Chapter 12

Nick's pov

"What do you mean Adalind turned Juliette into a cat!" I screamed.

"Well, not exactly. She isn't physically one. But whatever the cat that scratched her had somehow is messing with her brain thinking and giving her cat like abilities. Not to add too much more stress on here but if we don't find Juliette and Adalind soon she could be stuck like this forever," Rosalee explained.

I was just about ready to flip a table, or better yet, take care of Adalind once and for all. She had basically turned my girlfriend into a cat. I think Monroe and Rosalee could see the steam boiling off of me because they suggested that I sit down. I sat in one of the chairs behind me as they mentioned that they would be right back with some tea. The two had disappeared to the back of the store and I could hear the quiet rustlings of tea packets as they searched for their desired flavor as the other turned on the hot water.

Now I really was all alone. My dad really was dead, I might never get to see Juliette again and now I have my mother at home who won't seem to stop hounding me with all of these constant questions. I had to do something and fast if I wanted to save her. I couldn't just sit here sipping at tea and hopping that would ease away my stress. I know that all of my stress will vanish as soon as Juliette is safe and cured. So I pushed off of the small wooden chair and made for the door. The freezing knob sent chills throughout my body as I flung it open to be met with the roaring wind. The storm was definitely near. My hair flew in different directions as I looked over to my car, trying to make sure my eyes didn't water too much as the strong belts of wind were beginning to slowly dry them out. My decision was made. I was going to finish this and what better place to start than where you last left off. And with that I slammed the door shut and bolted to my car, flying down the road and back to the darkening woods.

Monroe's pov

My ears instantly picked up on the echoing noise of the door slamming shut, my eyes widening as I ran to the door.

"Nick!" I called out with Rosalee right behind me.

We reached the front of the store to find it empty. No sign of Nick. He was gone.

"Just great!" Rosalee yelled sarcastically.

"Come on, we have to go look for him," I said grabbing for my jacket.

I was almost at the door when I felt a small hand wrap around my arm and pull me back.

"Are you nuts? We can't go out there now. It looks like a hurricane wants to come through right now and you want to step outside? Nick will be fine. Trust me," she said uneasily.

I almost just wanted to forget about everything she had just said and run out there anyway to look but something stopped me. It was the way she was looking at me.

"Are you sure that's everything?" I asked curiously.

She took a deep breath before continuing to look me in the eyes.

"I just don't want to see you get hurt, that's all," she replied quietly.

A small smile graced my face as I put my jacket back down and walked over to sit down on the open couch. I patted the spot next to me as she took it comfortably. With her head up against my chest we just absorbed the silence of the room, content with the other's presence. It wasn't until after a few minutes did we finally start up a conversation, one that kept the time passing as the storm slowly grew closer.

Nick's pov

The wind whipped violently at my face as I dodged the shaking branches. Several times my face had almost come in contact with one of them. The leaves on the ground were swirling as the woods released a howling sound with the powerful winds.

'It shouldn't be much farther,' I told myself.

I knew I had to be getting close, unless I was in fact just running in circles. I had to get back to where we found the blood sample. There has to have been something that I overlooked and missed that could tell me what happened. But the truth was; I was standing in the middle of nowhere. I was deep inside the forest and most definitely not in the right place. My eyes scanned the trees but the area had grown even darker. I decided that running out here was probably just a big waste of time and with that began heading back, hoping to make it out before the storm strikes.

As I lifted my feet over the gigantic logs and walked underneath the dangling branches something caught my eye; something bright. The clouds had started to drizzle causing me to stop and look up at the sky.

"Seriously? Now?" I asked the sky as I kept walking.

As quiet as possible I moved in the direction where I had last seen that bright glimpse of something. I couldn't see anything in sight, however, as the rain and darkness was making it difficult. My body slowly began making its way back to where I was hoping the parking lot would be. The rain was picking up with each passing second as the first burst of thunder echoed through the sky.

'Definitely need to get out of here' I thought to myself, not wanting to be by a bunch of trees during a lightning storm.

It was as I was making my way back that something caught my eye. Something I would know anywhere I saw it. The one thing that has been driving me crazy since becoming a Grimm. It was a flash of blonde hair, the type of hair that you don't forget. And I know exactly who it belongs to.

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