Escaping Rejection

8 . Reunions and Runaways

Ionora's POV:

I was falling bit this time there was no vortex of colours. Only darkness. I felt light, like I was floating in space. But the feeling was gone soon as I stopped free-falling. A sudden bright light that came out of no where almost blinded me and I shielded my eyes with my hands. After sometime , I opened my eyes and let them adjust to the brightness. Looking around, I noticed that I was in a different place , but unlike my previous time travel , this place was unfamiliar. I was sure that I had never been here before.

I was on a cliff. Below me, the waves of the ocean crashed against the cliff I was on. The only view from the cliff was the ocean spread out in all its glory and the sun rising just above the horizon. The view was so picturesque that I couldn't believe that I was watching it ,even if it was only in my head.

"The view is as real as you and me , Ionora." The voice of a woman quipped from behind me.

I screamed and took a step forward , almost falling of the cliff and I would have, if it hadn't been for the hand that shot out to grab me before I had a watery grave.

"She told me you were a klutz. Just not how much of a klutz you are. How are you alive with your clumsiness?" The same voice from earlier said in a mocking way.

Turning back to look for my saviour , who ironically was also the person who tried to kill me, I don't find her there. Great , now I'm hearing ghosts.

"Looking for me?"

I screamed and fell on my butt. f**k, that hurt like a b***h.

The last time I fell, I met my 'dear' mate. But this time, looking up , there was no handsome, sexy jerk in sight. Instead, there stood a girl who looked too beautiful to be real. She had platinum blonde hair which shone in the morning sun giving her the appearance of an angel. But she was no angel , at least judging from the way she spoke to me.

"Awww.......thanks babe. It's the first time someone has called me an angel. They mostly stick with b***h but I guess that works too." She said, shrugging nonchalantly like she didn't just insult herself.

"Well.....you were an angel until you opened that mouth of yours." I retorted , hoping to wipe that smirk off her pretty face.

But no such luck as her smirk only widened.

"Feisty..... I love it. So we really are related then. Nice to meet you , coz." She smiled , sticking her hand out for me to shake. I ignored it.

"Wait......what? Coz?" I asked clueless. I was clueless 90% of the time.

"Umm.....Cousin?"

I rolled my eyes. "I know what coz stands for. How are you my cousin? I don't have any cousins."

"You do. Only you don't remember. I am Marrise's eldest daughter , Vivian. Ring a bell?" She asked.

"Nope." I replied with a blank face. Only a few days back I didn't have any living family members and now strange people were coming up to me claiming to be my relatives. And apparently, my parents were alive too. I felt like my life is an episode from 'Keeping up with the Kardashians'.

She sighed. "The memory wipe was worse than we thought then."

"We? Who's we? And who wiped my memory? Can someone tell me what is going on?" I almost screamed in frustration.

"Look Ionora, you need to trust me, okay? I know that's asking to much since we only meet but you don't have any other choice. You will know everything at the right time and the right time is not now." Vivian told me.

I stayed quiet. I know better than to trust a stranger, especially when they appeared in your dreams but something inside me told me to trust her and so I did.

"Ionora, I don't have much time. You need to listen carefully and follow whatever I say as the safety of thousands of people rest in your hands." Vivian continued ignoring my shocked and confused face , "You are asleep in the DawnBlood pack right now. As soon as you wake up, you need to escape, making sure no one sees you. Not even Zayden." She waited for me to show any sign that I was following her.

"I can't do that. Today, I will finally-"

"-know whether he accepts you or not?" She cut me off.

"H-how...?" I spluttered.

"That doesn't matter Ionora. Zayden doesn't trust you right now, and it's because of your parents, not you. He is vary of witches and anyone related to them. He will always put his pack before anything else and that involves not accepting his mate who is directly related to the people who destroyed his and many other packs." She looked sad and unsure of whether to tell me this.

"Are you saying that he is going to reject me?" I said, with tears forming in my eyes. Stupid emotions.

She hesitated but said , "Yes."

"How do you know this? How do I know that you are not lying?"

"I am a witch. A seer, to be precise."

"A seer?"

"A seer is a witch who can see visions of the future. Visions which the Moon Goddess wants me to see. Visions, which should be altered, in order to keep the world safe."

"Woah. Can you also read minds?" I asked, awed at her abilities.

"I can. Only if the person is related to me in some way or if I have direct eye contact with them." She smirked.

Holy fudgenuggets! I was so jealous of her abilities. And looks.

"Aww.....You don't look too bad yourself. Well, if you ignore the hobo-clothes and frizzy hair. No offence."

Advise: When someone says no offence , it usually means they fully mean to offend you.

I glared at her which only made her smirk more.

"And as for your abilities , you will get them soon."

"What?"

"Not the right time. So as I was saying , you need to escape from the pack, which ensures that Zayden can't reject you. Make sure you are not caught. You need to run away and head south towards the waterfalls. You can let the sound of water guide you. On reaching, you need to dive below the falls and enter the cave behind it. Then you need to tap the cave walls thrice and say 'flore coronam'. Understood?"

I nodded.

It was simple enough , if I managed to escape without face planting and seriously hurting myself, which was a challenge in itself. But I kept this to myself. She probably read my mind anyways.

"My mum and I will be waiting for you. She will answer most of your questions , if not all. We know we have a lot of explaining to do." Vivian started walking away from me.

"Wait....."

"I don't have any more time Lenora. Just remember that we are on your side and you need to trust us." She said , walking over and giving me a hug. I hugged her back.

"See you soon, Nory." She said , walking away. I faintly remembered someone calling me that years back.

"See you soon , Viv. Adios." I say, giving her the two-finger salute.

"And oh! Watch out. This may hurt."

"What?"

She didn't reply. I saw her hands move and a whoosh of wind knocked me over and I was falling down the cliff and into the water below. I close my eyes, waiting for the iciness of the water to hit me but it never came. I open my eyes only to find that I was lying on an unfamiliar bed in an unfamiliar room. And suddenly it hit me.

DawnBlood pack. Zayden. Rejection.

Liane cried out in agony at the thought of her mate choosing to reject her. But I wouldn't let that happen.

And so I ran off, jumping out the window and running off towards the water , before someone could catch us and we are rejected.

I refuse to be rejected for no fault of mine. Not this time.