Her Wolf Protector

get away from the horror of what happened in her village. It took less than an hour. That was all. In less than an hour, her entire world had bee

ttle bit of food she had in her stomach kept wanting to eject itself in sp

riends she'd grown up with. Saw adults she'd known her whole life slaughtered or burned alive. As heartless as it sounded, those deaths were easy to handle

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n missing and looked as if something had ripped it right out of its socket. An entire section of his cheek was also gone, bitten away by a cr

way. They were still coming for her. She could feel them back there, a dark presence full of

ll your fe

s still behind her but h

ng to eat y

een torn so badly that her breasts were covered only by a thin strip of cloth straining to fulfill its mission. The other two had been males, one short and sort of hunched over; the other tall and lean, his frame almost gaunt. His eyes had been filled with a manic glee at the mur

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werewolves here, in her town of Gloucester? Her village was deep in the heart of the human country of

asn't

of those monsters into her memory for the rest of her life. One day, she told herself. One day she would come for them. She would come for the monsters that h

hispered to herself, brush

. The werewolves were still behind her, not letting up. It would be a hard task to try and lose them, not with their enhanced senses anyway. Most of the children in Alcroft's villages, towns, and cities were taught the lore on werewolves. At the time, Lola barely

er life because a wild pack of were

re, what's the bloody damned lo

orce her fear-addled brain to cooperate with her. We

king for," she told herself. "Now

mostly trac

, she thought to herself.

rew herself into it as quietly as she could. In seconds, she had a layer of mud and gunk spread all over her entire body. It was cold and having it caked on her so thickly leached

called, his voice a loud bellow. "When we catch up to you, and we will catch

as far away as possible, but his voice tore throu

erewolves said. The voice was far away but still

r one said, this one a f

ripped in several spots and she could feel gashes and cuts burning as she ran. The coldness of the mud caked to her body made her muscles want to seize up every few seconds. She stumbled and tripped more often and her eyes kept wanting to lose focu

uffed. "Going..

tter how much she pushed herself, she couldn't do it. There was nothing left to give. Her body finally failed her and

r her. They weren't being quiet either. In fact, they made it a point to stomp and crash through t

that their scare tactics w

s and scratches were flayed into her skin when she did but she didn't care. She physically couldn't run anymore. This tree was her best option f

Her fate wouldn't rest on some god to rescue her. She was almost certain that within the next ten o

osed h

witness what was

ee y

ood went