Chapter 4 QUATRE

Sasha's POV:

(Few months later)

It's been a few months since the attack. Luckily, a small pack helped Emelda and I out, we didn't join their pack because Xavier's words still lingered. We were just a couple of miles outside their border. They helped build a small cottage for us and in return, we would let them know if we saw or heard anything that might hurt their pack.

It was nice of them, kind of reminded me of our pack. We would always help out rouges. My father always taught me never to judge a person simply by their appearance but by their actions. I mean, some wolves became rogues due to circumstances beyond their control while some rogues are just wild having lost touch with their human side, you can tell by the way they act. I am no one to judge because technically we are rouges. It's been some months now, it hasn't been so bad, we had no one telling us what to do or having to check in on everyone.

I was out hunting for some rabbits so that Mel could cook. But no luck, these rabbits must have moved. We have been taking turns killing them since we got here. We needed to survive. The small pack helped us but we couldn't burden them with food too. We grew our own garden, and hunted for meat too. Tonight looks like it's going to be a veggies night.

Coming back to the cottage and walking inside, it was weird, I didn't see or hear Mel. It was an eerie silence. 'Mel' I said loudly, no response. The vibe I was getting was uncool. 'Boooooooo',a voice screamed behind me, 'Ahhhhhhhhhhhh' I squealed ,jumping up and hitting my foot against the table in the center of the room. 'Hahahahaha, I wish I had a camera, so I can take a shot of your face. You should have seen your face Sasha'. Mel was laughing so hard to the point where she was holding her stomach crying. 'You would have been scared too', I yelled while rubbing my foot, and giving her a stink eye. This girl was supposed to be my best friend, I'm definitely going to get her back. 'Just you wait Mel, I am going to get you back. It might not be today, might not be tomorrow or next week, but it will happen. Just watch it.' I said while heading slowly to the shower.

After a cold shower, because we have no plumbing or electricity. Don't even ask me how we use the bathroom, after almost a year since the attack, you get used to everything. We ate dinner and went to bed. I was woken up by a forceful shake, I turned to look and found Mel,' What the heck Mel, I am sure it is just around 1am now, so why are you waking me up.' I asked, annoyed.

'Happy 19th birthday Bestie', she yelled. I immediately sat up. It's my birthday, yaaaayyyyy. She brought me a cake she had asked one of the pack wolves had made on her request. I felt so bad, Mel's birthday was a month before mine and I didn't even get her anything except cooking her some stir fry rabbit with vegetables. I'm the worst.

'Hey Mel,' I called, ' remember earlier when I said I was going to get back at you for scaring me?' 'yeahhh', she answered, getting up from the bed slowly, 'well, I'm not going to do that anymore because you brought me cake. Thanks for everything Mel, you are the sweetest, I am so lucky to have you.' I started crying.

'Hey why are you crying? It is your birthday dummy, better wipe off that tears.' she said. 'Well, haven't you heard, it's my party, and I'll cry if I want to, cry if I want too'. I got up from the bed, dancing as I sang the lyrics to this song. Honestly, we both know why I was crying, because Mel also cried on her birthday as well. It was our first birthday without our parents and family. We just didn't want to cry and swell on it any longer. So we just sat there quietly.

Currently resting in the cottage while Mel is out hunting, as she said she would do all the work today. Because it is my birthday and i needed to relax on my birthday, her words not mine. It honestly felt like just another day for me but then, I couldn't knock my best friend down and dampen her mood for doing all of this for me. It was around noon, Mel opened the door, ran inside and slammed it shut. She started packing things in a duffle bag, which began to worry me.

'Mel, Mel, what is going on?', I asked. She turned to me, her face so pale and made a statement I wasn't ready to hear anytime soon,' we need to leave NOW, Xavier and his pack are headed this way'. That name alone puts me in a frenzy, sending fear to my soul. ' What the heck are you talking about?' I questioned again, trying to ignore my pounding chest. 'Sasha, I was hunting a little further than where we usually hunt, maybe about 3 to 4 miles away, and I saw him, they were resting. No doubt, they were headed in this direction.' she responded. With that being said, I also joined her in packing, and then we started running in another direction, but not before spraying the cottage and our body with some potion to mask our scent, one that a witch had brewed and traded us for helping her out with a little problem... no, we didn't kill anyone.

No, Xavier was here. He is going to hurt or even go ahead and kill everyone if we stay. So we ran and never looked back..