Clementine:
I had picked certain tapes for one reason only, and it seemed like it would matter now. There was also the one where Oriana ordered the Alphas to leave me in the North. Those, along with the other painful moments, including when they left Sadie behind, the pregnant teen, went to Ian.
I kept the more damaging tapes, the ones that showed our private moments and everything they should never have shared.
Ian stared at the tapes before setting them down. Then he lifted his hands and cupped my face.
"This is not the end," he told me softly. "We will meet again, and this time, we will be victorious."
He kissed my forehead, his touch was so steady.
"Let’s go and slay these monsters of the South," he whispered before I started to pull away. However, I noticed there was a little resistance from him.
"Hey, there is no need for us to part ways so quickly. First, let me go and find out if the council members are at the main council building or visiting any nearby packs," Ian requested as he held my hand when I was about to run off.
I watched him for a moment and then smiled.
"Okay, let’s go," I replied, agreeing with him.
Together, we ran off. We had to hide multiple times. We had to hide from others, make sure the cars had passed, and then come out at night. At this point, it had been a whole day, and what Ian did more specifically was go to random shops and stores, somehow managing to call the council buildings to find out where they were.
"So, any luck?" I asked him as he stepped out of one of the stores, rubbing his hands together. I could see fog in front of his mouth when he breathed out.
"Yeah, they’re coming to a nearby pack in two hours," he whispered.
"Oh, well then, you should start moving too, Ian. You have to go and find the biggest news channel, remember? After three hours, you are supposed to release the footage," I stated.
I played with the buttons of his shirt anxiously. I was really worried because if the plan did not work, what would happen to us and the others? It had to work. The people needed to know what they were doing, and that the next time a session was held, it might be their own children sent north to fight the monsters they were creating just for fun.
"Yeah, I think it’s a goodbye for now then," Ian whispered, cupping my face in his hands and leaning down to kiss me again.
"Take care," I uttered back, feeling defeated as I watched him go. It was so unfair. We had just gotten married two days ago, but we needed to tackle this issue before starting our life and its new Chapter.
As we separated, I began to pray that we would meet again.
The good thing was that the Academy still did not know if Ian and I had come back. Even Miss Rue had no clue.
She probably thought we would be coming through the train to expose her for wanting to kill a crusader and for being a snake.
That kind of helped us. Otherwise, there would have been notifications sent out to find us by now.

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