Running Away

She ran as fast as she can! Ariana ran in the form of a white wolf. She was afraid that her husband might kill her if he finds her in her wolf form. 

Today is her wedding day but at this moment, she's been running from her husband. Her heart broke into pieces to think that when Amer woke up the next morning, she's nowhere to be seen nor found. She wanted to ask her parents about this. She's now heading to her hometown where she lived with her parents. She wanted an answer.

She felt like she ran for years. She heard howling of her same kind calling her presence. She saw a black wolf where she saw from the Arcadia Kingdom six months ago. 

She hides behind a big trunk near her. It's her first time to be alone in the wilderness with no one beside her. It's her fault why she didn't think at first before leaving Amer. 

It's freezing and she shifted into a she-wolf and until now, she's still covered with white thick fur, with sharp-pointed fangs and narrow green eyes. She's not yet aware of how to act like a wolf. She just followed what her body and instincts ordered her to do. 

" If Amer was here maybe I won't be scared like this" her voice trembled and her lips shivered in these cold winter nights. 

Ariana set another glance again to her surroundings to check if the black wild wolf vanished through the darkness of the night. She walked out from her hiding location and she heard none but only the loud chirping of birds above the high swaying trees. 

As her footsteps grew louder and longer, a sound of scratching like claws could be heard from afar studying her every movement. Her five senses were all acting as a new werewolf shifter so even a kilometers sounds could easily hit within her airways. 

She holds her breathing while she's on her way to the place of her destination. She ran so fast when she realized that no one was following her. She ran like the wind and she didn't dare to look back. She took a rest to caught for air and then keep running again.

She's been running for almost hours but she couldn't foresee her motherland. She's a skin shifter wolf and her speed was tripled than a mere human being and even faster than four wheels but how can she see it. She's now too weak and tired to run forever. She felt the dryness in her throat so she searched for running water and she found one. 

" Thanks, Jesus!" She said it out loud due to excitement. 

She crouched down and sat beside the flowing water. She put her mouth and drink as many as she can. She was so thirsty and hungry as well. She heard the growling sounds of her empty stomach inside her. She sniffed with her nose and she smelled something to eat. 

She left the river and ran to catch her first prey. She saw a deer and Ariana chased it inside the forest. She didn't know that hungry packs were following her since she left the other side of the mountain. 

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Ariana PoV

At last, I saw my prey. He's hiding behind the bushes and now was my time to leap above him. I'm now making my way to attacked him when a pack of black wolves appeared right in front of me. I pulled myself back while they were approaching me. 

" Hey, easy. I'm human. I'm just trapped inside this wolf skin!" I said and I hope that they understand what I'm saying. 

One of them growled at me. His fangs watered like he was ready to attack me anytime. I had no choice by now but to run. 

I ran swiftly from them and they all followed me. I'm now in tears and I didn't want to die so early not inside this wolf body. I made my way to every corner of the forest. I searched for some caves to hide in but I couldn't find one. I ran forward until I reached the brink of a cliff. I was trapped there. I had no ground to ran to. My legs were trembling and my whole body was shaking. As they walked forward, I pushed myself going backward until I slide my left leg but I managed to bring it back. I felt relieved after saving myself from the early danger. 

" Please, don't kill me! Just let me go! I have the position here!" I remembered the small bottle where King Markus gave to me before he died. 

He told me that when I'm in danger, I just drink it and I will be saved. I didn't want to believe him but I still accepted it just to satisfied him. This is the time to test what kind of help it might show me. It's nice that it's almost daylight and my wolf skin we're gradually leaving my human body. When I'm now fully shifted to my human form, all of them glared at me. They couldn't believe what they saw and even me. I covered my body when I found that I was naked. I found the bottle beside me and while they're stamping to their claws to attack me, I quickly took the cap of the bottle and drink the liquid inside until it's the last drop. When I gulped it all, my eyes widened to see them jumping in front of me, and to my surprise, my legs slipped and I fall from a very deep cliff. 

" Ahhhhhhhhh!!!" I screamed until everything went dark and I was never seen from the darkness. 

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The year 2020 ( present )

" Ahhhhhh!!!" Anika just woke up from a deep dream. 

She quickly opened her eyes and looked around her. She touched herself and she felt a little weird. She got up and dragged herself to the restroom. 

She felt relieved when she saw her face, still her cold and wicked face. It felt so real, about her dream. She saw herself and she was inside the white fur of a wolf. She shook her head to forget about her weird dream. She got herself ready for the early board meeting she scheduled herself. 

" Good morning! I'm Anika Perez, your new CEO of Perez Hotel and Resorts. " She said with her cold eyes and a stern voice like a man. 

She was Anika Perez, one of the most Alpha females in the Perez family and any man couldn't please her. She's stone-hearted and selfish. Everyone bowed before her whenever she passed by.