Catch Her By Her Scent novel Chapter 7

I was running I don't k now why. I don't feel like I need to be running. I feel the exact opposite actually. I feel safe. I am running, but not in fear, but in playfulness. Someone is chasing after me, a man, but he is not a threat. He is someone I trust and love. I look back to see if he has caught up with me yet, smiling when I see that he hasn't. When I look back in front of me I'm not surprised to see he is there. He is always there. I smile again and wrap my arms around his neck and peck his lips. Then I turn around and start running again towards a cottage in the middle of the woods. The forest seems so familiar, bur at the same time not. I don't think I have ever been here before, but it feels safe, it feels like home. I go inside the cottage and wait for him to come after me like I know he will, like he always does. I go to our bedroom stripping my clothes to make a trail to where I'm going. When I get to our room I go to the bed and wait for him to come to me and...

I wake up feeling hot and bothered. I head to the bathroom to get rid of the feeling before we leave for the games. I don't know why I had that dream, but it felt so real. I wish it was real. That life seemed so amazing and perfect.

Once I am fully awake I remember that today is the day that I am going to the games. I try to go back to sleep, but its hard when there is someone banging on my bedroom door.

"Get up Soph! You have to be ready in thirty minutes or we are dragging you out in whatever you have on, so hurry up!"

I groaned and rolled over and looked at my clock. It's five in the morning, I can't believe they got me up this early! Despite my tiredness and reluctance to get up, I go get in the shower, hoping it would wake me up. I turn on the cold water and that seems to do the trick and I woke right up.

When I went down stairs it looked like someone had prepared a feast for the whole pack. I see that one of the older women has been cooking the whole morning.

"Are we feeding an army Marie? Why did you make all this food?"

"I made for the lot of you that are going to London for the games. You will need to keep up your strength. It will be a great start into an amazing week, where you will find your mates!"