dy and the weakness I feel. My hand was still resting on the man who came to save me as he had helped me get on my feet. As soon as those green eyes fall on me, I quickly pull my h

lly wanting to warm up to someone after 17 years. ”What is your name?” Lowell asks. ”Rudina.” I mutter. He moves closer and bends more to hear what I had said. It was no surprise, no one ever heard what I was saying anyway, they never needed to. I was a slave, my voice was not important so I had grown accustomed to nodding and shaking my head rather than speaking. ”Rudina.” I repeat. ”That’s a beautiful name, Rudina. I do not imagine that being here has been most pleasant for you, after what I just witnessed. Would you like to leave?” ”The green-eyed man would not be happy if I come alone.” I whisper again. Lowell chuckles and that makes the air around us feel even lighter. Each second with him felt like a moment of healing. ”His name is Zeeb and he is a good man, as difficult as that may be to believe. I'm his best friend so he can not be all that bad now, can he?” I shake my head and he laughs, even more, this time. ” It's okay to speak your mind Rudina, your days of following orders are over.” As I do not say another word. He takes on a more serious expression and begins to speak. ”We shall leave together first thing tomorrow. I would get you out of here whether Zeeb approves of it or not. He is the Alpha so I cannot disobey him openly, but what's wrong with his best friend making the right choices for him?” His friendly tone is the only thing that prevents me from going into a full panic. It was all too much to assimilate at once. I was leaving the blood moon pack. I was leaving Jeremy and Klaus. I was going to be somewhere else and anywhere but here had to be heaven. I felt my heart race with joy and tears began to well in my eyes. It didn't matter if I was sold all my life, nowhere could be worse than the blood moon pack. ” Please do not cry. I swear on my wolf, no one would ever hurt you again so long as you have us by your side.” I cry even harder as those words leave his mouth. It felt too good to be true. Did he mean it, I thought? Trust was not something I was accustomed to and either this man was the devil himself or the angel I had never met in my life. ” It's alright, Rudina. Come with me, I know