Chapter 2

Cecilia's pov The room smells different from mine. My eyes began to open slowly, only to hear the familiar voice of the pack's head healer as she walked past me. She did not notice that I was awake. I looked around to see that I was being treated, why? "You're awake, Luna." Mandy, the head healer, came to me. She was a forty-something-year-old red head whose heart is bigger than anyone s heart is allowed to be. She came up beside me and grabbed my hands. "I should have let you stay when you came earlier." I would like to stay, but I think it was best that I leave because now I am scared. "I need to get out of here." "The Alpha said you are not allowed to leave except he knows about it." There, that was the issue I have now. I am right, but I have put myself in a situation where they would be watching my every move. "You don't understand, Mandy." Perhaps she would understand me, "My life is in danger. They are trying to kill me. I may not have known that I sounded hysterical, but she was looking at me as if my head was missing a bolt, and then she stood up and whispered to someone else, but all of a sudden, surprisingly, I could hear what they were saying. "I think something is wrong with her." Mandy said to her assistant, whose gaze was on me, "Don't worry, she cannot hear us, but I think it is best to let the Alpha know that she was awake and what he feared would happen is happening." "Right away."The assistant left, and Mandy returned to my side. I began to shake my head vigorously as a way to rebel,. "No, you don't understand." I got out of bed, but Mandy's large body was still on the way, and she did not seem like she would let me go anytime soon. My eyes looked at her pleadingly. "I know you really want to go, but you can trust that we want the best for you and want to help you. The Alpha would be here soon, and you would be alright." "NO!" I screamed as I pushed her out of the way. She did not bulge, but I kept trying to get away. I looked behind her, "Oh no! The Alpha is here." She looked back immediately, and that gave me the opening I needed. She should have allowed her senses to tell her it was a trick I played on her, but she looked away, and I was now running as fast as my legs would carry me, even though I knew there were wolves all around me and it would be a miracle if I escaped. "Please, Cecilia, don't do this." "You don't understand, I need to...." Someone bumped into me, and as I met their face, I saw a wicked grin on his face, Jackson. "Going somewhere, my lady?" Oh no! I cannot escape this one. "Heard you are carrying my child, do you think I would allow go anywhere with my own child?" "IT IS MY BABY!" I said with huge pain in my heart because the last thing I had prayed for was that he had not found out about the baby. I looked at Mandy because she had betrayed me without even planning to, but the look on her face made me realize that she was always finding out what was going on. "You will not leave this pack. Seize her." Before I knew it, arms grabbed me and began to drag me away. "That baby is mine." That was what I heard that broke me. I felt a sudden heat in the center of my chest where I had the mark of the chosen one. It was getting hotter as they dragged me away and all of a sudden, there was a huge rush of adrenaline in me, and I shoved the two men that grabbed me in one swift move, kicked the closest in the face, and jumped towards Mandy, who stood there in shock. They all knew I was weak and powerless, I know that I am weak and powerless, so what was that? "So you shifted?" I wanted to tell him that I don't know what he was talking about, but I did not need to let him know that I was weak. "Get out of the way, Mandy. " Mandy remained on a spot, probably still trying to figure out what was happening. "I do not need you, just give me the child and you are free to go." "Unfortunately, I won't." He began to rush towards me, but Mandy stood still. "Go." She said to me without looking back at me, "Your father may have made a big mistake in entrusting you in his care and this pack, but I will not make the same mistake. Go and make sure you never come back here." That was all I needed to hear, but I hadn't gone far before I heard her cry; she had been overpowered. I kept running, I could not weep for the woman who had betrayed me without knowing, and gave her own freedom to make sure that I escaped, most likely as a way to apologize. I ran blindly through the forest until I could run no more, and I decided to take a break. " She's there, get her!" As I turned to look around, I heard a loud growl behind me, and then I saw red eyes. My attackers, who had me semi-surrounded, stopped in their tracks as three very huge wolves emerged from behind me; they had red eyes. "Rogues." I heard one of the men who had been chasing me say. The biggest of the large wolves spoke, his voice deep and masculine, strong. "Anyone willing to give their lives to catch this lady?" It was not a request, it was a threat.