Chapter 8: The escape

**Mateo**

"Come on, I'll drop you off at home."

"I don't even know your name... who are you?" - She said.

"My name is Mateo. You'll find out the rest later. Get on and show me the way."

She kept saying, straight ahead, turn right, straight ahead, turn left. Here. When we arrived, she got off. I grabbed her wrist. Everything was stronger than me.

"I don't know your name?" — Natsuke, but call me Nat. I need to go in, I have school tomorrow.

" Aren't you on vacation?"

" Not yet, I'm recovering, but I'll pass, that's what matters. I need to get out of here to go to college and forget about this place."

"How old are you?"

"17 and a half…"

" What? And you work in a nightclub?"

" I didn't quite understand what you're saying, but it's just a dance. I just need the money so I can leave here. I need to go, I need to lock myself in my room before he comes back."

" What?"

My wolf was crazy, he wanted to take her with us to the hotel. Sure, it would be great, but what then? I'm leaving, she's going back to this life? What do I do, goddess?

Then she saw my hesitation, lowered her head, said goodbye and was going to go home.

Damn it! I couldn't leave things like this. I needed to know more about her.

"Get your things, let's go, I'll leave you in a hotel until you go to college."

"No, that's too expensive, I can't afford it."

" It's a gift."

"No, I don't accept anything from men, I'm not like that."

"Natsuke". — She looked into my eyes. We were connected again. — " You're important to me. You need a chance to change your life. Let me help, please. It's nothing to me".

"I'm not going to sleep with you, or do anything…"

" I know. It's okay."

"Are you sure about that? I have nowhere to go after that…"

" I'll pay for everything in advance."

"Why are you doing this?"

" I don't know, but I think it's the best thing for you."

"I need to get my things, documents…"

" I'm waiting for you. Do you want me to go in with you?"

"No! She must be sleeping."

**Nat**

I never thought something like this would happen to me. But I knew that after today's mess my life would become hell with Daiki and my mother.

If he paid me six months in advance, I could get another job to support myself, I could eat at my friend's house or with another friend until I could go to college. I only took what was necessary and all the documents, I didn't have Even though I had a lot of stuff, I could buy some stuff at a thrift store downtown later. I left without my mother seeing me, I would call her later.

I went downstairs with my suitcase, afraid that he had changed his mind and left, but he was there. We headed back to the more upscale part of the city.