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I made my way back down to Katie’s room and tried the door. She’d locked it this time, but I still had my key. I unlocked the door and slipped inside. The room was still light, and Katiestood near the foot of the bed. She scowled as she turned to look at me.

She waved her hands and groaned. “Jesus, do you not understand? I want to be left alone, Henrik.”

I forced a smile. “As much as I’d love to argue right now, we don’t have the time.”

I crossed past her and ripped the sheets straight off the bed. Katie gasped. “What the hell are you doing!?”

I turned and threw them around her, tightly winding them so she couldn’t break free. Katie yelled, trying to free herself, but I worked quicker, wrapping another sheet around her.

“Henrik! What the fuck are you doing? Would you stop!”

“I’m taking you back.”

“No!” She wiggled, trying to claw herself free. “I’m not going back!”

I ignored her words and hoisted her up and over my shoulder. Katie was soft as she fumbled against my shoulder, wiggling hard to free herself.

“Oh my god, Henrik! You are such a fucking dick! Put me down! This is kidnapping!”

I headed outside the hallway and took a right towards the back exit. I could hear someone talking in front of me, and I knew it was the guy. I had minutes before they would realize what happened.

Katie wiggled, and I tightened my hold on her. “Katie, stop wiggling. You’re going to make me drop you.”

“Then put me down! Do you have any idea how bad this looks? How humiliating this is?”

I rolled my eyes. “Well, it’s a good thing we are somewhere where no one knows who we even are.”

I shoved the door open and pulled us outside. The temperature had dropped, and it was cold. I headed towards my car, opened the passenger seat, and set her inside. I buckled her in and made it to the driver's side.

Katie was fuming. Her eyes were glaring at me angrily as she tried to free herself. She’d unlocked her arms, and I quickly locked the door as I started it up. “You have nowhere to go, so you might as well give up.”

I could see the fear fill her eyes as she looked back towards the hotel. “You can’t do this to me, Henrik. You don’t understand. I can’t go back!”

I didn’t understand, but I knew she couldn’t run. It wouldn’t solve anything. It would only make things worse for everyone, including herself.

“Katie, what were you even going to do? You can’t run. The Council will never let you. You will never be able to be a scientist if you do.”

“I already ran! They sent you after me. So, you might as well let me go.”

I couldn’t accept that. “We can just say you were on a trip.”

Katie shook her head. “You don’t get it! Just let me go! Please.”

I pulled the car into drive and started to turn us to exit. “Sorry, Katie, but no. You’re coming back with me.” I had no idea what I was going to do when we got back to the pack, but I would need to figure something out.

Chapter 5 - Katie

I jerked awake as Henrik pulled into his house. I blinked as I looked at the time, seeing that it was just a little past four in the morning. I glanced over at Henrik and glared.

“Why are we at your house? Why didn’t you just bring me home?”

He scuffed. “Because I don’t trust you alone. You could easily run away again, and I’m too tired to try and track you down.”

I chewed on my cheek and looked away from him.

“Katie, I don’t know what’s going on, but I want to help. So, let me help you.”

“I’d rather you not,” I grumbled back.