Found (The Last Watcher Series) Book One (21 page)

I circled around one more time, to try to
catch sight of Kierce or Tae, but did not succeed. Instead, I saw
something worse. One hunter took control and defeated a lycan. I
could hear him howling in pain, and the rest of the lycans suddenly
all paid attention to him. With that, they too started being
defeated. The fight was now turning from a win to a loss. Where was
Tae and Kierce? Where they buried underneath all the hunters that
were either dead or hurt? I couldn’t possibly imagine that, but if
that was the case, and it was now in my mind. Why haven’t the
watcher within in step in? My mind started to wonder as I tried to
use my abilities. Any of my abilities. Nothing happened though. I
was too focused on trying to find Tae and Kierce. I didn’t want to
have the thoughts in my mind that they may be dead. None of this
made sense to me though. How did they find me and who are these
lycans? Were they the ones who have been watching over me? I
remembered what my father has said to me in my dreams before. He
has told me there were others.

I took another look at the hunters fighting
for my freedom and that very moment, I knew. They were my
protectors. The ones who would show up at the worst situation. Of
course there couldn’t be anything worse than what was occurring
before they attacked. I was going to commit to a hunter who was not
my true love. Soon after, I would have become one of them. I
understood everything now. They were here to protect me, to rescue
me from my stupid decision that I was about to make. The step of me
losing my abilities. It could not happen, and especially not on
their watch. I heard another howl which stopped any thoughts that
were running through my mind. This was no howl from pain though, it
was something else.

“
Amabel! It’s time to go!”
Tae screamed. Oh how I was happy to see him alive, and fully
stable. He didn’t have a single scratch on him. “Go out back, I’ll
meet you there!” He told me. There was no way he was going to have
me go through the frightening battle. I quickly smiled at him, and
turned towards the back door. He’s probably walking around from the
front to avoid any hunter in the mansion.

I ran to the back door and stepped outside.
Tae was already here, as a lycan. I smiled at him once more, as he
turned back.

“
I missed you.” He
whispered.

“
I’m sorry.” I whispered
back and ran into his open arms. I held on to him, unwilling to let
go.

“
We have to go
Amabel.”

“
Okay.”

“
But were going to have a
talk.” He looked at me with such disappointment in his eyes. I
wasn’t ready for what was coming, even though the worse is probably
over with. To me, nothing was worse than seeing him upset. Nothing
could compare to it.

We walked around the house and headed towards
a car that was facing its way out of this mess. We ran to the can
and quickly got in. The car took off and we were on our way out of
this mess. I looked back one last time to look at the mansion. It
looked so peaceful on the outside, yet I knew that wasn’t the case
on the inside.

“
So, you think you’re a
daredevil now? Risking everything to gain nothing?” It was Kierce.
I turned around from the back view to look at who was driving and
it was him.

“
Oh Kierce!” I screamed in
excitement as I reached and wrapped my arms around him from the
back seat.

“
Hey, hey. I’m driving
here.” Kierce said laughing. At least I knew one person who wasn’t
completely pissed at me.

“
Sorry. Gosh I’ve missed you
too. I missed both of you guys.” I said looking back at Tae. He
didn’t look pleased though.

“
The guys should be leaving
that place now. I told them I had Amabel when I was last changed.
They said they’d wait a few minutes and leave.” Tae
stated.

“
How did you talk to them
while you were changed? Weren’t you outside going around to meet
me?” I asked.

“
I can understand their
howls, as well as they can understand mine. It just works better as
we’re changed instead of human form.”

“
So, who are they
anyways?”

“
They’re your protectors.” I
was right.

“
How did they find me
though? I left without even letting
you
guys know.” I shouldn’t have said
the last part. Tae looked up at me with even more disappointment in
his eyes.

“
You turned your connection
on between you and I, therefore I knew where you were. At that
moment, I changed to run and save you from what you were about to
do. I heard you thinking about the setting, and I didn’t need to
know anymore. As I was running to you, I probably said every curse
in my mind, but the others knew this was it. They watched over you
through me and they heard me thinking about you.. marrying the
hunter. With that, it was their signal to take action and finally
step in. Before I even knew it, I had dozens of lycans running with
me. I asked them who they were and they answered. I knew they were
telling the truth because they were as furious as I was at the
decision you were making. They explained to me that they could only
come out and protect you at the worse situation. Now, they will be
here by you though everything. They are the protectors that have
been waiting to come out of their hole.” As Tae told me all of
this, I was kind of relieved to finally know who these protectors
were. I have been always curious on who else could possibly be
watching me. Now it made sense. It was finally all
clear.

“
So.. why are they my
protectors though?”

“
I don’t know yet. They were
getting to it but we arrived at that.. mansion.” It sounded like
Tae was still holding something back, but I think I knew what. He
wanted to scream and yell at me. He wanted to let out his anger as
what I almost did. I hated this. He
must
know I did it for him and Kierce
not for my own good. He
must
know that.

We were now pulling up to the familiar lake.
Today it wasn’t as beautiful as the others. There was no sun out,
and it was a cold spring day. The darkness was soon coming and I
just wanted to get into the safe and familiar wooden house. We got
out of the car and started walking through the woods. Kierce looked
at me and smiled. He must be the only one whose at least happy to
see me. Tae suddenly stopped.

“
You think I’m not happy to
see you Amabel? You think I’m not happy you’re safe and finally
under my watch? Do you
really
think that?” Tae asked me furiously.

“
You read my mind? I asked
you before not to do that! I’m not in danger so there’s no reason
for you to!”

“
Hey! Don’t turn this on me!
You risked
everything
today! You would be one of those blood suckers with no fucking
heart or soul. You would be empty with nothing to look forward to!
You think you’d be like Kierce? No! He was born that way and he has
a choice on who he loves and who he doesn’t. He has a choice on
many things! You.. you were going to have none of that. Not a
single thing. And even better.. you wouldn’t be a watcher anymore.”
I felt the tears rise in my eyes. I felt the pain from Tae’s
discipline rise up in me as well.

“
You read my mind.. yea. But
you missed one thing. I did this for
you.
” I stated, and ran towards the
house. As I ran inside, I went straight to the bedroom and
collapsed. My crying was now unpredictable. I sobbed until I
couldn’t breathe and let it all out. The unease I felt as I was
surrounded by hunters. The anxiety I had when I knew the mansion
was attacked. The concern I had within me thinking Tae or Kierce
are once hurt because of me. The agony I just went through that
came from the one person I loved most.

It has been a few hours since I’ve sat in the
corner of Tae’s room. I made sure to turn off any connection I had
between Tae. I didn’t want to have the temptation of hearing what
he was thinking. There was a loud bang, and a group of voices. My
protectors have arrived. They were laughing about the fight.

“
..dude did you see that
hunter’s face?... I was like
bam
and he was down!..” I heard one of the voices say.
They were all talking to each other and laughing about what just
happened.

“
.. oh dude.. you call that
hurt?.. look at this..” Now they were comparing battle scars? Were
they nuts? How could someone be laughing about this?

“
Hey Amabel. Get out here,
we need to finally meet the famous watcher.” Another voice said
with joy. I would think they’d be more upset than happy right
now.

“
No one famous here.” I said
in return.

“
Eekk, you don’t sound in a
good mood. Come out here, it’s safe I promise.” The voice told me
with a friendly giggle after.

“
I never said it wasn’t
safe.” I spoke as I slowly got up. I came up to the door handle and
took in one last breath hoping Tae wasn’t as upset as before. I
opened the door to only twelve lycans. All human as Tae and tan. I
wonder where the rest of them went. All eyes now turned to me and
the room fell with silence.

“
You’re prettier than we
imagined.” One of them said, and another laughed punching him in
the arm lightly. I noticed Tae sitting at the dining table staring
at the floor. He wasn’t over it yet. Each and every one of them
were handsome. All had dark hair, but not one had the same haircut.
Some were shorter while others long. If I knew any better, they
were all brothers.

“
Don’t mind that twerp. He’s
the youngest and hasn’t seen any females since his mother.” The
young man said laughing. “I’m Len. The twerp is Awan and this one
right here..” As he looked at another handsome man. “..this is
Dakota. He’s been waiting to meet you the longest. Me and him were
the first two to be your protectors.” Len said. The others started
talking again. I guess I’ll fully meet everyone some other time.
“Well, and that’s the rest. Although, the other half of us went a
different way. They won’t be joining us today. The next time you’ll
see them is when you’re in some deep shit again.” Len said
laughing.

“
Ha ha. Very funny.” I told
him back, with a small smile on my face. I now knew who would be
making me laugh all the time. “I have a question. A few questions
actually.”

“
Go ahead. Ask
away.”

“
Well.. for one, why didn’t
you guys come when the staggers came? Isn’t that dangerous enough?
My… brother died.”

“
Yes, I know. We’re very
sorry for that but we couldn’t really control us watching you all
the time. You see. We watched you through Tae, since he knew you
and we didn’t. Now we can watch you for good but not before. We
couldn’t visualize you and there was nothing to go off of. But
anyways. That day, we couldn’t get the connection through Tae. I’m
not sure if you turned it off with him or what.. but it was like
you guys didn’t exist in our minds. It could very well be the
staggers that were capable of doing it. It doesn’t matter now
though. We’re here now, and always will be. The rest of us will
join when needed but they have their own home to go to and their
own lives.”

“
Why are they on their own?
They can stay here just like you guys.”

“
Well.. they’re all bonded
to someone. Their little hearts are forever taken.” Len told me
with a little sarcasm. I guess they found it funny because they
haven’t bonded yet. It was good for me though. It meant I’ll always
have them watching over me and stop me from any stupid decisions I
could make again.

“
Oh well. Okay. Another
question.. How are you guys.. my protectors?”

“
Well that’s kind of a hard
one. We don’t know. I concluded before that it might have been the
work of your father but I can’t be sure. All I know is that when
all the watchers were gone, and you were the only one left, all my
worries were turned to you. I then found others like me, and we
just all combined. It was nice to have met these guys. It still
is!” Len said laughing and bear hugging Awan, who was then joined
by Dakota. They truly did look like brothers, never mind act like
it too.

“
Thanks.” I told them with a
faint smile and my eyes drifted to Tae. Len and Dakota
noticed.

“
No problem.. and go. He’s
been waiting for you to come out.” Len said. Without hesitation, I
walked over to him.

“
Hey Tae.”

“
Hey..” He answered. I
welcomed his voice.

“
Can we talk?”

“
Sure.”

“
Are you still angry with
me?”

“
No.”

“
You seem like
it.”

“
I’m not.” He told me, but
his face said otherwise.

“
Why are you lying to me?” I
caught his attention. He looked up straight into my
eyes.

“
I would never lie to you
Amabel. I would never do such a thing.”

“
Then why can’t you just be
okay with this now. Everything is okay.”

“
Everything is okay now but
what if it wasn’t. What if we were too late or you never opened
your connection with me. And even if you did, what if the guys
wouldn’t have made it. Think about it, me against the hundreds of
hunters? I would have been dead and then no one there to protect
you. It’s just..”