Chapter 43: In the woods.

Should I have listened to my instincts telling me something was wrong, maybe I should have but I didn't, and now we are here after running all the way from the pack house into the deeper part of the woods, we are almost at the territory borders.

"It's been a while since I ran this long" Leila comments as she drapes on her clothes back because she had shifted to her wolf form when we had run earlier.

"I think we should go back" I say with a sigh that has Leila turning to face me.

"Why?"

I do not reply her, instead I say with much more firmness now, "we should go back"

"And why should we do that?" She demands.

Maybe I am being paranoid, maybe nothing is going to happen , maybe it is just an instinct, but in that moment I want to be cautious even if there's really no danger.

I start to speak again, but my words are cut short in my mouth when I hear the creaks in the trees.

We are already standing behind our tree when the first arrow flies past us, hitting the tree next to u