Separated by Our Fate | [COMPLETED]

Chapter 36 - Claustrophobia

Olivia POV

A loud, constant banging on the door makes the two of us suddenly wake up. It worried me- only Ryan knew exactly where we lived and if it was him it must be urgent. The thought that it may not be him also worried me.

"Wait here, I'll get it," Logan gets up to answer the door. I nod, but peek over at the door from the bed.

"You two need to leave now," I notice a breathless Ryan outside, pacing around and panicking. It had to be at least eight in the morning, and the sun was just beginning to rise over the snow-covered streets.

"Why, what's going on?" Logan says calmly, inviting him inside and trying to get him to calm down.

"Yesterday they didn't do the searches and I didn't know what was going on, so I went up and asked my father and he said they were cancelled, so I didn't think I should tell you-"

"They're cancelled?" I interrupt, fully standing up from the bed. I didn't really care how I looked at that moment, I was more interested in listening to Ryan.

"No," he shakes his head rapidly, "I thought they were cancelling it because they found something over there, but they're doing them right now. Like right now right now."

He continues, "I tried to find you yesterday but you were gone as I had expected, there was no way I could have told you! They must have changed the date from yesterday to today!"

Why would they change it to today? I thought they were determined to find us? What happened?

"It's okay, we'll leave now, come on Olivia," Logan says, waving me over.

"You can't!" Ryan continues to freak out, "they have the whole place surrounded!"

Logan stops, "what?"

"They don't want anyone getting out of the villages!" He continues, "I don't know what to do!"

I bite my lip anxiously. We were trapped. If they had the whole place surrounded it meant no one was getting in and no one was getting out.

"What do you mean by surrounded?" I ask him, trying to find a way out of the situation.

"The entire border of all the villages. You're not getting out of here, they've got guards absolutely everywhere and reporting any suspicious activity," he explains.

I notice Logan clench his jaw and purse his lips, something I've noticed him do often when he was angry or irritated, "there has to be a way out."

"There's not Logan, trust me," Ryan shakes his head, "I spoke to my father. He said no one's getting in or out. When they didn't find anything on the other side it apparently made them more determined."

Logan sighs frustratedly, "okay, okay we'll figure something out."

"Well it's going to have to be fast you know," Ryan fidgets nervously.

We look towards the busy streets in the distance- our street was quiet as ever but we had a good view of all the others. Lots of people were out and there was a growing noise of chatter.

Ryan turns to us again, "listen, I'll go see what's going on. You two need to figure something out. If you need me you know where to find me."

Logan nods and he takes off down the street. My palms begin to sweat and I wipe them on my jeans. He notices and takes my hands in his.

"We'll get out of this, Liv," he rubs circles with his thumbs onto my hands, "don't worry."

I was so worried, I desperately wanted to break down crying, blaming myself for being so stupid to do this. I was terrified of what would happen if we were caught.