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right out of my bedroom drawer. I made my way straight toward the secret cabin outside the pack territory where Damon and I had met for months, because I believed with all my he

rner and wrapped my arms around my middle while I waited for him to show up. Minutes passed in total silence, but before I could hear Damon's familia

harsh voice called out from the darkness outside, and I could hea

e asked right outside the front door, and the sound o

rst man replied, and then he added words that made my blood run completely cold

aby, and that person was Damon. My heart shattered into a million pieces before the attack even started, because I understood that the boy I had lo

e large men rushed into the cabin with weapons held out

of the men shouted, pointing his finger

ir off the floor and shoving it hard into the first

could turn the handle, the third man lunged forward and grabbed my ha

violently demanded, slamming my shoulder into the wall while he

had no wolf inside me to fight with, I raised my foot and kicked h

and slashed his blade across my arm, cutting deep into my skin. Pain shot through my entire side, and blood immediately soaked through my clothes, but I knew t

the man's chest, and scrambled out through the narrow back door int

er and over inside my head while I stumbled through the tr

il I reached the muddy edge of the river at the border. I slid down the slippery dirt bank and crawled beneath the thick roots of a large fallen tree, pr

y head, and I could see the light from their flashlights cutting

o she can't have gone far," another man replied, his heavy

talking to her," the leader ordered, and their fast footsteps gradua

ely conscious as my body continuously shook from the cold. I had no shoes on my feet, my clothes were completely torn to shreds, and I had no idea where I was g

he mud, clutching my lower stomach tightly with my uninjure

ve himself," I whispered through my heavy sobs, looking down a

, and disappeared into the vast darkness beyond the territory