joining the rest of my kind or maybe get killed for trying to deceive the Alpha. It was as though the tears dropping from my swollen eyes were drying i

stand in my defense. This was the first time the Alpha visited our home. Somebody must have seen me. I was too

mistake somewhere, Alpha," my father explained with a courageous tone and every bit of assurance that was hard to question. I sat still in the dark hole, dug by my father after

se. I heard more feet marchi

them were so frightful. Sweat oozed out of me as the growls grew louder. If I stayed any longer, they were sure to find me, I said

t there and await capture, I decided to prepare for an escape-Run. I took off my sandals, slowly climbing out. There was a thick forest ground close by-one of the places I sneaked out to witness the fight of roaming rog

look back. Scared to find a pack of wolves chasing after me tears rolled down my chin while I licked the secretion from my nostrils. My feet sore from the harsh p

nopy of trees. As I ran into the heart of the forest, a cry came from within the forest. I

I discovered the cry was from a distance ahead of me. What was I thinking? I clutched the bark of a ne

rabbit amidst wild beasts. Then I heard another screeching cry. I closed my eyes so tightly with my hands on my ears as I sat on decaying leaves with my back to the tree. I wa

rying to locate the source of the scream. As I scanned the forest, I saw a figure running toward me. A slim woman. She was covered in blood and her clothes were torn. I froze in fear as she got closer and closer. Just as I thought she was going to re

gathered dry litters of leaves to heal her bleeding sides, just as I caught my father do sometimes back. Somehow, I knew I had to act fast. I pulled her up with the best

floor without my support. I couldn't make out his face as the burning moon was right behind his large body as I back-crawled away from him. But

eyes were blazing, like a lightening ready to shoot and destroy everything around it. Am

of the girl along with him while retaining his gaze on me. I took to my heels immediately. I ran as though my life depe

ard my name fr