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I can’t fight them all. I blink and bitter tears roll down my cheek. “What are you waiting for? Shoot her!” the third hunter growls at the male aiming the bow at me, arrow already notched, but he doesn’t seem to be hearing, his wide hazel eyes locked with mine, frozen it’s so easy to slip through his mental shield and I feel him, he’s shocked, scared, he doesn’t want to be here. Well then, he shouldn’t have come. I’ve always practiced shielding myself from others, so I’m not constantly overwhelmed by their emotions. The words slip through the wind, and I hear Nana’s voice. An empath is deadly. You can influence the emotions of others and vice versa. The only thing I’m capable of feeling right now is fear, grabbing hold of the fear in my heart I just push it onto him. He chokes and grabs unto his head, the bow falling to the ground. My free hand curls into a fist at my side as I shove more fear unto his mind, He cries out a moment later startling the other two. “What are you
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Zayne is sitting on the bed when I step out of the bathroom, my eyes hurt from crying. At how close I’d come to getting myself and Oliver killed, at scaring Zayne so badly. He thought he was going to find me broken, bleeding, or dead. A ring of silver appears in his eyes, he must be still pissed, and rightly so. “Are you hurt?” Tightening the knot on my towel at the side, I shake my head. His eyes remain glued to my forehead where I know there is a dark bruise from when I fell. Trailing to the little cut on my lip from where I got hit by one of the hunters. “Where else?” darkness coats the words. “Blow to the back of my head” I confess. His fist clenched, his jaw tightening in restrained anger. “It doesn’t hurt” “They died too quickly, I would have dragged it out for weeks” his voice is low. My hands fondle my towel once more eyes studying the hardwood floors, I try not to cry. “Come here” I blink back the tears and run to him. Climbing into his lap, I bury my face into his
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My eyes fly open, I’m tucked in bed laying on my side, in the same position I’d fallen asleep in. As though I haven’t moved once throughout. Throwing the sheets off, I get up slowly. Soft light pours in from the partly open curtains. A heavy sigh leaves me. “No time to waste” I get cleaned, noticing in the mirror that the bruising on my face is mostly gone, and so is the cut on my lip. The back of my scalp still feels a little sore though. Back in the bedroom, I look through Zayn’s closet, only a few of my clothes are here, neatly arranged and folded. I slip on my red velvet long-sleeved dress, and after a moment’s of thought, I wear my hoodie over it. I pause when I enter the kitchen, “Zayne?” I’d been expecting to see Emma instead. He turns, his eyes smiling as he tips his head “this is almost done, why don’t you sit?” then goes back to flipping pancakes. “Surprised to see you here” I point out as I enter the kitchen fully, going around the table to take a look at what he’s co
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I don’t go straight to the lodge though, I walk the woods for more hours, studying the layout, I’ve done this before a number of times but only as an enforcer in training, by the time I return, I’m wearing only my red longsleeves dress. My hair flowed down my back in loose waves. I wonder if Oliver is at the arena right now, if I have enough time, I’ll go visit him later. A stone rolls down hitting the grass, drawing my eyes to a handful of rocks on the side. One silver eye blinks unpleasantly at my approach. “Did I wake you with my loud thoughts?” I smile. It is a thing we do, a one-sided conversation with the gray wolf while he ignores me until I go away. “I don’t suppose today is the day I’ll see the male behind all that fur? I mean don’t get me wrong, I think your pelt is really pretty, it’ll make a fine coat” If a wolf would roll its eyes, I imagine that’s what Elijah would be doing right now. “Not today then?” I nod twice. “Good talk buddy” I smile at him once more before w
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When I come to the edge of the dirt road that leads out of the woods I follow it, walking in between enough trees to keep me covered in the case that someone is patrolling this area, I doubt it though. I’d never walked so far in my life not even when we left our pack house to the caves back home, Dark woods territory is just too large, but I keep it up. Until I begin to feel too warm inside my sweater,r but I don’t dare uncover my hair. Then I walk and walk some more. My boots scrape on the grass when I begin to tire. It’s hours later before the first vehicle drives past, I step out fully from the forest, waving my hand at the vehicle, I don’t know if the driver doesn’t see me or if he simply didn’t care because the vehicle doesn’t slow down, just kept moving until it zoomed past me. “Damn it” I cursed, releasing a loud breath. About three miles later I began to hear the sound of traffic signaling that I’m close to the town. I wave at the next upcoming vehicle, jumping slightly, bot
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ALINA *** I nod once, twice, the sooner I get this over with the sooner I can get back to the pack, with that in mind, I head into the mall ignoring the laughing happy groups of young people I see hanging around, once, I used to be just like them. I enter a few random stores touching some objects and then existing later like I found nothing of interest, after I’m satisfied that I’ve gone in enough circles to confuse any trackers, I leave the mall using the front entrance. Inserting myself in the crowd, my hood is drawn up, I don’t turn around until I’m far from the mall before entering a brick building. It’s a bar of some kind, the scent of alcohol and hot delicious food in the air. I can’t get anything, I don’t have any money yet, time to remedy that. I walk straight to the bar, ignoring the patrons seated at their tables and enjoying their meals. “Evening, what can I get ya?” The bartender asks, a young human male with dark hair jelled up in spikes. “Hi, can you please
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A feeling of déjà vu hit me when I see him reclined on my bed, leaning back casually, one hand on his thigh, his head tipped to the side.In the days since I left, I managed to convinced myself that he couldn’t be as I remembered, those eyes, his lips, his muscular chest, every part of him, so perfectly formed, no one could be that perfect, I told myself. Just so I could get a moment of sleep, so I didn’t miss him so much. It was a lie.Steeling my spine, I tipped my chin “How did you fine me?”“I didn’t think I could be more annoyed” his voice is low, tingling with amusement “but some how you always manage to achieve the unachievable.” He inhales “that’s the first thing you say to me?”I point the knife in his direction. “Go away”“At least you’re armed” he remains on the bed.We stare at each other, willing the other to look away first. Surprising he does first, his eyes going around my rented room, from the water marked roof to the pealing paint on the walls, “How long did you expe
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I wake up to the sound of running water, eyes snapping open before I remember that I’m back at the compound. Zayne brought me back last night. Getting up, I sit with my legs crossed, back against the headboard. For almost an entire week, I waited for that bastard to come, I was alone, away from the pack, I don’t understand why he didn’t come. After hunting me for months, and when I’m finally ready to face him, he stays away? Coward. I can’t believe anything could have prevented him from coming after me, I bet my life on it. But he didn’t come, I failed. And I’m back to square one. I run my finger through my hair tiredly, scratching at my scalp, just what does he want from me? The water turns off and all thoughts of the puppet master are gone from my mind, another person who kept me waiting, hours after he left, I stayed up, thinking he might cool down and come to the house, but he didn’t. The door opens and Zayne steps out of the bathroom, his wet hair clinging to
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