My body ached from the beating.
Any form of disordinance within the pack is punishable by beatings or any other form of torture. And this was mine.
Blood leaked from my lip, dripping onto the same clothes that I wore the day before.
The cell that I was confined to reeked of the metallic copper smell that came from my spilled blood.
Making me feel light headed from the vast amount of blood lost.
It took more energy than I had left to even attempt to lift my head from its slummped position against the wall. And I haven't even tried to left myself up to evealuate my condiontion. From the stinging sensation coming from back, I could guess that I had a large gash on it. Not to mention the soreness coming from my cheek, where I was hit multiple times. And that's just to name a few.
My throat felt as if it had been seared with a sliver hot pocker, from the liquid wolfsbane that they poured down my throat to slow my self healing process.
So here I sit with my head hung low, eyes closed, and body in a heap. They didn't say if I would be released today or if they'd keep me to tourture another day. Every fiber left in my body wanted to cry out in pain and for help, but it would be in vain. Because for 1.) the dungon is sound proof and for 2. if I cry the action itself would cause me more pain by contracting my already seared throat. So I would rather sit here and sulk in self pitty than make myself hurt more than they already have.
As time slowly ticked by I felt as my eye lids grew heavier and heavier. Impossible for me to keep open, I begun to dift off into a coma like slumber that engulfed me like a wave produced from a hurricane.
DREAM
I felt my body jolt awake, making my body spring up in an upright position. I was breathing heavily and was broken out in sweats. My heart thudded in my chest wildly with adreniline, and I felt sick to my stomach.
I lurched foward and emptied my stomach contents onto the ground around me. I wipped my mouth with the back of my hand as I peered around me.
I was in a green field, or maybe it was a meadown. Hell I don't know the difference, but what I do know is that I wasn't alone.
I could hear the sound of a person's heart beating softly in their chest and their rhythmic breathing about 10 yards away in an area that was occupied with various types of trees.
"I can hear your breathing. Come out and show yourself." , I called out into the distance.
I waited a minute or two and no one appeared, but I could still hear the sound of a person's heart beat. I pulled myself up from the ground, still staring at the direction that I heard the breathing and heart beat in.
Before I could take a step I heard the faint sound of a whisper.
"Come. Follow me Anna."
It was lound enough for my wolf hearing to pick up, but too soft for a human to pick up.
But the real question is, am I really going to follow this 'person' into the area full of trees that you can't even seen 10 feet in front of you. And what exactly am I following if I can't see the 'person'. I must be insane if I follow this unknown 'person' or thing.
And why do they think I'm Anna? Is this the same Anna that I've been researching?
Who is Anna?
I combed my fingers through my hair as I tried to grasp the reality of things.
1. I'm lost.
2.I hear someone/something not too far near me.
3.The person thing is calling out to me to follow it.
4.I know I'm asleep.
5.They are calling out to Anna?
All I know right now is Moongoddess be with me.
I stood on my feet, taking a deep breath I moved my legs in the direction that the voice called out from.
I found myself deep within this wooded area, surrounded by trees no matter which way I turned.
The woods were so dense that I could no longer see the medow clearing that I had woken up in. So I couldn't turn around and go back even if Iwanted to. All I could do is follow this voice that seemed to be leading me deeper and deeper into the maze of trees.
"Just a little further Anna." Good I thought I was getting tired of fighting off tree bracnches and smaking bugs out of my damn face every few seconds. This little journey better be worth it.
As I continued to walk I could see more rays of sun becoming visible through the trees. More and more sun became visbile as the trees became fewer.
My hearing picked up on the sound of people not too far ahead, a pack or maybe a coven?
Coming to an opening in the trees, I began observing the things in front of me.
There were people and houses scattered everywhere. Some were gardening. Some where conversing. Some where even goofing off with each other. But one thing caught my attention. Some of the people where practicing magic.
I was lead into the heart of a witch coven.
I instantly held my breath.
Witches and wolfs do not mix.
Hell witches and anything don't mix. And it's all because witches like be left in peace to practice their magic without the threat of being seen by humans or being harassesd by other creatures.
My spieces as well as vampires have been know to bring witches into our own problems and forcing them into to do our biding without care of their say so or even their well-being. So it is understandable as to why witches aren't exactly friendly to other spieces.
And yet here I am a wol.....wait am I a wolf? I mean that voice earlier called me Anna, so does that mean I'm in Anna's body. And if that's the case what is Anna?
Is she a human?
Is she a vampire?
Or is she a werewolf?
She can't be human because of the super-sonic hearing I used to hear that persons breath and heart beath with.
So which is it, vampire or werewolf?