Chapter 3

Freya

I don't know how long I have been running for my dear life. I was already profusely sweating and exhausted but I still force myself to keep on running to get away as much as I can from that place where Benjie has imprisoned me for almost a year. By the time Benjie found out that I had escaped, I knew he would do anything to get me back, he holds so much grudge with me that he wouldn't just let me escape, he will surely do everything to find me because until now, he can't still accept that my mother is already dead and he put all the blame of my mother's death on me. My mother did everything to protect me from him but in the end, it wasn't enough to save me, Benjie killed her and as much as he thinks that it was just an accident, I know that it wasn't and that's why he loathes me so much. He couldn't accept that my mother chose to protect me from him.

> Let me take over, Freya, you're tired and we can get farther if you're in your wolf form. < Kodaline suggested – my wolf. I stopped running for a while and leaned against a huge tree while I was trying to catch my breath.

> I just need a minute to rest. < I replied to Kodaline through our mind link and closed my eyes as I try to clear my mind. After a few seconds, I suddenly heard slight cracking noises which caused me to open my eyes and wander around the area to see if someone is coming.

> This land belongs to a pack, Freya, we need to get out of here now. You need to shift. < Kodaline shouted frantically in my mind and I didn't argue with my wolf anymore when I felt like someone was so close to approaching us now. I quickly took off my ragged dress and tied it around my shoulder.

I immediately shift into my wolf form and let Kodaline take over my body. We wasted no more time and we quickly ran away, that was when I'm certain that someone is following us, it looks like the border patrol of this pack land is following us.

I didn’t grow up in a pack but I have basic knowledge of how a werewolf pack works, if this land belongs to a powerful alpha then I guess three, four or maybe more warriors are following us and I won't let them take me, I also don't think my wolf, Kodaline, is up for another beating and all the horrifying things that the alpha will do to the rogues that they captured.

"Fuck! Why is this happening to me, moon goddess?" I whispered to myself out of frustration as I hear the noises getting clearer which only means the pack warriors are already right out behind.

> We need to get out of this pack land now, Kodaline. They're not stopping and I'd rather die than be someone's slave or be an alpha's plaything to torture if he's bored, stress, or angry. < I said emphatically to Kodaline and I know that she also feels the same. I can still hear the pack warriors following behind us.

> We're almost in no man's land. < Kodaline replied through our mind link and speed up from running.

After a few minutes of running, we finally reached the no man's land, no werewolf pack owns this land yet so anyone is free to step on this land.

> They're still after us, what the fuck is wrong with these warriors? < My wolf complains frustratedly as we start running again, a little faster this time until my wolf suddenly tripped on the big root of the fucking huge tree causing us to stumble upon the mud. It was too late for us to keep on running away again because we were suddenly surrounded by four pack-warriors.

The pack warriors shifted to their human form and then put on the shorts and t-shirts they were carrying on their arms.

"You need to shift now, you're on the losing end so don't do anything stupid that might get you killed." A man commanded with an authoritative tone of voice. I'm not sure but I think this man is the leader of the pack warriors and I can't help but slightly flinch in horror because this man got a huge body and his aura was screaming of violence that I can even feel my wolf suddenly getting nervous at the man's remark.

> I'm going to shift now, we're in fucking big trouble. < I said to Kodaline in my mind and didn't wait for her response. I shifted back into my human form and quickly put on the dress that I had tied earlier on my shoulder.

"What are you doing in our pack land?" The leader of the pack warrior asked with a not-so-friendly tone of his voice. The way these pack warriors surrounded me feels like they were seconds into tearing my limbs apart.

"I w-was just passing by," I nervously replied to the man, he just smirked at me as if he didn't believe me.

"Let me see your wolf's eyes," the man commanded causing me to swallow my saliva in immense nervousness. I slowly lift my head until our eyes met and I showed him Kodaline's eye color.

"Your eyes are still blue, it's either you're a new rogue or you've never killed anyone before." The man said and looked at the other warriors as if they were talking using their pack's mind link.

"I don't have hidden agenda. I haven't noticed that I was running in your land, I swear I was just passing by." I said to them as I slowly backed away and prepared myself to run again but they seemed to have read my mind and what I'm planning to do, they quickly grabbed my arms, and with their great strength, it was so easy for them to drag me back.

"Please, I swear I am not a threat. Let me go!" I shouted in defiance but it was as if they don't hear anything and keep on dragging me back to their pack land.

"Let me go, I am now in no man's land so technically you can't capture me," I complained to them and kicked the pack warrior that holding my left arm on his knee causing him to look at me with glaring eyes.

"You better shut your mouth if you still value yourself, and I don't care if you're a threat or not because you're still a rogue and alpha Michael loves torturing and killing rogues. You're in luck and alpha Michael will not be in the pack house until the next day, you still have a day left to cherish your dear life." The leader of the pack warriors said and then laughed softly at me as if there's something funny in what he just said.

I was trying to fight back but it seems so fucking useless with four of them surrounding and dragging me back to their pack land. I can't help but calmly plead to the moon goddess to take my life right now, I was hoping that that the moon goddess will bestow me and my wolf with a painless death than suffer from days of torture and abuse from the alpha.

I did escape and survive from Benjie's months of torture and abuse but now it looks like there's no escaping from the ruthless alpha of this pack land.