#Chapter 27 - Bear

Atwood

I wanted to go to Ruby’s play. It was really, truly all I wanted.

As I limp through woods with my blood dripping into the snow, she’s all I can think about.

Tamara and I were both dressed and heading out the door to go to Ruby’s play when they came in. Tamara looked so cute in her little blue dress and matching peacoat, holding a big bouquet to give Ruby after the play.

When they came in, however, I immediately ushered Tamara away so she wouldn’t have to see the blood.

“They came out of nowhere,” my pack member, Noah, said. “Ambushed us. We… We didn’t have time to shift.”

“Medics!” I screamed down the hallway. Frightened servants frantically ran to and fro. I don’t even think some of them knew where they were going in all of the commotion.

I ran up to Noah and helped him to lift Kayne onto the stretcher.

Kayne’s face… My best friend from childhood…

There was so much blood.

The medics rushed him away to the infirmary. Noah wasn’t so badly injured, but still needed to hold onto m