Chapter two – Brady
"Don't you dare run after her!" a voice growled.
I turned around and saw Paul glaring at me. "Someone needs to go after her." I said.
"I will." Paul mumbled, before walking out.
I was hurting inside. My imprint was hurting and I couldn't help her. I needed to help her but I didn't want to piss Paul off even more.
So I stood there, staring at the door. My heart was telling me to go after her and my brain was telling me to stay.
I went with my heart.
I ran out of the house before anyone could understand what I was doing and started to go in the direction of Pauls house.
But I stopped when I heard crying.
I looked into the woods and started to walk in there.
I saw her.
She looked broken and helpless. I didn't know what to do, so I picked her up and walked back to Sam and Emilys.
The young girl I had in my arms had brown hair and copper skin. Her eyes were closed and puffy. She didn't look much older than eight.
When I got to Sam and Emilys, I walked straight in and laid the young girl on the sofa.
"Brady?" Sam said. I turned around and looked at him. "What are you doing? Who is she?" he asked.
"I don't know. She was in the woods crying." I replied.
Emily walked in and looked at the young girl. She gasped and went straight to her.
"I didn't know where to take her. She looks hurt." I mumbled.
Sam nodded and patted my back. "You did the right thing."
"Hello, my name is Emily. What's yours?" Emily said, to the young girl.
The girl opened her eyes and looked at Sam and I. She turned her attention back to Emily. "Ashleigh." she whispered.
"How old are you Ashleigh?" Emily asked.
Ashleigh looked at Sam and I again but looked away when she saw us watching her. "Eight. My parents left me in the forest."
"Where do you come from?" Emily asked.
"The Makah tribe." Ashleigh mumbled.
Emily looks at Sam and then turns back to Ashleighy. She pulls her into a hug and whispers, "You are going to stay here tonight."
Ashleigh nodded. "I'll take her to the spare room." Sam said.
He held out his hand and Ashleigh looked at him warily, then took it. They walked out of the room.
Emily turned to look at me. "I'm glad you bought her here. You did the right thing." she said, pulling me into a hug.
"Yeah, well…" I mumbled.
"I know you wanted to go to Ellie, so go. I'll call you tomorrow." she said.
I nodded and walked out.
I got to Ellies house and knocked on the door. Paul answered it. He looked at me and growled. He went to close the door, but I pushed it open with my hand. "She isn't here." he said, lowly.
"I want to talk to you." I said, not looking away.
"I have nothing to say to you Brady. So just piss off." Paul snapped.
"I know you don't like it that I imprinted on your sister, but I can't help it. I love her." I said.
"You don't love her though, that's the thing. Maybe if you loved her before the imprint I wouldn't mind. But you didn't." he said.
"I did though. The moment I laid eyes on her I loved her." I whispered.
Paul sighed. "Look, she isn't here. Come over later and maybe, and I mean maybe, I will let you talk to her."
I nodded and walked away. This was the best I was going to get out of Paul.