After my my shower I run into our bedroom and quickly dress in my nude crop tank top and a pair of skinny jeans. I throw my hair into a messy bun and put on my glasses, not worrying about contacts. I slip into my combat boots and my leather jacket. "Matt where are you?" I ask through our mate link.
"I'm in my office why? Do you need me?" He ask.
"No. It's going to take me a little while longer to get ready. I'll let you know when I'm finished."
"Okay baby." He says and I feel him relax. If only he knew.
I turn off the link and block him from my head quickly. I figure I have about five minutes to get out of here before he realizes what I have up my sleeve. Quickly I grab my wallet shoving it in my back pocket and my motorcycle keys before running over to the window. I throw it open and shimmy down the rose latter right under it. I hit the lawn with a small thud that I know some of the guards heard. I take off sprinting across the yard to the small shed where I keep my bike. I'm about three feet away when o hear them tearing through the woods forwards me. "Fuck" I curse under my breath.
I kick it up a notch praying the extra strength from being the fangari will help.
I reach the shed and just about rip the door off as I throw it open, I practically lunge onto my bike slamming the key into her and starting her up. I don't take time to think before I'm tearing out of the shed and through the yard to get to the dirt path that I've created. A short cut through the woods to get into town.
I hear them following me and I feel the force Matt is putting on our mate link trying to get through to me, to figure out what the fuck I'm thinking. I grit my teeth shoving Matt back and building my wall up a push the bike harder, hoping that with how discrete and narrow my path is they won't be able to follow me to well and I'll loose them.
I don't know why, but I know I have to find his witch on my own. I can't let Matt be there.
Matt's POV
"Matt where are you?" Ash ask through the mate link.
"In my office. Why? do you need me?" I ask feeling a little uneasy.
"No it's just going to take me a little while longer to get ready. I'll let you know when I'm finished." She says back, sounding a little off. But I can't place it.
"Okay baby." I say relaxing w little.
I feel her close the link but don't think much of it. She's probably just got a lot on her mind with all that happened today and being pregnant.
I ignore my previous worries and dive back into my work, trying to organize the two packs merging and also doing more in depth research on this witch who pretended to be Nix.
I get so lost in my work that I don't realize something off wrong till I hear Ashton's bike roar to life and the howling of the patrols out tonight. Jumping up from my desk I run through the house and to the back door where I see three of the trackers tear off into the woods after some glowing tail lights. "What the fuck is going on?" I yell at the young pup lingering behind.
"I'm so sorry alpha. Ms.Luna seems to have jumped out the bedroom window and taken off. We couldn't catch her before she got to her bike but Tanner, Eli and Jensen have taken off after her." He says looking down at his feet in shame for loosing the one thing I warned them never to loose track of.
I let a growl tear through me as I try opening the mate link to Ashton and feel she's blocked me out. My anger rises and I fight against her to get into her head and I can feel her force me even further out then I already was and build up a wall between us so I have no chance of getting to her.
What the fuck does she think she's doing?
Ashton's POV
I got away from them. I don't know how and I don't have time to sit around and wander. I need to find Malliky but I don't even know where to begin looking. With a huff I park my bike in a bar parking lot and take off on foot to the book stores.
Nyx said I would know her when I see her but there are like ten old book shops here and I don't have time to be searching them all looking for some which.
Looking at all the shops lining the street I decide on the oldest looking one. Hopefully that will be it. I jog across the street and into the shop, but I'm immediately brought to my knees with intense pain engulfing my whole body.
"What are you doing here wolf? This is secured ground. You can't be here." Says an old shrew looking woman coming out of the corner of the room. Her arm outstretched to me. And I know without a doubt, this is Malliky.
"My name is Ashton Clearwater. I was sent by Nyx to find you." I say through gritted teeth as I feel tears poring out of my eyes and I start to her light headed like I'm about to pass out.
Instantly the pain is gone and I'm gasping for breath clutching my chest. "The Fangari." She whispers in shock. "My apologies. But why have you come alone?" She ask hobbling over and helping me up.
"I, I don't know to be honest. It just. Something inside me told me I had to do this alone." I say standing up straight and fixing my clothes.
"I see." She says and rubs her forehead like she's trying to remember something. "Well I suppose you're hear about the war yes?" She ask leading me to the back room of her shop.
"I am. Nyx said you could help me and my pack train, and win this thing." I say sitting across from her.
"I can and I will help you and your pack train. But I must warn you I am not a normal which I am a profit and I have seen the outcome of the war." She says not looking me in the eyes.
"Since you're willing to help us I'm assuming we won." I say feeling the smallest twinge of hope.
"Oh yes the werewolves to win. But many lives will be lost on both sides." She says and finally she looks me dead in my eyes and says something that makes my blood run cold. "And one of them, will be yours."
