Hunted

Chapter Thirty Seven

Melaine

I stood in front of the door of my classroom nerves eating at me. I turned to my dad and he knelt in front of me giving me a small smile. It was my first day of first grade. I had been homeschooled for all of kindergarten.

"What if they don't like me?"

"Well that's their loss. Because anyone would have to be an idiot not to like you." He smiled.

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"Are you ever going to get a girlfriend? You're probably tired of me by now."

"I don't want or need a girlfriend. And I'll never get tired of you. You're my little angel sent from heaven to take care of me and always keep me smiling."

"Well you weren't smiling last night." I mumbled

"That's because you stole the car little missy." He chuckled.

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"No one's going to come dad." I sniffed wiping the tears that had fallen. It was my sweet sixteen tomorrow but rumour had it our school's most popular group was throwing a party on that same day. I only really had one friend anyway.

"All the important people are going to come."

"I can't have a sweet sixteen with only two guests." I huffed.

"You can. It's gonna be the best party ever. More cake for us if you ask me." I chuckled and he pulled me in for a hug.

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"You're my favourite daughter, fact or fiction." Dad asks as I straighten my prom dress.

"I'm your only daughter." I say rolling my eyes.

"You wouldn't know that." He laughed.

"Fine, fact." I smiled hugging him tightly.

"I love you pumpkin."

"I love you too dad."

"Damn Mr Wilson its just prom. I wonder how you're going to be on her wedding."

"A weeping mess at having to give up my baby girl."

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I opened my eyes ignoring the headache and the buzzing of my body. Familiar eyes stared down at me and I slowly recognised Kenji. He helped me up pulling me into a hug and letting out a sigh.

"You died just in time." He sighed.

"What?"

"Well you dying kind of snapped me out of my following order thing because my instinct to find and protect you while you woke up kicked in so Adonis is sadly still alive." He mumbled.

"Well it didn't look that way when you stood over my body thinking I was dead crying your eyes out." Adonis said helping another boy to his feet. I remembered Adonis. But I didn't know the boy he held upright but I felt like I did.

"I did not." Ken huffed.

"What's going on what happened?" I asked drawing their attention.

"What do you remember?" New guy asked shoving Adonis aside and taking a step towards me.

"Alistair saying he had killed everyone." I said slowly. "Wait Kenji you're alive. Where are Xander and my dad?"

At the mention of my dad I saw new guy flinch before he recomposed himself.