BlueCold water splashed on my face and I sprang up, coughing and spluttering.I gasped, inhaling a startled breath.I glared at the culprit. With the little pail in his hands, he looked at me stonily."The Alpha asked for you.""And that was the best way to wake me?" I lashed at him.He threw me a derogatory look that shocked me. I didn't know this man. Had never had anything to do with him. Why did his eyes hold so much derision?He sneered and I hated him even more. "I will wake you however it pleases me to." He kicked the lantern so hard, it hit the cell bars and the glove shattered.I flinched, my hands going up to my face to shield me from any stray glass.He walked out of the cell and waited a few seconds before he turned and snarled the words, "Move your ass," at me.I stepped around the glass and walked out of the cell, breathing in and out.We walked down the aisle between the rows of cells and came out to a wider space. He led the way as we climbed up a short flight of stai
Blue"You thought the Alpha would set you free, didn't you?" The chains he was pulling from the cell clanked against the bars, startling me from where I dozed in the corner.He stepped into the space and I saw someone had lit another lantern and it now hung on the wall outside my cell.The dim glow was barely enough to light up the dungeon.I realized that they didn't even need the light. I watched him as he picked his way around the shards of glass. He stepped on some, and they snapped beneath his heavy boots.He bent and dropped a wooden platter, stepping aside he looked down at me with hooded eyes."Foiling the alphas carefully set plans means sure death. You should know that."I peered at the platter and saw a bowl of soup and some sad looking loaf of bread.I was not some dog. Who would eat off such chipped bowls?I sniffed and the soup wasn't really smelling bad. I hunched over the plate and turned my face away.He snorted and then dropped something else. It was a bottle but no
BlueJust when I thought nothing good could come from this, the eyes I've always thought to be a curse gave me a hope. I could literally feel my heart jump as I remembered his words.He would free me.I mulled over the words, my thoughts going to the first part of his promise. When the time comes. Meaning I'd have to wait for him to make a move.I choked down the soup he'd brought a few minutes ago, the hope making the taste less awful than it would have normally been. I didn't think much of the soup now, it was merely sustainace.I finished off the soup, my mind going to the tasty burgers I used to turn down because I'd been watching what I ate.I would kill for a burger right now.My hope was renewed. That was enough to give me a huge appetite. I stared down at the empty bowls, shaking the bottle to check for water.It was empty. I had downed every last drop again. I was always too thirsty when he brought me water with a meal, and so I ended up finishing the water before the meal, i
BlueI couldn't sleep.Despite the fact that I clearly remembered him saying he would only bring me whatever I needed after I fell asleep.I was anxious and my heart kept beating fast, like I was already planning to escape that very night.Like everything that had happened since my arrival in Kandare, this felt surreal.I shifted on my side, my palm pressed down on the cold ground. A sound had me sitting up in the dark and crawling slowly to press my face between the bars.Someone had turned off the lantern that had burned consistently for the last few days. Everywhere was pitch black, as even the holes I took for windows had been locked some days ago.I sniffed the air as something strange filtered into my cell, and my head fell back.It was a pungently sweet smell. It made me drowsy, and I felt the pull of sleep against my eyelids.Startled, I shook my head side to side, trying to stay awake. I'd been too anxious to sleep just seconds ago, so why was I feeling so sleepy now?A shado
BlueMy heartbeat drummed in my ears as I ran, pushing myself to fly over the roots and bushes on the rough terrain.I could hear their footsteps thundering after me and I could see some creeping up on my sides.They were fast.Breathing hard and nearing exhaustion, I'd been running for hours now, I stopped before the bank of a river. It stretched out all the way around me, with no other visible route over it, in sight.There was no way around it, I had to get in.My hands clutched my chest as I tried to slow down the extremely hard pounding of my heart.Maybe I would pass away from the way my heart was beating so fast, and be spared of all this trouble.Shaking off the deadly thought, I waded into the water.I was careful to step in the shallow parts, knowing fully well that if a strong wave pulled me under I might not be able to swim against the torrent. I had only ever taken dips in swimming pools, and even at the beach I had never ventured far.My legs were freezing in the water a
BlueHer grin was wide, like she had just won the lottery. My hands sweated a little bit in apprehension. "It is done."What was done?My puzzled look at her had her shaking her head and muttering under her breath. "They can't find you now. Not until you find the Golden Mandrake.""But how? You haven't done anything." I wondered if she was a dupe, like the manyscammers and swindlers in the human world."How dare you doubt me?" She glared at me and I glared right back.Any time now, Alpha Khals wolves would be on me, and she wasn't doing anything.I glanced back at the far trunks through which they'd come any second now. I could hear the heavy thud of their feet, a lot of them by the sound of it.In a panic, I shot Modesta a pleading look. "Please do something!" I whisper yelled, ready to fall to my knees and beg.My eyes widened in fear as instead of helping me she simply sank under the surface of the water, her red hair floating in the water, until she disappeared fully.I stood, ro
BlueFuck.As if the mess I was in wasn't enough, I was back in New York and..A horn blared in my ears, and I turned so fast, my ankle twinged with the pain.The car whistled to a stop, just inches before my quivering knees.The driver behind the wheel glaring at me.He jumped out of his car, his face red with anger and approached me with the thinly veiled dislike New Yorkers always had on their face.I came to, and stared around, the hazy blanket draped over my awareness dropping away.I was standing in the middle of the road. And the man had almost hit me."Are you crazy? You want to die?!" He yelled, his hands balled into fists.I walked away from him, afraid and in shock.How had I returned here so fast? I'd blinked and all of a sudden, was out of Kandare.My eyes struggled to get used to the busy road brimming with people. This was the evening rush hour.People walked past me in streams, knocking into me and hurrying past without stopping to apologise.Everyone was always in a h
Blue"Hey redhead! You're cutting!"It took a beat before I remembered I was a redhead now.I turned to glare at the voice, not sure what to say to the woman when I eventually saw the two kids she held in front of her.She dropped their hands and came to me, moving into my personal space. She smelled of sweat and a bone deep tiredness."Some of us got here before you, and you think you can just cut and get in like that? Think you're smart?"she barked, her words landing directly in my face.I stretched out a hand and pushed her back as she stumbled back two paces. "You're spitting in my face." I mumbled, wiping my face with the back of my hand.I didn't want her to get louder than she already was.She turned to the rest of the people on the line, waving her hands frantically at me. "She cut in. I saw her before, I was definitely before her on the line, how come she's now in front of me?"I refused to speak to her. This was ridiculous enough as it is. I'd simply come here because I didn