Prologue
Pain ripped through my body, but I continued to run anyway. Pushing myself to the limit. I refused to give in to the urge to break down and cry. There was no way in hell my hunter would get the satisfaction of seeing any signs of weakness. I continued to dodge the trees. I could hear the footsteps coming closer, the crunch of leafs echoing like a gunshot behind
me.
"Stop Anna, I don't want to hurt you."
The voice called from behind me. The one voice that would always cause me to respond. I stopped and turned ready to fight now, anger rolled through my body in tidal waves. I'm not entirely sure where my sudden bravery had come from. Maybe it was the fact I had loved him so much, or it might have been my sudden urge to hurt him like he had hurt me. I looked into the green eyes of my betrayer, the one man I had always thought I could trust. Well that had certainly all been lies, now hadn't it. He was getting closer to me now. Stopping just inches away from me. It seemed like he was itching to reach out
and hold me, that or break my pretty little neck. Well either way if he did put one hand out towards me, he would defiantly be missing some fingers afterwards. I settled my hand on the hilt of my dagger in jacket. Not bothering to be stealthy, he would know what I was reaching for anyway. Not that I think that I would ever truly be able to use it on him, my heart really
was torn in two.
"Anna please, I can explain everything. Just come with me. The sun will be
up soon and we both know you won't be able to find a safe place to stay."
That was true and while the sun would not kill me totally, it would take away some if not all of my super human powers. Which is a long and complicated story, and I really didn't have time to get into it right now.
"How can I trust you Matt? Everything you've told me has been a lie. I've never meet a more vile creature in all my years."
"No, not everything Anna. When I said I loved you that was true. I've been trying to protect you, not hurt you."
I rolled my eyes at him and debated on if I should run again or not. That was the cheesiest lie I had ever heard. I seriously hoped he didn't think I was stupid enough to fall for that one. I didn't have time to make a choice. From behind me a gun fired, two loud pops and I felt a more searing pain form in my back right shoulder. I staggered, but Matt caught me before I hit the ground. He seemed just as surprised as I was. Everything began to get fuzzy.
"Jesus, Striker so help me, god those better have been tranqs." Matt's voice held anger, as his head turned towards his partner in crime. I felt myself slipping away from conciseness. Before I could find out the answer, I slipped into the darkness.