Finding His Love

Chapter 4 - Love's Test

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Ryder's POV

The night of the escape

My world is cruel place and the only mortality in a cruel world is chance.

But where was my chance? Didn't I deserve another chance? Yeah, I may have blown quite a few already but I needed just one more to start again.

What was this world coming down to? I see humans but no humanity. Was this the punishment to my bad choices? Heck, if I could, I would take everything back just to get a fresh start with Ember.

I regret everything I've done from the start, every single stupid decision I've made has affect my future, slowly taking away the things I love the most.

Things aren't meant to end like this, not even close, the story has just began.

Now, I need to get my life back, sort out this mess, and be free from this burden. I wanted to straighten things out, tie up the loose ends, and start a new life. Why was that so hard?

I was following the only lead I had, not knowing if I was heading in the right direction but what else could I do? Resting wasn't an option, especially when the girl I love is being held against her will.

I was more afraid of losing her, than losing myself. Everything felt like a test, like I was a variable to a stupid experiment. Was this what my life had come to?

Hope is the only thing keeping me sane, the hope to see Ember again. Hope that the love we shared was keeping me close to her.

Another chance was all I needed to fix my stupid mistakes and make everything right again.

Sometimes, I wish that I could start things over again, avoiding mistakes, but then how will I learn? We learn from the mistakes we make, but one of life's biggest regret is not taking a chance.

This was my chance, to recover my life, and I wasn't going to waste it.

Hang in there Em, I thought silently, I'm coming.

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"Where the hell are we even going?" a voice from behind complains.

I didn't even need to turn back to know whom that irritated tone belonged to. In all honesty, I wish I knew where I was heading. My gut instincts were telling me to follow the fresh tracks made by the dust, but my heart said otherwise.

Darkest shade of black covered the sky like a blanket, with the moon as the light source. Night was at it's latest hour, peace as it may be but my heart was relentless.

I lost track of time ever since we barged into the warehouse, on the rescue mission. Each minute goes by, I felt like I was going further away from Ember than I was before.

Think positively, you don't want to jinx anything.

"We've been driving in circles for hours!" someone else whines, making me want to scream in frustration.

"Don't you think I know that?" I hissed, silencing everyone.

I wish I knew all the answers to these questions but I didn't. I had no idea where we were heading, or what we were about to face. I wasn't even sure if I was ready or not.

Shortly after a while, I recieved a call from Luke, saying there was a town nearby the warehouse, but what surprised me was that the tracks I had been following lead to the same town.

Each building's shadows blending in with the night sky. I could only barely see in the distance was Luke. His team scattered around the perimeter, searching every corner.