Chapter 16 Her scent, His scent

ANDREW'S POV.

I kept running, following her scent. The scent led me to a cliff that over looks a river. I didn't see her so I looked around confused then I spotted her behind a tree looking directly at me.

She is beautiful in her wolf. Her beautiful white fur glistened under the sun's rays. She looked like a goddess.

I stepped closer to her but she backed away. I tried walking up to her again but she took another step back. She lets out a whimper. What have I done? I hurt her and she wants nothing to do with, but I'm not giving up on her.

I take another step closer and she takes a step back. I let out a whine, I'm hurt but I know I deserve it. Not taking any risks I shift into my human form and I immediately put my hands in surrender.

I stayed down so she wouldn't see me naked, I don't think she would like that.

"I'm not here to hurt you Elle" I looked up her. She was watching me curiously but also hatred and hurt.

"I want to say I'm sorry" I looked at her with pleading eyes. "Please"

She looked at me with all the emotions she had for me and it made me more sad. She hated me because I hurt her and I hate myself for it too.

After a while she turned around and ran in the opposite direction. My heart broke. She left me. Again.

But who the hell blames her. I sat their looking over the cliff, thinking of the time I met her, what I said to her.

After 20 minutes of drowning in my thoughts I shifted back in my wolf form and went back to the pack grounds.

When I got back to the pack grounds I shifted behind a tree and wore the shorts behind it. I then walked straight into the pack to see my mom baking something. It smells like cookies.

"Mama I'm back" I walked around her giving her a kiss on the cheek and took a water out of the fridge.

She smiled and offer me a chocolate chip cookie. She didn't look me directly in the face though. She was still mad at me. She heard me and dad arguing and found out that I rejected my mate and she's been upset ever since.

"You ok? You didn't get hurt did you?" She might be my mad at me but she was still my mom.

"Yeah I am fine but-" I cut myself off. I don't know if I should tell her about Elle or not.

Ugh. Fine what the hell? She gave me a cookie. "I saw Elle today"

She dropped she was doing and looked at me. "What? Where did you see her? Where is she?"

"Woah mom calm down. I saw her after I finished fighting the rogues. She was like a far distance from where we were fighting and when I tried to talk to her she left" I sighed looking down.

"Well what do you expect after you rejected the girl? Of course she was going to leave and why was she out there anyway?" My mom started munching on a cookie. I knew she was mad because she just took those batches out of the oven and didn't even look the slightest fazed.

I eyed her weirdly and took small steps back. "I don't know what she was doing there but I know I can't go back because that was the vampires territory" I saw my dad walk in from the door holding his stomach, probably smelt the cookies.

"Hello my beautiful family" he grinned seeing the cookies on the counter. He saw mom take another cookie from the batch that just came out the oven, though he didn't seem to notice.

He took it and immediately dropped it. "AHH, shit that was hot! Why are you eating these hot cookies?" My mom didn't answer but realization dawned on him. "Your mad. Shit" he started looking around the room worried until he saw me and he put his hand on his hip.

"Andrew, what did you do?" I told him everything that I told mom and now he started eating the hot cookies now out of stress.

"What is she evening doing in the vampire's territory anyway?"

I finished my cookie and took a gulp of water. "I don't know. Maybe she was captured and she escaped. But she didn't look like she was in danger just... hurt" I mumbled the last part to myself.

"Yeah I can't do what your mom does" he dropped the cookie back on the tray and took a bottle water out of the fridge and chugged it all down. "Son this is your choice. What are you going to do about it?"

I looked down thinking over what I could choose. Go back to the vampire's territory and find her, risking my life or stay here and move on with my life.

ELLE'S POV.

I ran out to the cliff that I discovered the last time I shifted. It was beautiful and silent. I always wondered what it would look like at night time but I know Cristian wouldn't allow that.

I sat at the cliff enjoying the sounds of nature, the birds and insects and just enjoying the view.

All of that was ruined when I smelt him. I kept smelling him but I didn't believe so I shook head clearing out my thoughts of him. But it didn't go away.

I heard paws running my way. Oh no, it can't be. What is he doing here? I hide behind a tree so he wouldn't see me.

I saw him come into view. His beautiful black wolf was standing there sniffing for something, me.

He can't come here. What does he want? To hurt me or bring me back to the pack?

He spotted me, he took steps towards me but I took steps back. Then he shifted in his human. What is he doing?

"I'm not here to hurt you Elle" he puts his hand in surrender. Sure, like you didn't hurt me before.

"I want to say I'm sorry" he looked at me with pleading eyes. "Please"

NO. No I will not let him suck me into his little trap. He's probably just here to bring me back out of pity or something. I am not going let that happen. This asshole broke my a heart a month ago by rejecting me. I am not going listen to him.

I turned around and ran back to the castle. I can't let him hurt me again.

I ran back to the tree where I left my clothes and change into them. I went back up to my room and close the door.

I couldn't breathe. I tried but I couldn't breathe. I put my hand to my chest and tried to suck in all the oxygen I could but nothing.

I barely made my way to the bed. I fell right in front of the bed. I tried getting up but I couldn't so I just sat on the floor.

What is happening to me? It's really hot and I feel like I am about to die. I fan myself with my hand but it wasn't helping so I stopped. I curled up in a ball and just accept the fact I am dying.

I heard a knock on the door but I didn't answer.

"Elle, it's me" That sounded like Simon but I couldn't tell for sure. "Can I come in?"

I didn't answer him. My mouth was dry and my throat felt hoarse.

"Come on I can hear you breathing, really loud. Are you ok?" I still couldn't answer.

Sweat rolled down my forehead down on my face. It was so hot in here which isn't normal because its always cold.

"Fuck it, I'm coming in"

He opened the door and looked around the room until he spotted me on the floor. "Shit" He came running to me and kneeled in front of me taking me in his arms.

"Are you ok?" He rest his chin on my head. "Of course not you idiot" he mumbled to his self. "Sorry, force of habit" he let go of me and held me arms length.

"Ok Elle, I'm going to need you to breathe" I shook my head that I couldn't but he was nodding his head yes. "Yes you are going to breathe. Everything is fine. I am here ok?" He look me in the face with a smile.

"Take deep breath" I started doing it. "Yeah, deep deep deep breath. Then let it go" he breathed out doing it with me. We continued doing that three more times until I was calm.

Simon wiped something from my face and I realized I was crying. "You're going to be ok" he brought me back into his arms. I clutched on to his shirt like my life depended on it.

"Thank you" I whispered.

"Anything for you princess" he kissed the top my head and started humming a song. It was "I swear" by All 4 One.

I chuckled a little and he chuckled with me. I closed my eyes and fell asleep.