KIERA What were the chances that I would have escaped? Maybe less than one, but I still took a shot. Why? Because I was a mother and an animal. Captivity was never a choice for me, both literally and figuratively. The Jadeite guards caught me down, and with my hands still tied behind my back, it was challenging to struggle free of their holds. Two of them grabbed the guard I was trying to choke and shoved him aside while I tried my best to breathe through the pain when someone kicked me in the stomach. The agony was just too much to ebb away in a moment. “What’s the ruckus?” I heard a loud voice that boomed around the place. “Alpha!” A guard cried out. “Alpha, she was trying to escape.” I managed to bring up my head to catch a sight of his man, and his looked somewhat matched his r

