Love Between Wars

Episode Eleven

"s**t! This escape will definitely finish my arms off. Can you let go of my hands, will you? I think my shoulder would surrender anytime." Jessy kept complaining while he grabbed her arms, ducking their heads to not hit the ground. They were both in a small tunnel that leads the way outside of the place. Samantha had arrived on the scene earlier and captured Tim's focus. That's when Greg took the initiative to escape her.

"Just f*ckin walk faster until we get outside. This is not the right time for bubbling, woman! This wouldn't happen if you kept your mouth shut!" He spoke heavily, trying not to explode his anger. He was not just upset with her, but also with his cousins. They had known that they had taken Jessy into their clan. Which was not favorable for them, they will definitely keep haunt her down. And won't stop until one of the elders interferes.

"Jeez! Is that all you could spat--ouch!" she whimpered when he tightly pulled her out of the tunnel. She sighed afterwards when she noticed they were outside.

"Is that some kind of a shortcut?" Her gaze shifted to him. But he wasn't listening and just started to walk away from his spot. 'Dang it! This man was full of mood swings.' She had no choice but to follow him silently. She was not familiar with the place. One thing she was sure of was they were far from the elders' lair and were not in Northwest City. They had passed four wide trees already when she heard a car's engine coming in their direction. After glancing at her back, she realized it was Teo's car.

"Thanks Gracia, I thought it was the end of me. Phew." Her legs were getting weak, she was feeling thirsty and exhausted. She had just escaped from death again. It was her second time going out alive from such a terrifying incident.

"Hope in, lovers." Despite being tired, her mouth let out a chuckle while she entered the car. She chose the back seat and Greg was with Teo, and didn't utter anything. 'Finally, it feels like heaven. I badly need rest,' she mumbled with a deep sigh. Her wounds were aching painfully but she chose to ignore the pain and drift herself to sleep. Taking a quick nap would probably help her regain energy.

She had thought she didn't exist at all, not until she heard her phone ringing loudly near her. Tiredly, her eyes opened and she reached out for her phone. Hitting the answer button without glancing at the screen.

"Yes,?" There goes her groggy and dried voice. Slowly, her eyes started to close back again. She didn't feel like living anymore of what she felt.

( Great, I can already picture you sleeping back again, Jes. Get a grip of yourself!) Samantha's last words broke her ears, and it was too late for her to cast away the phone. She then realized that she was lying on her bed, probably back in her room again. 'Huh? I was in Teo's -'

( Come on, woman. You better get up now! You have already wasted your time!) Her irritating voice wakes her sanity back. That's when she remembered the envelope. 'You have 24 hours to complete it,'

"s**t! I'm doomed!" she quickly rolled out of the bed and was facing back and forth. Clueless of what to do.

(Don't worry, there are still 15 hours for you to get there) Another confusion appeared in her mind. Samantha knew it.

"How did you know that?" she dropped her ass off at the edge of the bed again as she waited for her answer.

(Why can't I?Stop bubbling now Jessy. I have good news, it's all about your sister. But you need to do what old Aro had set up for you. Trust me, you'll survive this one.) She was just about to open her mouth when she hung up the call. Dumbfounded and full of confusion, she tried to walk in her direction to the door but came back again. ' Right, the envelope. He probably set some directions and hints about what to do. This is insane. I didn't see myself coming as a spy now.'

Although she wanted to scream from the pressure, she tried to steady her emotion and searched for the envelope. Tim or Greg had already known about it since it was placed on the table next to her bed. ' It was expected, since Samantha had also known it. ' And she got this feeling that whatever was inside of the envelope, it would surely knock her senses out.

"What? Is this it!?" she blurted out in disbelief. It was a picture of a golden-haired woman. Her eyes were very familiar with her and the way she looked at the camera seemed so serious. 'What am I going to do with this woman!?' If she could complain, there was no way she wouldn't. Thinking about getting some information about her sister afterwards made her want to finish the task as soon as possible.

'Vetoven's Club?' They wanted to go to a club? Is this a joke? She bit her lips in frustration. Later on, she tasted her own sweet and salty fresh blood. The information in the picture was not enough to picture out what she was going to do. She was planning to get some clues about it with Teo, or Greg. They knew it, and she was sure they had read it already.

' Time was running, Jessy!' She muttered in a panicked way and took the picture. Then she realized she was only wearing short and white sando. Her wound was being covered with new bandages again. She didn't know who had helped her, but she was thankful. It's either Greg, Vince or Tim. The first thing that popped into her mind about going to the club was the sexy and seductive dress. That's what she learned from Samantha. She didn't expect it would be that helpful now. Quickly, she grabbed the red backless dress and took it with her. There was one thing to do first, to find Teo for some clues. She didn't notice, she stormed outside of her room, with the dress slung on her shoulder. 'This task was giving me a headache.. ugh.'