Isabella's pov
I am carsick. I mean who would blame me if i was stuck in a car and on the road for almost 7 hours without rest? The air was so humid even and this made it just worse for me. I never thought that the south and north were so far apart, otherwise, maybe I would have taken Sylvia's offer and made a run for it. If only I knew I would be stuck in here for this long.
I did not have the time to be bored to death since I was in this car alone with the driver because of the carsickness and a lot of other thoughts fighting for attention in my mind. Don. I hadn't stopped looking over my shoulder at the car behind me since we left my father's territory. I kept glancing at the rearview mirror to check it, look for any movement from it... from Don. Don was stationed in the same car with the diplomats from the interrelations department of our pack, well, ex-pack now that I left those grounds.
Oh, and my departure did not do anything to my father or the pack members who were excited about the festivities ahead. Only Sylvia and her mom came to say goodbye. As for the rest, they treated me like air.
Now, as we got to the roads and even exited the pack's territory into barren land connecting the north and south, my mind raced with my eyes subtly looking outside to my sides and to the front surveying the area. My senses were on edge—every rustle in the wind, every flicker of movement in the trees—my mind was analyzing it all. I was desperately grabbing onto every piece of stimuli i was getting, analyzing it for any potential threats, for any attacks or even signs of the so-called curse even if i did not even know what it looked like.
Not only that, Don was another thing on my problem list. To put it flatly I was scared of him, and Sylvia's words only heightened my fear. If was really put by my side for that kind of reason then I would be doomed. I remember his father, Uncle Derek was a highly skilled warrior growing up. He would often muse about training kids my age, I was 4 at the time and asked my mom if I would consider it. My mom always refused stating that it was not safe so I never got to experience his intense training.
However, if Don was really his son, then it was all over. He might have gotten training at that age and continued until because his aura was wow. Dangerous and immaculate would be the perfect words to describe him and if I don't even have a proper background history on him then it would simply be a dark path I was taking.
I was vigilant throughout until the trip and the nausea from being carsick exhausted me and I fell asleep. Then the next I knew I woke up to his face close to mine, and I must say, he was not breathing, either that or he was so skilled he could also hide his breathing. I did not feel any hot breath as he stood leaning close to me with the door i was sitting close to open, and yeah, of course, i freaked.
I jumped out to the other side of the car to create some distance between us, not that it would be much considering it was a confined car space. Don did not react to my sudden jump, he just looked at me with the same blank look. I fidgeted with my arms against the other door as i tried to move my left one to the door handle for me to make an escape. I then noticed that the car had stopped, no movement whatsoever.
Confusion swirled in my mind.
" What's going on, why did we stop?" I blurted my thoughts to the same man I was running away from.
He straightened up and said, " We are at the border. We have been waiting to be let in, its been several hours now. I came this side to check on you because you did not come out of your car even after it had stopped." He said fixing his black warrior vest.
" several hours? how many exactly?" I asked him pinching my eyebrows. Since it was my birthday tomorrow, I had planned to arrive quickly and ask for permission to meet my wolf in their woods. It was the first time I would be shifting, so I was nervous and I definitely did not want it to have my first shift in a car or worse stuck at the border between the two territories.
" 5 hours. We arrived here at 6pm." Don answered, his voice devoid of any emotion.
I gasped, " What, we've been out here for that long? What's taking so long?" I asked as dread gripped me by the hem, I needed a secure and safe place to have my first shift, 5 hours? We have been outside for five hours and they still haven't made their move? Did they not want to let us in?
" We found out that they did not know," Don said making my breath hitch.
" What do you mean?" I asked him, like what he had said was something incomprehensible.
" The Crescent Pack did not know that we were coming." he clarified, and my world came crumbling in, this was bad, my father did not tell them?! How could this happen? If they liked they would keep us outside until tomorrow, and it would not be their fault because we broke the rules first, we did not communicate. Well, at least my father didn't.
" What would happen now?" I muttered to myself, it was an hour to midnight, my birthday was an hour away.
Don heard me and said, " We might wait until tomorrow. Use the blankets in the boot if you feel cold." With that, he shut the door and left me to my thoughts.
The air in the car felt stifling as my stomach churned. Would I have to shift here? In the middle of nowhere? No, I was not ready for that.