"Come Lil, we need to go before everyone gets back," I told her, trying to get her to understand. Lily wasn't one for tantrums, and this was the most difficult she has ever been, but slowly, she sniffled, wiping her nose on the sleeve of her shirt.
"Do we really have to go, Ari?"
"Yes, we need to leave. We have to leave the city before your father finds us or Alpha Reid hands us over to him." I left out the part of Reid hating Hybrids and was probably in his torture dungeon plotting my death somewhere. Lily slowly nodded and stood up. Pulling the pyjamas off her, I quickly rummaged through the bag, pulling out her winter school clothes and dressing her quickly. Once Lily was dressed, we snuck down the stairs, going to the front door. I tried to open it, but it was locked with a key.
Knowing that Wendy must have the key, I quickly walked through the media room to the door on the other side, pulling Lily behind me. Sticking my head through the doorway, I found that it was a kitchen. Everything was white tile, the benchtops white marble over grey cupboards. There was a gold chandelier hanging from the ceiling, and all the appliances were restaurant quality. Seeing that Wendy wasn't in the kitchen and stepping completely into the room, I noticed on my examination there was a set of double doors leading outside. Racing over I twisted the handle, they were unlocked.
Pushing Lily out the door, we walked out to what must be the rear of the property. We were on a huge patio area that overlooked a pool. Running down the stairs quickly, I saw that the entire property was surrounded by trees, making it very private. Moving quickly across the lawn, we made it to the tree line. Looking back, I could see that the place was indeed a mansion. It looked more like a white sandstone castle than a mansion actually. Not giving it another thought, Lily and I started running through the trees. After a while, we came to a dirt side road. We must be outside the city. Where? I had no idea, but luck must be on my side today because, after about two minutes of walking, a silver car with an old couple pulled up beside us and asked if we needed a lift into the city.
Knowing if they were psychos I could easily just turn around and eat them. We accepted and asked if they could give us a ride to the closest train station or bus depot. The old couple were quite talkative. On the drive, they told us they had been married for 40 years and had 7 children who were all grown up and 16 grandchildren. Their names were Norman and Enid. Pulling up to the front of the train station, I tried to offer them money for fuel, but they declined. The train station was small, covered in graffiti, and the signs were ripped down so I couldn't even tell which station we were at.
Walking up to the ticket booth, we met a girl. She had piercings all through her face, black and pink hair, and she looked very emo, chewing on bubble gum with a frown on her pale face. Raking through my bag, I told her I needed two tickets out of the city. When she asked where, I told her as far away from the city as possible, not really knowing where I was going. I would call Zoe and let her know we left when we found a phone at our new destination. Grabbing the tickets, I passed her the cash before she said the train was five minutes away.
Once on the platform, I found some vending machines. Putting some change in, I got Lily some chips and peanuts for the trip and a few cans of lemonade. I wasn't sure what we were going to do once we got there, but I would have to figure out something fast. I had some money we had saved up, mostly tips from the diner, but it wasn't going to last long, maybe a month max. I would have to find a job as soon as possible.
When the tin can also known as our freedom, pulled up at the station, we jumped straight on finding some seats, which was easy since the whole train was empty. It consisted of 3 carriages so we must be out of the city a fair way, because the city trains were huge and modern looking. On this train, we had to open the doors ourselves, and the leather seats were ripped. It had a weird odour to it. Sitting in the green leather seats, I rolled up my work uniform so Lily could use it as a pillow. I wanted to put my feet up, but after seeing how filthy my feet were decided against it, not that it would matter with the state of seats.
The first thing we needed to do was find a shop with shoes because I couldn't go around barefoot forever. Pulling the socks out of the bag that Wendy gave me, I quickly placed them on so my feet wouldn't catch a disease from the filthy carpet in the train carriage. After about 20 minutes of being on the train, it came to an abrupt stop, making us jerk forward in the seats. Lily, laying with her head in my lap on her makeshift pillow, nearly completely fell off her seat. Getting up, I peered out the window. We weren't at another station yet. All I could see was farmland. Walking over to the other side, I looked out.
My heart nearly stopped, there were about 7 black SUVs along the tracks. Like some scene from a movie, the doors opened, men stepping out. I knew it was Reid's Pack members. I recognised his beta, Zane. They got out in their suits. I could see the train driver out talking to someone. When they spun around, I could tell it was Reid. He looked furious. He was showing the driver a picture, which I was guessing was us, and all the Pack members started boarding the train. Grabbing Lily, I pulled her through to the next carriage, intending to run out the last door. Halfway through the carriage, the door opened. Zane and another Pack member walked towards us, smirks on their faces like they found this amusing. Spinning around, I went to run the other way, when an angry Alpha stormed through the door we just came through, blocking our escape, making me gulp and take a step back. Fuck this, I'm sick of playing nice.