Surprising me, he takes my hand in his and starts forward. A strange sensation rises up my arm, but somehow, I like the press of his palm against mine. Goddess, I need to pull my hand away. Before I have the chance to do that, I hear someone laughing as we enter the lounge.Four guys look back at us. Their eyes fall on Sebastian first, not very surprised. They probably already know him. Then their gazes turn to me, curious,amused, indecent."Ah, Sebastian," one of them stands up from the couch, running a hand through his sandy blond hair. "I was wondering if you'd be joining us.""Ace," Sebastian gives him a curt nod. "I'm surprised that you're still alive""You're as cheerful as always, I see," Ace laughs. "Won't you introduce me to your little companion?"I notice the momentary hesitation on Sebastian's face before he pulls his hand away from mine. Is he ashamed of me being his companion? A messily omega girl?"Elizabeth," he says formally, putting a hand on the small of my back. "

Someone coughs, my laughter subsides and I turn to Sebastian. He crosses his arms and gives me a hard look."An explanation," he says, leaving no room for argument. "Ace wanted some company, I just made it a little dramatic." I grin and tell him my little play. "Oh, he told me something." I take a startled looking Sebastian's arm and pull him to the bed. My eyes skim the map before I realize which path Ace was talking about. The shortest route."They're taking this path," I point it out to him. Sebastian raises an eyebrow. Then shakes his head in disbelief."I can't believe he told you that," he says. I shrug, a smirk playing at my lips. "The woes of male lust.""There's no way Woodsmen can pave this route," Sebastian traces the line, ridden with crosses only a short way from here. "I'd tell him to reconsider but well," he shrugs. "He never told me, did he?"My smirk fades away, leaving a small lump in my throat."Are they," I hesitate. "Are they going to be okay?"Sebastian rais

My heavy eyes open in the dark, my head dizzy."What the.." I try to lift my hands but feel them bound together in front of me."Ah, you're awake," a newly familiar voice says. My head snaps towards the source and I see a tall figure with sandy blond hair and dark brown eyes."Ace?" my eyes widen, the words from before rush to my head. "What the hell are you doing?"With a small chuckle, he crouches down so we're on eye level. My eyes adjust to the dark and I can just makebout his smirk."Nothing personal, Elizabeth," he says, bemused. "But your partner is a pain in the ass. Taking him down is necessary."I narrow my eyes at him. "And how do you plan on doing that?""By kidnapping you, of course," he says waving a hand at me. "He'll come for you— hell, any man would, and when he does, he wont begoing back"I school my features in perfect calm, holding my breath so it wouldn't come out as shallow intakes. No, no, don't panic. Do not panic! Panic makes you stupid, stupid gets you kille

Elizabeth Point Of View Its full moon tonight.I was beyond surprised when Sebastian stopped just as the sun started setting. I glance warily at his face. He looks pale, the scars on his face more pronounced. Even the smallest sound seems to put him on the edge."Sebastian, are you alright?" I ask carefully. "I.." he hesitates for a moment. "I need to tell you something." My brows pull together and I nod, waiting for him to continue. Sebastian bgoes through his clothes bag and pulls something out, my eyes widen.A silver chain hangs from his hands with a manacle and a padlock. Sebastian holds out a silver key for me, I step back. What the hell? Silver should've burned him, and its mostdefinitely going to burn me!"Seriously, Hazel?" He gives me a look. "Silver bullets didn't burn you, you think this would?""Promise me, Hazel." The urgency in his voice makes my stomach turn unpleasantly. I let out a shaky breath."Alright." I nod. "Good." Sebastian exhales as he pulls away and

Days melted into nights and my memory only stores all of it as a haze of walking, arguing and more walking. The forest was getting thicker, the trees and vines blocking our path- it's not even a path actually, just a zig-zag go through. So I guess it's really our fault for doing this, not theirs."Goddess, this is infuriating." I grumble as I push vines out of my view and stagger behind Sebastian. How the hell can he walk through here?"Stop grumbling and focus," he calls back. "The roots are protruding out of the ground.""Whats next? Apes throwing rocks at us?""I doubt it. The forest was cleared of most animals for the Hunt."I roll my eyes but don't say anything, as I do so, my gaze lands on a bright red feather ball on one of the lower branches of a tree."Aww, just look at that adorable— eeek!"My foot catches in something and I lose my balance, falling towards the earth, I clench my eyes to brace myself for the fall but before that could happen, something pulls me back upright