Escapism By Raye Novels & Stories

Aiden bared his fangs as they sharped slightly. "Stop it." Lily finally snapped. The two Werewolves continued to size one another up. "Jayce." She reached over and rested a hand on his arm. His eyes wavered a moment before he stepped back to calm down. "I don't get what's going on. I don't understand why a bunch of strangers are in our home." She let out a slow breath. "What is the main reason you all are here?" "Karmina." Rayleigh spoke up. Lily felt her blood run cold. Jayce instinctively pulled her closer to him. "She's escaped her prison and is wandering the world of the living as we speak." She gets to her feet. "I will not sugarcoat it for you."

With a soft, diminished voice she utters, "I can't lose you too...Kohl. No one...no one cares about me." She says. Suddenly, she felt a hand gripping against her shoulder. "I understand your misfortune, Child. Go to whom you cherish the most. We will escape from here. We promise." Said Pegasus as she earns a nod from Raya. Raya couldn't fight this battle. She was nowhere on par with the King of Vampires. All she knew was to escape, to leave a battle she knew she wouldn't win.

“She’s not.” “She belongs to me.” “She’s not a piece of land, RAyNe. She’s a person. And you don’t own people…especially not with chains and grief and guilt.” Lucian said nothing from where he stood, arms crossed, watching the chaos spiral like he had known it would all along. “I saw her smile,” RAyNe whispered. “With him. That man next to her. That wasn’t fake.” “It was survival,” Elias shot back. “What you saw was a girl trying not to fall apart in public. And you didn’t even notice the fear in her eyes, did you?”

“Though, perhaps not for her over there.” Faith shoves her chair back from the table and is out of the room in a shot. Mack moves to stand, but before he can, Penny is on her feet. “It’s okay, Mack, I’ll go. It’s the least I can do.” As Penny follows her out, I lower my head to my plate. Although I’m still hungry, I’m ready to abandon eating in favor of escape. Right now, nothing could taste as good as getting away from Connall Raleigh will feel.

He casually wore a bath towel on his lower body, and his deep eyes looked towards the bed. The bed was empty. The woman had left, but there was a trace of dark red on the white sheets. Roy frowned slightly, feeling a little irritated for some reason. Suddenly, the phone on the bedside rang. "Mr. Robert I'm really really sorry. The supermodel I was supposed to send over last night had a car accident on the way..." Roy's cold face froze, and with a snap, the phone was hung up directly. The woman with long curly hair, lowered her head, and hugged her clothes with both hands. She looked dazed, and walked towards main road in a hurry...

What came through, though, was Alex’s furious voice: “Aria, are you insane? Why the hell would you block my number? I came back home, and you were gone. Where the hell did you go? Say something!” “I already explained, didn’t I? Elsa was hurt, so I had to stay behind. Why did you just disappear? Can you stop being unreasonable?” “The matchmaker called, angry. She said you did not show up. What the hell, Aria? Where are you? Send me your location!” I frowned and replied coldly: “Didn’t you see the message I sent? I am breaking up with you. Where I am has nothing to do with you anymore.” “I am blocking this number and that of all of your friends and pack. Don’t contact me again.”

Lucius waved at me from across the garden, holding our pup in his arms. I smiled, then dropped the pink dress and the card into the trash. A new life shouldn’t be tethered to the past. The brave keep walking forward. No looking back.

Fast. “Listen,” Alaya looked at me with sorrow in her eyes. “You remind me so much of Sariya. I wouldn’t wish her fate on you, but escaping from here is truly impossible. Between the roaming lone werewolves and the wild beasts, our valley is surrounded by mountains. There’s only one road out through the gorge, and it’s guarded. And even if you hide somewhere inside the valley, sooner or later the king’s guards will find you.” “Can you read minds?” I asked in surprise—because honestly, at this point, anything seemed possible.

CHAPTER 2: WHO IS HE? RAYA'S POV. The cover of the night, and the merriment that had caused the borders to be left unguarded was the perfect opportunity for me to escape unnoticed. I wasn't going to live under the indefinite torment of Victoria, and an even more awful treatment from the rest of the pack. Yes, I was terrified of walking into the unknown, especially since I barely knew the outside world. I had never ventured outside Ravenhill. But bracing myself, I took that daring step.

Aurora stays quiet for once, maybe even she feels the shift, and the cops are hovering by the door, Raymond giving me one last look like he’s memorizing my face for later. Elias tries one more time, hand on the bed rail. “Harper, this is ridiculous. You’re coming home tomorrow.” But I don’t answer, just keep my back to him, fingers tight around that card, mind already spinning with plans call Raymond the second they leave the room, tell him I need out, need a ride, need somewhere Elias can’t find me, anything to get away before they discharge me and he drags me back into his world again. The panic’s fading but the anger’s still there, simmering under the sadness, and all I want, all I can th