BLOOD MOON PACK.
~Rayna~~
I stood in front, facing the raging crowd. My hair strands scattered across my face, my wobbling feet struggling to keep its balance. Beads of sweat slid down my face to the untiled ground as well as few drops of blood which fell from my nose. I've been tortured, beaten, slapped, stoned by the guards and the people present. They were about a hundred if not more, gathered in the small arena. Panic settled in as I studied the hostile expression on their faces. This is the End for Me. It was obvious. They never let our kind make it out alive. They Hated Us ... My ears deemed this time as perfect to grasp onto every word the crowd continually chanted without empathy or emotions.
'Kill Her... Kill Her'.
'Blood thirsty, cruel, set of animals!' I wanted to scream but I dared not. It would Only make my death faster.
How did I get involved in this mess? Wasn't I careful enough???. For four years, I've always been living in hiding, afraid of these creatures... The wolves of this pack., frightened for my life and what they would make of me once they find out what exactly I am.
I let out a small laugh. Now, my greatest fear, my worst nightmare has come true.. I stared down at my sweaty palms and tears rimmed my eyes again. I've been held captive for three nights. I was neither allowed to food nor water. I can't just imagine how malnourished and ugly I definitely looked right now. They kept me on my knees, tied my hands behind my back, my ankles tied together also. A method that would make it hard to escape if I harbored the thoughts at all. The sudden decorum that descended the arena made me look at everyone through half lidded eyes. My heart pounded heavily against my ribs when I saw about three hefty, strong men approach me. The crowd followed their movements with anticipation while my mind reeled like crazy. Time was slipping through my fingers, my life is about to be taken on this course and there's nothing I can do about it??
'Why?? There's no sin in being a Lycanthrope amidst ordinary wolves. Why do you hate us so much? Why do you wish us dead at every slight opportunity?? We deserve a chance to live too'. I weakly yelled, quite emotional as the words rolled off my tongue.
'We don't need your kind in our midst. Your kind are Monsters and so are you!' They growled back in contempt. I bit my tongue, steering myself back to my reality. I caught sight of the cliche of wolf girls who derived pleasure from bullying me. They all were grinning from ear to ear. Excited that I'm going through this. I charged them a death glare. I wouldn't allow myself get intimidated by these weaklings..
'We've done enough playing weak, Rayna. Let's fight back. Allow me!!' My beast, Katrina mentioned in my head, herself, boiling with unexplainable rage.
I shook the tempting thoughts off, attempted to shut her out of my head.
'We shouldn't be scared of them... They should be scared of us because we're more powerful. Isn't that why they want us dead? They fear that we will dominate them in their own territory so they take us before we fully reach maturation and kill us during weakest times. Isn't it high time this stopped?' she rebelliously continued her speech.
I swallowed hard, finally considering the contingency of her words... 'But that will only confirm their theory of us being monsters!'.
'They're the real monsters. Not Us!' Katrina shot back.
The three hefty men were only inches away from me now. Each stood and their palms held different weapons.; Clubs, Swords and Arrows. They all glared down at me disdainfully.
I snorted a cold laughter. 'The Alpha really had to send three hefty men to take a teenager down?'
'A monster**.. ' One of the men corrected.
'I'll have a word with the Alpha.' I announced. My intention to negotiate and plead to allow me go free rather than causing a massacre here.
''What Insolence! Who do you think you are to command the attention of our Alpha?!'.
'We aren't sure how you managed to hide yourself for this long. However today, there'll be no escape for you.. we shall kill you, throw your lifeless body into the lake and allow whatever creatures feed on you..' another added.
At this point, I gradually started to let down that bridge that borders my beast and I, slowly giving Katrina the permission to take over.
'Fine... Then let's have a little party' My last sentence before she erupted from within, taking on her full transformation in front of these people. I was weak, given my state and deprivation of food and water.. she was weak too but way stronger than I am. The twine that was used to hold me down was torn apart easily.
Right, They've never seen me in my real form. I never shift with the others while we run around the forest due to the fear of being discovered.. The sheer terror on their faces at the real me saddened me. Whoever put the thought in their mind that Lycans are monsters?.
'Katrina. No bloodshed.'. I communicated to my wolf.
Too late, she already slammed the club into two of the men who was sent to exterminate me. Their huge body,. already slumped lifelessly to the ground. The small crowd scattered and everywhere was chaos in a space of seconds.
'She has gone wild. The Monster Has Gone Wild!!!' They chanted and took to their heels.
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'Runn... Runnnn!!' I urged myself.
Every inch of my body was littered with bruises and scars. It was painful for me to even move, each breath a struggle. Although my beast had managed to take down some of them, I was not able to escape the few sword slashes and tons of Arrows that pierced my flesh afterwards. Panic settled in, my body shaken to the core. I stumbled upon an obstacle and fell to the ground with a loud thud. A loud groan escaped my lips. I struggled up on my shaky legs, adrenaline pumping heavily through my vein. Once again, I was off, running. I risked a glance back and my sight met with terrifying angry gazes from the hefty guards after me. The sight only made me run faster. Long after, my legs, alongside my feet started to burn from running at such a high speed, barefooted.