Jayden hit the ground with a thud that almost sent the both of them rambling into the grass that covered the soft earth, and he would if the sound of the other wolves coming after them did not reach his ears.The smell of blood filled his nostrils, and he was afraid that Alisa had been hurt, and that if he stopped she would fall off of him, so he kept running, leaping into the air as her arms clutched even tighter around his neck.He could smell the wolves coming after them too, but he was faster and gaining ground, leaving them behind him. A clearing that seemed to form a path came into the right side of his view, and he darted into it, still running hard, harder than he ever had in his life, harder than the way he did when he hunted the stag at the Lupercalia.They passed them and kept running, but Jayden knew he would not fool them for long because the wolves were following the scent of the blood that trailed them, and once they found less of it, they would know they had lost him.
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