Hollow Mate: The Roma Academy

(Became PTR on 1/13/22) Completed-This book comes after the books of The Amber Eyes Series (PTR) and the book Eternal Damnation (Free to read), but it is not required for you to read them if you do not want to. -Tinsley POV- I run. I run through the cold snowy streets of Baltimore. I have been swerving and cutting through alleys trying to shake them off. I know I am about to lose them but then I unwillingly stop when I hit something hard. I fall on the ground and almost feel disoriented but remember that I am being chased and get up. I have to take a deep breath because I suddenly feel like I have no air in my lungs. "Uh!" I groan when my hands rub my butt, feeling pain from the fall. "A beautiful girl like you should really watch where you are going." A man’s voice says. "Wouldn't want you to get hurt." I look up to see a beautiful man. Blond, blue eyes, well dressed, lean, and tall. I narrow my eyes at him. "What the hell? Are you like made out of bricks or something?" I then quickly look back remembering my pursuers. I look back at the man and I don’t have time for niceties. "Move!" I say. "Where did she go!" I hear a man say in the streets nearby. "I think she went this way." I panic but in a swift motion, the man in front of me moves me to the corner of a trashcan. A light is flashed at the man’s face from the end of the alley. "Hey, you. Have you seen a young girl pass through here?" The handsome man shakes his head. "No sir." I can hear the men leave and I sigh with huge relief. "I'm guessing you broke the law in some way?" The man asks me. I roll my eyes as I get up, patting the snow off of my clothes. "Thanks for the help but it's none of your business." I say and start walking away. I am not trying to be a b***h but I really don’t have time for this. I need to find shelter. "You dropped these." The man says. When I look back, I see one of my prescription bottles in his hand. "Tinsley Jones." He reads the label. I quickly take the bottle from him and notice more on the floor so I swiftly bend down and pick them up. "That is none of your business." I raise my voice and look up at him with irritation growing inside of me. His eyes widen in surprise but it doesn’t seem to be because of my harsh tone. His face then changes to amusement. He then stands back and stares at me, studying me. And I am sure he is looking at my warned-out clothes and making assumptions. "Aren't you hot in those?" He asks as I start to get up. (Is he stupid?) I know my face doesn’t hide my question. "We are in the middle of winter. Why would I be hot?" I ask. "Because of your extra heat or whatever." He says. (Extra heat?) "What extra heat?!" I ask with annoyance in my tone. "You're werewolf heat... thing." He says. All I can do is stare because the man is either crazy or pranking me and then I start to back up. "Whatever you say Jacob but I'm not your Bella so leave me alone." I mock him. "Psycho." I whisper under my breath. He now narrows his eyes at me. "Are you a rogue?" My face scrunches in confusion. "A what?" I am so confused but he also stares at me with confusion. He then swiftly takes one of the pill bottles from my hand. "So, your name is Tinsley?" He asks. "Give me that back!" I shout trying to grab the bottle from him but he holds it up. (This guy is starting to piss me off.) He gets closer and looks into my eyes. "I knew it." He says as he stares at me. "Give it back!" I shout again. He smiles and hands me the medication bottle back and also a card. I stare at him for a few seconds with obvious distrust and then I take the card from him. I read it. (The Roma Academy.) "You'll have a warm bed and food." He says. "And I promise you'll be safe." I stare back at him and take a few steps back, then, I start to walk away. I can feel him watching me. I look back as I continue to walk making sure he is not following me but he just stands there, still watching me. "Damned weirdo... it's always the good-looking ones." I mumble. I look back to my hand where I hold the card he gave me and read it out loud. "The Roma Academy?" I look at it confused. "Is that a school?" I look back at the man and he is completely gone as if he just disappeared. My eyes go back to the card. The address is under the school name. It is in the city, not far from here. I turn the card around and see the man wrote his name "Ezekiel" I stare at my options in front of me. The street on the right will lead me to this Roma Academy and the one on the left will lead me to my corner alley where I sleep. I stare at the card again and my feet suddenly start walking on their own. "A warm bed and food do sound good." I mumble as I take the street on the right.