Chapter three

"Just do as they tell you, Elisa, no harm will come upon you. I promise you."  

"No Father! I don't want to!" Elisa refused, squeezing her face with arms folded tight against her heaving chest. 

"Look," her father held her shoulders softly and looked into her eyes. "This could end up good for us. You know how many girls of your age wish for this opportunity? The Alpha could be your mate, don't you see?" He was now getting irritated with her daughter's childish acts. Why couldn't she just be a good girl for once. How lucky would he be to share some relation with the Alpha. 

"No Father! I do not want to be the Alpha's mate. I do not wish to be his Luna! I reject him!" Elisa snapped fiercely. 

Elisa's father sighed in exasperation and turned away. It was obvious his peace talk wouldn't help the matter. 

As soon as he stepped away, one of the huge men Jeremy had come with grabbed Elisa. 

"Let me go! Where are you taking me to!" Elisa screamed as she attempted wriggling free from the huge man that held her. 

"Elisa! Stay calm!" Her father ordered angrily. 

"Father save me, they are taking me away…" she looked at her father who watched without a single protest as she was being dragged away. It didn't take him so long to sell his supposed lovely daughter to the Alpha. So much for a father!

That moment Elisa knew she had to do something for herself. Even if it means doing something crazy. She gathered a full chunk of saliva in her mouth and spat at the man dragging her away. Right in his face. The man was startled and didn't know when she broke free from his grip and took to her heels. 

"Get her!" Jeremy barked. 

All the men went after her. 

"Help me, anyone! Help me please…" Elisa mind linked to whoever (nearby werewolves) that cares to help her as she continues to run as much as her legs could carry her. Even though she knew it would be more than impossible for any werewolf aside from the ones after her to be nearby. 

She ran out of their house and into the street. 

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Eleanor came to a forced halt as a certain wave reverberated in her head. For a few seconds she couldn't walk, different voices rang in her head sending her a sharp headache. 

"What is going on…" she muttered, clutching her head strongly, trying to steady herself. 

As time passed, the voice started to get clearer in her head. 

"Help me please…someone help me…"

"What is this…what am I hearing…" she became shocked as her eyes strayed around the street. Everyone seems to be busy with their lives and nothing odd or strange seems to be happening. No one looked like they had said a word. As a matter of fact, they surprisingly had happy faces and not one in need of help. 

Then who was she hearing speak to her for help. 

The voice quietened after a short while. 

She scoffed. "Gosh, I must be hearing things now huh…aargh! Am I going crazy? Oh shit!" She let out a groan and continued to walk. 

Suddenly a girl came charging towards her direction. Some huge men were after her. 

"What is happening…" she mumbled, stopping to observe. 

Eleanor looked closely and realized the girl to be her friend. The same person she was on her way to see. 

"Elisa? What's going on? Where are you running off to…"

"Eleanor?" Elisa screeched to a stop. "When did you get back?"

"First things first, why are you all sweaty and running…wait, who are those men…are they after you? What have you done? What is going on with you?" She asked with a narrowed gaze. 

Elisa flashed a quick look behind her. The men were closing in on her faster. 

"They are…" Oh shit! She nearly blew her family's secret. She almost told Eleanor what she shouldn't have said. 

"I'm sorry but I can't talk right now, Eleanor,

Let's see and catch up later…" she dashed off again 

"But..wait! Are you sure you will be alright? Should I call the cops?"

"No! Don't call the cops! I am alright!" Elisa's voice trailed as she ran off. 

"But…"

"Oh damn she already left. How is she so fast…I hope she will be alright" Eleanor murmured. 

She sighed. Seems everything was against her that day. She couldn't stay home as Uncle Bob's and her dad's words made her restless and she couldn't even see her friend. What to do?

She turned and started back to her house. 

"Help me…Father can you hear me…don't let them take me away…" 

The voice came again ringing in Eleanor's head. 

She stopped and listened closely. Whoever that owned the voice was seeking some help to a person supposedly his father but why was she hearing it. A thought came to her to search and help the person. 

"Hmph! I should mind my business. I mean I don't even know who this person is. Wait…am I really going crazy?" Her eyes widened, ripples of shock spread through her. She had to confirm if she was really going crazy or hearing things. She scurried over to a woman in her store by the street. 

"Ma'am, please I'm sorry to bother you but this is sort of urgent. Can you hear anything…Can you hear anyone calling for help? Like help me...Eh? Eh? Please answer me…"

The woman looked at her as if she was crazy and shook her head in pity. 

"I'm not crazy, I swear. I'm just hearing these voices and sounds…can't you hear it…can…"

"I'm sorry but please do you mind leaving my store."

"Fine. I guess you don't have sharp ears like I do. I should ask her." She went over to another woman and asked the same question. 

"Ma'am, do you hear voices asking for help? Uh?"

"I'm sorry but can you give me a second?" The woman asked with a smile. Eleanor nodded somewhat glad someone could be on the same path with her. 

The woman slowly reached for the telephone. 

"Hello? Is this the police? I have a crazy girl in my store. Please, she is being a nuisance. Could you come take her away…yes….yes…yes…"

"What? You are calling the cops? I'm not crazy! Believe me…" Eleanor pleaded. 

"Crazy people never agree to be crazy anyways…leave now!!' she hissed heavily and stamped the telephone back to its holder. 

Eleanor needed no soothsayer to tell her what would be her fate if she stayed another minute in that store before she scampered away cursing under her breath. 

"Why do they all think I am crazy for fuvk's sake!" She forced back a groan. "Well, I guess I should just…mind my business then." 

But Eleanor had only walked a few distance when the pleading voice came again. Annoyed, she was determined to find out where the voice was coming from unless she would be forced to believe she really was going crazy. She listened carefully and followed the direction the voice linked her to. 

The voice led her through an alley with lock up stores. 

"What are they doing here…I guess Elisa is safe now." She mumbled seeing the huge men she had seen earlier going after Elisa. They seem to be onto a new prey. She glared at them behind their back and continued to follow the voice. 

She stopped before an abandoned store. Everything within her tells her the voice was coming from there. She looked behind her to see the huge men staring at her as if to know her next move. Then it dawned on her, the men must be after the person that owns the voice speaking to her. 

"Ahem!" She coughed nervously feeling their piercing gaze on her. She had to slip out of their sight but not without helping the person. 

She stepped away from the front of the store all in a bid to divert the attention of the men. For minutes, she wandered around the place waiting for when the men will lose focus and look away from her side. 

An opportunity finally came. A noise started to emanate from one of the stores. A gambling house. The sound of broken bottles and the screams of men littered the whole place. A fight has broken out. 

They lost their attention on her and once they looked away; 

"One…two…three…" At the count of three, she pushed the door and ran in. Her Big toe struck the foot of the door causing her to bite her lips hard while blocking her groans. 

"Hello? Are you in here?" She called out to the empty store. 

"Come out now…I am not one of them…" She called again. 

A head slowly started to point out from behind a wooden counter. 

"Eleanor?" Elisa's jaw dropped at the sight of who she saw. "What are you doing here…!" Her eyes widened as she wondered if Eleanor had heard her or it was just mere coincidence. 

"Elisa? Is that you?" Eleanor was surprised. "By any chance, did you call for help?" She asked, hoping to confirm her sanity. 

Elisa swallowed. "How did you hear that…"

"I'm not sure. I mean strange things keep happening to me today." Eleanor shrugged but with relief that she wasn't crazy after all. 

A loud bang sounded outside. The men were coming. 

"Come on, let's hurry. The men are searching for you." 

Elisa came out of her hiding spot, still shocked. She couldn't understand how Eleanor had heard her call for help. If there was one thing she knew; Eleanor is a pure human breed. A clueless one too. On many occasions, she had thought she had caught her while her werewolf traits showed but she got no wind of it. Then how could she hear her? 

The door flew open as they made to walk out. The men stood before them, with their shadows towering above them. 

"Don't worry Elisa, stay behind me, We will find a way…" Eleanor said, pushing Elisa behind her. 

Elisa shook her head silently. Eleanor keeps shocking her by the second. If only she knows the real identity of those standing before her. "Fool…I should be the one to protect you." She mumbled to herself. 

"Hey! Let us go or you will regret it!" Eleanor barked. 

The men filed up as another man walked through the created space. Jeremy. He stood inches from the two girls. Elisa's teeth clenched as her eyes met with his. 

"Come with us quietly, Elisa if you want your friend to be safe." Jeremy mind linked to her. 

"Don't you dare lay a hand on my friend!" She glared silently still mind linking to him. 

"Then make her leave."

She sighed out. She couldn't let her friend share in her suffering. She turned towards Eleanor, "Hey babes…they are my friends, I promise they won't hurt me. Why don't you go home and wait for me? I promise to come as soon as I am done settling with them."

"Your friends? I don't believe you Elisa! Your friends won't chase you all the way from home. Tell me are they trying to do something mean to you? Look, you don't have to go with them. Let's make a plan and escape from them…"

"No Eleanor, I will be fine."

"No, I won't leave. I will go with you." Eleanor insisted. 

Jeremy blew out air. "Fine, get the both of them." He ordered the men. 

"No, let my friend go. She hasn't done anything wrong to you!" Elisa kicked. 

She and Eleanor were grabbed and a white handkerchief placed on their noses. In less than a few seconds, they were silenced as the gas from the handkerchief drifted into their nose and tickled their brains to dormancy.