The Road To Your Heart

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Eliane POV

The sound of the pouring rain and the loud thunder were nothing compared to my pounding heart. I was still laying on the couch trying to make sense of what happened last night, I still can't believe it.

Maya was sitting on the kitchen stool talking on the phone with our landlord informing him about our abrupt departure. She had the same phone conversation with her boss early this morning, she told him about some family emergency and he didn't complain about her quitting, guess he's glad to get rid of her. She had that kind of effect on people sometimes, intimidating and scary but I learned with time that she's more than that.

I finally gather my strength to stand up and walk to the bathroom, took a quick shower and brushed my teeth without looking once at the mirror, I cried myself to sleep last night and I don't want to see the state of my face. I walk out wrapped in my fluffy pink towel and go to my room. I put on some comfy clothes and let my hair air dry then head back to kitchen, I pass by Maya still sitting there and open the fridge to get some apple juice.

"Morning gorgeous, feeling better?" Maya asks me while sipping her coffee, her dark brown hair framing her round face with fluffy wave, I smile at her endearment knowing very well that right now I'm far from being gorgeous but she always calls me that no matter what, even when I was bruised, bloodied and caked in mud years ago, "I'm fine now, what about you? you've been on the phone since dawn", I stare at her chocolate eyes and I can see how tired she is, "How about you lay down for few hours" I say in a pleading voice, "I'll wake you up when lunch is done and you can start packing after that".

She stand up, walk up to me then bend a bit to press a light kiss on my forehead, "Everything will be fine, I promise" she gives me a tight hug, one of those hugs that makes me want to cry my heart out, "you'll love the town, the house I rented for us is nice, you'll have a big room with your own in-suite bathroom" I hug her back taking in her sent, lemon and vervain, the smell I grew accustomed to, the smell of warmth and safety, it never fails to calm me down.

Caught in the moment, I forgot about my super human strength and 'squeezed' her a bit too much causing her back to make little cracking sounds. I let go of her embarrassed and open my mouth to apologize but she laugh it out "That was good, I needed that" she says while stretching her arms up then gave me another kiss on my head and walked to her room.

I stood there taking my time drinking my juice and thinking of an alternative solution to this mess but nothing came to my mind. One thing is sure I couldn't just stay here and wait for the rogues to come back and confirm their suspicions, I couldn't risk our safety. Lone she wolf or rogue ones are very rare, no pack exiles females, they are precious, in worst case scenario when there is a kind of problem involving the female, they are sent to another pack for discipline or for second chances but never thrown away. Rogue life in worst than torture or even death for she wolfs.

It makes them fair-game for the other rogues. The moment rogues catch the scent of a female under the protection of no pack, the primal instinct to mate takes over the rogues and their wolves get dangerously wild. The worst part is that contrary to pack wolfs, rogues are not territorial when it comes to their females, they don't mind sharing them among themselves.

Luckily I was never captured during my short rogue life, almost got caught several times but I managed to escape somehow. The last time I barely made it alive, I was lucky Maya found me, I was lucky she decided to take me in. She never told me why she made that decision, I was twelve back then and I had no control over my shifting but she wasn't scared of me and she didn't care about the consequences, she said we'll face them together. sometimes I wonder what would've happened to me if I didn't meet her. I shake my head to get rid of the negative thoughts and start counting my blessings, the ones I gained during the last six years, it always helps me to get over any depressive moments.