Assassin Blood

Pov: Azalea As we ran, we heard the trodding of footsteps as I pulled Ace who was dragging his feet and crying behind me. While I understand his frustration, if we don't hurry up, we're gonna go straight back to the hellhole we’re trying to get away from. I hear footsteps behind us. In quick thinking, I pushed Ace into a bush and jumped in after him. Ace cried, "Azalea, the thorns are hurting me!" with tears in his eyes. Immediately, I placed my hands over his mouth. I gently warned him that they would find us if he made any noise. As I said that, the search party that has been looking for us ran by us and called out "This way". My hands were still over Ace's mouth as we waited for the noise to pass. After the people have passed, we waited in silence for what seemed like ten minutes before getting out of the bush. We left the pack territory and followed the directions on the map to reach the bus station. The whole time, Ace complained that his legs were sore. He acts like a baby sometimes and I hate having to be the one to take care of him even though we're the same age. I don't blame him though, after everything he has been through, and him not having his own wolf, but it is still difficult to take care of me and him at only 11 years old. But I still would do anything to protect him because he is my world and I love him more than my own life. We finally reached the bus stop after running for an hour with frequent stops because Ace got tired. We almost missed the bus, but I jumped in front of the bus, and the bus driver had to make an abrupt stop to avoid an accident. The bus driver opened the door with an angry expression on his face, “You kids don't value your life, what do you think you're doing?". I put on my most cutest face, which usually got me anything I wanted from sympathizing adults. "We’re sorry, bus driver sir, but we don’t have any money, but we need to get far away from here." He looked us up and down, seeing our ripped-up clothing and the blood on our shirt, he sighed said, " Hop in ". Without another second of hesitation, we jumped on the bus. We quickly thanked the bus driver and made our way to the back of the bus. Everyone was staring at us with their judgemental faces, they were probably feeling sorry for us or wondering where our parents are. It didn't matter to me, I’m used to being judged, but as long as me and my brother are safe, that is all that matters to me. As we sat on the seat, Ace lay on my shoulder and began to cry. I rub his head to assure him, I look out the window of the bus as Ace slowly drifts off to sleep, "I promise you, Ace...As long as I'm alive, you'll be OK." 7 years later- Present Pov: Azalea I stuck my head out the car window and screamed, "I'm the queen of the world", I said as I felt the wind blowing in my hair and gently falling on my slightly pale skin. I recently dyed the tip of my dark brown hair red, so I was even more beautiful than my already amazing self. “ Get your head in the car before you lose it.” Ace says worriedly, I put my head back in the car unhappily, "you’re no fun you know, you could at least put some music on, or else I’m going to lose my damn mind!!," I said in an urgent tone.“You know I don’t like to listen to music while I’m driving, I need to fully concentrate on the road"Ace says in a serious tone. I laughed at his upset face. "You need to be more relaxed, driving is not that hard," I said as I tried to grab the steering wheel, but Ace stopped me by slapping my hand away before I got a chance. He just rolled his eyes in annoyance. “ Didn't you lose your license for a DWI, because you were being a little too damn relaxed, and now I have to drive your ass everywhere like you’re my child?" Ace said in a sarcastic tone. "Now you know how it feels when I had to literally had to take care of you all my life," I paused in thought, hell I still take care of you, I said with annoyance. " Sure you do,” Ace said sarcastically. I turned around and put my leg up on the window and rested my head on Ace's shoulder. Ace suddenly freaked out as if he was staring at a live ghost.“Get off me you psychopath, are you trying to make us crash?” I didn’t move, so he stopped the car. Good thing there were no other cars on the road, or there would have been a big car accident. "Fix yourself now,” he said loudly with anger, which only made me roll my eyes, "We can go out of the car and fight if you ever want me to move," I said daringly. He knows he will lose to me in hand-to-hand combat, but he never backs down from a fight. Even though he doesn't have his wolf, he is still strong. Besides, he could kick my ass if we used weapons, especially guns, which were his specialty. “ Okay, if you want to fight we can fight," he said, "but I promise you this time you will lose.” As he said that, my phone started to ring. It was Aunt Clara, so I answered,” Hey sweety, are you almost there?” she says excitedly. "Not yet, aunty, we'll be there in an hour," I said, after looking at the GPS. We both got back in the car, trying not to lie to our aunt when we said we were almost there. “ Make sure you guys drive safely OK," Aunty said in a serious manner. "OK, we will aunty thank you bye." I said quickly and then hung up the phone. Ace turned to me, "Are you excited about finally meeting her, Azalea?" Ace asked curiously. I nodded my head," I am", "I just couldn't believe we had an aunty we didn't know about till a month ago and she wanted us to live with her." Ace seemed more excited than me. He hadn’t stopped talking about her since he found out about her. “ Azalea” Ace said, which snapped me out of my thoughts, “ I want this to be a home for us, do you think we can finally have a semi-normal life, you know excluding us killing people for a living," he said in a joking yet serious manner. I know how he feels. With our job, we travel a lot and are not usually welcomed into packs because of us being rogues and everything. But we manage to survive hopping from hotel to hotel never really having a permanent home, but maybe that can finally change. I turned to Ace pleadingly. "Could you please just put some music on?. I’m bored, plus there are barely any cars on the road, so you don’t really have to worry." He looks annoyed by my nagging, but he gives up and turns the radio on.“ I better not hear your mouth for the rest of the trip.” he said strictly. I giggle with excitement. "You don’t need to worry, I’m just going to be here vibin, you won’t even remember I even exit." I said halfheartedly. Aces sighed doubtfully,“ You better, or else”. After about an hour and a half drive, we finally reached our destination, and, as always, I annoyed Ace the whole way there, not even caring about my promise to him. We pulled into the driveway of a beautiful yellow brick house. It seemed as if it could fit a family of five, including a pet. An old lady opened the door with the biggest smile on her face. She was pretty for an old lady. She didn’t look that old either. She looked in her early 50s but she was obviously taking care of her body, but you could only tell she was old from her white hair and the way she was dressed. “ Aunt Clara,” Ace said as he jumped out of the car, practically sprinting to tackle the poor old woman. I stepped calmly out of the car, but with a smile on my face as I walked to greet our Aunt. "Hello Aunt Clara, it is nice to finally meet you, thank you for welcoming us into your lovely home." I said as politely as I could. “ Don’t be so formal with me dear, we are family. You are welcome to stay here forever. I really mean it,... my husband and I have been so lonely in this house by ourselves. You would be doing us a favor by keeping us company”, she said nicely. I looked at Ace, then back to Aunt Clara, "If we cause you any trouble, you can ask us to leave, we won’t make any fuss." I said in a serious, sincere tone. “ Nonsense honey, you’re family, and family sticks together, plus kids shouldn’t be alone by themselves. Anyway, it's getting late, so come on inside.” Ace was already inside, he was hugging a man who I presume is our Uncle. “ Hello Neicy, you are even more beautiful in person.”the man said. I chuckled at his nickname and his compliment and I went to hug him. “ Don’t worry about the luggage, let the big strong man handle it.’’ he said, showing his muscles. I almost laughed, he certainly was charming in looks and personality, he did look very fit last if he works out a lot. Healthy living must be a thing in this household because Aunt Clara and uncle Ben are too beautiful for their age. I got hit with a sudden memory that knocked me out of my thoughts. I shouted at Uncle Ben to stop as he was going to get our luggage. It's only because I forgot that we had rather... questionable items in our suitcases." It’s OK uncle Nick, we can carry our suitcases ourselves." I said awkwardly. Uncle ben just shook his head." I won’t let any female carry such heavy luggage while there are men in the house.” he said persistently. I saw that he was not going to let up, so I gave up. " OK, you win, uncle, you can carry our stuff, just make sure you don’t look inside,.. you know, girl stuff." I said to feed his curiousity. “ I swear as my honor as an Uncle I will not look through your stuff.” he said playfully and then he headed out. As I look around, I notice how beautiful and modern the interior design of the house is. There’s no doubt in my mind that my Aunt and Uncle aren’t living comfortably. I’m not really surprised, people in the Blood Levada Pack live very extravagantly. To them, being poor is making $ 80,000 a year. This pack, Alpha and Beta, have businesses across all fields, so the Alpha family is very rich and their pack, Alpha, turned 18 a while back and is now the leader of the pack at such a young age. “ I prepared your room’s so you can go unpack your stuff and get comfortable," Aunt Clara said, with Ace shadowing behind her. I thanked her with a hug and signaled to Ace to follow me upstairs. I saw a door that marked Azalea and next to my door was Ace’s door. I entered my room with Ace following behind me. I opened my Navy Blue suitcase, with all my weapons, and all the other things Ace and I needed for our missions. I took out my computer and pulled up the latest secret supernatural news articles on the Crimson killers. I read it out loud“ The Crimson killer strikes again, killing the leader of the once feared Dog Pack Alpha. This is only one of the Crimson killer's murders of important people in our beloved werewolf community." Ace sighed, if only they knew that he was a scumbag that trafficked young girls”, Ace said. I shook my head in agreement, "You’re right, we only kill people who abuse their power, to inflict suffering on others. Well, that and the occasional cheating husband but mostly evil political figures, but all the media sees is a cold-blooded crime committed by evil people, but if they knew the truth then they wouldn’t be mourning these sickos, but it’s not our job to spread the truth, it’s our job to just kill the unlucky bastards our agency assigns us. I said seriously.“ Your right,” Ace says frustratingly. He continued,“ I don’t want to disrespect Vicky’s order and have our heads end up on a stick, that's what will happen if we ever jeopardize the agency by being a blabbermouth to the media. Vicky wouldn't hesitate to kill us for jeopardizing the Agency. It doesn’t matter that she treats us like her kids, she would do anything for her business. We looked at each other, then lay on the bed, and sighed “I just hope that this place just ends up being the home we were searching for, the place where we can separate our life from our work.” Ace said. I shook my head in agreement. " Me too, and I hope we can ask Aunt Clara to show us around the town before we start school." I turned my head to him and smiled. "I just hope this can be our home, even if it’s just for a little while, ... just a second to be normal."