EMMETT
A WEEK LATER
My eyes darted to the side, knowing I had gone further than planned, but I didn't want anyone to see me. I move further into the alleyway and hide in the grim doorway of the abandoned building that has been my hiding place for the last two days. No one comes here.
The shadows have been my friend. I haven't eaten or seen anyone from the hotel since I left. Sticking to the shadows, I have been watching the humans go about their day and watching what would have been my mate's life from the sidelines.
Guilt riddled me with the mere thought of my mate. I can't even bring myself to say her name out loud.
Shaking my thoughts, something smashes outside of where I am. I looked back at the door I had just entered and sighed.
Voices came, but it was the frightened voice of a
