June's POV
"June-hun, mummy will be back soon. Stay here until I return, okay?" The beautiful young lady spoke to me.
Her eyes roamed from Jossy to me before placing a long kiss on our foreheads.
"No matter what you hear, do not come out, okay?" She said, and no matter how she tried to hide the worry in her voice I sensed it.
Her grey eyes stared deep into mine, making sure her words sank deep into my memory.
"Take care of your sister, June. Protect her. She's your own. The only one you should trust. Listen to me." She held my head up close to her face,
"Do not trust any other person, okay?" She spoke tremulously, her hands cupping my face.
I nodded to her words even though I hated how she spoke. I didn't like the look on her face. I sensed her fear, anxiety, and confusion. They agitated me but I could do nothing. I was just a five year old girl.
Something in me told me I was never going to see her again. I pushed the thoughts aside believing the woman's words.
I was confident in her. I knew she could pull through. She could survive whatever was going on in the pack. She's one woman I admired so much for her strength, speed and bravery.
But then she left. I watched her from the dark hole Jossy and I hid. Her dark silky hair reached her bottom. They bounced with every step she took.
I cried. I didn't like the feeling I was having.
The urge to grab her hands and make her stay with us overwhelmed me but I knew she wouldn't listen. She wasn't just a Luna, she was a warrior.
Warriors don't back down. They fight till the end. I hated that about them. I only wanted her to come to us. To stay with us in the dark hole until all was over but this woman wasn't one that was a coward.
She was determined to fight. To destroy her enemies. But then that was the last time I saw her.
What followed minutes later was a loud noise, and then a heavy eruption of thick fire mixed with dark flame. The earth shook violently. A heavy wave of sand and dust swept past jossy and I, and we covered our faces with our hands to protect our eyes.
Debris of dead woods fell on us as we shook in fear, our teeth clenched together as we cried our eyes out in the dark tight hole.
We feared the hole would close up with us inside, and then we'd be lost forever.
"It will be fine. Mom will come for us." I kept muttering to myself and to Jossy.
She kept us here so she'll definitely come back. I hoped.
"And she never came back." A deep hoarse voice spoke, waking me from my sleep.
I quickly rose up, taking in my environment and found I was confined in a square shaped glass.
It was small and didn't allow me to stand nor lie straight. I could only sit or stand on my knees.
"Look." He said, and I turned to see a tall, huge man but his face was blurred. I didn't know why. No matter how closely I looked, I couldn't see his face.
"Remember Jossy?" He asked me. I looked at the figure standing before me as Jossy's memories flooded my head.
"I will find you. Regardless of where I go, I promise…" Her voice echoed in my head, then the strange man laughed coldly.
"She didn't even live to keep that promise. They keep making promises that they can't fulfill." He mocked, and continued laughing.
"All the promises that were made to you were never fulfilled. Each of them died as soon as they made a promise. What does that tell you, June?" He asked, walking around the glass cage, his fingers tapping on it rhythmically.
Each of those taps on the glass sent cold shivers down to my bones. I looked around. There was no way to escape unless the cage was opened. I was stuck in it. Tormented by this scary man. I swear I hadn't met him before.
"Everyone precious in your life died protecting you. Why is that, June?" He asked, my heart bled as the man spoke. It felt like opening up old wounds.
I gave in for a while and cried. I missed them. I missed my sister. I missed my mum. Soon I realized I shouldn't let this man get to me.
"Get away from me." I screamed in tears, my voice broke from crying too much.
"No, June. You shouldn't say that because I am your only hope. No one will save you from those you're running from. Only me can."
"Come to me, June. We belong together. I am the only one you need. Only I can save you. But you must stay away from the twins."
"Why? Who are you?" I asked unconvinced,
"Why can't I see your face?"
"You and I belong together, June. You and I…" His words echoed in my head until I flung my eyes open, they quickly scanned my environment and I realized I was in a garage.
I heaved a sigh of relief when it dawned on me that it was all a dream. Though it felt too real to be a dream as I still felt the effect on my body.
The dress I stole from the hospital laundry was also wet from excess sweat and clung to my skin.
I heaved another sigh of relief realizing I was neither in the hospital nor in the terrible nightmare stuck with the scary strange man.
My reality was in a garage.
It took a lot to sneak out of the hospital unnoticed. I had to make sure I wasn't caught so my efforts wouldn't be in vain. I was very cunning.
I refused to follow the major routes. Instead I walked and hid from house to house and that was how I found myself in the garage. It was dark and I was tired. I had intended to rest a little and didn't know when I slept off.
I knew they would look for me and their first checks would be at the major routes so I avoided those routes.
I was slow but it was better than being caught.
I wasn't going to be caged anymore. This was my chance to live freely. A luxury I hadn't enjoyed for the past twelve years.
"Disney. Diane. Come on girls, we are running out of time." An unfamiliar voice screamed from behind, waking me from my thoughts.
I looked out trying to see who it was, and I caught a glimpse of a man. He was neither short nor tall, slim nor fat, but had dark skin.
Shortly, two little girls about the same age ran to him, they each had their backpacks, blue and pink. I assumed they were sisters.
Soon a young lady joined them, and they all walked past me.
I hid so they wouldn't find me and only looked out when they entered the blue car packed in front of me.
"Sure you got all you need, girls? Cause we'll be spending some days in Cali."
"Yes daddy." The girls chorused together.
My ears stood at the mention of Cali. I realized I've just been running and hiding with no place in mind. I had no final destination.
But Cali? Madame always mentioned the name when she wanted to threaten us. From what she said, Cali was a place no werewolf should be because it was a human land.
They hated werewolves and executed them on sight. So werewolves avoided the town.
In that moment, I realised that was where I needed to be. In a town no werewolf wanted to be.
And with no second thought, I sneaked into the car trunk.