Suki:
"What do we do now?" I asked, looking toward Ian and Clentine. Since they always had so plan, they better co up with one to help us survive the night. Ian gave a blunt look, and I didn’t understand why. Thankfully, Joshua was helping carry Jack with .
"We need to distract them. Let’s find a place where we can hide without them noticing. That’s the only way for now," Clentine yelled. As always, the bitch had a plan.
Then I rembered the conversation I’d had with Joshua just a few minutes earlier, right before we heard Jack screaming.
Flashback:
"Okay, calm down." Joshua had finally caught up with , realizing that asking to help him when he was under the rubble was unfair. I slowed my pace. We were far from Clentine and Ian.
"Promise you won’t do that again," I told Joshua. I hated answering his questions, especially the ones about love, because I knew deep down he wasn’t my choice anymore. I wanted soone like Jack.
"Okay, I won’t," he said, smiling softly.
"What are we going to do about these wendigos? The task is done. We should be going back ho now, and I don’t ever want to co back to the North," I mumbled, genuinely tearing up.
I hated the North more than ever now. Losing so many people made wonder how long before I was gone too.
"Co here, I told you, I will never let anything happen to you," Joshua whispered as he pulled closer to his chest. The minute I hugged him, my wolf found comfort.
That was crazy. Even when I cheated on him, I didn’t forget that I loved Josh. It was just that he was always so supportive and ready to die for that I felt pressured to return the sentint. I felt like I had to do the sa for him, and I wasn’t the courageous type.
I wanted to live a timid princess life, soone cherished and loved by everyone, soone who was the lead in other people’s lives too.
I know it was a crazy thought, but it wasn’t entirely impossible. I had seen Clentine do that. She ca into the academy and even when she wasn’t very presentable most of the ti, she still drew attention. She was a lead, everyone always brought her up in conversation.
"Hey, look at ." As Josh broke the hug and cupped my face in his hands, I began to shed tears.
He was my first love, but I had been afraid of loving him fully. He wanted to be his only one and for him to be my only one. But I knew he might find other mates soday, and then what? Would he love them the sa?
I did not want to stay for the day when Josh loved soone more or loved soone the sa way he loved . Maybe that’s why I had fallen out of love with him, the crazy kind. I was ready to be betrayed and move on if that happened.
"I will not let anything happen to you," Josh confird while still holding my face in his hands.
"If you truly love , promise after this we will never return to the North," I asked, and I noticed his jaw clench. What I was asking was a lot, even though I knew that. But I knew only he could make it happen, make never return here.
"I promise." He eased so much when he kissed my forehead and made that promise. Then we heard screams from outside, and the voice I recognized as Jack’s.
I would not leave the North with him left behind. If Josh helped out of the academy, he had to help Jack too.
End of Flashback.
"Where to?" I asked. Clentine began to sprint in a zig-zag pattern, trying to divert the wendigos’ attention.
But there were four of them, and it was hard to lose them when we were running in groups. That’s when Ian stepped ahead and ran in the opposite direction.
"Clentine, find yourself a shelter while I distract them," he yelled, making briefly pause to look at Ian. The way he only had eyes for Clentine, only a fool wouldn’t notice.
"What? No! What the fuck are you doing?" Clentine scread back at him, but he had already sprinted away. I watched Clentine follow him, turning away from us, so I let go of Jack and ran after her, grabbing her arm.
I knew Josh was carrying Jack, so he was fine.
"Where are you going? He cleared the wendigos so we could all survive. You are not going after him and leaving us without shelter," I hissed as I dug my nails deeper into her skin. Her eyes widened.
"Let go," she grunted, freeing herself and facing . Thankfully, we could no longer hear the wendigos’ screams. They had run after Ian.
What was so special about Clentine anyway? Why would Ian take out the wendigos for her?
"You don’t know where he went, so why not help us find shelter?" I yelled at her, watching her grimace.
"I am not your mother and I am not your guard. Go fucking find your own shelter," she scread back with so much hostility. I was stunned to see this side of her.
Whenever people were around her, she would act concerned and like she’d give her life for others. But once it was just the two of us, she proved she did not care at all. It was all an act so she looked better.
She started to rush back and I groaned, grabbing her arm again.
"Jack is in a very bad state, and you must have heard sothing from your lookout about safe areas. So fucking help us find shelter," I groaned.
"We are safe. Ian is the one the wendigos are going after. So why don’t you find shelter while I go after my squadmate?" she hissed and pushed back, booking forward, but I noticed her steps slow once she probably realized she had no clue where her friend went.
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