Hunted

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KayaI wake up with a huge headache. When I open my eyes, I see Jace sitting next to my bed with my hand between his. He looks like s**t and his hands are slightly shaking.

Wait a second. I'm in bed. A hospital bed. What happened? Where am I? My head is exploding with questions but as soon as I look at Jace I calm down a little, weird.

"Good morning Sleeping Beauty" he whispers. As if he doesn’t want to scare me. He failed, I’m completely frightened.

"What the f**k Jace. Where am I? What happened? "

"My father forced your wolf to wake up. You shifted into your wolf and you lost control. My father shot you before you could hurt anyone. You went into a coma so we brought you to our hospital. But you survived. That shows how strong you are. " His face looks almost proud.

“Wait a second. Your father shot me?" No answer. He just looks at our hands and starts making circles with his thumb on my hand. I look around the room and then it hits me. I don't know this hospital. And I know every hospital around New York because I have been in them often enough. But this one was completely unknown to me. "Jace. Where are we?”

"San Francisco, why?"

And then I flipped. I was on the other side of America. How dares he. To just take me away from everyone I know and then bring me here. I have only known him for one day now.

"What date is it?" Jace grabs his phone and looks at it.

"July 20" Fortunately, I've only been away for 3 days. But how am I going to do this now? I can't stay here. I have to go back to New York.

"2019" He adds.

“Wait a second. I have been in a coma for a year!? "

“Yes. The doctors thought you wouldn't wake up anymore, but I still wanted to wait. "

"I have been in a coma for a whole f*****g year!? And what about Caleb? He must be worried sick. And Elle, she probably thinks I left her or something, or worse. "

"We took care of that. We called them and said that the university offered you a scholarship here and that you now live here on campus. That boyfriend of yours was pretty angry in the beginning, but he already has another girl, check it out. "

He shows me Caleb’s i********:. All photos with me have been deleted and there are photos with another girl on it. My heart broke. Was I so easily replaceable? Am I ever going to see my friends again?

"Congratulations by the way," he adds.

"Why congratulations? I have just lost all of my friends, and the boy with whom I would have a future has already replaced me. Why would you congratulate me for that."

I start to cry.

"I was referring to your birthday, silly." He chuckles and hugs me, pressing me to his chest and wrapping his arms around me. It feels familiar, safe as if I have known him for years.

"Yep, this is mate" I suddenly hear someone say. The voice scares me and I break free of his embrace.

"What is it?" Jace asks.

"Please tell me you heard that too"

“No. What did you hear? " He giggles.

"He can't hear you. I'm in your head. "

"So, you can read my mind? If I just think you can hear that? " I think.

“Well actually, yes. I am P’li, your wolf. "

"Is everything okay?" I hear Jace say. He looks concerned.

"Yes fine, just casually talking with my wolf, you know, like I do every day."

"Did she say her name?" He asks.

At that moment, Jace's father comes in again. To my surprise, I start to growl and he is startled. I feel P’li laughing inside. It feels bizarre, to share your mind and body with someone else. Jace puts his hand on mine and I feel her calm down. Weird.

"What do you want?" I ask as I cross my arms. I hear Jace chuckle.

"He is the Alpha, you must address him respectfully because he is higher in rank," Jace says as he pulls my blanket further over me.

"She doesn't have to," the man says softly. "She's stronger than all of us, you've seen that for yourself." Jace stands up. He and his father, who is apparently the Alpha, begin to mutter to each other. This gives me time to see how bad of a shape I am. Three gunshot wounds in my chest, the man knows how to aim. I am stuck to all kinds of wires, but to my surprise, I am tied to the bed with large leather straps. Kinky, but when I try to get up, I can't.

"Need a little help?"

Before I can respond I feel that I can easily rip the thick leather belts. Jace and his father look at me in surprise. I get up without saying a word and walk over to them.

"Is someone finally going to tell me what the hell is going on here?" I ask impatiently.

"Oh, would you look at the time. I have to go. Good luck dad, see you tonight. "

He won't get out of it that easily. He is the one responsible for me being here in the first place. He is the one who’s going to get me out of here. I grab him by his wrist and pull him back. "You can leave, Alpha." It feels weird calling him that but he seems pleased. I pull Jace to the bed and push him to the chair next to it. I sit on the bed. A long silence follows.

"You are a different species of werewolf, one that is supposed to be extinct for a long time. Bigger, stronger, better at everything. But unfortunately, also very popular with hunters. Your parents probably left you so the hunters didn't know about you and you would be safe. "

“Oh”. That was all I could get out of my mouth.

Shortly after that, a woman comes in. Middle-aged, bleached hair with a hint of gray here and there. With a notepad in her hand, she walks to the bed.

"Name," she says with a strict voice.

“Kaya” I mutter to her.

"Full name please" she seems to be irritated.

"Mikaya Elisabeth Gray" I answer to her. The woman looks up in surprise but she still writes down the name. My real name is something I've been trying to forget for a while. It was the name my parents had given me. Jace looks at me in surprise as if he recognizes it. He grabs his phone en starts to type a message to someone.

“Age?”

"Apparently 20". I wonder why she wants to know all this. Meanwhile, Jace is looking at his phone and completely ignores the conversation.

“Parents”. The woman does not even try to make a question of it.

"None of your damn business"

The woman sighs and writes something on the paper. Then she walks closer to me and pulls the blanket away. Jace looks up and puts his phone away. She carefully pulls up my dress and, thank goodness I am wearing underwear. She points to one of the huge scars on my stomach.

"How did you get this?"

"And that too, is none of your business" I answer as I get up to look for some clothes in the closet. Stupid choice, yes. Now my back is exposed, and it’s worse shape than my front.

"Jesus Christ" I hear Jace mutter in shock.

"He has nothing to do with this," I mutter back as I go looking for a shirt. Jace looks surprised as if he didn't expect me to hear him. I decide to go for a walk while Jace is talking to the nurse.

After walking around the hospital for a while, I finally found the exit. And here I am, right in the middle of San Francisco. No money, no house, no clothes and nowhere to go. Sure, I could go with Jace, but he has already ruined enough. After sitting on a bench for a while, I came up with a plan. I'm just going to apply for a job, work my ass off and save for a ticket, back to New York.

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JaceWhy didn't I go after her? No idea, something in me told me to just let her go, let her figure it out for herself. But then it hit me. She is a new wolf, has no experience but she is very strong. This was dangerous. She could lose control and injure innocent people. I run out of the hospital to follow her as fast as I can, but she was gone. Xavier goes crazy and tries to take control.

"Let's think before we do such extreme things Xav.” He sighs. Where would a teenage girl go alone to a new city?

I have been through the city all afternoon. Starbucks, KFC, and every clothing store I could imagine. I searched everywhere, but she was nowhere to be found.

"Are you finally going to listen to me?" Xavier says irritably.

“Sure, what's up?”

"If you had listened to me before, instead of running around the city like a headless chicken, I would have told you she's in the subway."

Immediately I start running, push everyone away who dares to get in my way, and within a few minutes, I’m at the metro.

And there she was, still lying on the floor in her hospital clothes, but she does have a blanket. I say nothing, there was nothing to say either, our eyes said enough. She stands up and walks towards me. Well, walk ... it's more like a limp, from pain, since her painkillers have worn off. I put my arm over her, careful not to pull her hair. First, she looks frightened, but then she realizes that she needs help. Xavier goes completely crazy; I feel him running around like a puppy of joy. I laugh, it has been a while since I’ve last seen him so happy. We are quite far from the hospital so I call a taxi to pick us up. We wait all the time in silence and she doesn't say anything in the taxi either.

Once I have arrived home, I realize that I have lost my keys, of course, that happens today. I pick up my phone to call Isa, hoping she's home. The moment I put my phone to my ear, I realize Kaya is gone. I panic until I hear from above:

"Dare to look under my skirt, really, I'll f*****g rip your throat out." And there she hangs, on the first-floor balcony. She must have climbed up through the pillar. A few moments later I hear the door open. There she is, with my keys in her hand. "After you, sir," she says provocatively, with a smile on her face. I walk in and take the left stairs to the first floor. Doubting, she walks after me until she suddenly faints.