Seventeen

CHAPTER 17

GLENN

It was evening before I could let myself out again, and that of course came with me having to look over my shoulders to be certain I wasn't being followed.

In a way that was hard for me to explain, I never thought the stranger would come after me after almost getting hit by his car.

I had listened to him ask a few people just close to where I had hidden myself, if they had seen me come that way.

I could feel my heart beating heavily within my chest for two reasons: The first had to do with the fact that I almost had a near death experience and the other was from having to see him again.

It seemed fate was bringing us back to each other, just when I thought my ordeal was over, it turned out I was only moving around in circles just to meet with him again.

Looking around at the dark alley where I now found myself, there were many reasons for me to heighten my wolf senses as there looked to be every sense of danger everywhere I turned.

With my enhanced senses while still in my human form while in wolf form, I could hear the chatting and smell the stench that filled up the back street that was filled with hobo's.

Being around humans had a different feeling to it, first I didn't have to hide the identity of my wolf as I blended in just easily.

From where I’m standing in the backyard the scent of food filled the air as well from the small window of some restaurant.

I ignored the feeling of hunger and instead made my way away walking slowly as my eyes darted from here to there looking for a place to rest for the day .

My stomach dipped and I closed my eyes in defeat, hesitating for a second to walk away from the restaurant because the voice in my head was non-negotiable.

My hands grew clammy as I made my way to the doors and a few minutes later I was making my way out with a free dinner I talked my way into getting.

One thing was obvious and that was the fact that I couldn't necessarily live my life this way, the more this to me the more I saw reasons not to.

The relationship I had with my father must have been complicated but not a day had passed without having to sit at the table with a lot to eat.

Coming to realization of what my new fate would be from hence, tears trickled down my eyes.

The thought that I was a good distance away from home, in this place where I had to seek a sense of belonging and adapt to a totally new life .

I was overwhelmed with a sense of defeat, it was barely two days since I left home into the streets and most definitely had the cops on my trail, that is if they'd found the body of those men.

In spite of the dreadful feeling colonizing every part of my mind and consuming it with its darkness I found myself slowly succumbing to sleep.

The funny part of it all was that it came easily, perhaps it was because I wasn't alone but was surrounded by people in the same boat as I was, perhaps it was because I was homeless.

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The sunlight warms my face as against my wish I slowly floated back into my self consciousness.

I was startled when I found two pairs of eyes looking down, listening to the hasty steps of the kids as they ran away from where I was to their shades.

My eyes shoot open fully, and I’m staring up at the sky with the sun glittering every single bit of the things it touched on its path except perhaps from my soul as it left that part of me as a silhouette.

For the first time I had a good look at the surroundings, though it was a bit contrasted to what the night had been, it still sort of left behind a sort of imagination.

Anxiety floods my body as the events of the past few days fill my memories…

Father inviting me to go to dinner with him , watching my sister steal my mate with a kiss that had refused to leave my memory, the man—

My thoughts suddenly stalled at the sight of a guy approaching the side of the restaurant.

For a minute I thought it was the same man that had been tormenting me with his thoughts for the past days.

His dark, mysterious eyes floated through my mind, and my heart skipped for a minute till the figure walked past me.

I sighed in relief, deciding to myself that I have much more to worry about than crushing over a man that didn't even know I existed, I decided to put the thoughts away from my mind

Startlingly, my clothes are cold and damp from the dew of the night before.

I push myself up, use my hand to block the light from my eyes, and look ahead at the wood that was ahead. In an attempt to get away from the prying eyes of the people around, I started making quick steps away from where I was as fast as I could.

By midday, I’m in the middle of the woods, with no evidence of civilization anywhere around me— just silence.

It’s just me with my soul sunk into the birds chirping, and the occasional sound of twig's breaking as squirrels leap from one tree to another.

There was a rush of wind carrying with it the scent of the wood, blowing my hair across my face.

It was as though reminding me of my fate and the fact that all of this was real and not some mere dream that would soon pass.

Walking away from the edge of the woods where I was to a place even deeper it left my heart exploding in unfathomable pain—

At that point I have no idea what’s happening, but one thing’s for sure—I need to get out of here.

Out of life.

It was the reason why I had picked this spot in the first place to end all this once and for all.