November 3rd
After that, all hell broke loose. Haden's men kept emerging out of the trees, snarling and growling until they were surrounding the truck. Leo's men fought them hard and with more force than I could ever imagine but they were vastly outnumbered and I could only see this going one way.
"Blair, call for back up," Leo ordered, his face creased with worry as he jumped off the truck and dragged me by my wrist with him.
November 3rdAnd so we ran. The ground was beginning to get less flat which I hoped was a hint that we were at least going in the right direction. Milly was beginning to get tired so we had to slow down a bit as the ground got less and less even.Fortunately, the two men from the clearing had not seen us and didn't appear to be following, but we kept going all the same - it wouldn't be long till the war began to catch up with us.
November 4th"Where have you been, Milly? I got so worried when you weren't at home," Max said, hugging his sister tightly."I had to leave," she replied."What?" he asked, holding her tight. "How could you be so stupid, Milly!?" he asked, exasperation in his tone. "We are so lucky that you are okay."
November 4th"I wanted to tell you in person Connor, I was going to, but then all this happened and-""How long for?!" Connor asked his voice getting deeper."A week," I said quietly.
November 4thWe ran for an hour through the forest, my legs already aching from running all night. Mateo was adamant that we had to get to the base as soon as possible but my body couldn't take much more."So yourmatejust told you to run?" Connor asked as we took a break, solely for my benefit."He had l
November 4th"How are you still alive?!" Leo said, picking me up by the waist and pulling me into his chest, after scanning my body for injury."You have the Praesidium Deae Astra to thank for that," I said."You protected yourself?" Leo asked and I nodded.
November 4thTen minutes later, Elena was hooked up to the oxygen machine and carried on a stretcher into an ambulance."I'll keep you updated," Antonio, who had only arrived a few minutes before, said to Leo before getting in the ambulance with Rosa. "Take the girls home," he added, looking over to the rest of his daughters.
November 4th"Regained consciousness. Going to be okay," Leo said eventually.Bella slumped into Lisa's arms who already had her hand in Lia's."Thank God," Bella breathed as Maria joined the hug.
November 4thI fell asleep almost instantly in the comfy, king-sized bed. I don't know how long it was before Leo came in, but I hardly awoke to begin with."Your brother is not happy," Leo said as he took his shirt and pants off."You should have seen him when he first found out," I replied. "He thinks I'm too young and he'