Chapter 18: Run Away
Chapter eighteen: Run Away
Elena
A single droplet of water fell into my hand as I stuffed the bandage into the bag. I looked up to see if there was maybe a crack that had caused a leak but there was nothing. Then, u brought my hand to my cheek and felt the moisture touch my fingertips.
I was crying, I brushed away the stray tears that fell from my eyes and tried to blink away the remaining droplets that were pooling in my eyes.
"Why am I crying?" I asked myself as I wiped away the tears angrily.
There is no reason for me to be sad, I was doing the right thing. I knew I was but why did it feel like my heart was breaking? If that is the case, wasn't I meant to feel relieved that finally I am going to get out of this Pack once again. I knew the answers to those questions but my mind refused to go to those places. I didn't want to admit that the reason why my heart was breaking was because I was losing Bernard. After I left, I would never see him again, I would never smell him again and those thoughts hurt me more than words could ever explain.
"Why did you do this to me, moon goddess? Why couldn't you have just made me mateless so that I would never be forced to break my own heart?" I sniffed and brushed away the last few years that flowed from my eyes.
I allowed myself to mourn for fifteen minutes for the loss of a premature relationship that never got to see the light of day. I allowed myself to feel the gravity and reality of the situation weighed on it. I stood over the bag and allowed my tears to flow, I allowed myself to break and I placed my hand to cover my mouth to prevent someone from hearing me. The only time I ever experienced a heavy weight of pain like this was the day my parents were murdered.
At the thought of my parents, the memories came rushing back to me. The panic in my mother's eyes, the wolves running after me. Then my eyes snapped open.
"I am leaving." I finally decided, my pity party coming to an end.
No matter how much my wolf wanted to be near Bernard, I had to do what was best for us and what was best for us to leave this Pack. I zipped up the bag and sighed deeply in relief. Stage one was done, now I just needed to get past the guards outside his house and the patrol wolves that roamed around the forest during the night. I counted four guards on this side of the house. I couldn't creep out through the door because my room was too close to Bernard's room. He would wake up if he heard a noise and this entire plan would be a waste. My only option was crawling out through the window when the guards walked into a blind spot where they couldn't see me.
"Are you sure this is what you want to do?" My inner voice tried to reason with me again. I had been pushing her further and further to the back of my mind but he kept making a reappearance.
"If I leave, it will not only make my life easier but it will also make Bernard's life easier as well. With me gone, he will be able to focus fully on his soon-to-be bride and I won't have to see it." I don't know if I was trying to convince my wolf or to convince myself, possibly both.
From what I learned about mates, the reality is that some people had fated mates while some had chosen mates. This Helen is going to be Bernard's chosen mate which means that an oath would have been taken for the union to be sealed. He gave his words to this woman that he would marry her and she would become his Luna.
In our world, the word of an Alpha is as good as a legally binding contract. If an Alpha was to ever break his words m, then he would lose respect from his fellow Alphas, his Pack, and sometimes his Beta. Leaving would make everything easier for everyone involved.
"I am sorry." I whispered into the empty room. I didn't know who I was apologizing to, I didn't know if it was Bernard, doctor Liam, Alisha, or if it was myself. Possible all of the above.
I shouldered the bag and walked over to the window. I stared down at where the guards were standing and counted to sixty. They always moved from their position every sixty seconds and before I could finish counting, they moved and made their way around the corner. I wasted no time at all as I used the gutter that was screwed to the side of the house as a makeshift pole to help me to the ground. I had only sixty seconds to do this.
I slid down the gutter, making sure not to make any sudden movement or make a loud sound because this plan would have been over. As my feet reached safely on the ground, I took off running in the opposite direction of the guards. Stage one done, now stage two. I was riding on pure grace from the moon goddess and a whole lot of luck.
I hadn't tried to transform into my wolf because I wasn't even sure if I could manage to transform. Transforming has always been difficult and painful for me. My mother died before she could teach me how to make the transforming process easier. I had to learn it on my own and struggled and still struggling till this day. I made sure to keep to the shadows. My red hair was tied into a bun and covered by a black cap. It blended into the darkness and my all back tight and hoodie made it easier to melt into the night as well. Years of being on the run had taught me to be quiet, sneaky, and agile.
As I got to the main center of Bernard's compound, where are is a big mansion that I am sure was the Pack mansion, I froze. There were patrol wolves moving around the house. Many of the lights were off seeing as it was in the early hours of that morning. I could only see seven wolves and there was enough darkness to hide my shadow. I just needed to remain cautious and move in silence. The patrol wolves worked in sequence, that is one thing I noticed. If I moved when they did and stuck to the shadows, then I knew that I was going to make it past them.
The first wolf moved and I moved with him and went down the path along the side of the house. I made sure to jump over any twigs that had fallen onto the ground and keep to the shrubs so that they could mask my scent. I cleared the first wolf and then moved to the second one. Then, the third, and finally I was on to the last one. I could see the tree line in the distance, if I was able to get past him then, my freedom was only one stage away. I moved along the shadows, making sure to keep hidden among the odors undergrowth to stop them from smelling me too easily. I stepped around one of the small bushes that decorated the surrounding area, my foot landed on a twig and it snapped.
The patrol wolf whipped his head towards my direction and I froze. His eyes narrowed in my direction and I quickly hid behind one of the taller bushes. His eyes began to glow as he used his wolf eyes instead of his human ones. He scanned the area and then went over it again a second and third time. When he was satisfied that there was no intruder, he turned back to patrolling. I breathed a silent sigh of relief as I stepped back out from the bush and moved through the shadows. I could see the tree line drawing closer and I knew that I was on my way to my freedom.
I had no idea what came next after I made it through the woods. I still had to get past the border patrols because I couldn't stay within his territory. If I did, he would find me and all of this would have been for nothing. There was a nagging ache in the center of my chest but I ignored it. I cried and mourned for ten minutes and decided to move forward. This Pack wasn't my home, I was a lone wolf and I didn't belong to any Pack or anyone. That is how it has been for the last ten years and that is how it is going to continue.
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