5— Pursuer

I hid behind the bushes as they search for me in the forest. As soon as they got inside the forest, I immediately run out of the school campus and hid in the alleys. I sniffed the surroundings, hoping to find Alpas. He should be somewhere near. I need to seek his help! I have no idea why these hunters are after me!

My eyes widened when I turned to check my back I saw unfamiliar pursuers. They are not the police or hunters, and this scent. They're a hybrid? Why are they after me? Are they here to help me? Do they know what's happening?

I stopped running and faced them. "Are you here to help me? What's happening—"

Luckily, I was able to step back and evade their attack. When I touched my neck, I felt warm liquid flowing through a small cut. They were after my head! If I hadn't been able to bounce back, I would have been beheaded and killed.

I desperately ran as my unknown pursuers continue to fire shotguns to attack me. I went to Alpas' residence but the police were there and shot me in my arms for no reason, or at least I don't know the reason. I had no choice but to run away.  Where should I go? What should I do? All the blood loss from both my arms was leaving some fresh trails and messy tears causing my vision to blur. I staggered and fell to the ground, coughing as I breathed the dirt.

Why are these wounds taking their time to heal?! What is happening?! The hunters, police, and even this anonymous group of hybrids are after me. Why are they doing this to me? I looked around and found myself in the middle of an abandoned subdivision. My blood has dulled my senses that I can't find Alpas. Where is he?!

"You still crawl for your petty life, don't you?" shouted a raspy voice of the pursuer behind me.

Shoot! I picked myself up and run for my life. My fingers were going numb and my legs are tripping up under me. I wanted to end my life but in face of death, I can't seem to stop running. I've been running since morning, confused as hell why they all wanted me dead. I didn't even do anything!

If they caught up with me I'd be killed. And there's no way in hell will I ever let my life end pathetically this way. Just the thought of me dying helplessly is making me both mad and scared. I looked around, frantically searching for a hiding place. It was dark and was hard to find a place to hide in, all I see were narrow pathways in between abandoned old one-story buildings and trash bins all over the place.

I didn't stop running in the unfamiliar deserted place, luckily I found myself on a wide dark canal. I quickly run towards it and tightly grabbed my aching thigh. I can still feel my heart pounding hard and loudly.

"You're wasting your bullets for a rat like her. Don't kill her, just capture her, Lady Serena wants her alive," I heard a stern voice from nearby. Serena? Does she have something to do with this?! "She can't be that far, that girl is like a wounded chicken. Search everywhere!"

I tightly bit my lips attempting to conceal my presence. My mind was all over and fuzzy, as soon as I removed my navy blue blazer, the dark red spots were evident in my sky blue blouse. My above-the-knee dark gray skirt was also torn and dirty.

"Found ya," a creepy voice sang full of malice.

I froze as I stared at the man in front of me. He was holding a gun in his right hand, his face had a long vertical scar running through his cheeks and eyes, and a crescent moon-shaped with three scratches on the middle tattoo of his neck stood out adding a terrifying scene. He pointed his gun at my forehead.

"I'll make your death quick and painless," he slyly smirked.

I shivered at the thought of my death but I can't give up. Though I have not been formally trained in combat and was poor at martial arts, strictly speaking. My abilities are enhanced compared to a regular werewolf like him.

"I am not that easy to kill, you lowly wolf," I said, rolling my eyes. I won't die. Now that I know Serena has something to do with why I am in this situation. I bet this is a scheme of hers. I will most certainly not let her get away. "I even tried killing myself but failed. Do you think you can?"

With all the courage I mustered I grabbed the hand of my assaulter and tried stealing the gun but my strength compared to his, was like heaven and earth, he effortlessly threw me to the ground. If I was just not wounded, I can easily overpower this weakling!

"Stop crawling and just die!" Just before he was able to pull the trigger I was able to kick his gun away.

I have no choice but to retreat for now. I looked up and noticed that it was getting dark. I need to find a place to hide and rest. I managed to slip away from these three organizations after me, I just need to get away from this man before I lost consciousness. He angrily hissed and gave me a deathly glare. Even with my body going numb in pain and my vision getting blurry I carried the trash bin near us and threw it at him and run as fast as I could.

"B*tch! You won't be going anywhere!" He shouted.

I tripped and rolled on the ground when he shot me in my right arm. I tightly gripped my wounded arm as I look back at the huge running man after me. What kind of mess did I get into? I turned left in the corner of the two-story building as blinding lights welcomed me.

"Renee, come with me." A familiar man tightly gripped my wounded arm.