Chapter 8: The rescue

Help me. Please help me, Lanis. I see the place. It is dark and rusty. There is a chill about it, and I can't explain it. He is on the floor. There are purple bruises all over him. He is chained in a cave, and I don't see the man I know; I see a boy. He is a shell of who he is. I try to reach for him, but the closer I get, the further he gets ''Beau,'' I shout, but my voice only echoes. I run in an attempt to reach him, but he disappears. I jump out of my bed, and I am covered in sweat. It was a dream. I look beside me, nd Maddie is sleeping softly. She didn't wake up. Thank God. I run my hands through my hair. Confused from the dream. Why am I dreaming about a Wolf? I have been thinking about him too much, nd now he is haunting my dreams. What the hell is going on? I stand up from the bed and walk to the bathroom, washing my face in an attempt to get the dream out of my head. I release an exasperated sigh. This is a lot. I don't know what to do. I rent to help him, nd the dream felt so real. So real that I even know where he is. When I say this is out of my control, I mean it. Something is pulling me; something is making me feel this way, and I don't understand it. I need to find him. I need him at this moment. I open the window of my girlfriend's and this wakes her up. "Where are you going?" heHeryes are sleepy; confusion is etched on her face. "I need to do something," I tell her ."Go back to sleep, baby?" She looks at the alarm clock by her bedside ."It's 2 in the morning." "I'm sorry. It's very important." Maddie nods, but I can sense the uncertainty in her eyes. She is confused, nd I am as confused as she is. This is something I don't even understand, but I know I need to get to him. I know where to go, and I also know it is werewolf territory. I shouldn't go, but I can't help myself. My car is parked down the street as usual. But somehow today I get there faster. As I rev the engine, I take a deep breath because this is a big risk. This could be the biggest mistake I've ever made. Madehe walks in the woods is long. But the closer I get to the cave, he lighter the weight in my chest is. I can almost feel him. It is a weird feeling, but I need to make sure he is okay. I need him to be okay. I stand in front of the cave, nd my heart is racing. The thumping seems louder than the howls of the wolves in the night. This is the scariest thing I have ever done, nd I am a vampire that never ages. ''What are you doing, Lan?'' I ask myself ho, ping I get the answers I need. ''Come on... If anyone finds you here. It could be disastrous".I am trying to talk myself out of it. It is not working. I take a couple of steps into the cave, nd I see a light. I don't know how it is possible, but I guess I'll find out. Hehe, the first thing I see, and just like my dream, he is trembling. I have never seen Beaulook so weak. He is the alpha male. The strongest-looking man I have ever seen, but somehow, in this moment, he looks like a baby. I walk over to him and I see the chains. That's what's making the cave bright. They light up. Why is he chained here? What happened to him after our fight, and how did I know to find him? It's easy getting him out of the chains. They unshackle once I touch them. It's easy to carry him out of the cave and into my car. The hard part is the ache in my chest. How, somehow, all of a sudden, I feel so protective of him. I drove to the nearest motel with him in the back seat of my car. I can tell he is sleeping. He seems to be having a nightmare, nd I just want to ease his pain. I park the car and grab a blanket. He is naked. Don't know if this is just a werewolf thing. I don't know what the hell I am doing, but this is the only thing I can think of right now. Once he wakes up, he is going to be mad. He hates me an,d somehow, I have either kidnapped him or rescued him. I hope it's the latter. I grab him in my arms, but this time he is wrapped in the blanket. He stirs in my arms, nd suddenly his eyes open slowly. He is looking at me now, but I don't think he is awake. ''Lanis?'' he calls me by the name in the dream. His eyes close before I say anything, nd he falls into the deep sleep again. I check into a room and place him under covthe ers. Once he wakes up, I am sure I am in for a big treat, but for now, I am glad he is out of the cave and with me. I don't know why, but the force that is pulling me into him is winning because I don't want to leave him for even a second. Fuck. ''Dad wants to talk to you," I walk into the house, and Elu is waiting there for me. What could he possibly want to talk about? ''What happened?'' She walks over to me, and there is a sympathetic smile on her face. I must have done something wrong, but what? "I told them about the cafeteria." . I frown ".Why?" "Because that's dangerous territory. You shouldn't be messing around with the animals." o.ay, this point, , have never felt angry. Up until the party, I called wolves animals, but hearing her calling them that word is suddenly pissing me off. "Don't call him that,t" I shout, unable to control myself. That has been happening a lot lately. "Who?'' she asks, surprised by my outburst. "What?'' "You said don't call him that.... who?'' Shit. I didn't realize I had singled Beau out. ''I meant them. Just never mind, where is he?" She tells me he is in the stud, and I head in that direction. I knock and he tells me to come in. Father is seated in front of his laptop with reading glasses on. Those glasses are not recommended because he has perfect vision. When he first turned me, I asked him and he said that it was his way of staying as human as he could. ''Have a sea, he tells me firmly. I oblige and watch him. Waiting for the scolding because I know it is about to come. The reason we have pare, rather than staying with the original vampires that they need us as some sort of control measure. We need a balance in our lives so we don't go haywire. Cranwell is my balance at being calm. He has been the guide, the one who made this whole process easy. ''You asked to see me?'' He looks at me and away from his computer with a nod. " What are you doing mixing with the wolves?" he goes straight to the point. At least I can give it to him. He is direct, we don't have to beat around the bush. "I am not mixing with them?" He raises a bro.w "You don't lie to me, Alani." "Look, we had a falling out at a party, he tried to flirt with Maddie, and I freaked. But we're okay now." . "Okay?" he wants to know what I mean by that I don't even know what I mean by that. Are we okay? He is passed out in a motel that I kept him in. Once he wakes up, he will have my head. "It wasn't a big deal. The cafeteria incident that Elu chose to mention was nothing. I promise I know how important this contention is. I won't do anything to mess it up, I assure him, because I don't want to be the cause of a war. He smiles. I know he is satisfied with my answer. I just have to figure out how to make Beau calm when he wakes up and finds out I am the one who took him to the motel. I hope he doesn't end up killing me in the process.