two seconds. Her eyes fluttered, unable to stay focused, her vision seemed to adopt a state of permanent blurriness. She was drifting in and out of conscio

s stil

its ability a while ago. She brought her hands up to her face, her fingers were dirty and turning blue. She dropped them to the floor, utterly defeated. Her eyes slowly came

t species. Her heart bled and cried, but her eyes remained dry. It seemed that she had exhausted all

ed she c

alive. Death had refused to come, death didn't always come so easily for werewolves. Her mind wandered back to the wolfsbane dagger that probably lay defeated in the f

een thre

was

adn't moved from the spot she lay in....how many hours now? Her eyes sta

t Marcus had come to release her. Her eyes opened slowly, taking forever to focus. The dark cell was fillin

er. She was the source of the light. The woman was seated elegantly, her flo

er voice was soft and sweet

ried to speak

d peer at the woman's face. But her position on the floo

a and gently hugged her. Elena felt the cold vanish. The embrace felt

hat I hate you. I love you,

eel a little strength retu

on't be afraid, ever

....

er eyes. Elena could see that her eyes were

was pounding. She looked around the cell, unsure exactly what she was looking for. She could still feel the linger of a warm

l a dream, she wo

and up and take a few steps around the cell. Somehow, her body didn't hurt

und caught her

spered fiercely. "El

s. "I'm here!" She said in a fierce whisper. Her eyes were adju

ou." Nina said. She pushed a bundle of someth

Elena searched for her eyes in th

and the sound of metal hitting the ground. "Run now Elena, at the end of the hal

cell and hugged Nina tig

d her off.

and food. She didn't pause as she threw on the shirt and jeans. Her wounds screamed in protest

her hea

there was a small d

de, her finger tips brushed against what felt like wood in the wall. She push

he bread Nina had given her. Water ha

e forest. Without wasting time, she began to run. She had no idea where she wa

ately, a group of people rushed out and met her. She went d

One of the peop

ou?!" Anoth

creamed. "I'm run

ack are

h p

raised her head, a woman walked forwa

. I mean no harm, please. I j

her long and hard. "

till her sides ached. "You'

l see what we

k, Redwood pack. Her name was Lina. She had Ele

eyes flashed with pity and unasked questions

ealer examined her injuries, shaking her head Everytime. She applied a cooling ointment all over her and gave

said as she applied the last

d on the stone bed

oisoned with

, w

your inabilit

d. "I don't

poisoning you with Wolfsbane, so you couldn't wolf out." She

k the same water. And they all could wolf out at any time without trouble. Could it be...

will destroy the wolfsbane. You'll be

t has n

was very careful not to overdose you. Wolfsbane is a po

tly did he stand to gain by making her weaker than a human? He was already the alpha, he had already taken her position

?" Lina said, wal

The healer said. The she turned

linked.

e preg