CHAPTER 2
Running. All I can remember is running. From what, I wasn't sure but running. Then pain. Pain was the second thing that came threw my head. So much pain. Why? Then the fall. I could taste the ground below me. And finally the laugh. The fearful laugh I heard and I was out cold.
I was awakened by Valentina. I looked around. Where was I? I could smell the mold, the fresh earth ground. It was dark and cold. There was a little light from a fire. The fire was pitiful. I chuckled to myself a bit. Mais can kill please with the swish of there nails but they couldn't make a fire?
" Chloe?" I was now looking into Valentina's eyes.
" Chloe, can you hear me?" I nodded.
" What happened? Where am I?" I questioned.
" You are at a safe house. You were attacked by the order. They took another life." She looked upset. Like she had let me down, when I knew I had let her down.
" How did you find me?" Jasmine had been following you with Alek. When they saw the man get closer and they attacked. I got up from the bed, and began to walk around. My arms, legs and stomach hurt. I walked towards the fire to find Jasmine there. She gave me a smile and looked back to the pitiful fire.
"Thanks Jasmine." I smiled at her.
"Its my job" She never glanced away from the fire. That's when it hit me. Where's Alek? I ran back toward Valentina. She looked upset but now I knew it wasn't from losing my other life. It was because of Alek.
" Valentina, where's Alek?" I looked at her with pain on my face, scared.
" They took him."
"What do you mean they took him? Who took him?" I was getting nervous now.
" The order took Alek." No. That when I lost it. I ran straight for the door but was caught by guards. I tried to push them out of m way but they were to big and to strong.
" Chloe, we are trying everything in our power to figure out where he is but for now just relax. This is what Alek was trained to do."
" He was trained to die for me? Valentina I don't think you get it. I'm the Uniter. I'm suppose to suck it up and get hurt. To unite the humans with the Mais. And I can't do that if you're all dieing for me. I have 7 lives left. Let me make them count." and with that she signaled her guards to let me go. I took off running down the streets. Listening, trying to find the heart beat that I was so well acquainted with. To find the one person that had risked it all for me. Time and time again. Now it was my turn to risk it all for him. I didn't care if I didn't make it out. I didn't care if I died a painful death. As long as Alek was okay I knew everything else would. I loved him after all.