Fight With Me

Chapter 11

Alarics POV

I ran into the room after Kaleb and MG to see Hope in her wolf form shredding the man. Kaleb and MG untied the girls and helped them leave the room, as they hadn't been given food or water for the past 36 hours. They could hardly move without help. Raf pulled the car up in front of the house as planned. The girls crawled in as Dorian and I followed. Everyone hopped in and waited for Hope to come out. Josie tried to leave the car to go back in, fighting against Kaleb to let her out, but finally, Hope walked out the door. She snagged a jacket off one of the guys and hobbled her way out to the car. She jumped in, and we sped off back toward the hotel.

Hope's POV

I changed out of my wolf form and grabbed the jacket off the closest guy to me. The man had managed to stab my leg when I attacked him, so I was hobbling as it healed. I finally made it out the front door and jumped into the car. I was engulfed by the biggest hug from Josie, who was sobbing into my neck. No one said much as we made our way back to the hotel. We wanted to get out of town as soon as possible because we didn't know how long it would take for the Peryton to reform after I dismembered it.

I grabbed Josie's arm as we walked upstairs to one of the hotel rooms to grab my suitcase and change. The boys all packed up their suitcases and left to pack the car. Josie didn't want to leave my side yet, so she followed me into the bathroom. She watched as I grabbed some clothes from my suitcase and changed, putting on her hoodie. Once I was done, I walked over to Josie, who was sitting on the toilet lid watching me. I took one of the plastic cups left by the sink and bit my hand, filling the cup with some of my blood.

"Hey, Jo, I missed you." She stood up and placed her hands on my neck, kissing me with heated passion before burying her head into my neck, hugging me tightly.

"I missed you too," she mumbled into my neck. I handed her the cup so she could drink some and heal the cuts and bruises on her face. We stood there for a couple of seconds before I whispered in her ear, "Come on, Jo, we need to go." I grabbed her hand, and she followed me out to the car before we headed back to school. I gave Lizzie the rest of the blood to heal her cuts when we got into the car.

Lizzie, Josie, and I were sitting in the middle row, the boys in the back, and Mr. Dorian and Dr. Saltzman upfront. Josie put on my headphones to prevent her car sickness and laid her head on my shoulder. She had her arm wrapped around mine with a tight grip but managed to fall asleep. After about twenty minutes, I looked over at Lizzie while Josie was fast asleep.

"What happened while I was gone?" I asked. Lizzie looked down at the floor of the car.

"Let's just say they didn't like how long it took you to find us. They figured if you could feel our pain—which you and I both know you can't—that it would motivate you to find us faster, but they wouldn't listen. They said that Jo smelled like you, so they figured—" Lizzie's eyes got teary as she trailed off. "They figured you had imprinted on her. Something about shared feelings and being able to communicate with each other in your heads? I don't know. It was bad, though. Lizzie sighed. "I'm sorry about how unsupportive I've been; I'm just not that good with change. But you are good for her, and I just wanted to thank you for saving us. You were the only thing keeping her going."

Lizzie leaned back and placed her head against the car window, falling asleep. We were probably about an hour away from school now. Dr. Saltzman looked back at me in the rearview mirror to see I was still awake.

"Want to tell me about you and my daughter?" he asked, looking back toward the road with a smile on his face.

"I, um, we really like each other and I asked her a couple of days ago," I replied. He didn't look shocked.

"Yeah, I figured, seeing as she almost had another breakdown when you didn't come out of the house fast enough."

We sat in silence for a couple of seconds. "You make her happy, Hope, and you protect her. I just... thank you," Dr. Saltzman said, shutting his mouth and focusing on the road in front of him.

"Always, Dr. Saltzman."

We arrived back at the school at about 4 a.m. I picked up Josie, who was still asleep, and carried her up to my room. Lizzie followed us upstairs.

"You're welcome to sleep in the spare bed, Lizzie; I know you probably don't want to leave her side." I pulled back the covers and covered Josie up.

"Thanks, Hope." Lizzie crawled into the spare bed, and I crawled into mine. As soon as I was under the covers, Josie subconsciously adjusted so she was lying against me, her arm wrapped around my stomach tightly. I turned off the side table light, and I was finally able to sleep, knowing that my girl was back home with me.