Chapter 9
Kimberly's POV:
I part the curtains before I open the window. I am not a guest here nor I am of this pack. I have been given seven days ultimatum to stay at this place but that isn't what I want.
I guess I can never find the reason how I got better but it's time to make proper use of it rather than wasting my time on playing sick over here.
I look outside through the corner of the window and see no one in there. I feel it's safe to open the window after that. I slowly open the window and the cold wind from outside hits my skin. It's damn freezing out there and it's snowing heavily too.
I want to see the landscape through here and plan my journey but I can see nothing due to snowfall. I close the window quickly and before I get back to the bed, I pour the water in the floor and wipe the floor so that Ashlyn doesn't know that I went to the window. I don't want her to doubt me even more.
I pick up the phone that Simon had left earlier and get inside the bed. He has saved his number in there and Ashlyn has too.
I find this weird but it makes me smile when I think about Beta Simon. I remember that beautiful scent of his body when he carried me, the first time we met. He smelled great and his voice was beautiful too. I could say that he was a good person even with his voice. He has helped me all along.
It makes me feel bad for not being able to tell him anything. I wish I could tell him everything about me. He at least deserves to know about me after saving my life two times. But it's me who has to save myself from this pack the third time. I don't want to risk anyone's life and secretly get out of here. I don't have any clue how to find Nathaniel but I am sure, the Moon Goddess will guide me through all this.
I pray to the Moon Goddess and ask her to guide me through all these and to keep my parents safe.
Just then, the phone beeps. Someone must be messaging here. I check the phone and see that the message is from Simon.
'Hey! Are you ok? Tell me if you feel pain anywhere '
I smile as I see that message.
I text him back saying that I am fine and he doesn't have to worry about me.
But then, another text arrives too.
'I forgot to tell you. There are medicines on the top of your bed. I asked Archie to bring them. Take them. Prescriptions are on there too. Should I send Ashlyn to help you?'
'NO… It's fine. I can do that.' I text him back.
I leave the phone on the bed and turn my head back. I see a bag of medicine in there. I open the bag and find the prescriptions too. There are some ointments, maybe herbal ones, and a few powder medicines to have with water.
So, this is all from Archie? I don't know if I can trust that guy or not. He hates me to the hell. What if he wants to kill me? Just by feeding the medicine?
"No…No… I can't have this. What if I die after eating this medicine?" I talk to myself.
Right at that time, the phone beeps. I reach out to see the message.
'You don't have to think a lot. Archie's good doctor.'
I giggle shortly as I see the message but I stop giggling in a few seconds. Can Beta Simon read minds? Just like Ashlyn can smell perfectly. I guess not. If he could then, he would have known that I was lying before.
Yeah! It isn't possible. It's just a message. I reply that I will take the medicine and he doesn't have to worry about me.
The thing is I don't know where am I hurt. So, I get down again, take off my dress, and start in front of the mirror. I scrutinize the places I am hurt. They are exactly at the places where Ashlyn had told me about it.
I have never seen myself hurt like this. I have never had any wounds or scars my whole life. When I look in the mirror, I find a cut on my forehead and my cheeks too. Aslyn didn't tell me about it. Maybe because she thought I could see them myself.
I take the medicine and try to put it in the places I can. I leave the places where I cannot put it on and have the medicine.
I look at the dresses Ashlyn put me there. There are lots. A long beautiful light brown skirt, a pair of warm trousers, gloves, a scarf, socks and a pair of woolen shoes.
Simon, he knows a lot of things. I feel bad when I think of him but I cannot stop my journey here. My journey is possible only after I get out of this place and only when I am alive.
I need to find everything that is happening in my life. From the destruction of my home to the disappearance of my parents, this stone and why it's me the one it has chosen me leaving the thousands of other creations and everything that is happening in my life.
I have to find answers to all of these questions and also protect the stone that is with me. I remember Mother telling me that I should protect it at any cost and I promise her, whatever happens to me I am going to protect it at any cost.
When I think about everything that is happening to me, I guess it is all because of this precious thing that is inside me. I don't know if this thing is active inside me or not. I need to find answers to all of these questions. I have to find him, Nathaniel.
For that, I need to get out of here. I cannot stay here for a long time and Simon and Ashlyn, I am sorry both of you guys but this isn't my destiny. I am not bound to be over here and killed by your pack and tortured by your Alpha. I have to go on.
I put on all the clothes on my body and lastly wore the boots. I walk to the door and open the door. But I am not sure if I can safely get out of here just like this. I walk back to the window and look outside. The ground is filled with snow and it's not so tall too.
So, jumping out of the window feels much better and safer than going out from the door. I look at the table and grab the cookies in the bag Ashlyn brought. I need them on the way. I look around to see if I might need something more. I grab the warm and thin sheet of duvet tie the knots using its corners wear it over my body and shove the cookies and the medicines inside my pocket. I search for something that could help me make the fire. I find the antique piece of lighter in the old-style cupboard. I put that in the pocket of the jacket.
And now, I am ready. No parts of my body pain. I make the bed and before leaving, I write the notes to Simon.
Dear Simon, I am forever indebted to you for saving my life. It will take forever to prove that I am not a culprit and I don't mean to harm your pack to your Alpha. I have a lot of questions about whom I have to find an answer. I hope you and Ashlyn stay well. I have to go now.
I leave the note on the duvet open the window and climb over it. I look down at the ground and then to the sky with heavy snowfall.
Everything is going to be fine, everything. I just have to get out of here and continue my journey.
I say and jump out of the window and land on the fluffy layer of the snow. Thank god! The snow hasn't been frozen yet. I put the cap of the jacket over my head and start walking ahead. I don't know where should I go but I don't want to stay in this place, not even for a single moment.
"Trust your heart…Just trust your heart Kimberly," I console myself.
Where should I go? Where direction? Left or right? Ahead or backward?
Then, I see the footsteps on snow some meters away. They walk through that way. That means they will easily find me if I walk that way. I am not going through that way.
So, I am taking the right direction there.
"No! Don't go." I hear a voice.