Cara’s pov The creaking sound of the carriage jolted me awake. My eyes fluttered open, heavy with exhaustion. As I looked around, the reality of my situation hit me like a slap. I was bound in a makeshift carriage, being dragged along a rugged path. Panic gripped me as the memory of my capture came rushing back, I was to be delivered to a mysterious man by dawn. I struggled franctically to free myself, but I learned the hard way about that. “Aahhhh”, I screamed in pain as the rope burned against my skin. the rope was laced with wolfbane. I gritted my teeth, as memories of my past encounters with wolfbane in my previous pack flashed in my mind. “Sorry, love, forgot to mention the ropes' stings,” the leader said with a twisted grin. His towering figure loomed over me, his dark, unruly ha

