~Ioana~
But that didn’t make my mind any more silent. The ringing only got louder.
A warning.
Urging me to—run.
My heart dropped to my stomach.
And run I did.
I skirted to the side, making a dash for the exit, the same time he moved.
I caught a flash of something primal in his eyes.
Something I had seen numerous times. Once their wolves were let out. Weaving through the trees.
A shudder ran down my spine, the bony fingers of fear clinging to me.
I didn’t outrun him. Instead, it was he who let me.
That was my last thought as I broke through the entrance. A flash of gold staring at me,
And how far I could run. If I could escape at all was…
It was the hunt.
*****
My breath came out in short pants.
"Faster," I urged.
My feet flew through the forest ground, over the tiny twigs,
