Chapter 5

 As Safire got to the lake she laid down next to a big tree and let Kaya take control over her body and mind.

"You really needed that run didn't you Saf?" I say as I stretch my bones.

"We both needed it." Saf said as I pulled the clothes from the backpack and started dressing.

"So what is our plan, we can't hide forever they are going to trace us eventually?"

"I need answers, but I also need time to take this in." I say as I sit down under the tree.

"I can sense you are angry, but it doesn't make you love them any less."

 "Of course I'm angry, they lied to me my whole life. And yes I know what you are going to say, they love me like their own but that is not in discussion here. Trust is." I say with frustration.

"And the fact that Jake loves you." Saf so kindly reminded me.

"Don't ok, just don't go there."

"I told you he gave me a weird vibe."Saf hummed in my head.

"He is my brother, I will never be able to see him as anything else. Honestly, I dont know how to even look at him anymore." I say.

"Well he is not the only one who is going to look for you, Atlas should have woken up by now." I hate the way she purres his name.

"Our Luna should keep him enough occupied, and besides she gave me her word she wouldn't tell him where to find me." 

"He is our soulmate, once awakened a connection like that it only grows stronger." Saf said convinced.

"He is not our soulmate, I don't feel connected to him." I said annoyed.

"I don't understand why you don't feel it, but I... the more the time passes and the further we go, I feel a burn around my heart. I never felt that before." Saf confessed.

"I thought you said you couldn't reach him."

"I can't, and for some reason it hurts. But it also makes me believe he will search every corner of every forest until he finds you."

I look up into the forest on the other side of the lake.

"The forest," I say.

"What about it."

"Jack said they found me in the forest as a baby Saf. Someone abandoned me in the forest. They left me to die."

I say as tears form in my eyes.

"You don't know that, maybe someone lost you." Saf said to console me.

"What, someone went on a picnic and forgot about me." I say sarcastically.

"Don't think about it now, we come here to distract ourselves. Go for a swim, it will help you clear your head." Saf said to me and I listened.I swam for the entire afternoon, I got out of the lake just before the night fell to draw up a fire. Even though I hadn't eaten in the whole day it didn't bother me, I fell asleep next to the fire unsure of what will be tomorrow. The feeling of the sun on my face woke me up, but also the sound of car tires on the stone path.

"Someone is coming." I said to Saf as I got up.

"I know the sound of that engine, it's your dad's truck. The other three I don't know." Saf said.

As the truck came into vision I saw it was Jack behind the wheel. I took my backpack on my back as he came out of the truck.

"I don't want to talk to you." I say to Jack.

"I know you are not ready and I'm not here because of that Kaya. You need to leave, he sent for you." He said urgently.

"Who?"

I asked as three SUVs approached us.

"The future Alpha. They came yesterday, they have orders to take you. Forcefully if necessary. I traced you so I could warn you." Jack said.

"What you did was lead them right to me." I say as several men descend from the SUV's. The front man is a bit shorter than the rest but fairly built. He walked up to me as Jack took a stand in front of me.

"Oh don't be ridiculous," I say as I go in front of him.

"Kaya Knight, I have orders to bring you to the pack's mansion." The man spoke.

"Who's orders?" I ask as if I don't already know.

"Atlas Stryker, our future Alpha." He said as he snapped his fingers and his man came for me.

The first guy grabbed my hand and tried to pull me but I twisted his arm, pulled his jacket over his head, and used my foot to send him flying into the other guy.

"There is no need for you to put your hands on me, I can walk." I said as I passed him and entered the SUV.

"I told you so." Saf said.

"Oh shut up."