Chapter Sixteen
Ana
I was running with everything I had left. My entire body was right at the point of breaking down completely.
My foot caught on a thick root, and I fell hard to the ground, scraping my palms against the dirt. I forced myself to stand up right away, ignoring the sharp pain in my knees. I could still hear the low, terrifying growls echoing in the woods behind me.
It had been one week. One whole week had passed, and I had received absolutely no word from Desmond. He never came back for me. He had promised me he would come back to save me, but he lied.
I had been forced to take matters into my own hands. I had stabbed the rogue Alpha with a hidden blade just to find a way to run away from that cell. He had tried to force himself on me, wanting to sleep with me.
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