The Sun Will Rise (Moonlight 1)

Chapter 36-Gotta Get Out

The four of us helped get Calum back to Emily's place. I was exhausted, I could sense that the ability to shift was impossible for me right now as I'd used too much energy and was injured too. So, we'd come back on foot, trampling back through the rain and mud. Emily had apologized profusely the entire way. I had no idea why she'd told us to leave but it seemed serious, it wasn't as if she was mad at us for fighting with Finn. It was as if she feared something happening to us if we remained.

We bailed into the car, packing everything of ours from the room and into the car in record time especially considering our injuries. Most of the marks had healed now, only a faint line remained where each had been. Michael was much the same. Calum however, still had a long way to go, the hunters' weapons had been laced with wolfbane and silver powder so they took a lot longer to heal than usual combined with the injuries from Finn. I'd been hit with one as well and it had been the one that had healed the least. At least he wasn't using Ashton and I as a crutch now which made me feel a little better. It didn't mean I wasn't still worried about him. Right now, he sat on the car seat simply watching us as we packed the gear in the back of the car, Emily had brought out some bandages and wrapped them around his chest where the worst of the injuries from Finn were.

Pip had balled her eyes out when Emily told her we were going and that Finn had left as well. She sat on the step watching us pack, a glum expression on her face. "We'll see them again someday." Emily had tried to console the young girl. "They just have to leave for now." While we waited for Michael to finish packing, Ashton and I had quickly put together a quick drawing for her. Our drawings were terrible but Pip seemed to be pleased by them. My heart ached for her, but Emily had meant it when she said we needed to leave.

Ashton jumped in the driver's seat, as he was the only one who could drive right now. Calum wasn't well enough to drive just yet. Neither Michael or I had our driver's licences' yet. To be fair I was on my L's but I needed an adult driver with me, a thing we were lacking now.

My heart thumped loudly in my chest as the car drove along the road towards the border. What would happen when we crossed it? If we were ambushed by the hunters with Calum in this state we'd be screwed for sure. Yeah, Michael could fight quite well and so could I if the situation called for it, but I didn't want to think of it right now. I just wanted to sleep this whole day off.

As we crossed what I knew to be the border, my eyes quickly whipped around the outside of the car checking for any evidence of hunters. When I was certain we were far enough over it. I settled back into the seat. I notice that Calum is eyeing me curiously and Michael has turned to glance at me from the front seat. They both look away when my eyes fall on them.

I sighed, now that we were out of Emily's treaty zone would anywhere ever be safe for us again?

No one says anything, and the car descends into silence. I focus on looking out the window; watching as the town disappears behind us. I wanted Finn, Emily, Pip and everything that had happened here to be as far out of my mind as possible.

"Where to next?" Ashton asks from the driver's seat, as we drive past the town's sign, "Shall I take the highway?"

"Highway." Michael says quickly, "We can travel a lot further in a short amount of time. There's more chance of us being spotted and reported to the hunters though."

"We don't need that right now, to be spotted I mean." I say from the back, I glance at Calum, "Let's take the back roads instead. Until we're all a lot better."

Calum nods at me, "I'm with Luke. It's going to take a while until I'm fully healed. Besides, we're not under any treaties now like we were on Emily's land. So, it might not be the quickest way but it's safer. Take the back roads Ash."