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“We still have a good bit left to travel,” Demetri said as we all looked at Sion for his decision.
“Lets keep moving. We dont know if they are seekers or not. Maybe they are just curious about the scent and checking us out. If we keep moving, we wont seem confrontational. If it is Seekers, we will know soon enough, their scent will eventually reach us.” Sion grabbed my hand and began to walk again briskly. “It is best to avoid a fight if we can.” He muttered under his breath, glancing down at me.
“Sion, I can fight if we have to.” I watched as a sexy half smile curled over his l!ps as he looked at me from the sides of his eyes.
“I know that, my love, but why take unnecessary risks?”
“Because you would if I wasnt with you,” I said pointedly; his grin widened, but before he could say anything, a scent carried on the wind reached us.
Seekers. There was no doubt about it.
“There is a new territory line up ahead. They might be more hesitant to follow us past that point.”
Demetri said urgently.
“Should we shift?” Conner asked, and Sion shook his head no.
“No, we are heading into a new territory. We dont have to enter looking like threats. Just run!” Sion said looking down at me. Inodded my head and dropped his hand from mine. I could run better without him dragging me from behind him, which is what I know would happen.
We raced through the woods. The trees blurred brown as we crashed through the branches and bushes making a path of our own. We all smelled the change in the scent as we entered a new territory, but we kept running. Blood curdling howls echoed in the air behind us, and we knew the Seekers had taken chase. They were on our trail.
What would they do when they reached the next territory? If they chose to pursue us, we would have no choice but to fight.. but how many? The air sounded like high pitched screams as their howls echoed from all around. The numbers werent on our side. We did have a lupine on our side.
If only I had a grip on my powers. I could order them to stop. I wasnt sure if I could rely on it. I didnt have the confidence in myself with it yet. It always just came to me.
The brush was getting thicker, and we were having to squint as we ran. Small leaves fell in the air, twigs shattered all around and then… weightlessness. I was falling. Covered in darkness. Squeezed into something tight.
My arms were tucked at my sides, and I couldnt use them. It was too tight. I heard the snarls from above me as I slammed into a solid surface. I arched my back in pain as the wind left my lungs.
Coughing, I gasped for air as I tried to make sense of what had happened. I stared straight up from my back at the tiny hole I had fallen through. A hole too tiny for anyone else to fit through. I glanced around as the air began to return to my lungs. I was in a cave again… or was this a mine?
“Fell into an air shaft, did ya?” Stilts chuckled next to my head, looking over into my face. “Can you get up?” An airshaft? Seriously? Of all things to fall into. I gingerly sat up as lI rubbed the back of my head. Thank goodness Sheena was with me and healing me.
Otherwise, I would be in serious trouble right now.
“Now what?” I muttered, looking up at the hole above me. It was about twenty feet straight above me.
Clover! Sions panicked voice called out in my mind.
Im okay, Sion. Im in a mine again.. My voice was dripping with annoyance. Stilts is with me. Ill see if he can help me find the way out.
There has to be an entrance around here. Ill find you. Sion sounded anxious and his words were rushed. Then echoing down the hole were the echoing sounds of growls.
Sion!
I could hear the muffled sounds of fighting above me growing fainter as it moved away. I stared at the hole above me until I couldnt hear the sounds anymore. I didnt want to keep calling out to Sion and distracting him. I had to find a way out of here.
“Stilts, do you know the way out?” I turned and listened as the little man chuckled at me.
“l am not a walking map.”
I glanced around, assessing the area. It was all dirt and stone with three paths. I guess I would just have to choose one and hope for the best. I had just started walking towards the middle path when I could hear the soft sound of footsteps approaching. I froze as the sound got closer. I glanced over at Stilts only to find the little bastard was no where to be seen again. I was beginning to wonder what his purpose even was.
The sounds got closer, and I took up a fighting stance, ready to shift if I needed to.
A moment later, a young woman appeared from the tunnel running her fingers through her blonde-colored hair. Her blue eyes lifted up and met with mine. For a moment, she stood there looking at me before a crooked grin reached her l!ps.
“Air shaft?” She said quickly and raised her brows. “Did you fall through the air shaft too?” I nodded my head slowly and she started to laugh. “Thank goodness I am not the only one that sort of thing happens to. I mean, one minute I was talking with my cousin and the next down I went.” The girl bounded up to me and then leaned forward, bending her neck to look in my face.
“My name is Gia, what is your name?”
Her blue eyes were piercing into mine with such a vibrant intensity, but she seemed very friendly.
“It is Clover” I said and she smiled brightly at me.
“Well, Clover, I know that path leads to nowhere,” She pointed behind her as she looked at the other openings. “So, lets hope one of these two leads to the way out.
Knowing my cousin, he is probably about to give himself a hernia destroying things trying to get to me. Men… as if us Women arent capable.” She giggled and I smiled back at her. I liked this woman. She wasnt suspicious or cautious of me at all. Which told me she was confident in her fighting skills and that she didnt deem me as a threat.
“What pack are you from?” I noticed her trying to smell for my scent as I shrugged and furrowed my brows.
“It is a bit complicated. I am, I guess, in between packs right now. It is a long story.
How about yourself?” I knew I recognized the scent but couldnt quite place it.
“The Diamond pack. My cousin went out on a mission, and I decided to tag along. Well.. without telling him until he was far enough away.” She gave me a sheepish grin. “I left my parents a note. The funny thing is I came to be of assistance to my cousin and I gave him more work now.”
She began to giggle as I stared at her. She was from the Diamond pack, that was who we needed to talk to.
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