Hope ran as fast as she could through the woods. She couldn't even feel the cuts on her skin as the gunshot wound on her back felt much worse. Hope didn't think it would come to this. A human saw her, in her wolf form. Not just any human, but a wolf hunter. She's too weak, probably from too much running apart from losing too much blood. But that didn't matter, all she cares about now is to live.
Hope was holding onto that little strength she has as she ran through the woods, feeling herself shifting back to her human form as her body is too weak to handle being in her wolf form. She runs and run until she fell on the ground with a thud. She needed to gain some strength, but the woman was after her, and if she keeps lying on the ground like this, she's gonna end up dead.
With her heightened hearing, she perked her ears up, trying to sense if the woman was close enough to get to her before she could run again, but she felt another presence. It didn't feel like a human, it was a lot faster. And she feared that she might not only die in the hands of a hunter, but a predator.
She tries to stand up, but with her strength completely draining, she shifts back to her human form. She almost groaned as she feels tears prickling in her eyes as she stayed there, on the ground, body limp from all the running.
Before she could even lose consciousness, she caught a glimpse of a wolf much bigger than her own, eyes glowing a saturated green color running towards her. And she thinks, this might just be her end.
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Hope shifts around the ground– when did the ground get so much softer anyway? Her eyes opened slowly, the sun illuminating the room, kissing her skin as she looks around the unfamiliar room. Then she hears a distant voice and she focuses on that.
"Someone has got to be kidding me. Why the hell am I partnered with someone very low?"
"Alpha, I think you should be worrying about your mate first before her rank. She could be dead right now and yet, you're complaining about her rank."
Mate?
"I might not be a doctor like you, Lizzie, but I'm still a wolf, and a vampire one at that. I'm pretty sure that hairball is still alive."
"Okay, I may lied about that one. But I'm definitely not lying at the part where she's your mate. You said it yourself, you sensed her, you felt the need to protect her. She's your mate, Josie."
"Just mind link me when that puppy is awake. I need to take care of something."
"Will do, Alpha."
Hope rose up from the bed, pushing out of the white thin sheets. It felt weird hearing the word "mate". She was not betrothed. The last person in their clan is dead, apart from her obviously. But she just brushed it off, thinking that they were talking about someone else.
"Oh, you're awake." She breaks free from her ocean of thoughts as she heard someone spoke.
"Yeah..." She looks down. "Thank you for saving me. I really appreciate it."
"Oh, don't thank me. If you want to thank someone, thank our Alpha. You can go out and ask someone to take you to her. I'd take you there myself, but I've got some injured werewolf I need to tend to." She explained, walking over to a noirette boy, groaning in pain as he clutches to his side, where blood oozes out.
Hope decides to give her thanks to her saviour before she goes on her way.
"Excuse me." She approached a noirette who was running around, playing with her dog.
"Yes?" The woman walked towards her, shoving the dog toy in her short's pocket.
"I was wondering if you could lead me to the Alpha. I just want to send him my takes." Hope explained, sending the woman a smile.
