Chapter 3

The Rain Stone Mountains

The sun peeking threw the trees blinded Rai, but she kept running. Her legs and feet burned and ached and she could feel the sweat forming on her forehead. She finally reached what looked like a clearing and looked around. Across the clearing she could see Alec laying on the ground panicking she started running until she reached him.

Alec lay there with his eyes shut grabbing at his side forcing himself to put pressure on the wound.

"What happened?!" Rai yelled as she looked for a med kit in her backpack.

"D-demons" he managed to choke out.

Rai worked quickly dressing and fixing the wound. Alec had passed out from blood loss but was alive.

The next morning Alec woke abruptly and sat up with a groan. Rai was packing her bag leaving out fresh berries and some bread she had brought with her.

"You need to eat." Rai handed him a piece of bread.

"Thanks" he said taking a large bite.

"What direction did the demons head?" Rai asked not looking up from her current drawing.

"West probably towards the Dome."

Rai nodded and went back to her drawing obviously uncomfortable with them getting so close to her family.

"What symbol family are you from anyways? We've been together for three days and you haven't told me a thing about you."

Rai looked up again.

"I'm from crescent." She said noticing the slight surprise in his tone when he answered.

"It must be pretty scary to be in the smallest family since your powers are so rare."

"I guess you get used to it" she got up and put her notebook back in her bag.

"We should go were already losing daylight are you gonna be ok to walk?" She asked.

"I should be fine" Alec got up slowly only feeling a slight sharpness in his side. He grabs his backpack and they headed in the direction of the RainStone mountains.

They reached the edge of the mountain range in the late evening deciding to stop for the night. Rai unpacked the sleeping bags she sat under a spruce tree reading. Alec say down next to her looking at the map.

"What's your family like?" He asked

"I didn't let you come with me so we could play BFFS I let you come so we could save our families." She rolled her eyes and continued to read. She sat for a few seconds.

"They never get along." She said softly regretting snapping at him.

"Small world, mine are the same way."

"Do you have both your parents?" Rai hesitantly asked.

"I lost my mom to a demon." He said obviously used to talking about it.

"I lost mine to the government." Rai forced out. She looked away wiping tears from her face. It had been only a month since the government had hanged her mom and talking about it was still hard. He made her face him.

"I'm sorry about that." He said oblivious to rai being uncomfortable.

"Thank you." She said her voice almost a whisper. In the distance wolves Howled at the moon.

"Sh listen." Alec said as he went quiet and listened to them howl.

"They remind me of home." Rai said remembering nights sitting in the backyard with her father listening to all the night sounds and talking about the future.

In the light of the moon she could see Alec looking at her and soon he was leaning in to kiss her.

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Is there romance going down between Rai and Alec?! Find out in the next chapter and thank all of you for reading my story! I hope you are enjoying it.