Chapter 13

Nick's pov

A flash of blonde hair. I could see it as it moved through the trees. My feet instantly followed the dashing figure with an intense speed, my eyes not leaving it once. I knew who was running and exactly why. Adalind was out in the woods with perfect timing.

"Adalind!" I called out as I got closer jumping over the logs.

She didn't answer and continued on running, attempting to quicken her speed when she heard that I was so close behind. She wouldn't slip out of my grasp this time. I won't let her, not with everything that's on the line. The rain was now in a torrential downpour with bolts of lightning and thunder erupting through the sky. My hand was slowly extending as it could almost just reach her back, her jacket material flapping with the violent belts of wind. The thunder echoed once more causing her to slightly stumble. My arms quickly wound around her waist as I brought us both down onto the floor with a great amount of force. I immediately went to get her hands behind her back but before I knew it she threw a punch knocking me off of her. The wet dirt seeped around my fingers as I stood up and began to run. My fingers quickly pushed her into the tree behind her but she only came bouncing back with a kick for my side. Just as her foot was about to make contact with it though I grabbed it causing her to tumble onto the ground with hard thump. She looked back up at me with dirt on her face and fire in her eyes before swinging her leg and sweeping me off of my feet landing me on the ground. I was just about to swing myself back onto my feet when I felt her foot press against my chest from above. My eyes looked up into the pouring rain to see her hovering over me with a vicious glare.

"Burkhardt," she grumbled angrily.

"Where's Juliette?" I asked as my fingers slowly inched towards the gun on my belt.

"What's the matter? Have I gotten the Grimm all whipped up about his precious girlfriend?"

I just glared daggers at her as she stared down at me with a horrible smile plastered on her face. I could feel the gun's cold material around my fingertips as I continued to move my hand into position.

"Have you spent all of this time searching for her with no luck at all? It would be such a shame if something happened to her in the period of her disappearance, wouldn't it?" she asked with a mocking tone, already knowing the answers to these questions but wanting to hear them anyway.

It was then that I ripped the gun from my belt and aimed it at her face. She wasn't the least bit surprised by this and continued to keep her foot on my chest.

"Don't make me shoot you," I said sternly.

"Oh, we both know you won't so there's nothing to worry about," she said.

"And why's that?"

"Because without me you'll never know what happened to Juliette," she said in almost a whisper.

My face scrunched up in anger as I whipped my legs into her side causing her to crash onto the floor. I quickly gained my footing and aimed the gun at her as she sat on the ground looking incredibly furious.

"You're right Adalind; I won't shoot you because right now you're too important. But that won't stop me from bringing Juliette back, and once she's safe you'll be dead."

And with that I slapped the handcuffs around her wrists and pulled her from the ground leading her to the car as a bolt of lightning flashed across the sky. My hair was clinging to my head as we walked as well as all of my clothing. My eyes never left the woman that I was transporting, too afraid that she would make an escape and I would be back at square one. So with that we slowly began to exit the forest with the storm looking as if it would never let up.

Monroe's pov

"Thanks for the tea," I said as Rosalee sat next to me on the couch.

"No problem. If Nick wasn't going to drink why should it go to waste? Cheers," she said as we clinked our glasses.

The store was dimly lit as usual, the lighting bringing the place to life every few minutes. As we watched through the window, facing each other from other sides of the couch I began to worry. What if Nick had been struck by lightning? Or maybe he had a panic attack from all of the stress that had been circulating lately. Too much of that can't be healthy for a person.

"Are you sure I shouldn't have gone with Nick?" I asked her abruptly.

"I think so. Besides, wherever he was going he probably didn't even make it there all the way in time with the rain we're having. I mean, who would want to be out in this weather," she said with a chill.

"I shrugged my shoulders and just took a sip of the tea that was warming the palms of my hands.

Its peppermint flavor quickly consumed my taste buds as I took my first gulp. This beverage always seemed to find a way to soothe me. My eyes turned to look back out of the window once again, watching the rain slide down the street, stretching for endless miles.

"Trust me, he's fine. This is Nick we're talking about."

Those words put my mind at ease even for a little while because deep down I knew she was right. All we could do was wait.

"So what now?" I asked her.

"What do you mean?" she questioned while taking a moment to blow on her tea.

"What if Juliette can't be saved and we've just been trying to keep the hope alive for nothing. Where do we go from there?"

"I just couldn't allow myself to think of those possibilities. Looking on the bright side of things is the only thing I could think of."

"So, do we just continue on with our lives as if nothing's happened?"

"And I guess we just try to forget," she said.

"But, so much has happened. We don't have to forget everything, right?"

Before she could answer both of our heads turned towards the door as we heard the knob quickly turn. It bursted open as a flash of lightning illuminated the sky. Nick stood in the door way, drenched from head to toe with a furious Adalind Schade.

Hey everyone! So the mysterious Adalind Schade has finally been found! What do you guys think happened? Let me know if you liked this chapter please! Trust me, much more drama is to come!