"Sophie, Sophie, wake up sweetie." I slowly awoke as my father made his way to my bed. He turned on my lamp on the end table. I blinked several times to get used to the blinding light. "Mi tesoro, pack some things we must leave tonight." I knew my father would fight for me. I knew he would protect me with his last breath. As I grabbed my backpack and put some items into it. He handed me some bread covered in a cloth, held my gaze, for the first time in my life they weren't dancing with amusement. His eyes looked tired, he looked tired. I knew the Alpha pull was strong and to go against your Alpha drained the energy out of you. I have yet to ascend so the pull to the Alpha wasn't as strong. We ran until we were on the border of our parks boundaries and the small village of Castine. We heard them coming, they must have caught our scent. my father told me to run towards the city and he will run the opposite way to distract them and we would meet up later....