Hold on, Chase.

This morning when I was having a video call with my brother, Jensen. He almost caught me lying because he saw that my room is different since I’m staying in Clark’s old room. He thought I was with some guy, good thing Clark is there to the rescue.

“Celine faster!! You’re too slow, how can you survive with that?”

I can’t help but roll my eyes deep inside. I keep on attacking Chase but I just can’t hit him because of how fast he can dodge it. Besides, we have been training for hours now, I’m tired and dehydrated that’s why I’m getting slower.

I didn’t know Chase could be this strict. I asked him earlier if we could have a break, and he just said, that would be possible if I beat him.

Because I was too exhausted, I was losing focus, and I didn’t notice that Chase is already gone. When I turned around, he tripped me off that’s why I fell to the ground.

"Always be alert….. Let’s have 10 minutes break then we’ll have our last round after”

Finally, the moment that I have been waiting for. I immediately took my bottled water to drink and ate some snacks. For a minute, we were silent. Chase was busy with his phone so I decided to close my eyes as I rest.

I opened my eyes when I feel someone’s presence beside me.

"Get your weapons now..."

Even though I don't know why I just followed him because that's what my instincts told me. I took the two guns near me and stood up when a group of men approached us.

“She’s the girl, I’m talking about”

The man who just arrived said. I held the gun tightly and faced it towards him. I can remember him; he was the werewolf that Stefan and I saw we were

escaping Dominic’s place.

I looked at Chase to see his reaction but he was just staring at the group of werewolves intently like he was examining them.

"I don’t know what you are talking about.”

I lied straightly to their faces. As much as possible I am trying to hide my emotions because they can’t know that I’m afraid.

"You're the girl who was running away from Dominic's place when we went there, you're also with the vampire I saw spying on the compound the day before Francis disappeared."

I could see on my peripherals that Chase was looking at me but I didn't take my eyes off the men in front of me.

“Tell us, where the hell are they hiding Francis?”

Now I’m regretting why Stefan didn’t kill him.

“I don’t really know what you’re talking about.”

I insisted and I can see that they are starting to get irritated.

“In case you don’t know. The vampire that you help to escape is the one who mercilessly murdered our family. We just want justice for our loved ones, for those innocent kids he killed”

I swallowed as I heard him scream and saw the rage in his eyes as he pointed at me.

What have I done?

Their eyes simultaneously went green and one of their companions had transformed into a wolf. I took a step backward as he howled.

The foreigner who was with them stepped out.

"You don't need to fight hunter. We just need the girl"

The odds of me winning a fight are slim because there are so many of them, but I can't lose because if I do, they'll probably make me tell the truth, and I shouldn't allow that to happen.

I must come up with a strategy.

"I'm sorry but I can’t let that happen because she's my friend"

I surprisedly turned to face Chase. I'm beginning to feel hopeful now.

Chase and I exchanged glances and nodded at each other. The others have changed into wolves.

As two werewolves approached me, I spread my two hands and simultaneously fired at them. They fell while in the air, but one of them got back up right

away, while I was able to hit the other one in the most critical part

Chase and I ran and they chased us. As I fired at them, Chase used his bow and arrow. I don't know if I'm hitting them g because they are also moving too fast and it's starting to get dark. Suddenly someone appeared at my side and grabbed me. He was going to bite me but I immediately got some wood and put it in his mouth, I was about to shoot him, but unfortunately, there was no bullet anymore. He had already cut the wood in his mouth so I hit him with all my might with the gun to his head and kicked his stomach. I took the dagger that was always in my boots and stabbed it in the thigh so he growled in pain.

I left immediately before he could recover. I turned on my phone's flashlight because it was already dark and I looked at my arm with a scratch from the werewolf.

I looked around to find Chase.

I have encountered only three werewolves and there are four more. When I heard a noise and turned to my left, I hurried over and saw Chase being attacked by two werewolves. In a rush, I looked around to see if there was anything I could use. Chase stabbed the gray werewolf which made me and the white werewolf stop.

The white wolf fled off when the gray werewolf fell on the ground and I ran towards Chase.

"Chase!"

He gently turned toward me as I held him on my shoulder. Then I pointed the flashlight at him to check where he is hurt.

"Are you ---"

I was about to ask him if he was okay but my eyes got bigger when I saw a bite on his shoulder.

"Oh my gosh you have been bitten”

I started to panic since I don’t know what to do and my heart raced more when he collapsed.

"Chase!!"

I stroked and touched his face. He was sweating profusely, which made me worry more given how deep the bite was.

"Oh my god, please don't die! What am I going to do?"

My hands were trembling a lot as I sobbed. I checked his pulse and I was able to breathe a little easier because I can still hear his heartbeat but it might disappear later if I don't do anything.

"Chase please don't die"

I saw him trying to open his eyes.

I won't let you die.

I wiped away my tears and carried him.

Hold on, Chase.