Soul Mate

Chapter 56

River's POV.

I jog through the woods following the little trail that was created for hikers. My pace is slow but steady because I just didn't feel like sprinting. My brain is trying to process what Satin had told me. Was she really planning something sinister??
Chances were she was. I needed to tell Sebastian though.
A twig snaps behind me and I stop, immediately turning to scan the trees around me but all I see is nothing. Just an expanse of trees. The gnawing feeling of being watched intensifies though.

Was I just being paranoid??
Surely not?

I turn and increase my pace, this time breaking into a full sprint. I don't stop untill am at the stream.
Once am there, I stop to catch my breath. My heart is thudding against my chest and it's not because of the exercise I'd just done.
I once again trail my gaze all around me, but still I come up with nothing.

Satin's threat must be messing with my head and now I was imagining things!

"It's nothing.. am just being paranoid." I tell myself.

I let out a loud breath and head to the streams edge. I'd come here to gather my thoughts and that's what I intended to do. The sun is really low in the sky by now and darkness wasn't far off.
I take off my shoes and dip my feet in the cool water, the feeling bringing a smile to my face. I couldn't believe I was here just yesterday with Sebastian, and images of what transpired fill my head. My smile grows wider as I remember him going down on me under water.
I feel my face get hot and  I close my eyes, as if the action would stop the explicit images that my mind was conjuring.
It doesn't work. My lack of vision only solidifies the images. I imagine how his mouth felt on me, how he entered me and how he...

Okay.. enough of that!

I snap my eyes open immediately not wanting to go any further. The mind was a really powerful thing.
My gaze drops to the water before me and I find myself not able to look away.
I feel the water pressure build up around my ankles. It felt like I was being pulled by my feet.
I frantically try to move my feet but they are glued in place. And that's when I start to feel like am drowning again. I find it hard to breathe and I involuntarily drop down into the shallow water.

Not again!

I knew what was happening.. this is exactly how I felt back in the bathroom.
So I stare deep into the water trying to make what am supposed to see this time.
At least I was ready this time. Although the suffocating feeling was something I wouldn't get used to. It felt like I was dying.

As I stare hard into the water, an image starts to form before my eyes. Blurry at first and I have to squint my eyes to see but then it slowly clears up. My eyes widen at the image that lays before me. It sends cold chills down my spine.

Sweet goddess No!!
No no no no no no.. please No! Please..

It's Alpha Donovan!! He's seated at his office desk, eyes wide open, gaze sightless. And thick blood was dripping from his head and neck. His entire shirt is soaked in his own blood.!!
The gruesome image feels me with terror and I find myself shivering.
I stay frozen in place, eyes wide and the suffocating feeling slowly dissipates as the image disappears like it was never there.
I wasn't sure whether the vision was something that has already happened or if it hadn't yet happened.
The only thing I was certain about was that the Alpha was dead!
In his own home.

I was in the cabin a few hours ago! And I didn't sense anything off. Meaning perhaps it was something that was yet to happen..

Sweet goddess!! I needed to get back to town now! The Alpha was in danger!
I scramble to my feet and turn around only to come face to face with Elliot.
My confusion must show on my face because he lets out a chuckle before I feel something prick me in the neck.
And I lose the support of my legs, dropping back into the shallow water.