I am still too wiped out to make it very far, but the sound of a branch breaking has woken me up. My head is pounding, and I feel like I'm hungover, even though I didn't have anything to drink last night.
Still, I don't have time to wallow.
I am terrified that the guards are going to find me, and I know I can't defend myself against them. I'm not strong enough to take down even one of them, and there's no way I could take on all of them at once.
The Alpha was their leader. They won't hesitate to attack me if they see me.
There's a snap of another branch, and I know I have to get away. I don't know if it's the guards, but I can't stay here.
I get up and start running, hoping that I'll be able to outrun whoever it is.
I run as fast as I can, but I don't get far. Within seconds, I hav
