The Warrior Wolf

Prologue

I haven't had an easy life, that's not a surprise. I was abandoned by my parents at only 12 years old with my brother, older by 5 years.

We were left to defend ourselves in the middle of nowhere and no warning of the dangers their enemies presented for us. The first year we were left alone, the second year I was taken.

Such a foolish child I was, disregarding my brother's warnings to stay inside the house while he hunted I wanted to go find berries for dinner. I've done it many times on my own, I felt safe. Why shouldn't I? It was only a few yards from my home.

Such a foolish child...

The men came. I'm not sure who they were, I still don't. They grabbed me just as I finished filling my little basket with blackberries. I was more upset over them being spilled than being kidnapped by strangers.

Oh, my brother, I remember seeing him running towards me. His shirt is still bloody from carrying whatever animal he caught, or killing some of the men who were taking me. I wasn't sure.

I remember screaming at him to stop, I remember the pure helplessness on his face as the men threw me inside a van and spend off with my brother trying to chase after me.

I remember the first week they had me was filled with pain and darkness, maybe it was longer. I forgot how long I was truly inside that dark room

I remember the pain from the injections they gave me. I remember how the pain felt like someone was melting my skin from the inside out.

I remember how I was thrown into training, I remember the blood, mine and theirs, as I was thrown into fights with people bigger and better than me.

I remember their faces as I killed them. Still fighting until their last breath.

I remember when I was sent on my first mission. Months after I was trained...maybe it was longer. It was hard to tell.

I remember the terror on my targets faces and I slit their throats in front of each other. I remember returning to the facility and sitting on my cot and staring at my bloody hands and feeling nothing.

I remember the days after where I was tested on and injected with more mystery liquids.

The rest of my years there was a blur of murdering, being tested on, and fighting.

I remember the day I forgot my "meds" when I was on a mission. I remember how the fog in my mind cleared and I suddenly remembered all the faces and screams of the people I killed.

I remember the child who discovered me killing his parents was killed so remorselessly by me.

I remember breaking down on the forest floor that day, finally feeling the regret and despair from the years of killing.

I remember how I returned to the facility and said I encountered a complication and failed my mission for the first time. I was punished for it, severely...

I remember how I started plotting my escape and my vengeance.

My name is Freya Talion, and I remember everything

The more I remember the more I want to drive the sword I'm holding through my own heart instead of the guards. Sadly that will have to wait until I destroy this place.

Unfortunately, that may take a while. One woman cannot destroy such a large network of murders on her own. So instead I am settling for escaping with some very important files and hard drives.

Sneaking up behind the guard I slit his throat and held my hand over his mouth to muffle his gurgles and death noises. I quietly slip him to the ground and take his key card. 'Nearly there' I say to myself. Only one more gate and I can be free...if they don't find the other bodies soon.

Strange how I feel no remorse for killing the people of this facility. It seems that after my forest breaks down I've gone back to my remorseless self. How lovely.

I adjusted the duffle bag on my shoulder and scanned the guard's card. The giant metal gate opened with a groan and I held my breath as it continued to open with no alarms going off.

I nearly laughed as the gate finished opening and the alarms still haven't sounded. I suppose they have trained me too well...and it will come back to bite them.

I quickly slipped through the gate and ran to a parked car. I only had to leave the area before they discovered I have killed most of their guards and scientists. Oops.

I opened the door and hotwire the car to start it. Luck is on my side apparently as the car started right away.

Finally... I was free.