Love and Hunt

Chapter Two

I didn't know what my father would do when he found out that I wasn't in my bedroom. I knew that he would call me, I had turned off my smartphone. The woman had taken me out of the countryside, and I could see the city for the first time. There were many buildings in this city. And they were tall buildings. There were many people walking down on the street, and I could find many vehicles on the road. I could say that I had been into the place that was busier than my hometown. I kept waiting until the woman took me to the stop where she would let me out of the car. That city garden was the only place that I knew and loved from the city. And that city garden also had been the vacation's destination to this city. I saw an empty street over there, and the woman drove her car to the edge of the road to get close to that empty street.

"Well, you have arrived in your destination." She said.

"Thank you very much." I said.

"You're welcome." She said as I was getting out of her car. When I had put my feet on the empty street, I closed the car door. Then, she drove her car away.

I still looked around me. I knew I wasn't familiar with those building and view around me as this was my first time visiting this city. I still stood on the empty street while I was looking at those buildings that had elegant and simple design. When I looked away, I found a car passing the road in front of me. Then, I moved my body to look the view of the city garden that was behind me. I knew I couldn't lie to myself that I wouldn't hate to see the garden. But I was alone in this city, and I didn't know where I had to go to find Grace. I took steps to get into the city garden. I thought I needed to take a rest inside the garden with the hope that I would find someone that could help me to find Grace or an idea that could help me out of this terrible problem before it grew bigger. I kept walking until I got deeper into the city garden and left the empty street behind me. I could feel the fear that began to intimidate me as I had put myself in trouble. I knew that being caught by the police officer could reveal the identity of my family and the others who were like me and my family. And I still kept walking into the city garden.

I looked around inside this city garden, and I found wooden bench over there next to the sidewalk in this city garden. I took steps to reach that wooden bench. I kept walking along the empty sidewalk with the worry that I wouldn't find Grace soon and a police officer would arrest me as I could be considered as a homeless girl. I kept staying with the fear until I could sit on the wooden bench in this city garden. I didn't know what I had to do when I still found no one walking down on that sidewalk in this city garden. I kept sitting alone and looking around me with the hope that I would find someone that could tell me about where I could find Grace in this city. I didn't know where I had to go. It had turned worse for me. The intention for that handsome guy had taken me into the trouble. But if I couldn't find Grace, I could go back to my house again by walking. However, I didn't know if the foods inside my backpack could be enough for the way back to my house in the countryside. If I kept staying on this wooden bench, I wouldn't find Grace. When I was about to leave this wooden bench, I saw a woman sat on this wooden bench next to me.

I kept watching that woman who was sitting next to me and typing on her smartphone as if she was sitting alone on this wooden bench. I could see that she had straight short hair with white skin over her body. She was wearing that white t-shirt with brown cardigan and jeans. And I noticed the wooden bracelet over her right wrist. I was sure that she wasn't just a human as no human could get that limited wooden bracelet. And my father had told me that there was no my kind staying outside the countryside except Grace.

"Hi, Grace." I said as looking at her from her right side. Then, she looked away from her smartphone and showed me the shocked expression to me.

"I didn't expect that I would find you here, Anna." She said. "Your father has contacted me as you have left your house. What did you do in this city?"

"I don't want to keep staying inside my house until a guy comes to my house and becomes my husband. I feel like I want to get out and come to this city with hope that I can find a handsome guy that I found on social media."

"I'm sure your father has told you about social media and meeting other people who don't belong to our kind." She said. "You have to go back home right now, Anna. Your father can't stop worrying about you."

"If you can stay in this city and stay in disguise as if you're not one of us, why I can't get chance that you've got?"

"I'm in this city as I have been assigned for the mission." She said. "Because you're not assigned for the mission, I have to send you back to your house, Anna."

"No, I don't want to go back to my house, Grace." I said as getting up from sitting on that wooden bench. "It's not fair. If you can be in this city, why I can't? My spell is not a threat for the existence of our kind."

"Don't speak too loud, Anna." She said as standing closely to me as if she was about to shut my mouth. "People can hear your voice. Have your father told you about what have been going on in this city?"

"The police have started to hunt the witches in this city after the death of those people last week." I said.

"If you've already known that, you're not supposed to loud your voice when talking about our existence, Anna." Grace said.

"I'm sorry, but I'm sure you need my spell while you're being in that mission, aren't you?" I said.

"You know about the mission that I have to finish, Anna?" She said.

"My father has told me." I said. "It's not difficult one, I think. But you haven't finished it yet, why?"

"At the first time, your father told me about the mission to me, I thought I could do it." Grace said. "But it was changed when the twins stopped me from talking with Jacob. The twins are not easily defeated as they have powerful spells. I can say that I hardly pass them to talk with Jacob."

"So, it's your opportunity to get through the twins as you have me now." I said.

"But you're never be in a battle before, Anna." She said.

"That's my father's fault." I said. "Although my spell is not for attack, but I still need to get the practice. But he always tells me to heal animals or other witches who get hurt or injured, or making those crops growing healthily instead of letting me to be in the battle."

"Your father loves you, Anna." She said. "He knows that you're the only witch that can have healing spell. And Jacob doesn't have a witch who has same spell like yours. That can be the chance to win against Jacob's witches."

"So, you're still going to take me back to my house, Grace?" I said.

"Let's talk about that in my premises." She said as walking to that direction. I followed her from behind and then walked next to her. "It's not safe to talk about our stuff at public space. If your father decides to ask me for sending you back to your house, I can't do anything, Anna."

"I know." I said.

I kept walking next to Grace until both of us got out of the city garden. I found other people walking on the street with their coats.

"So, what do you do for living in this city?" I said.

"I got a job in restaurant as waitress." She said. "The salary is enough for paying the rent and buying foods any anything."

"Is your premises far from here?" I said.

"Yes, but we can take a bus to get there." She said.