VII

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Amaya

Today was the day that I was finally getting discharged. Even if I didn't spend much time here, I was still super excited about leaving. I hated the vibe hospitals brought. Knowing that plenty of dead people were probably laying in the exact same bed as I made me uneasy.

If it weren't for my attack the other night, my parents and I would've already left yesterday.

My head was hurting me less but my memory hasn't come back yet. At this point, I've lost all hope of remembering again. It took too much energy from me to do so. Yesterday I couldn't sleep at all and now I'm exhausted.

My encounter with my kidnapper still lurks in my mind. He hasn't visited me since and I find myself wanting to see him again as weird as that sounds. I just wanted more answers to my questions.

Leaving the hospital might've been the best feeling I've had. As soon as the doors opened, I took a sniff of the fresh air that I've missed. The sent in the hospital was funky and musty so I was in need of some fresh air. It felt so relieving to finally get out of that hell hole.

My parents helped me climb into the car. When we drove away from the care center, my dad informed me that we were going straight home. They've already passed at Aunt Omnira's house to get our stuff this morning.

The drive was quiet and peaceful. I spent most of my time looking at the view outside and taking small naps. At some point, we stopped to buy some food but I wasn't that hungry so I just bought a drink.

When we arrive at home. I locked myself in my room not in the mood to be active. I sat on my bed and continued my story that I restarted again. I hope this idea goes better than my previous ones. These days I seemed not to have much inspiration in me for some reason.

***

It was after nine o'clock and I was pretty sure that my parents were already sleeping. I had just gotten out of the shower and changed my clothes when the doorbell rang.

Who could that be at this hour?

I slowly went down the steps not trying to wake up my parents. I opened the front door and saw who was there.

"Destiny? Why are you here at this time," I questioned while rubbing my tired eyes.

"Well, I just came to check on you. I heard about your accident. You alright?"

"Yeah, my head just hurts."

"Get some rest then."

"You're the one bothering me right now."

"Fair enough, I'm glad you're doing alright. Goodnight!" With that, she left and I went straight to sleep.

***

The next morning I woke up with my headache almost gone. I was supposed to go to work today but I got some time off because of my incident.

I decided to take a trip to the mall by myself. I just wanted to get out of the house and enjoy some time alone.

I brushed my teeth and washed before grabbing my keys and heading out. The mall was only about fifteen minutes away from my house. It contained more than two hundred stores in it so it was a big shopping center.

When I arrived there it was quite easy to find parking since it was still early in the morning. I parked and headed to Victoria's Secret first as I was in need of underwear.

***

I bought a few things like new clothes shoes and food. I even went to the book store to get myself a new book to read.

Overall my day was fun even though I spent it alone. When I told Destiny that I went to the shopping center without her she actually got mad and complained about why I didn't invite her. I had to make it up to her by promising another night out to the club.

As I was walking towards the exit, I felt myself bump into someone making me stumble back and fall on my bottom. I let out a small groan and started to pick up the bags that I dropped when a pair of hands came to my help.

"I'm deeply sorry miss," the guy said while helping me grab my bags.

"It's no worries but thanks." I smiled at him and he smiled back.

"My name is Ryan by the way." He held his hand out for a shake.

"Amaya," I replied while taking a hold of his hand. His hand almost completely covered mine.

"Well, it was nice meeting you, Amaya."

"You too." We sent each other one last smile and parted ways.

On my way back home I kept thinking about how sexy the guy was. I could've continued the conversation and get his number. Jeez, I just missed a perfect opportunity.

Once at home, I locked myself in my room again. I was making great progress in my book and my ideas for it are finally seeing light.

As nighttime came closer and sleepiness was getting unbearable, I prepared myself to go to bed.

I made myself comfy in my bed and closed my lights. However, as soon as my eyelids closed, the face of my kidnapper appeared making me jump awake and become face to face with him himself.

My stalker.

I stared at him wide-eyed while trying to catch my breath from the fright. He was just leaning against my armoire with his arms crossed and a neutral expression while watching me intensively.

"Why do you keep showing up at random moments like this? How did you even intrude yourself in my house?" I asked. His green eyes just looked at me, studying me.

"Oh, so you're not scared of me anymore?" He asked while raising an eyebrow.

"Should I be scared?" We stayed silent again for a while before he gently walked up to my bed.

"As I said, no."

"So why do you keep popping up out of nowhere?" I questioned. He suddenly brought two of his fingers under my chin making me tilt my head upwards.

"Do you trust me?" He asked, his eyes burning holes through me.

"Is this my kidnapper speaking?" I replied. He let out a small chuckle with a smirk.

Damn, that was extremely sexy.

He held his out for me to grab and pulled me out of my bed. He led me all the way out of the house and walked towards a small forest located behind my neighborhood.

"Where are you taking me?" I questioned.

"Just follow and you'll see." For some reason, I listened to him and kept my silence.

We walked deep into the forest until we couldn't even see the neighborhood anymore. When he stopped walking he stood with his back facing me staring at the night sky.

"So, what did you want to show me?" I didn't hear any reply.

After some time, I began hearing small growls getting louder each passing second. I noticed the way his nails grew longer and sharper. The way his body seemed to gain an impressive amount of muscles and grow in size.

I began backing up a little out of worry.

What was happening?

"Supernaturals are real and they've existed even before humans came on this earth."

No, impossible. This couldn't be.

"H-hey, are you okay?" I tried getting through him. Trying to reassure me that this wasn't what I thought it was.

It was only when he slowly turned around to face me that I got the biggest heart-stopping moment of my life.