moves fast. In my head, I had jumped and failed to reach t

false reality. A pai

that. He caught my arm with his teeth

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nd with pain taking over my body.

ore from my throat b

salt mixing with the rain-soaked earth. My arm went numb, but I didn't da

running again toward the edge. No matter the pain-as

of the few things I had learned to

apart!" another gua

it, I thought numbly. They'

mouth. "Not tonight!" I shouted back, b

s. I won't d

d spent my whole life being meek, obedi

r. After she got her heart brok

is April was g

d. 'You need to go away from

k I don't know that already? First my father strips me, then May steals everyt

ck, but somehow the wolves kept b

into a sob. "How ridiculous! She has a wolf, I don't. I couldn't t

irred in the back of my mind. A whi

u want all of them dea

ng things. Had to

, and now you hunt me?" I cried into the wind, tear

e whispered in my head again. 'Th

ntly. Where were thes

ly. Blood was dripping down my head-I must have hit it when I fell.

of blood that was caus

friend. The one person who never

day next month. I'm sorry I never told you how much you meant to me. I'm sorry

y chest under my jacket. Even now, even wolfless, she'd bel

n. "I hope you find a

its claws punch through leather, throu

s connect with something soft. An eye. The wolf yelped

ked at the last second and felt the teeth snap together in

was too close.

aws like a vice. "Let go!" I kicked har

. This is

t. Pure surv

its head to the side with strength I didn't know I had.

y bike that had cr

Ice back up, and

me, taking chances to tear me

ucking play

giving me hope I could surviv

was getting blurred, and my body was weak

throwing up s

you hear me?" I shouted

ot you

nd I meant