Alina woke up moments later, dazed and her ears ringing. As her vision cleared, she saw the Alpha also on the ground. He was bleeding, the wolfsbane and silver in the room keeping them from healing. She jumped to her feet, steadied herself, and grabbed a silver knife. The Alpha saw her movement and followed suit. He was a trained warrior, Alina was not. But he was heavily wounded. That leveled the playing field a little. Alina squatted down and readied herself. She was able to move quicker and dodge his blows. She slashed at him when she could, causing more bleeding. He was weakening quickly and from the panicked look in his eyes, he knew it. With a surprising quickness, he spun and hit Alina across the face, knocking her against the cement wall. The air left her lungs and she gasped to re
