Escaping
1000 Words
CLAIRE'S POV:
I was woken up by screams.
"Fire! Fire!"
I looked around, the place was very hot and I can hear burning sounds.
Running out of the door, I scoffed at some smoke that had entered my lungs. I ran with the group of people trying to escape.
I grabbed one by the hand, "What happened?"
"Rogue attacks!"
What?
We all continued running again, the whole place was almost full of dead bodies and blood. Tears started forming.
Warriors are fighting against rogues and I am in a group of wolves who just went out.
Everybody seems to be busy fighting that none of them cares about others.
Alpha Jason was out of sight...
Escape..
A voice ran into my head. I studied the place to know where the voice came from. "W-who's there?"
Run.. the voice said again.
I looked around. Maybe it's my chance. I went to look for an escape route that I went behind the pack house. It was clear, only with some corpses and burnt woods.
I ran without thinking, the stream from a while ago was to be seen so I crossed it.
Running with all my might and without looking back.
My wound hurts from the rushing of breeze because of my running. So I grabbed it with my other hand and clasped it near my chest.
Freedom awaits me! Finally!
I tried looking back to see my pack. The place was covered with thick black smoke and the screams can be heard.
Hurry! The voice in my head shouted.
I didn't hesitate to look in front and started running again. Running as fast as my feet can carry me.
I didn't bother taking turns, just running straight, not wanting to experience torture again.
I don't know where my running can take me, but there is no stopping now. It they found me again, my life is gonna be ending right here, right now. So I just ran faster.
Don't look back... the voice muttered with a growl.
W-who are you? I asked in my mind.
It's me, your wolf Alexa. My eyes widened.
Oh, so Alexa was her name. It's very beautiful..
You still exist? I asked her.
I heard her groan, The pills they made you take weakened and muted me. It hurts to talk but I can manage.
May I shift?
Not yet, I'm still paralyzed. But the pill is starting to wore off, so probably soon.
Why can't I still see you inside my head?
Because I am not fully recovered yet. Don't worry, as long as you don't take another of that pill, you'll be able to connect with me soon.
I sighed, growing sad at what happened. I-I'm so sorry you've been through that. If only I wasn't too weak and fought-..
That's not true, you're strong and I know that. But now, I need you to keep running.
I nodded. The pack house was out of sight already. I can also feel my scent changing, making me rogue.
I don't belong to any other pack now. I'm finally free.
Tears of happiness sprung down my eyes. Both from the freedom, and finally getting to talk to my wolf.
What about joining another pack? Alexa insisted.
I-I can't do that. They'll abuse us again, and who knows maybe I won't be able to talk to you anymore.
Claire, you need to join a pack. They despise rogues and in no time, you'll be killed.
But Alex-..
Let's go find our mate first.
My mate...
I shook my head, No.
What do you mean no? Confusion is visible to her voice.
Who wouldn't question it, having a mate cannot be ignored. Either you want it or not, you have one. And once you turn 18, finding your mate was a priority. But since I turned 18 in my pack, I didn't get to roam any other packs that I didn't find him. It's not like I want one, as much as possible, I wanted to stay away from men. Less trouble. Until now, I'm already 19 but never did finding my mate came across my mind.
He won't like me, full of wounds and bruised lady like me. He'll only torture us, and then reject us.
That's not true, he'll like you, us.
How can you be so sure?
Because...he is our mate-..
That we never knew of. Finding him will only be useless.
Alexa gave up on arguing with me.
I continued running without rest. I'm desperate to get away.
I suddenly tripped on a rock, my front part meeting the ground.
Groaning, pain instantly ran through my body. I tried to stand up again but to no avail. I crawled up to the nearest tree and sighed.
I'm too tired to even move. My pack's already very far from me, hopefully they wouldn't find me here.
I wiped my tears lazily and smiled a bit before drifting off to sleep.
~
My sleep was interrupted by fast rustles. Almost immediately, I looked around my surroundings.
Is it from my pack?
Growing completely nervous, I slowly stood up.
I bit my lip as I took tiny steps to continue my journey.
I heard someone growl so I stopped. After some time, a dark brown and light brown wolves stepped out.
Lightly whimpering, I took steps back. They weren't from my packs, their scents weren't even familiar. So I guessed they were rogues.
One of them pounded on me making me fall flat my back before scratching my stomach, ripping a part of my clothes and leaving a claw mark wound.
I cried in pain, the other one scratched its claw on both my arms and legs leaving me a bloody mess. They left...
I don't know why they suddenly left me but I forced myself to stand up and walked more, tears running down my eyes. I let out a tiny sob.
Before I knew it, I fell flat on the ground and lost consciousness.
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