Ravaged

chapter 1

I run as quickly and quietly as possible through the woods. I've scented that I'm in a wolves territory and cannot help but run. What will happen if they catch me? Will the kidnap me as the last pack had? Will I be executed? These thoughts drive me to move faster.

As I look a round I see a clearing up ahead. The bubbling of a small stream catches my ears. Hurrying, I move towards the river as quickly as I can. What a wonderful forest.

The pounding of pads on the forest floor catches my attention. I need to hide. I cannot outrun wolves in human form. I cannot shift because it'll be seen as a threat. I dash forwards into the clearing. looking around I see a strong an massive oak tree. the trunk is split and hollowed out. As quietly as possible I look inside of the trunk of the tree. it'd a perfect hiding place. I quickly curl up inside and hide. hoping they cannot scent me out.

A few minutes pass. The silence of the forest of driving my fear higher and higher. Suddenly the sounds of a dozen wolf pads comes through the trees carried on the wind. They are close. As quietly as possible I look out of the Crack in the tree to see the clearing. A large caramel wolf comes through the forest and stops. He scents the air and then starts to wander the clearing. his gaze falls upon the oak. His eyes a beautiful blueish green color. His head whips upwards into a solem howl. the wolves behind him surround the tree. The cracking of bones fills the air as the man shifts back.

The man with the caramel colored wolf is extremely handsome. his hair was a chocolate brown. His muscular build very prominent. He had to be ranked. His wolf was massive but not quiet the size of an alpha. He must be a beta.

Grabbing a pair of shorts hidden with a tree, the man covers himself. Slowly he stalks towards the entrance to my hiding place. He stops right in front of it and then starts to speak. "I know you are hiding there. Come out now or you will die." his rich deep voice fills the air. Slowly I exit the tree.

"My alpha is on his way. You will answer to him. Your fate will be decided then." he sneers.

I look directly into his eyes, challenging him, and lowly growl.

The man quirks his eyebrow towards me. His aura is that of a beta.

The sound of pounding paws on the forest floor fill the air. The beta then speaks to me again. " Since you show disrespect towards me you will kneel away from my alpha." he says. Two guards come towards me and grab my wrists. Both pull me towards the stream. The push me down to my knees facing the stream and forest.

The sound of bones cracking once again fills the air. A guard behind me then speaks up and says "Sir." He must have handed him something to cover himself with.

The alpha slowly starts to walk towards me. he stops directly behind me. "I want your name now, and your purpose for being on my land."

" I am merely passing through." I state quietly.

" Now your name." he reiterates.

"Esme. Esme Corvino." I say gritting my teeth.

" Well Esme you do not smell like a rogue. why is that?"

"Because I am not a rogue. I'm a lone wolf." I sneer at him.

" why?"

" My pack was destroyed when I was 7. 10 years ago."

" Turn her around to face me." the alpha commands in his alpha tone.

The guards holding my wrists pull me up to my feet and then spin me around. I'm now facing a man who is 6' 9 roughly. I'm shocked when I look into his eyes. his eyes are two different colors. One was a deep chocolate color and the other was icy blue. He was extremely muscular. His tanned skin rippled like waves across his chest.

As my eyes meet his, his scent reaches me. he smells of citris and freshly fallen rain. it was intoxicating. His eyes flashed in shock. "Mate." quietly exits his perfect mouth.

My wolf was going insane. She couldn't believe it. Quiet Tundra.

The beta then starts to speak to his alpha. "Sir what shall we do? Is she really?..."

"Give her to me." the alpha commands.

The guards start to obey. the drag me forwards and then the dizziness starts. my vision starts to blur. and then blackness hits. I remember hitting the ground and the alpha's hands grab me and then nothing.

Azeron POV

I'm overlooking the forest from the balcony of my room when a pressure starts to build in my head. a mind like from my beta Jacob comes through. Sir a rogue has entered our territory. She doesn't smell like a rogue to me. we need you here immediately.

I sigh to myself as I leave the room. exiting the castle I quickly undress and shift into my wolf. A massive black wolf takes my place. let's get this delt with jaks.

My wolf takes off into the woods following my betas scent. A clearing comes into view. I stop in the clearing and shift back. the girl kneeling before me is small. extremely small for a she-wolf. her auburn hair is in tangles and curls rippling down her back. she has some nice curves even I have to admit. A few of the guards have taken notice of her shapely figure as well. However despite her shapely figure she is skinny. Her arms are guant as if she hasn't eaten in weeks. I question her and something occurs to me. Her scent is wrong for some reason. She smells of sprinkles but for whatever reason jaks says her scent is wrong. The guards obey my commend to turn her towards me. her face is beautiful but guant as well. her skin is pearlescent and translucent. She clearly hasn't eaten in a long time. what catches my attention the most is her eyes. Forest green and full of pain. "Mate" growls out of my mouth.

I'm stunned by this. my mouth growls at the guards holding her. "Bring her to me." They drag her forward and I see it. Her eyes roll into the back of her head and she hits the ground.

Quickly I move forward and lift her up bridal style. "Jacob!" I growl out to my beta. we need to get her to the pack doctor now.

"Yes Sir." My beta scrambles out. I hand esme to him and shift quickly destroying my shorts. He lays her across my back and I take off at once for the pack house. I mind link the pack doctor Alastair and tell him I've found my mate and she is in desperate need of medical attention. jaks picks up the pace and soon my home comes into view.

Jacob quickly shifts back behind me and pulls my beautiful Esme off of me. I shift back and quickly pull on another pair of shorts a guard hands me. "Give her to me." I slam out. I hold her and then quickly run into the house. entering through the back was good. The hospital wing was closer. I stumble into the hospital and Alastair quickly brings me to a room. He immediately starts to hook her to machines.

"Alpha I need to examine her." he states firmly. he then starts to undress her. I contain the growl trying to escape me as he strips her down to her underwear and quickly covers her in a sports bra with a nurse. Her body is covered in bruises and lacerations. "what happened to her alpha?" the nurse asks. "I do not know" I stutter out.

They begin to cover her in salve to help with the cuts.