OW PACK T

ound coming from outside the tent told

de. She saw Rebecca and Philip illuminated but the bonfire as they cuddled next to e

ave, no matter what. She picked up the knife and walked towards the back of the

to spend the rest of her life witnessing what she lost bec

she could change it, she would. But it seems she was brought into the world for the sole

was headed; the border of the pack's territory. She didn't

now. Hopefully, no one would notice she was gone until the next morni

and her throat and the images of the people whom she loved the most hurting her pl

alised that she hadn't eaten all day. Not

ng and walking for hours and that

territory was the closest to the borders and she was glad for this. She would disappear

d by a searing pain at the back of her head. She stumbled and wavered on h

back of a cage. She watched in confusion as her masked assailants lifted the

. Her fate, being

**

TSIDE LUNAR

hey were taking but they had diverted into the forests on the

clearing in the

easy to get in trouble," one of her captors la

her head, noticing the blood from the blow. "At leas

ren't you? That'll chan

nted. "Explains why I didn't sense them. They're usi

und coming from it. She couldn't see what was in the cage but its cage was a lot

e cage and banged against it

alone," Madel

rried about yourself," was the response from one o

s one of them used

ving it around," the spellcaster said to the others, obviously dra

bout them when she was growing up but nobody had ever actually seen one.

anded, pulling her from her

to a bigger wagon and they m

ed danger and she knew the danger wasn't

g its cage again as if it s

nt where the feeling of danger was coming from and the next minute, her cage and that

She ran past the griffin's cage where it was tr

he griffin. She wasn't going to wait to find out. As she got farther

eath as she turned back and ran towards the gr

cage, the griffin star

p you," Madeleine retorted as

e griffin and her trying to open the cage. She turned a

e door. "Open dammit," she scream

t of the cage and cha

he griffin to attack the person

hood was pulled back to reveal a man

Madeleine whispered a

came the voice, keepin

man as he walked towards her,

way, aren't you?" Madeleine a

one," came the

adeleine aske

head to the side. "Now, wh

Madeleine shrugged, sl

u're not one of them? Secondly, the instruction was to

d up into the air by the back of her shirt by

nd put herself between Mad

let go of the sword and

Madeleine stated fro

and you're

ffer," Madeleine resp

re leaving," he sai

adeleine said with

es you, love

ne stared at his back, shock and

op

oid of emotion. "You can come willingly or I ca

d you're asking me to leav

ated as he started

h you? You just tried

a won't leave you even

oing it for

a stranger

ing willingly. You try anything funny, and I'll..." she trai

who was watching them. "I'll tell y

I'm a terrible person.

ope materialized in his hand. "Now, are w

ion. This man was clearly dangerous, possibly insane, and definit

voice barely a whisper. "B

here, love. The sooner we leave, the sooner

ard. As she reached him, he raised the rope, and before she c

ng against the sudden restrain

n something in the distance. The smile vanished from

e murmured, his voic

rees, their eyes glowing with an eerie light. And at the front of the pa

s a mixture of anger and... something else. S

n on their faces was anything to go by, the