Hunted

Chapter 25

Audra's P.O.V. 

"You're ok!" I was finally able to scream after being at a loss for words. We had returned to the house and my brother, father, and Anthony were passed out in the middle of the living room. 

"Is this your family?" Atlas questioned while I ran over to my family that still seemed to be unconscious. 

"Ugh, my head," Grayson mumbled. 

"Grayson!" I yelled while throwing my arms around his neck and crying. It took a while before I finally felt his arms wrap around me and hug me close to him. 

"Audra?" he questioned. He then pinched his arm and gave me a funny look before I was suddenly thrown to the ground with his weight on me. 

"Gray...." I said, out of breath from all his heavy fat on me. 

"Aurda, where are we?" Grayson asked while trying to lift himself up. He hissed when he placed his arms on the floor and he was shaking too much. 

"Grayson, what's wrong?" I questioned while placing my hands onto Grayson's shoulders. He closed his eyes and I noticed his breathing was off. 

"Just...weak," he whispered. Atlas rushed over and caught Grayson before he passed out on me. Atlas picked Grayson up and brought him over to the couch. 

"Why is he like that?" I questioned Atlas, curious to know who could have harmed my family or what could have made them so weak. 

"I'm not sure," Atlas answered. 

I started to lift up my upper body when the door suddenly creaked open behind me. My head shot up while Atlas got into a fighting stance and started blocking my view. Suddenly he knelled down while I was able to roll Grayson off me. He made a loud plop on the ground and I gave him a funny look. Out of all the times he could have turned into a heavy sleeper, it has to be now. 

"Audra?" I heard a sweet voice call. I looked up and was surprised to see Thara in the doorway with a muscular guy with blond hair and currently green orbs that were shooting glares at me. 

"Son, what are you doing here?" the man questioned while looking directly at Atlas. That had to shock me the most. I wasn't expecting Atlas's dad to be so scary and also have that kind of deadly glare towards one person. 

"Following Ms. Audra," Atlas replied. His father looked at me as if now I was something worth looking at. 

"I'm surprised you were able to leave the water and it seems you have a protector," Thara stated after observing everything that was going on. 

"I do not belong in the water Thara, I just want to be with my family," I stated. 

"You will address her as Queen Peisinoe," Atlas's dad stated while glaring at me. As weird as this situation was, I was more interested in the markings that were on Atlas's dad rather than the glare he was giving me. There seemed to be light designs that it not looked at closely wouldn't even be noticeable. 

The markings weren't clear to me, but at the same time looked familiar. They were just a shade darker from his normal skin color, but it didn't look like a normal tattoo mark either.

My world suddenly started to spin and I couldn't see anything clearly anymore.  

My heart was beating fast, I was on something soft, and I could hear laughter in the darkness. My eyes shot open and my body seemed to ache. 

I groaned while bringing my hand onto my head before looking out to see a beach right off the forest along with two little kids playing in the sand. I looked around and didn't see any parents in sight, curious as to why two little kids would be by themselves.