He Is Mine

Home...

"Will you stop looking so sad." I say trying to cheer Zia up.

I can't stand looking into her beautiful face every day and seeing that same frown marred her face. The same look of despair and loneliness that appears in her eyes. Tired of not seeing her smile and laugh, tired of not seeing her light.

"I'm tired of running, Alek." She says sadly.

With her shoulders slumped she slowly walks towards me.

"I am too, but this is the last time. I promise." I say and hope with every fibre of my being that I'm right.

I can't let her be disappointed in me anymore.

"Look, I didn't want to take any more chances considering what happened last time we tried to find a place to settle down. But something tells me this is the place we're supposed to be." I say confidently.

"Really, Alek?" She says doubtful.

"We're only here because the werewolf government stated that we have to go to school. If we don't and we get caught before our 18th birthday, they'll find out our papers are fakes and they'll ship us back home." She started her little speech out sarcastically like she always does, but it turned sad towards the end.

Just like it always does when reality hits home that we are and always will be on the run.

"Plus we're only settling down in this next town because it's the only place with a high school that isn't on any pack land." She says looking annoyed.

"Technically it's only bordering a pack, but it's the safest one for us. We're rogues, Zi."

"Yeah, well, just because it's bordering a pack, doesn't mean those pack members won't be attending. And it's not like they'll be very welcoming either. You know how rogues are treated." She says sarcastically quoting me before crossing her arms against her chest.

"Rogues are treated like that for a reason, Zia. You know that. So those pack members will be raised on that knowledge."

"But we're not like that, Alek!" Zia screams out as I pull her into me and hug her tightly. But her sad voice continues, bringing reality back down to ruin the day, yet again.

"We left our pack because it wasn't safe. For either of us." She finishes with a sniffle.

"I know, but everything will be okay, Zi. I found us a nice little apartment not too far from the school and maybe we could get a job somewhere in town as well." She pulls back and looks at me curiously.

"How do you even have money for an apartment?"

"It's called a credit card." I tease which earns me an eye roll.

"I applied online last night. There's a bank in town where I can pick a temporary card up. So come on, we have a short walk before we reach the neutral zone and our new home." I say as I already started to walk off.

I hear her sigh before shortly following after me. She's gonna be pissed when she realises it's not a short walk. More like a 10-hour walk. Glad she's walking behind me because then she can't see the amused smirk across my face.

And I was 100% right. As soon as I said I thought our apartment was just down the street she snapped.

"You think?! How about you know! We've been lost for a damn hour now looking for this stupid apartment." She says throwing her hands up in the air.

I try to contain my laughter because technically she's not wrong. I did miscalculate a few streets and ended up getting us lost.

"You said this was a small town! Not a city!"