Chapter Seventeen

Third Person's POV

Mia and David walk on the rocky terrain. Mia takes pauses in-between the long walk to catch her breath.

Flowers grow beside the rocky terrain and their white petals glisten in the moonlight.

The pair walked for some time before the rocky terrain branched off into two directions. They stopped to catch their breath as they studied the two different paths, one was rough and another was smooth with white pebbles on the floor.

“Alright then baby, here's what we'll do", David said, "I'll check out the rough path, you go for the smooth one. We'll be faster in that way.”

Mia was hesitant at first but when she realized that what David said was true she nodded.

David took off first, Mia watched his retreating back for sometime before turning and heading off on the smooth one.

She walked with fast short steps, walking and sometimes breaking into a run. She wrapped her arms around herself as the cold night breeze bashed on herself. Her teeth smashed against each other and she sneezed.

" Achoo, achoo”

She rubbed her hands together and placed her hand on her forehead. It was burning hot. She took a step forward but knee buckled. She fell hard on the floor and the cold night breeze hit her very hard.

She sat up carefully on the floor as she shivered and when she looked up sye realized that a soul was just a few feet from her. She closed her eyes and opened them again.

She tried to stand up but her legs were numb so she just crawled over to where the soul was.

She reached him but for some reason she didn't feel cold anymore but she still couldn't feel her legs.

“Hello Mister, My name is Mia, I'm sorry to disturb you but can I ask you a question?”

The soul turned to her direction and said, " Great moon goddess. You…mean to tell me…that you can see me?”

Mia chuckled and said, " Yes.”

" You do not know how lonely it has been for me. People come, people go but no one can talk to someone they can't see.”

Mia felt the sadness in the voice of the soul.

" So what is it you wish to ask me?”

" A child of an Omega is missing, do you happen to know anything about it?"

“YES!"

There was quiet for sometime before Mia decided to break the silence.

“What did you hear ?"

“I heard screams. A deeper voice and a childish voice."

“Which way did they go?"

“I would not know, dear child…. I am blind."

Mia turned her face away and didn't know when she started crying out loud.

The soul turned to her and asked the reason for her tears and she explained everything from the time of her birth to when her father was killed, her uncle's betrayal, when she and her mother moved into the pack, how Alpha Kane loathes her and how her mate forgot everything he discussed with his father.

“I'm hopeless."

“Don't say that."

“Why?"

“My old man used to tell me that when there is life, there is still a thin thread called hope. Cling to it dear child, use your wits."

*****

“MIA, MIA", David screamed as he ran from the rough path to the smooth path looking for Mia.

“WHERE ARE YOU?"

“BABY"

“MATE"

David ran for sometime and saw her sprawled on the floor with her hair over her face.

He ran to her, knelt down and took her in his hands. He brought his face to her neck.

“Mate?", He whispered.

Mia turned slightly, making David withdraw his face from her neck and stare into her face. She slowly opened her eyes and turned to look at the place where the soul was. The soul was gone then she turned to look at David.

“What happened?", She asked.

“I found you sprawled on the floor."

“Yeah, cold knocks me out real quick. Please help me stand."

David held her up gently and looked at her worriedly. Mia placed her hands on her forehead and she sighed in relief as she realized that the fever was gone.

“Did you find anything in your path?"

“No. It leads to a dead end."

“Let's try mine then."

As Mia turned to leave, David held her back.

“Mia, what really happened?, I know something isn't right.”

Mia looked at him for a split second and said, "Peter needs us Mate. Let's bring him home."

She tore herself away from David and walked away. David watched her for sometime before following her.

*****

Mia and David walked for sometime and they finally stopped when they realized that they had reached the end of the path. Ahead of them was a murky swamp that stretched ahead with flowers growing in it.

“This is it? The end?", David asked.

He sat on the floor in defeat and Mia followed him to sit down. The night was bidding them goodbye as the day was breaking.

“I can't believe we walked for hours and this is what we get. Nothing. Just nothing", Mia painfully said.

David squeezed her hands gently and Mia locked eyes with him.

“If it makes you feel any better. The raena bloom flowers all look beautiful as dawn is breaking”, David gently said.

Mia knew he was trying to make her feel better so she smiled a little. Then something snapped in her and she turned rapidly to David.

“What did you say the name of these flowers are?"

“The raena bloom. They are rare and only grow on…”

"They only grow where a volcano is about to erupt, so what are they doing here?”

Mia stood up and David followed suit.

" What are you trying to say Mia?”

" This must be an illusion. Come to think of it. It must be like Kevin's car. Whoever is doing this is making an illusion to distract us from what is real ahead."

David looked at Mia as she spoke trying to understand. Mia held his hands in hers.

“David, I love you.”

David, confused, could only confess his love to her.

" I love you too Mate.”

" Do you believe in the thin thread called hope?”

David nodded.

" Then hold my hands and let us with the power of our love bound by the thin thread called hope overcome this illusion.”

Mia turned to walk towards the murky water but David held her back.

" Mia the swampy waters around here are dangerous. We do not know how deep the waters are.”

" Trust me David.”

David looked at Mia before turning his gaze back at the waters.