Love and Hunt

Chapter Four

I could feel the ease when my father had decided to let me stay in this city with Grace. I was sitting on this sofa after changing my clothes and putting my backpack in Grace's bedroom. However, what I would face could be dangerous as I would meet Jacob. Grace had told me that I would be with her in the appointment with him. But she hadn't told me about the location of the appointment. And it would be the first time for me seeing Jacob for the first time. That man had been the opponent of those witches that had been in the side with my father who wanted to live together with humans peacefully. The reason of why those witches and Jacob decided to fight against those humans was the witch hunt that happened in the past. All of us knew that we had been lied and accused for the incident that wasn't done by all of us. We didn't kill that man, but those people, humans accused one of us as the killer. They also told the police officers that the man was killed by the spells that our kind had. Since then, we began to hide ourselves who were witches. And since that incident, Jacob decided to leave my father as he didn't agree with my father about staying in disguise. Jacob wanted to get revenge for the lie those humans had made to our people.

I was trying to prepare myself for the appointment with Jacob. Grace had told me that meeting with Jacob wouldn't be easy recently after the murder of those families in this city as he had ordered his witches to guard him. I didn't know what those spells that belonged to those witches who had been in the side of Jacob. Grace had told me that I had to be ready. And she also told me that she would protect me with her life as she had promised to my father. And I still remembered about the agreement that had been made by my father and Jacob. If one of the witches from one's side got killed by the witch from the opposite side, there would be the battle between the witches in my father's side and in Jacob's side.

"Are you ready, Anna?" Grace said.

I looked up to Grace who had been waiting for as she knew that it had been the first time for me to see Jacob.

"Where is it?" I said.

"In an abandoned warehouse." She said. "It's not far from here. We can take a walk. And we cannot be late."

"Ok, I'm ready now." I said.

I saw Grace walking toward the door of her premises. Then, I followed her from behind after getting up from the sofa in her premises. I could feel the fear growing inside me as I would face the situation that could create the fight against Jacob's witches. When I told Grace about the agreement between my father and Jacob, she was afraid if Jacob had begun to lose the intention to keep the agreement. When I had been out of her premises, I began to be worried if I wouldn't find my guy in this city because of this appointment with Jacob.

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I could feel the intention to step back to the way that led me to Grace's premises. But I knew I couldn't do it. I was still walking near Grace when she was about the door of this building of her premises. I walked down the stairs and kept walking next to Grace. I still remembered the main reason of coming to this city. I wanted to get a man that I expected for being my husband. But I didn't think I could do it as the situation that I would face could take my life. But I had healing spell. I was sure I could save my life. And I could look for the man for being my husband in this city.

The abandoned warehouse wasn't far from Grace's premises. I knew I would face the dangerous situation soon. But Grace had promised me that she would let the battle happen between both of us and Jacob's witches as she had promised to my father that she would keep my life safe. When I looked around, I found two guys talking each other from this street over there. I could feel like I was being pulled by two of them. I kept looking at them when I knew that I had to let them go as I had to stay with Grace to save our people. When I looked away from both of the guys, I wanted to get married with one of them. I could feel the regret and disappointment from losing the chance to talk with them. When I looked at the road, I found some cars had been parked at the edges of the road. And I realized that looking the view that I found around could decrease the fear inside me little bit.