Demon || Luke Hemmings

Chapter 13: In the Woods

*OCTAVIA'S POV*

It's been two days since I left from my parents' house. I'm pretty sure my dad is persuaded, that I was probably kidnapped by Luke. He probably reports me as a missing person on the police station and assumed Luke as a kidnapper. I'm sitting on the couch and Luke is laying on it. His head is in my lap and I'm just playing with his hair. We're waiting for Calum to come back. I sent him to go look around the house and check if my parents left to Canterbury for Chloe's wedding. I want to go to my room and take some more things. Suddenly we hear the front door slams. I look at Luke and he looks at me. He quickly stands up and it seems like he's thinking. "Luke?" I ask him quietly. "Shush" he says. I stand up from the couch. "Stay here" he whispers. I open my mouth to protest, but when he looks at me, I close it back. "It's not Calum. Just stay here, okay?" he whispers and wait until I nod. He quietly walks out of the room. He left the door slightly open, so I can hear voices from downstairs. I don't know what they're saying, but it's at least two different people. Then Luke rushes into room and quietly close the door. "Do you want to go back home?" he asks me and I shake my head. I don't understand what's going on. "Then we have to leave. Now" he whispers. He runs his hand through his hair. He looks out of the window. The police car is parking in front of the house and then we see Calum running towards the house. Luke opens the window. Calum looks up. "Catch her" he says to Calum and he nods. "You have to jump. Right now. Calum will catch you, okay?" he says and I nod, but I'm scared as hell. "Hey, don't be scared" he says and looks into my eyes. Then he looks on the door and runs to them and locks them. Then he returns back to me. He looks into my eyes again. "Everything will be okay. I promise" he says and kiss me. "Now, jump" he tells me and I know I have to jump out of the window, so I do. When I jumped out, I closed my eyes and open them after I feel that someone caught me. I see Calum's face smiling at me. He put me down and looks up. I look up too and Luke jumps out of the window and lands down on the grass. "Are you okay?" I whisper and when he stands up without any signs of injury, I calm down. "Let's go" he says and we start to run.

*LUKE'S POV*

We stop somewhere in the woods. I look at her and she's almost out of her breath. I didn't realize she's not able to catch with us. We're fast and we're not even tired. "Are you okay doll?" I ask and go to her. She shakes her head. I know she's probably tired as hell. I should think about it. I sit down on the tree trunk on the ground and pull her down on my lap. "I'm sorry" I mumble and place a kiss into her hair. We probably have to stay here for the night. She's too exhausted for continue in our way. I don't even know where we are going, but somewhere where she will be safe. I don't want to push her into anything that she doesn't want to do. It's already dark. "It's so cold" she says and I pull her closer to me. We didn't even bring anything with us. Me and Calum change our looks. I know that he has an idea, I know my body wouldn't be enough to keep her warm. I look at her and then I look back at Calum. He's standing on the same place but not as a human. He's standing there as a really huge wolf. He lay down on the ground and I pull her up. I know sleeping on the ground is not a really good idea, but what else we can do? We sit on the ground and lean against Calum's wolf's body. She leans her head on my chest and I feel her breath slows down. She slowly falls asleep. My role for this night is watching. Just in case some danger will appear or maybe cops will search the woods.

*OCTAVIA'S POV*

I wake up in the morning with a sunlight in my eyes. Then I realize my body is buried in something furry. I turn my head to the left and see a huge wolf laying on the ground. "It's okay, it's just Calum" I hear a whisper in my right ear. I twinkle because I didn't realize that someone is lying next to me. Well, we're mostly sitting, but whatever. Luke stands up and help me to stand up too. Then Calum changes himself back to the human form. His hair is messy with leaves in it. I want to put them off, but I stop myself from doing it. Just because Luke is here and I know he's jealous. "Let's go" Luke says and start walking. "Where are we going?" I ask him. "I don't know. Somewhere" he says and just shrugs. We're walking deeper and deeper into the woods. I'm starting to be scared and I try to fight with my own fear. Because I know what it's doing with Luke. I run to him and slid my hand into his and I'm not scared anymore. I know that Calum is here and he would protect me no matter what, but I really don't want him to become the demon again. Luke looks at me and smiles. After few hours of walking, when I start to be tired, we arrive to some cottage. Suddenly the door on the cottage opens and I see a boy. At first, I just see his body, but when he walks out of cottage, I spot a pair of black wings on his back. "Look at you. Did you decide to visit us?" he smiles and spread his hands, which looks like he's expecting a hug. "We didn't know you're here" Luke tells him. "Whatever, you're all welcomed here. You two and your little friend" boy with wings says and starts to look me up from my head to toe. Luke pulls my hand and we start to walk into the cottage. "Look who's here" a boy with white pale skin and golden eyes speaks to us. Or at least to Luke and Calum.

*LUKE'S POV*

"Welcome in our small simple cottage" Ashton says. "Are you on a family visit or what?" Michael asks. "No, we're just on the walk" I say sarcastically. "I see you come to show us your lady" Michael ignores my sarcastic note. "I didn't. You better stay away from her" I threaten to him. "Enough. If you came here to fight, you can leave already" Ashton stops us. "What? We didn't even know you're here. We didn't know where you are in general" I raise my voice on Ashton. "Well, that's not my problem. You had a chance to go with us" he says. "But you know I didn't want to go" I spit at him. "Yeah, because of her" Michael gets involved into our conversation. "Leave her out of this" I shout at him. "I said enough! Luke, Calum, follow me to other room" Ashton says and walks away. I look at her and she forced a smile on her face. "If you will touch her, you're dead" I threaten Michael. "Yeah, right. I'm actually scared as fuck" he says ironically. I give him a look and then go to the room where Ashton and Calum disappeared.

*OCTAVIA'S POV*

When Luke walks away, he's immediately in front of me. "Look what do we have here" he says and I feel his cold breath on my skin. "Are you scared of an innocent vampire, princess?" he whispers in my ear and I feel his cold breath on my skin again. Really? Innocent? And what's with those nicknames? First, it's doll and now princess. It's kind of annoying. I have a name. I'm not a nameless person. "I think we already met few times before. Didn't we?" he asks. "Yeah, I think so" I mumble and he sniffles my skin. "I'm pretty sure we did" he says and smiles. He slightly runs his fingers on my skin and then he brushes his lips against mine. I push him away from me. "Looks like princess want to play, huh?" he giggles. "No, she doesn't. And stop calling me like that" I raise my voice. "Why? You don't like my nickname for you?" he asks and put on his face a sad look. "No, I don't" I say. "Okay, I can come up with something else" he says and slightly push me back. I'm stopped by the wall. He slightly presses me against it and put his face to mine as close as it's possible.

*LUKE'S POV*

I pull him away from her. "I told you something" I strain through my teeth. "Keep calm, I wouldn't do that. I was just messing with her. You know me" he tries to explain. "Unfortunately, I do" I say. I pull him to another room. "Are you crazy or what?" I ask him. "Calm down, I already told you what I was doing there and you know it's true" he says and throw himself on the couch. "Yeah, I know. But I don't want her to be scared. You know what we are" I tell him and he nods. "Okay, fine. I'll leave her alone" he says. When he looks at me, I raise my eyebrow. "I promise. Really, you're my best friend, we're like brothers" he stands up and claps me on the back. "Good, but I swear, if you will ever do something like this, I'll kill you" I tell him. "Well, at least we will see which one of us is stronger" he says and winks at me. He claps me on the back and we come back to the kitchen. I wrap my arms around her waist from behind her back and pull her closer to me. "Is everything okay?" I whisper the question in her ear. She looks at me and smiles. I smile back at her and place a kiss into her hair.