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were in. “You have to understand, I—“
    “Well, I don’t
understand Hayden. You give me no explanations and avoid all my
questions.” So she was not only talking about how I happened to
find her in the French Quarter, but how I knew where she lived. I
could hear the whisperings of other students and did not like the
accusations they made at all. I took Ana off to the side.
    “We can’t be seen
together.” I looked into her eyes, wishing she would just guess
what was going on. Maybe after Luke’s hostility she would sense
something was off.
    “Oh?”
    “People can’t see
me with you.”
    “I...You don’t have
to say anything else. I get it.”
    Shock overcame me. “You
do?” Did she really understand the danger we posed and that we
couldn’t be seen together if all-of-a-sudden she went missing? I
didn’t think so as she tore herself from my grip and walked away.
    I made a move to follow
her. “Leave. Me. Alone.,” she turned and said to me one last
time.
    I cursed to myself.
That was not how I planned for things to happen. I had wanted to
rectify the situation and now I only made it worse. I didn’t bother
attending the rest of my classes as I headed back to the car.
Apparently I couldn’t think or act straight when Ana was around. I
left Luke at school as I went for a drive to clear my head.
    I hesitated with my
phone, already knowing whom I’d call.
    “Father,” I said as
he answered.
    “ Hayden.” He
spoke but then hesitated, as if waiting for the news on how we
handled the situation. If only he knew.
    “We are still
watching the girl. No one seems to know about her yet but I fear if
we continue to delay our response, someone will. We do know that it’s
Delphine LaLaurie who is after her. She was compelled to her house;
luckily I had been following her and got to her in time.”
    "It sounds like
you two are handling things fine and I’m glad you didn’t make any
hasty decisions." He knew there was more I was trying to
tell him.
    “So, that’s about
it.”
    "Ok, just let
us know if you need us for anything. Oh and your mother says hello." I smiled as I heard her directing him in the background.
    “Thanks. Speaking of
my mother, you know, funny thing is, I was just thinking the other
night about how y’all met.”
    "Oh really?"
    I cringed. I was being
too obvious. I should just tell him what I wanted to know. “Tell me
again how you knew she was the One.”
    Every Hunter had One.
We were created to live forever with one mate; they would eventually
give us the heir a Hunter needed to be relieved from duty. My father
found his within fifty years, Luke’s father took three times that
long. Every Hunter was different and some spent centuries trying to
find theirs.
    My father exhaled into
the phone. He had told me this countless times before, except only
then I hadn’t cared to know. "I knew because no matter how
hard I tried to stay away from her and to fight it, I couldn’t," he said simply.
    “But I barely know
her. I mean, you didn’t even have the chance to get to know her
before you knew she was the One?”
    "Hayden, the
Hunter's heart chooses before our mind does."
    And it wasn’t the
first time that everything in my existence confirmed Ana would be
mine. I would focus on the fact that Ana was a human later.

Chapter Six
    Ironic how I was
supposed to be the one avoiding her and now she was the one avoiding
me. Well, all bets were off now.
    “Hello, Ana.”
    She must have been lost
in thought or extremely unobservant this morning because I was able
to surprise her.
    “Hello.” Her tone
implied that she had not forgotten our previous conversations.
    “ The Heart is a
Lonely Hunter ? That’s not standard high school reading
material.” I examined the books she was carrying, and was pleased
to see a familiar classic. “But my heart is a lonely hunter, that
hunts on a lonely hill.” I quoted my familiarity with the novel.
    “You’ve read it?”
    “It’s one of