Chapter 82

*****Erika's POV******

I was about to scream but the hand clamped my mouth, then swerved me around

to stare at their face. "Jace." I immediately hugged him, tears falling from my eyes. My brother was alive. "I'm sorry." I broke into sobs.

"Shh, they'll hear you. It's okay." He whispered in my ears.

I sniffled. "Okay. We would talk more at home." Then I remembered Paula and

Kat. "We should go find Paula and Kat." I held his wrist.

"We need to be careful, they are here somewhere." He told me.

Carefully and cautiously, we darted round the bush, trying to locate Paula and avoid the people that were after him. I wondered where they were, they had the car and we needed the car.

Soon, I heard the honk of a vehicle, it was them. They were driving really fast. Together with Jace, we ran after the vehicle, I noticed Jace was limping.

"Get inside now! They're behind us." Paula screamed as Kat opened the door of the back seat. I pulled Jace so he could go in first, he screamed all of a sudden. I looked in horror as a small knife had pierced his side, I had also heard a gunshot.

I heard noises, without risking a glance back, I pushed him into the vehicle and climbed in after him. Paula zoomed off immediately, driving like a maniac, I paused to catch my breath.

"Jace." Kat was all over him, his blood had stained her body but she did not care, I even saw tears fall from her eyes.

removed the knife from his down torso, that brought a pain-filled groan out of him. Kat instantly pressed down on the wound with her cloth. His breath was raspy and labored. There was also a

fine, Jace." I pleaded.

shirt was soaked in no time, oh my goodness! Mother of the Moon, please help my brother. Don't let him bleed to

so." She replied, her eyes focused on the road. She was going fast

on it, Paula. My brother is losing too much

trying." She

stay with me." Kat was holding

to bleed to death, I wanted him alive. I took

scared me more than anything. Why was he bleeding this much? “Paula go faster please." My voice was broken and filled

by the time this car got to the pack, my brother was not too late. I waited as the car kelt moving at

back to the last discussion we had; my brother and I. We had quarreled, gotten into a big fight that had made him leave home. I had accused him of working with Elder Grigshade against

He had left because he did not want me to suspect he wanted anything from me, not even the title. He had made it clear a thousand times that he was not interested in rulership, he just wanted to be successful and live a

the many times he had said this to me, I had still accused him. I had all but rubbed it in his face how much I was suspecting him. I was wrong, I had done something unfair to him. And he still had the right if he did not want to talk to

the moment he had not picked all three of our calls, but I had been annoyed instead, thinking he was intentionally not picking them. I had called almost four times, Kat and Paula had tried

of this danger that was why he had not

was Kat's

panic.

brother's hand as

on

was going to be fine. All was fine,

had to be fine, not

to be wrong with Jace. I wiped tears from

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