Chapter Three

"So you're saying you're not human," Sarah asks the guys standing in front of her.

No, we're not", they chorus.

"_and you're not even just not humans, you're werewolves", she goes on.

"What am I again?"

"A witch", Jason says

"The Witch Supreme", Lucas says at the same time.

"So, my abilities are not because I'm cursed but because I'm a witch?"

"You got that right", Jason says with a nod.

"What did I miss?"

"There are evil people who are after you and seek your power", Lucas says.

"Oh right! And I'm supposed to go with you to the otherworld so I don't get hurt by them?"

"Exactly, baby girl", Jason says. She doesn't bother correcting him, there were too many issues on ground.

Sarah couldn't contain herself, she burst into laughter with tears streaming down her face.

"None of this is funny", Jonas says.

"Exactly, which is the reason why I have to laugh cause the other option is go crazy!", she retorts.

"I'm 25 years old and hearing shit about myself I've never imagined. I've always thought I was cursed and hated my life and now what?", she stands up and begins to pace, "you're telling me, I'm not human, I'm not cursed, I'm this 'special, powerful witch', the strongest in your…world",she says making air quotes, "and I'm supposed to just accept that? I need to comprehend this, give a girl a break".

"How about you do that in the otherworld?", Lucas suggests.

"I'm not doing this with you guys, I've survived on my own for years, I'll keep surviving…"

"But…", Jonas interrupts

"No! Just no. You guys don't get to abandon me here and then appear because you feel like".

"We're not here just because we feel like, we're here because you're in danger", Lucas says.

"If what you say is true then I've been in danger since I was born", she replies.

"You all got to grow up knowing who you really are and I gotta give it to myself for even believing you, but I grew up in a place that is obviously not my home, living like a recluse because of abilities I possess that make me the crazy one, that's not fair…"

"Would you…", Jonas tries again

"No, I wouldn't. Please leave my home and don't come back again, I'm begging you. It was hard for me to get this apartment, I can't afford to move out". She moves toward the door and opens it, "get out please".

Lucas stands up and makes a move

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"We can't leave her here Luke, I can't leave her here", Jonas says.

He looks like he's in pain.

"She's right Jace. All of this must be tough on her and, she was almost captured by Sheila's men, we'll have to make her understand another time", Lucas says.

He goes to my table, grabs my pen and note and starts writing, "this is where we're staying. When you're ready to learn more, please come over. If you're ever in danger as well, come find us".

He goes to Jonas and puts his arm around him, guiding him towards the door, "there's a lot more you need to understand, we have limited time here, don't take your time", he says to me and to Jason, "we gotta go man".

Jason looks at me with so much emotion in his eyes, I can literally feel his hesitancy, "I'm really sorry you didn't grow up knowing who you are baby girl", he says.

I can't stop the tears at his sincerity, "I am too, I feel sorry for myself I grew up not knowing who I am".

He nods his head and they both head out. I lock the door behind them and slink to the floor with my knees bent and my head leaning against the door and scream my agony.

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Not a-fucking-gain!

It's been five days since the first chase and she's being chased again.

Ever since that first attack, Sarah had not worn heels or sandals to work, only sneakers and she was feeling grateful for that now.

This time around, there were seven guys, not four. She knew if she didn't escape them there was no way she was going to get out of this alive.

She misses her step and stumbles but unlike the first time, she falls down flat.

"I'm finished, I shoulda listened when they warned me but did I? No, stubborn Sarah, independent Sarah, never listening to her brain", she scolds herself as she picks herself up and takes a step only to feel it, a sharp pain on her ankle.

She knows what that is from experience, she has sprained her ankle, there was no hope of her getting out of it anymore.

She can hear their footsteps clearly now, they are closing in on her.

She looks around in search of a way out, I'm not going down, not without a fight.

There's a dumpster nearby, she makes her way to it and opens it. Eeeeww! This stinks.At this rate I can't be choosy.

She removes two bags of trash, gets in it and covers herself with the trash.

The next few seconds and they're there, it's just three of them though.

"Where could she have gone?", one asks the rest.

"Let's look around, she couldn't have gone far", another replies.

Someone is coming close to the dumpster, she feels the trash covering being lifted, "no normal being would be on this, human or strongest witch", she hears him muttering.

"Let's move it, we can't lose her!" a strange voice says and she feels the presence of another person as they leave.

She gets out of the dumpster and makes her way to the hotel address she memorized.

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"What happened to you?"Jason asks immediately the door is opened.

He pulls her in and shuts the door, she doesn't even look up because of shame.

"Can I use the bathroom, please?"

"It's right this way darling", she didn't even notice Lucas beside her. He goes to take her arm but she retreats subconsciously so he just leads the way to the door.

"Take as much time as you need, we'd be right here when you're done", he tells her.

Sarah enters hurriedly and takes off her clothes like they're burning her skin.

She switches on the shower and switches it to hot before she gets in, after a minute she readjusts the water to make it warm.

She can feel some of the stress washing away as the water cascades down her body.

I really wish I could soak in a bath.

A knock interrupts her thought, "Sorry to interrupt darling, I thought you might need this", Lucas says as he opens the door a nudge and squeezes in a small bag then closes the door.

She steps out of the shower and looks in the bag, there's a bottle of soap, shampoo and conditioner, and a toothbrush.

She doesn't have to look in the mirror to know she's blushing.

He's so sweet.

She makes quick work of washing up, grabs the robe in the bathroom and goes to town on her teeth.

The knock comes again, "I'm dressed, come in".

Lucas opens the door as she spits in the bowl.

"I went down and got you new clothes, the ones you had on didn't smell good", he says as he drops a bag on the counter.

She can't help but wish Jason is as nice as he is, and wonders why she doesn’t have the hots for Lucas like she does for Jason.

"Thank you", she says.

"It's nothing" he mumbles.

She opens the bag and in it there's a pair of panties with a matching bra both in her sizes. She wonders how they guessed her size.

There's also a pair of tracksuits and hoodie, with a pair of socks and sneakers.

She had always been a sneakers person. She could wear heels perfectly, her job even required she put on heels but she still preferred sneakers.

The tag of the things are still on them. The socks alone is $37.69, woah!

She quickly dons the clothes and puts her discarded clothes in the bag taking it with her so she'd dispose it on her way out.