On the run

Chapter 4

Aaliyah

When I woke, it was early morning. The sun hadn’t even started coming up. I slowly get up and stretch my arms. My shoulder no longer felt sore, informing me that the wolfsbane is indeed out of my system and I had healed. Nyx was stretching in my head; I felt her tension to leave here set in. I look around for a way to put the fire out and land on a few big rocks that would do the trick. Now that I had rested, I was feeling a strange pull. One I had never felt before. The pull was toward the pack house, I was sure. Something is telling me to go to it, that I belonged there. Why, I couldn’t figure out. They would kill me if I walked in that direction. Nyx whined in my head. She felt the danger. I look around one last time before shifting and heading out of my cave. Nyx’s fur was beautiful pure white with a slight purple tinge. As far as my parents told me, there were no other wolves with my color. They were all brown or black. The color was due to my witch bonding with my wolf. The connection is so deep that my wolf also wields magic. I stretch my wolf body before running into the forest. I wasn’t sure how big this territory was or which pack this was, so I had no idea how far I had to go before I was out. I just knew it would be safer for me if I was long gone before they woke up. I knew they would scent me and hunt me. The plan was to be as close to being out as possible when that finally happened. The hunters have probably already been informed in this area so they would be expecting me all around. They would probably alert the wolf packs as soon as the sun started coming up. I pushed Nyx faster through the trees. I wasn’t sure how long we ran when I heard the howl. It made my heart race. f**k. I was hoping to have more time, but that howl was clearly alerting the pack to my presence. I wasn’t sure I would make it out without them finding me. I could already hear the answering howls. I ran as fast I could, they had an advantage. They knew the area and I was just a passerby. The wind blew and I caught the scent. Wolfsbane. Hunters? Here? What were they playing at? They weren’t allowed on wolf territory. I veered off in a different direction just as an arrow flew past me. s**t! This I wasn’t expecting. Nyx growls wanting to take the hunters out. She felt strangely protective of something. Maybe the area? The wolves? No, it couldn’t be, she didn’t have an attachment to anything. Another arrow flew by her followed by a gunshot. That would have alerted the wolves of location. I cursed and she halted. I wasn’t planning on fighting, but it seems we didn’t have a choice. The hunters had gathered, blocking our path. The only direction she could go is back toward the pack-house Cursing internally, Nyx turned to face the hunters closest to us. They had gun drawn and pointed at her; no doubt silver bullets with wolfsbane. Because she was part witch, it didn’t harm her as much as it would another wolf, but it still hurt like hell and weakened her enough for her to be caught and killed. Nyx’s purple eyes started smoking a deep purple color, glowing as she growled her warning baring her teeth. “Be careful, remember she wields magic as well,” one of the hunters said. She recognized him as the leader in this area. “Hello, I think it's about time I have introduced myself”, he said with a grin. “I am Marcus, the head hunter in the mid-west territory. We have been tracking you for a long time”. He smiles wickedly, “It would be wise of you to give up, but something tells me you aren’t going to do that.” Nyx snarls at him, her anger making dark clouds take over the sky and lightning strike in the distance. Marcus looked around grinning “that’s impressive, I’ll give you that”, he said as rain started falling violently. “However, I have grown tired of games, and I would like to end this”. He smiled and looked at his soldiers. “Bring her to me, unharmed, she is worth a lot of money, more so alive”, he hissed before turning his back and leaving his men to it. They instantly started firing their weapons. Nyx snarls and leaps into the air, a protective bubble covering her. She launched herself at the hunter, tearing at exposed neck with her teeth. Energy vibrated off of her in waves as Nyx grabbed another hunter in her teeth ripping at his flesh with her teeth and her claws. It didn’t take her long before she realized they weren’t shooting bullets at her. They were darts, they were trying to drug her. She couldn’t let that happen. The rain pounded harshly on the forest ground as the fight ensued. She had taken out 5 more hunters in the blink of an eye. Nyx was an animal; I have never seen her so angry. She ripped at anything in her path. Her feeling to protect so strong she couldn’t control it. She heard more howls, close this time. Aaliyah was starting to panic; they couldn’t beat a pack of wolves and a pack of hunters. Nyx leaped through the air magic radiating from her body as she shot waves of energy at the hunters knocking them out cold with each hit. A black wolf came flying out of the forest behind her. He landed on her claws digging into her chest and sides as she howled in pain. He snapped at her neck which she barely avoided. She snarled tossing him off of he, body healed. They circle each other slowly. She could sense that this wasn’t the alpha but was one of his warriors. She launched herself at him, her eyes smoking again as the anger radiated off of her. He dodged her and slashed at her with his claws, dragging them down her face. She shook it off snarling at him, catching him off guard with the power that radiated through her tone. She took that opportunity to go for his throat. She bit into it, ripping it out as he fell to the ground. She had no control over Nyx anymore who stood over the dead wolf howling her victory, just as a dart pierced her neck, then another. Her vision went blurry as wolves burst through the forest attacking hunters on their territory a group of 6 surrounding me. I wasn’t sure how Nyx planned to get us out of this. “ENOUGH!” A loud roar sounded halting all the wolves in their tracks and making them bare their necks in submission. The wolves parted and a giant naked man made his way to me. He was at least 6’5 giant filled with muscles. He had jet black hair that was tussled and fell lazily over his forehead. His eyes were a deep amber that glowed and shifted back in forth from amber to black with his wolf trying to take over. His jaw was narrow making his masculinity unable to ignore. His perfect lips were plump and just the look of them had Nyx salivating. He was in every aspect, a god. His tanned skin just begging to be touched. In an instant Nyx retreated leaving me standing naked in front of the Alpha. One word screamed through my brain as Nyx howled in my head. Our eyes met and we both froze. “Mate!” we both said in unison as my vision darkened and the darts took full effect and I crumpled to the ground.