Noah had his driver take us to my hotel. I’d finally calmed down enough to be 

rational. 

“Miss Zoe...are you sure you will be alright?”

 I gave him a faint smile nodding.

 “Yeah..sorry about that all. If you wait I can give you back the dress.”

 Noah climbed out of the car just petting my head a little. It felt like an adult

 trying to comfort a child. 

“There is no need. Sell the dress if you wish even. Consider it a gift for

 forcing you to come with me tonight.”

 I bow slightly to him as turning to go into the hotel. Noah just watched as 

Zoe went inside. His driver opened to door for him once more to enter. Once

 in the car he couldn’t get that terrified look out of his mind. Who was this 

John Herman and what cause Zoe to be scared of him? Noah goes to his 

apartment in Gavin. Once inside he logs into the secret police’s data base

 trying to find out information on Mister Herman. It only showed he was a 

business man. 

“Dammit! Why isn’t there anything else on this man?”

 Leaning back onto his couch he let out a frustrated sigh. It had been a long

 day already which this didn’t help. He closes the laptop heading into his 

room to sleep.

Zoe had started to pack up all her stuff when she heard a familiar voice in her

 head. It was Devon there was no doubt about it.

 “Come now my dear. You don’t really think you can run do you? It took me 

such a long time to find another like myself.”

 What in the hell was wrong with this monster? Couldn’t he just leave me

 alone?

 “What do you want with me? Are you the reason I am a freak now?”

 I could hear his laughter so loudly I subconsciously covered my ears. Why 

couldn’t he be softer or at least a normal volume? 

“To answer you Zoe your blood line had a mutation. I simply waited for the 

right time to come to you. No one has had their DNA changed like yours 

though. It took for ever it felt like to find someone who possibly could 

become like me. Now that I have found you, you are mine. We will create 

more of our race.” 

So this bastard wanted to use me like some breeding cattle. No way in 

fucking hell I would let that happen. I think I preferred Noah over him.

 “Sorry to burst your bubble but I am not up for grabs asshole.”

 Devon’s laughter was even stronger this time. It almost felt like he was in the

 room with me.

I quickly looked around paranoid. Thankfully that asshole wasn’t in my room.

 I sat down on the bed just wanting to scream but held it in. 

“Come now Zoe you need to calm down. You were never meant to be a 

human. Our kind was cursed to be born that way unless we were killed. 

Sadly none of the others have every changed. When I found your family 

line it was refreshing to see how depressed the life made you. I wanted to 

cheer for joy knowing you wanted to commit suicide in such a manner. 

When you had the blood pouring from your veins I almost took you. It 

meant the humanity was leaving your body letting the real you finally come

 forth. It was truly a joyous occasion.”

 He had to be joking right? What was so damn joyous about me surviving my 

neck getting slashed open? What was I even now? He thought this was some

 great miracle but it was just a nightmare. I take a deep breathe trying to 

make sure I’m composed.

“What are we then? Why did we get cursed? Why do we have to be killed in

 such a manner to become like this?” 

This time I didn’t hear any laughter but silence for a moment. It was like he 

almost didn’t want to answer my questions.

I sat there in the silence for a few more minutes till getting annoyed.

 “Come now Devon you wanted to speak to me so do it.”

 I only hoped that my words wouldn’t make him appear here with me. If that 

happened I would be royally screwed.

“Alright as you wish. We are called the Eien. It means eternity in Japanese. 

We got cursed due to my grandfather. He thought it was amusing to

 torment a powerful witch in ancient times. Due to this she cursed all our 

blood to be born into human flesh unless we suffer a horrible death. 

Getting your throat slashed almost out counts for such a thing. During that

 time she managed to kill all of us off but me. I’ve spent my life trying to 

find more of our people.”

 I didn’t feel sad for him or his people. The explanation just made me think 

they all deserved it.

I jumped when a knock at the door happened. When I opened it one of the 

maids had brought fresh towels. I smiled giving her thanks. 

“For now little Zoe I will let you be. Just remember you can not escape me

 even if you try.”

 Yeah right like I would believe such a load of bull shit. I walked over to the 

bed just letting the towels fall to the floor. How am I suppose to deal with all 

the drama. Ugh can’t I catch even the slightest of a break? Did the witch

 curse our blood line to have terrible luck as well? Finally it seemed that the

 day caught up to me, my eyes felt so heavy. Zoe fell asleep without even 

realizing it. In the morning I wake to find I was still in that thousand dollar 

dress. Was I insane to sleep in something that cost this fucking much? 

Letting out a laugh I strip the dress off tossing it to the bed. If I was to leave 

Gavin now would be a good time. The last thing I needed was to run into 

Noah again. I felt like he would try something else like he did last night.

I took a quick shower putting on my jeans and one of my ripped tank tops. 

Walking out of the hotel there are several police across the street. Sighing I 

walk past them to the train station to get a ticket the hell out of here. In the 

next town maybe I could sell this dress for a good price. The ticket vendor

 looked a little surprised at the fact I wanted to leave so soon. Yeah if you 

only knew the drama this town brought to me. Sitting down to wait for the 

train felt like waiting to run away. If Noah saw me here would he try to stop 

me? It didn’t matter since I wanted to leave here and him. As the train pulls 

up I quickly board it heading to a far seat in the back. No one would sit next 

to me this time I made sure. I’d placed my bag in the seat next to me on 

purpose. The same man who yelled on the last ride came walking through 

telling us all we were about to leave. 

“Thank goodness I’m leaving this place.”

 It was a whisper to myself but made me feel better. Out the window I 

watched as the train took off. One of the police looked up spotting me in the 

window. He started to yell something but the train was moving to quickly. 

“Oh shit don’t tell me that Noah was going to really keep me as a pet even

 though I did as he asked?”

 The man looked pissed off as pulling out a cell. He had dialed Noah’s cell 

phone.

One the other end Noah had just gotten out of a shower. He stood there in

 his towel looking to the phone annoyed. 

“This better be good.” 

The man gulped some as trying to think of what to say.

 “Um...Sir the woman you had us watching over took off in a train. We don’t

 know which one it is yet but are finding out right now.”

 Noah yelled at the man then hung up the phone. He pulled out some 

clothing getting dressed in a rush.

 “So you are running away now Miss Zoe. Why do I get the feeling that you

 will continue to surprise me at every turn?”

 Noah leaves his apartment to meet the officers. 

“We found the train is headed to the city of Rozen. It is a huge city Sir...how

are we to find her there?” 

 A smirk came to Noah’s lips as he pats the man on the shoulder.

 “Don’t worry about it since we have people stationed there as well. Call

 over telling them what Miss Zoe looks like. I don’t want her harmed in any

 way is that to be understood?” 

The men stand up straight nodding to him. If he drove at full speed he could

 be there before the train since it slows down half way through their trip.