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Chapter One

His lips biting at my sleeve is akes ain

My eyes burst open, realizing he shouldn’t be here, "Darab ives rown He cli me

I nod, "I know, buddy" I have to reh, not where we are

I cliround I have half a rab Will from his tent too, but I don’t Leo andhis wolf ass He ran a long way to tell me about it

Not just that, but Will will only add draets that annoysfor his cause I know he’s sorry, but every ti my sister, and me strapped to a table in the breeder far and deceptive to anyone who doesn’t know about the song But I know the song I can hear it A bird in the distancethe woods in an echo One single sharp note There are no other noises No squirrels or rabbits orthe forest If there is trouble it’s always the sa or total silence Either way, it’s bad news

We run along the crest of a hill and down into the valley I can see the guards aren’t in the trees I give Leo a look He whines almost silently and looks towards the botto for so

I take asping "Shit," I whisper and look around; it’s me and them and I have a bow I can’t kill theun I’m about to run back up to the camp like a coward, when I remember…I’m immune

I almost slap my own forehead I casually walk down the hill

Leo doesn’t get it He tries to lead me off I rub his ear, "It’s okay You stay here"

Their hunting party is large I don’t even understand how it’s possible Shouldn’t they be dying off by now?

I sigh, pulling ers One of theround, where the body they’re eating is laying dead I can only assuuard who should be in this quadrant

The infected snarl at me as they lift their heads I lose my arrow into the brown,faster than I reroup I down four before they get to me, then I pullsquishing sound with the slicing of the blades Their dirty, rotten blood fills the air around rabs my arm I cut into him but another knocks me over into the brush Leo ju across the s I hear hireen blood splattering One of the me and I don’t really believe I’ht as the first set of teeth rip intoa screah rab at le but a voice pulls ot you," he whispers intodown ht, but it’s by Will and my blankets

I turn my face into his neck and let it out I don’t want to I want it to be hi me I want his fur to muffle the sobs like always as his parap around ot you, Em You’re safe," he strokes my head

I’m covered in sweat and the panic is still so intense, I swear I can feel the greasy, green blood on my lips

I take a deep breath and he just holds me

"Now that was a bad dream You woke most of the camp with your screah "No more perimeter runs for you before bedtiertips before I trust licking ht air

I need Leo Soood one

I lie back in my bed and curl around Will I don’t want it to be hi time to fall back to sleep I look back at Will as I settle down, "Soives htht have to "

He kisses my nose, "Go to sleep We’ll talk about it tomorrow"

I nod and pull away from him, "You can stay, but I don’t want you to touch lad he doesn’t, but I’m even more excited that it’s his choice I don’t need him

I closehe’s gone It’s light out and I’m alone in the tent When I leave the tent, I see the eyes of the other people on ht?"