Be Careful When You Bite Me

Chapter 20

The nights' cold winds whipped past me, tossing my hair around and sending shivers down my skin. I looked around, trying to catch sight of Asia but she was nowhere to be found. I watched the large clock above the church strike three am. It was too dark to see anything, and I didn't know anything expect the fact that Asia said the Council has only one prison in New York and this was it.

It didn't look like a prison, it was merely a church, that looked like most, with a nice yard and a wooden cross that hung up at the top of the building. I waited at the steps and wondered if Asia was going to come back. I breathed in and out and watched as the smoke from the cold disappeared. I looked back up and around. The church was in the middle of nowhere, we had driven through miles of trees before finally parking the car and walking around ten minutes on foot.

I was growing more anxious as more time went by. I would have imagined that if this were the prison, it would have at least a couple of guards or maybe even a fence.

I heard the slight sound of footsteps and watched in anticipation as Asia turned the corner.

"Did you find it?" I whispered.

She shook her head," no, I can't find it."

"How could they have a church with no entrance?" I followed her this time, doing another walk around the building.

"When you don't want anyone to go inside," Asia replied.

We circled the stone building in hopes of finding a door or a window or any way that could lead us to the inside but it was as if there was no way to enter.

Maybe that's why they don't need guards because there isn't anything in there.

"What if they don't use this prison anymore, that's why there's no entrance or guards-"

"Shh," Asia placed her hand up to halt me," listen."

She placed her ear against the pavement and I mirrored her actions. At first, I could hear anything, and then I heard it. It was the sound of a constant buzz or the sound of something being electrocuted.

"What is that?" I asked.

"That's the Volati barrier, it's like an electrical cell that they keep around prisoners to keep them from trying to escape, the Volati, it makes them weak so they can't use their powers anymore."

"Do you think Damon is in there?"

"I don't know," Asia pursed her lips," but someone is."

"We need to get inside," I said, taking my ear off the wall. The sound was becoming irritating and I was beginning to picture something that was too torturous for my liking.

Asia nodded," if I could just find a way in, a window, anything."

She stomped her feet against the floors. I thudded my palms against the walls but we both came out short.

I searched between pricks and stones and pressed on nearly every single one that I could reach. Asia kicked at the floor and the walls as well.

"Maybe we have to climb up, using a ladder or something, what if it's at the roof?"

"It could be," she said," but where would we get a ladder?"

"We don't, you can hop on my shoulders."

"I don't think the two of us combined can reach the roof," she gazed up at the ceiling," it's gotta be at least twelve feet."

"It's worth a try, I could try to toss you up or you can try jumping, if you could see the top it could at least give us an idea of what's up there."

Asia nodded," alright, are you sure you can lift me?"

I nodded, feeling unsure of the entirety of the situation but knowing it's our only shot," yes, of course."

I began to kneel down to give Asia easier access to step on my shoulders when I heard the sudden low sound of a menacing snarl. I looked up to meet Asia's eyes but they were looking past me. They were wide open and held a look of horror that send chills to my bones. I sat up slowly and was almost too afraid to ask.

I turned around to face whatever it was they had stopped her dead in her tracks and gasped out loud.

I opened my mouth wide open getting ready to let out the loudest hurl of my life but Asia's panicked yet leveled voice intervened," don't make a sound...they smell fear."

"Are those...wolves?"

"They're werewolves, watchdogs for the Council."

"Do they see us?"

"I don't think so, they can't see color, try to not move, just stay still."

There were two of them, larger than any animal I have ever seen in my life. The first on the left had jet black fur and the second, which was a slightly smaller wolf was a claret shade.

They took long slow strides, coming from the clearing of trees towards the far left of the church.

Their eyes moved around the place in search of something that didn't look ordinary. Their gaze grazed right past us, looking beyond us towards the other side of the building.

"They can't see us?" I whispered to a still Asia.

"No, but they'll be able to smell us soon, we have to get out of here-"

"We can't leave-"

"We either leave now and come back when they're gone, or we're supper-"

"But-" I began to interject but she quickly shushed me.

"When I say so, start walking towards the left-back the way that we came, just as soon as they turn the corner, and walk slow, not fast, slow."

I swallowed and nodded," alright."

My heart was thudding against my chest now and I wondered if they would be able to hear it soon. The wolves were turning the corner now as Asia had said and I began to take a step to my left.

"Now," she said just as soon as they were out of sight.

We slowly stepped off of the deck and when I felt my feet hit the hard soil, I couldn't help but look back to see if they had heard. The wolves were still out of sight and the way towards the clearing from which we came was about thirty meters out.

"When I say it's safe to do so, you're going to run, straight towards the way we came okay?" Asia said.

"Okay," I was more nervous now than before because if we were running that meant we were making noise.

We continued to walk without a look back for a couple more minutes now. Asia peeked back towards the church that was now around twenty meters out. There was a short distance left towards the path and she looked at me and said," Go."

We both began to sprint for the trees, the night's cold winds were almost piercing and it made it ten times more difficult. The soil beneath my feet was still soft and was sinking below me, making it hard to keep my stride.

I could see the outline of the path getting closer as we neared. I wanted so badly to look back at the church and so I did. I didn't stop when I noticed that the two wolves had now turned the corner and were now staring off towards us.

"They see us!" I screamed out at Asia.

"Keep running, get to the car!" She screamed out, darting in front of me. I tried to keep up but it was way too much for me. Had it not been for the fear and adrenaline that fuelled my legs to keep going I would have collapsed.

I heard the sudden crashing of something in front of me and halted immediately when a tree that was beside the clearing of the path tumbled down, blocking my entry.

Asia had halted too, now that the path was closed off. The two wolves had gotten to us in almost no time. They let out a blood-curdling growl that made me want to scream out in fear but I stood frozen.

Asia had locked eyes with the claret wolf but she was whispering something under her breath. I couldn't make sense of what she was saying but it sounded like a different language. The black wolf had its eyes stationed on me. It took a step towards me and another causing me to take a couple back.

It pulled back the corners of its mouth revealing sharp canines to me.

I stumbled against a branch in the ground and fell back, hitting the ground with a thud. I heard Asia scream out loud and heard the loud sound of someone biting down.

I didn't get a second to register that the wolf could have just killed Asia. The black wolf lifted its paw and wrapped it around my leg, lifting me up in a motion that sent my head spinning and tossing me back down in a loud thud. I groaned out loud as my face made contact with something hard. I clutched my head and felt the wetness of my now bleeding forehead stain my palms. I wanted to curl up and die but I knew it wasn't going to be this easy.

I was going to get Damon killed and now I was also going to get Asia killed. I felt the blood rushing to my head as the wolf nudged me once more. It lifted its paw again, stationing it right above my face. As it went to bring it down to crush my head, something flew across my vision and tackled the paw away from me. The wolf took a couple of steps back and now averted its attention towards whoever it was that attacked it.

I sat up and looked towards Asia who was lying limp a few meters away from me. Both the black and the red wolf were now heading towards the human figure that had saved me. I attempted to wipe the blood from my face and crawled towards Asia. Her eyes were closed but she was still breathing. A claw mark ran up from the side of her face down her chest and arms. The wound was too deep for it to stop bleeding. I took off my shirt and pressed it righting against her skin in an attempt to slow down the bleeding.

"Asia!" I screamed out," Asia!"

She wasn't responding. I placed both hands on her shoulders and attempted to shake her. I turned around to watch the person who had rescued us wrestle with the wolves. I could hardly make out the outlines but from the built of the person and the silver hair I could tell it was Xavier.

The black wolf clamped its jaw down on his shoulder as he dug his fangs into the other. The red wolf struggled to get out of Xavier's bite. The wolf's body was beginning to slow down. The other wolf clawed at Xavier but he dodged the hit, taking his teeth off the red wolf and digging them into the blacks.

I turned back to face Asia who was still unconscious. I wrapped my shirt around her wounds so I wouldn't have to hold it anymore and stood up.

I turned around to see that the red wolf was now lying limp on the soil while the black wolf tore another tree and threw it towards Xavier.

I picked up Asia's small body and stumbled up towards the trees.

If I could get her to the car, I could drive her to get some help.

I was beginning to feel weaker and dizzier the more steps that I took. I struggled with the weight of Asia's limp body but I was determined to not let her die. I wasn't going to be the reason for two deaths.

I could see the car just a couple of meters away and I knew I had to keep my grip just for a few more minutes. I struggled to step over the branched and when we finally got to the car, I fumbled with Asia's pockets until I found the key.

I unlocked the door and wrestled with the car door, trying to lay her body in the back seat.

I didn't want to turn around to see how Xavier was doing with the wolves. I was too scared to witness anything that could lead to Xavier being injured as well or worse, killed.

I lifted Asia's head and sat underneath, placing it back on my lap. I removed her bloody curls that were now crimson with blood from her face.

"Asia," I uttered," please wake up."

I heard the sound of footsteps and looked up to see Xavier speeding towards us. I imagined that meant he had killed the wolves but I didn't want to get my hopes high.

He halted at the car almost tore the hinges off of the door.

"Get out!" He demanded and I scrambled to do as instructed.

"We need to get her to a hospital-" I began but Xavier wasn't listening to a word I said. He had his hands on his mate's face, his blood-stained fingers send strokes down her cheeks.

To my surprise, Asia flickered her eyes open and looked up at him.

His terrified eyes flickered with relief," you're awake."

Asia let out of a small tired smile," how did you know we were here?"

"You weren't home when I got there, I put the puzzle pieces together."

"You got there just in time-"

"I should have gotten here quicker, it didn't click as quickly as it should have, you shouldn't be injured-"

Asia lifted her hands and placed her index finger on Xavier's lips, stopping him from forming his next words.

"You got here right on time, it was stupid what we did."

I almost wanted to look away at how intense their gazes were. I've never seen two people so in love besides my parents. It made sense to me now when I caught my parents looking at each other like that, that they were reminiscing on how much they had both given up to be together.

"Holly's right, we have to get you to a doctor."

"I'm alright, she stopped the bleeding," Asia looked up at me with kind eyes," the wolves?"

"The red ones dead, the other ones passed out," Xavier said, with apologetic eyes," I'm sorry, I didn't mean to kill him-"

"I know," Asia said," but the Council will be here tomorrow, if we have any shot at getting Damon out, it's now."

"No, he can wait, we need to get you to a hospital," Xavier was riled up immediately.

"Damon isn't going to last till tomorrow Xavier," Asia sat up, groaning in pain.

Xavier immediately reached out to help her up.

"There's going to be ten times the guards after today, if we don't get him out tonight, we never will."

"Won't they know it was us if we help Damon escape today, won't they know it's us that killed that wolf?" I asked.

"They'll know anyway, whether we get him out or not," she replied.

Xavier nodded," alright, Holly and I will go in, you stay in the car-"

"Xavier no, I'm fine, I can walk-"

"Absolutely not," Xavier was beginning to exist the car.

"You can't leave me here, what if the wolf wakes up!"

Xavier halted in his steps and turned around. He grabbed his mate and as if she were just a feather and cradled her in his arms.

He looked down at me," let's go."

We headed back down towards the clearing and I get my eyes off the trail of blood that had created a mini pond from the wolf's bodies.

I wondered how much time we had before the black wolf wakes up.

I followed Xavier's footsteps but he wasn't walking towards the church anymore. Instead, he was walking towards a tiny shed that was about twenty meters right of it.

"Where are you going?" I hissed," the church is that way."

Xavier didn't spare me a glance when he said," the entrance to the church is through that shed, it's underground."