"Marked By The Alpha"

_Chapter 1 - The Blizzard and The Beast [210 words]_ The blizzard took everything. The road. The signal. My sanity. My car died 10 miles from town. The engine gave one last cough and went silent. I was walking when I found him. Half buried in snow. Big. Bleeding. Not a man. Not yet. His shoulder was torn open. Deep gashes. Claws, not bullets. The snow around him was red. “Hey,” I whispered, my voice shaking. “Can you hear me?” Gold eyes snapped open. Wild. Animal. “Run.” His voice was gravel and pain. “I can’t leave you here. You’ll freeze.” My teeth were chattering. “I’ll freeze less if you run.” He tried to sit up and groaned. Lightning flashed. And I saw it. The fur under his skin. The bones shifting. I screamed and dragged him anyway. My hands were numb. My cabin was 20 minutes away. It took 2 hours through the storm. By the time I got him inside, he was human again. Tall. Wet. Shivering. A huge scar cut across his chest. “What are you?” I asked, wrapping him in blankets. My hands wouldn’t stop shaking. “Cold,” he said. Then passed out. --- Author's Note: Please #Vote# and comment ❤️ Next chapter: He wakes up