DAY'S DESTINY: ZOYA'S CHAPTER

CHAPTER 2 – THE DRIVE

                The cheating incident had made the gossip headlines and to escape the fire, I already left the city with some bags of essentials and headed nowhere out of particular. Usually at this time where I get a rare chance of self-made vacation, I’d visit my family or invite them out to go somewhere to relax but this time , the situation is a bit different from before. My parents along with my twin brother Zane and his mate, Abigail, are busy going after a rogue group that call themselves, Raw Blood. Eventually this particular group of rogues have a bad blood with my mother and some sort of a mission with Abigail, who is an assassin of another werewolf pack. Meanwhile, my little sister, Zyla, is probably somewhere in the world where an interesting piece of research had caught her eye or probably in her lab or in the big lab where she works. My little sister and I don’t really involve ourselves with their business but it also doesn’t really mean that we don’t care. My whole family is braggingly strong with all the strength and the magic but even so, the solid trust and love that binds our family are the main reasons as to why we are not that concerned about them. There is also the fact that the men in our family are very protective, they’d finish the battle before we could even take a single step in the battlefield. So there’s the situation, my family is not really that available for a getaway vacation.

                I stopped by a gas station with a diner to refill my tank and grab something to eat when I realized that I really need to think of where to go. Driving around aimlessly gets a bit boring over time. Half an hour in the diner while I was waiting for my food after dilly dallying with what to eat as well, I subconsciously looked up when the bell by the door rung. I saw a group of hikers coming inside, looking a bit worn out but seemed happy with their trip. I stared for a while before the idea of hiking became somewhat tempting and I took out my phone to search on where to go. By the time my food arrived, I was already making plans and booking the cottage that I would occupy for the duration of my stay. I stayed in a motel later that night since they could not prepare the cottage for me today and also because I was tired of driving the whole day, it’s not also that comfortable to drive the whole night. The next day, I had a late start because I slept in and dallied around while eating breakfast. I then went to shop for essentials at a town I passed by but shopping for me is another thing. Many people may call it as an obsession but shopping is something that I don’t love that much. I only take a bit longer deciding on things because of my “perfectionist” sense of style. Whenever I see a flaw or something I don’t like, I immediately move on to scrutinize the next one. I know it’s a hassle for any shopping companion of mine and that’s the downside of this particular habit of mine but it had also helped a lot in my career.

                By the time, I was done shopping for a lot of stuff including hiking and extra clothes and food, a lot of food, it was already past 5 pm but I did not mind since it was only a bit of an hour drive to the cottage. I didn’t know why but during the drive on the lonely road that headed to the mountains, I suddenly felt that everything I’ve been doing so far, including the break up, has been so worth the time and effort. I just felt light and right at the same time and I sighed in relief at that. I had honestly worried about myself for a while since I found out that Roy was cheating on me. My mother had always said that I was the most emotional among the three of us siblings and I cannot deny it. When my parents met and found out that they were mates, my father’s status as the Alpha’s son did not go well for the both of them, there were a lot of insecurities and mom left the pack for herself not knowing that she was pregnant with us twins, Zane and I. When our mother brought us back to the pack because of my sickness, my parents amended and we became a complete family but that is not all. To make up for everything that he had missed, our father was adamant to spoil Zane and I since the day that we met him. Zane did not really succumb to the temptation of being a spoiled rich kid after he realized that he had to start being responsible for the future of the pack and the family business and this is why, the spoiling went to me. I was sheltered and given everything that I wanted which explains my sensitivity to emotions. However, I would like to really clarify that I was not really that spoiled to the point of throwing tantrums when I do not get everything  my way, my mother had really raised us well before we even met our father. Whether it was on purpose or not, my role in the family that is wealthy and successful, is the princess role, Zane is the responsible one while Zyla is the genius. That is how each of us really complete the family.

                Thinking of the past had made me smile in the entire drive, it was a pleasant feeling and I suddenly missed my family. However, I chased everything out of my mind when I saw the cottage. This was one of the most expensive that they were offering but I didn’t really choose it because it was the most expensive, it was because it offered the much needed privacy that I needed. I have a single neighbor in the next cottage, yes, but the two cottages were separated by the rest with trees and plants. After I finished admiring the cottage, I nodded in satisfaction before I stopped the car and got out to gather my things. It would take at least three trips to get everything in but when I grabbed the first bags, a scent had made me dropped them to the ground.