Turn
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That day changed everything for me, I did not realize it at that time, but that moment was the start of a new perspective, and if I was given the chance to return at that moment, I would still do what I did...
The hunt led me to a place that I usually avoided, 3 levels above the river Nix, powerful currents, high fall, instand death, the guys knew it as well.
After 3 hours of constant running, change of strategy, reloading, I was finally able to separate them, I gave each clone a task and started observing, Lex, my fox, started suddenly bugging me to look at Derek, I felt the need to oblige, feeling something that I haven't felt for a year, and just when I redirect my mind I see it, my supposed self was near the border that separated the ground and the instant fall into the river, the idea that got to her(Yes, they have a separate self, they have to be redirectioned and are controlled easily, but that helps us in battle to not busy our mind, multitasking with 11 at a time could be incredibly hard) was to jump, which would give me the best opportunity to get into hiding, I would have been considered dead. She jumped, comming back to my mind, but what I did not expect was Derek jumping right after her. He grasped the edge of the rock, clinging with whatever powers he had left, trying to lift himself up, to no avail.
In that instant I snapped, I was running to get to Derek, as if moved by a force of instinct, my head was screaming to turn back while Lex was overshouting me: PROTECT! At the last moment, I grabbed Derek's hand and with a force that I did not think I had in me, pulled him up, his figure now lying on the hard rock as if he hasn't seen it in years, I could swear he might have kissed it.
And there I was, standing near him, all those emotions gone, in the dark as to what should I do next, I needed to run but couldn't, I frooze, unable to move or to speak. Derek stood up, placing 30 cm between us, looking straight into my eyes, him also trying to perceive what I did and understand why, we were not mates, I was 19, he-older, I had only one explanation but pushed it back into my mind to avoid zoning out.
Then as a whisper he said: Why?
and at that time, Lex took control, my eyes now shinning in purple, i stepped forward and touched 2 of his tattoos, the red moon and the name of his mate. Derek did not deserve to die, I felt the urge to protect him as if he was my responsibility, I could not deny it. I stepped back and hearing steps, snapped out of my trance and ran for my life.
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