BLOOD LEGACIES
Chapter 346: Grotesque Shadows

Chapter 346: Grotesque Shadows

I wasted no time as I opened the door while Owen kept working on another flashlight.

"Emma!"

"Dace is close," I said, shutting the door. He was about to open the car door but I stopped him. "Lemme go from here"

"What?" he stared at me like I had two heads and then a scowl found his features. "There is no way I will do that"

"If Dace smells you coming he might get the wrong idea" I interjected.

"Really? Is that what you’re worried about right now?"

"Owen, please"

"There could be Rogues" he began with clenched teeth. "And you expect me to let you go out on your own?"

"You might get hurt"

"Bullshit!" he snapped, grabbing the door handle and I bolted.

"Jesus! Emma!"

"Just wait here okay?!" I called back, running deeper into the covering of trees.

"Emma!"

"Emma!"

"Emma!"

His voice faded into the air as I maneuvered deeper into the wild. This was probably the stupidest thing I have ever done and I knew that... but I can’t risk Owen getting hurt. Dace’s emotions were on haywire right now because of his gene being rewritten, if Owen comes with me he might get the wrong idea and do something unexplainable. Dace was always unpredictable, to begin with, and right now I don’t know what he is capable of.

Feeling him close by gave me relief because I knew that meant he was still alive and I couldn’t wait to see him. I don’t care if he is hostile right now or I’m in the middle of no way with possible rogues in sight... I just have to see him, to breathe his scent again, and have his hazels on me and pinned down on my frame and nowhere else.

I suddenly came to a halt leaning against the tree for a breath, I tried desperately to catch my breath after running like that. I let my eyes roam the area, it was dark but the full moon gave its share of light and I was able to see details but not far distance. Ever since I awoke from the coma my vision has been perfect and there was no use for me to use my glasses anymore.

I was really glad about that fact but those glasses were in someway a part of me and at first, it was hard to let go... but I guess changes happen, I wasn’t the same nervous wrecking shy girl I was when I first came to Juneau, I can’t say I have changed completely but I have done some adjusting, with my life in several dangers over the past year I guess one would grow a spine or two.

I sighed leaning away from the tree and looking around, I feel Dace but I can’t tell where... I just ran in the direction my heart led me to, I just hope I’m not completely lost and I can’t hear Owen again, which was a good thing, the farther away the better. I was truly grateful for what he did and now I can find a way to save Dace, I can actually do something for him rather than crying myself to sleep and worrying till the end, it was time I stepped up. No one said our relationship was gonna be easy...

We knew that and we still took the risk. Sometimes I wonder how much farther apart we will be until we’re finally accepted for the love we share, I just pray it doesn’t get farther than this.

I felt something sticky drop on my jacket and I turned to it, seeing some white sticky stuff, is that saliva?

"Eww!" I cringed and looked up for the source and I think my heart stopped beating or I made a mistake looking up. Because a full-on werelion was on top of the tree and growling.

Holy shit!

I panicked backing away but my back found another tree and I just remained there paled as a corpse with my legs suddenly heavy and the tension in my body soaring. How come I didn’t hear it before?

There were growls coming from multiple directions, I was surrounded, and judging from the color of the Werelion I saw earlier I knew no doubt these were Rogues and I was right in their jaws.

I was heaving now but I remained where I am for I knew running won’t do me any good, I would just put a target on my back, and my magic... fuck my magic barely works on them... I learned that the hard way.

My eyes kept scanning everywhere and the more grotesque shadows I saw the more fright-filled my lungs, and my nails dug into the bark of the tree to ease my anxiety. I need that pain, or else I might just die from something else.

Terror

Suddenly a branch snapped and I gasped darting my head to it, I heard movements from the Rogues. I turned back to the grotesque shadows and they were... retreating? Back into the covering of the trees and bushes. What was this feeling? Hanging in the air and harder to breathe? It was identical to whenever I stood in the presence of Elias... Dace’s dad. But this felt different, the power I felt from it... felt like the same pressure of an intense storm, it was brooding and got my legs weak and almost giving out and if it wasn’t for my hold on the tree maybe I would have kissed the ground by now.

But something was keeping me up on my feet in spite of that, this force that dominated in the air was so familiar and it made my nerves spike more, this was nothing like the sense of familiarity I always knew, it was different and it scared me.

My body ran terrifyingly cold when I felt a hot breath on my neck enough to burn my skin, and a familiar scent caught my nose.

"Aren’t you far from home, baby girl"

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