PAIGE
I couldn't bring myself to look at the man beside me, his narrowed aimed at me and his voice laced with fury. My heart was beating fast and I was still hazy from that scent, the pheromones I perceived when I broke out of the cage. It was the same one that wafted from the man that was standing next to me, ready to send his arrow into me if I so much as twist around too fast.
I thought the person with the pheromones would be my safe haven because it felt warm and inviting, and I loved it so much that after breaking out, all I wanted to do was find the owner, but now I don't want to believe the warmth I desired would be anything other than a safe haven for me.
I couldn’t speak, almost curling in on myself as I sat in silence, wondering why nothing ever fell in place for me, why noth
