Blackborne Pack

Chapter 1

*This is a work of fiction,you should not approach a wild animal even if it seems friendly.*

I limp into the woods,my only place that's just my own,my throat on fire. The wounds that the whip made, lazily oozing blood. I collapsed as soon as I got to the meadow that had a small stream going through it,a large boulder stood. I would come here every time I was lonely or had woken up from my nightmares. My ankle starts to throb as well as my tailbone and I start to cry, fat wet tears coursing down my cheeks,I feel so defeated,unloved. I tuck myself into a ball, hiding my face in my arms. I start to hear rustling, and look towards the sound.I see a retriever puppy,it lops towards me, sometimes tripping over its large feet. I giggled and as soon as it put its paws on my lap I picked it up and cuddled it. I hear a bark and see a large wolf with emerald green eyes,the puppy yips at the large predator and scrambles out of my lap,then disappears back from where it came. The wolf sits on its haunches, casually looking me over,I should be afraid,but I'm not,I feel safe. The wolf comes closer to me,sniffing and licking at my wounds,making soft whines. He pushes his head under my arm that was opposite of my wounded leg,and nudged me to get up. "Where are we going?" I whispered. He snorted and pointed his snout over to where the puppy went. "I'll follow you,but be patient with me please." I gently grab the scruff of his neck to help keep my balance as I got up. The wolf led me to a large cabin that had a fire pit. He helps me up to the front door, which has a rope attached. He pulls the rope with his mouth and the door opens,light spilling out. I walk into a spacious entryway that has a grand staircase in the middle of the room.In a far corner by a fireplace I see the puppy from earlier sleeping in a dog bed.The wolf then leads me up the stairs,stopping occasionally for me to take a break.We reach the top of the stairs and he takes me to a room at the end of the hallway. The room has a dark green interior with a neatly made bed in the middle of the room and window seats under both large windows. There are also bookcases that have classics,worn from repeated use. "I hope I'm not intruding on anyone." I mumble to myself. The wolf nudges me toward a large dresser that is on the farthest wall. The dresser also has rope handles,which the wolf pulled the first handle and pulled out some PJ pants and a grey t-shirt both looked a little too big for me. The wolf handed me the clothes and took me to what looked like a bathroom door. "You want me to change?" The wolf nodded,his tongue lolling out of his mouth. He then looked away from the bathroom like he was telling me he wasn't going to look. I closed the bathroom door taking off my clothes with the dried up blood and dirt caked onto it,folding them neatly and putting it on the toilet seat. I put the clean clothes on top of the toilet tank.I then take a quick shower,my dried blood disappearing down the drain. When I get out, I see that my old clothes had disappeared, I thought I locked the door I shrugged and noticed my back didn't hurt. I look in the floor length mirror and see that there are faint scars where the gashes from the wip were made.