Misty II

[49] A Lycan's Bride-I

My heart was racing.

Faster than this precious roaring Jeep.

The growls that were echoing around had made everyone alert. But Pete's announcement had scared me to death.

I just couldn't imagine what more this night would bring to me.

On which side of the border would my feet be tomorrow morning?

These uninvited adventures had always brought out the best in me. But this night, I didn't even know if I could participate.

In a sudden war between Werewolves and Lycans, how much a human could contribute.

Getting across the border was everything that I had wished for in this past month with all of my heart. Now that the chance was in the hand, my hand was shaking. Hesitating.

So much effort and planning had been put in preparing this escape only for me. But my heart couldn't just dive into optimism.

The rain had stopped at the time when we needed the noise to cover the sound of Jeep the most. My hair were drying slowly because of the harsh wind slapping our faces. Soon, my scent would be easy to sniff and locate.

It was not my lack of trust in Pete's team. It was the logic.

The Lycans who had managed to hide the existence of sent wolf males from their own wolf brides for so long, were hard to be defeated. It showed that they were extremely clever.

The Lycans who had been surviving all this time without a single export from the outside world, couldn't be fooled so easily.

All of these thoughts were backed by a big fear. Even if I had so many times told Karam bluntly that I would take the first chance out of this border without any hesitation, I couldn't help but fret over seeing his betrayed face.

I could easily conclude that this whole month spent with Karam didn't mean anything to me, to motivate myself right now. But that would be a lie.

A big lie.

How would I even behave outside the order? Would I be called unmarried? Would I be able to forget everything that happened here and move on in life?

Would I even care to stay at the Southern Pack to be useful in bringing down the border? Would this whole supernatural experience of last three months make me selfish enough to just leave for the city immediately?

Would I even be able to sleep at night peacefully?

I didn't know the answers yet.

All I knew was that I didn't have the energy left to face the hurt and anger in Karam's eyes. I won't simply be able to justify to him and his family my actions even when I knew that I deserved to leave this territory to continue life as the same old Misty back in the city.

I didn't want to see him again because that would be too much for my heart.

I had to run away. I just had to.

"Watch out!" Keira shrieked all of a sudden, bringing me out of the mess of my thoughts.

The hair on neck raised in fright as if I had seen a ghost.

Lysar was standing shirtless in the middle of the path with a lit torch in his hand. Literally swinging it in rounds, he showed off as if he had been waiting for us since forever.

There was no time to recover from the shock and take precautions when Jeep was literally flying like a rocket.

As we went closest to him, my eyes caught the dried blood on his forehead. His cat eyes were still holding the glint of effects of alcohol. The knowing smirk was enough to sent shivers down my spine.