, a heart never free.

Discovered in the chalet.

Josephine

I did not sit the f**k down. I would never sit the f**k down so a creep like this could take me away from my love.

She or he, I wasn't quite sure, so I will call him, them.

They were in for a surprise.

I stood up and followed them into the bedroom where Charles was told to go.

He wasn't there. They looked around in frustration.

I knew Charles would never let them take us again either.

I ran and jumped on Lavender's back holding my arm around their neck tightly.

They swung around bucking me off.

I saw Charles then, he was in the closet, he grabbed them and threw them out the window. Glass flew everywhere.

" Not this time, not this f*****g time Jo!" my love yelled.

I ran to him and grabbed his hand. " Let's go, hurry sweetheart."

We ran to the car and backed out in the thick, fresh snow.

I cried out seeing them coming for us, behind the car..

" Hurry, go, go, go!" I yelled.

The car suddenly flew forward and slammed into the fence post. We were buckled in, but still quite stunned.

I saw the syringe then, sticking out of Charles' shoulder.

They got him, he was unconscious, his foot still on the gas pedal, snow flew everywhere as the car skid in place.

Thinking fast, I reached over and turned the car off.

I moved to unbuckle Charles, I had to get him out of there.

I saw them coming, they were limping in white snow, but it was turning red with each step they took.

There were cuts all over their beautiful face.

I quickly got out and faced them.

" Help me get him to safety and I will go with you wherever you want. I swear it this time."

They nodded, but pointed a gun at me as they kept advancing on me, slowly.

" Manuel Ortega sent me to bring you home."

I could see that there was a very long cut on their leg.

" Ok, thanks for that. I think I need to help you first. What do I call you?" I asked watching as they toppled over in the virgin snow.

" Lavender Blue, or just Blue." they replied as they slumped over into the icy cold snow.

" You are a woman?" I asked, pulling them to the front door.

" Sometimes." Blue responded as they grunted in pain.

" I see. Okay, let me look at those cuts." I placed a towel over Blue's leg wound and rushed to pull a white sheet off of the bed.

" I'll be right back, hold pressure here!" I ran outside.

We were in the middle of nowhere. I had to get my love out of the car. There was no one else to help us.

I opened the passenger door and saw him slumped over the steering wheel.

I took off Charles' seat belt and placed the sheet under his arms, like a sling. Inch by slow inch, I got him out of the car.

He was so damn tall and heavy.

I trudged through the thick snow. Finding a shovel, I cleaned a path to the house and drug him to the porch.

After a good hour, he was on the floor in the kitchen.

" What did you shoot him with?" I screamed at Blue.

" Ketamine."

I covered him up as I was totally wiped. I had no strength left.

Mostly I had been running on adrenaline.

I slowly pulled the syringe from Charles' body, it was half full.

Holding it in my fisted hand, I angrily walked over to Blue and slammed it into their arm.

I heard a scream. " Ouch, s**t!"

" Sorry, Charles didn't deserve it either." I removed the needle.

"Blue, I need you to be still. The bleeding is pretty bad." I pulled shards of window pane out of their leg wound.

Then lights out, they were slumped over, just like my love.

I removed Blue's pants to look at the deep cut. It was pretty bloody.

Removing the belt off of my bathrobe, I tied it snuggly around their leg.

I clearly saw that anatomically "they" were a "he." Though, he took great lengths to conceal and tuck this away.

I wondered about him. He was so very woman like in his features. I removed his shirt.

He had binding around his breasts.

I never met anyone like him.

My love was coming around now. He moaned.

" My head! Lana! are you okay?"

I ran to him.

" Oh, Joey? Where are we? Where's my wife?"

I felt sick hearing his words. He was confused, that's all.

" Charles, we will see her later. But for now we need to get you into the bed." I put his arm around my shoulders and helped him to stand up.

He started to fall back.

" I'm gonna puke. I'm feeling sick!" He cried.

He was not lying, he threw up all over my hair, then blacked out again.

I barely got him on the bed just in time.

The person named Blue was still knocked out. I tried to get him positioned in the bed as well.

I had to remove his pants and underwear, there were so many cuts, so much blood.

I washed him gently and cleaned his body.

I followed that horrible leg cut up into his groin.

I had to, it was so bloody. As I washed him there, I could clearly see, he was also...a she. Luckily the sharp glass of the window did not cut him there.

Once the drying blood was cleaned up, I could see he was going to be OK.

"Oh my." I said in astonishment.

"A man and a woman then?" I went back to thinking of him as a they, as I still didn't know what to call them, other than Blue.

I dressed their wounds and placed Blue into one of my night gowns. Feeling it would be easier to care for their wounds this way.

Both of them, Blue and Charles were in the same bed. We only had one bed.

A very confused Charles and the person that Manuel sent to collect me.

I sat down, thinking.

I grabbed my phone and text Manuel. He did not respond.

I knew he was missing, not sure why though. Did he go to Mexico to work with Ian?

I called daddy.

" I can't believe it? Jo is it really you?" He asked in surprise.

" Yes, what's all that noise daddy?" I heard yelling and laughing.

" Your step kids are taking over our house. It's been very crazy here, are you coming home Jo?"

" I am trying to. Daddy, have you heard from my husband yet?"

"No, he's has been missing for weeks I'm afraid. Jo, wait... Arturo is asking to speak to you."

" Phina, Manuel went to the auction house to take down the tall guy, Ian was going to meet him there.

Then poof, he was gone. I haven't had any intel on either of them. I'm sorry it's bad, real bad." He sounded scared.

" Arturo, I'm coming home. I will be there in a day or two. Call me if you hear anything, please."

He assured me he would.

" Phina, since my boss is missing, you need to know this...you are now responsible for everything. He left me instructions on this.

He wants you to take over all of his business and home life.

The kids have been patiently waiting to meet their new mother."

I swallowed hard. Charles was yelling again.

" Lana, Lana cancel my two o'clock, my head hurts so bad."

I sat him up and gave him some tea. "Thanks, Jo...but what the f**k are you doing here, did you do something to Lana? Have I been...kidnapped by you?"