Without regrets [redwood book 2]

Chapter thirty four

Ryan managed to stand up from the rusty old bench she had taken refuge on in her moment of need. She clenched her hands shut unwilling to show this monster any weakness. Her hands have been shaking at the sight of the tall, disgustedly scary looking man. She knew he would take advantage of that. It was one of her many fears, someone taking advantage of her in her moment of weakness.

She tried to only breathe through her mouth because of the horrible smell coming out of the man in front of her. His eyes were wide and he kept blinking rapidly as if the daylight was bothering him. The guy looked like he hadn't showered in years, his face was covered with dirt, his teeth had yellowish tint to it and couple of them were chipped. His hair was too long and looked like it was in need of a lot of thing, being washed first on the list.

He didn't look healthy, Ryan could see his bones through the visible skin. His clothes were dirty and too big for him. He didn't look like a living thing but rather a skeleton that her high school science teacher owned.

He looked over his shoulders, like someone was going to come out of nowhere. Ryan really wished at that moment for anyone to come and interfere. She didn't want to go through this again. She was finally getting back to normal and the nightmares have stopped, the last thing she needed was the nightmares to return and haunt her dreams again. She was tired of feeling restless.

"Let's go"he said gesturing her to follow him but Ryan stayed put.

She didn't dare to move, even if she wanted to, she didn't think she could. It was like someone used extremely strong glue and stuck her shoes to the ground. Ryan knew someone would come for her and that she just had to prolong this interaction until the others came to save her or until she figured out a way to get away. She wasn't stupid, she knew she couldn't take him down without any weapons, not if he was a werewolf.

She remembered what Cameron had said earlier on the day when he was training her. Sure the session didn't go as well as hoped but she did learn couple of things.

Keep your eyes on the enemy always. Don't you dare take your eyes off them.Don't show weakness. Access them for any weakness and use that to your advantage. If you can't fight them, as soon as you get the chance, run. Remember to never give up, fight to the very end.

Ryan gulped. She made a promise to herself that if she managed to escape, she would start running and take the training more seriously without complaining. It wasn't like she hadn't taken it seriously before, she would just have to push herself harder.

Heck she would even watch Forest Gump to motivate her. She would do anything in order to learn how to run faster without getting out of breath

"If I take you to her then she -she-"he stopped talking and started twitching.

He was acting like someone who abused drugs.

"Who is she?"Ryan asked calmly even though the only thing she wanted to do was scream.

"No no no"he started saying. "We need to get out of here."looking over his shoulders again.

He was twitchy and strange.

Of course it had to be a crazy rogue!

"Who is she?"she asked again.

This was the second time Ryan has heard about this 'she'. She was starting to wonder what this person wanted from her and why were there rogues after her. It couldn't be about Cameron. They have never mentioned Cameron. Ever. This was about her.

"She's a Queen."he breathed looking over Ryan's shoulders. It was like he wasn't really seeing her. "She would fix me."he said almost to himself then he eyes flicked back to her "I just need to take you to her"