Abducted at only 8 years old, Nicole had no idea what she had done to deserve a life like this. Abused for ten years and broken she loses all hope and accepts death as a welcomed friend until one day she manages to escape her captors and begins to find out the truth behind her abduction. The water was rough and I was thrown around a lot. I knew my wounds were severe and eventually I would probably bleed out. I felt the water slow after a while and I was washed up onto a shallow embankment. I couldn\'t move. I was exhausted. I felt my wolf shift back into my human form. I was now naked, wet, cold, and covered in injuries. I lay in the water and mud and closed my eyes. This was it. I was the reason my family died. Something I knew nothing about, I had no control over. I was ready to die too. I would rejoin my family. I started to lose consciousness when I felt some warmth. Death was warm. “Hold on. Don\'t you die on me”. Death speaks? Wait. I tried to open my eyes but I was too tired and too weak. I tried to focus on my surroundings through scent and sound. I could smell something. Mahogany, vanilla, and pine? It smelled… good? I could hear the sound of the river fading. Footsteps and a heartbeat now filled my ears. Was I imagining things? “Tyler! Sam! Call the doctor, we have an emergency!” My heartbeat quickened slightly. I was in someone\'s arms. I was being taken somewhere. Was I going to be a slave once again? I put all my energy into my eyes. I needed to open them to see who this was. I strained and strained and finally got my eyelid to crack slightly. I saw messy short brown hair, silver eyes, and a strong face. Through the collar of his shirt I saw the edge of a tattoo poking out. And a scar ran along his jawline. His eyebrows furrowed for a moment before looking down at me in his arms. “Hey! There you are. Just hold on okay? We will get you help.” His voice was urgent, strong, and yet kind and caring too. I felt at peace. He must have tripped or slipped because we jolted a bit and the pain shot through my body. I grimaced and cried out for a second before everything went dark.