Alphas One True Mate

ISLA.

It usually started out like this.

The howling of the winds brought my eyes to widen. I was still, across the mulched leafy grounds with a migraine spearing through my head. The night was silent and i was enveloped with darkness.

Where was i?

My feet staggered to stand and i threw my head upon my shoulders, an attempt to catch my breath. Staring at the distant rocks and trees before me, my eyes dawned a sight of confusion. I straddled along the dark path with my fingers trailing the lengths of the leaves. They weren't ordinary leaves—these were black, and spicy scented sharp-as-glass leaves.

The ground was also soft, as though if i stood in one place for more than a few seconds, i would sink into the quicksand. Beads of sweat trickled down the sides of my face as i lifted my gaze to the full moon. There was a sudden growl that came from the distance and in a split second, i heard footsteps that thudded towards me.

Fear plummeted my entire body to move forward.

And as i ran for my dear life, heavy breathes escaped from my lips and my hair danced across my shoulders. My lungs burned and my heart was about to leap out of my chest. I caught a glimpse of a huge silhouette forming behind me—it wasn't human. It was an animal, a really huge one whose feet were strong enough to quake the grounds beneath me. The trees collapsed, forming dust in the air and eventually clouding my vision.

I was always running and the same thing happened each time.

I would stumble over a single piece of thorn and fall against my back. "Please!" I yelled, bringing my hands to my face as i crawled on my elbows. The thuds had quieted and i could hear the sound of my shaky breath.

The sound of my heart and the blood pumping through my veins.

Dirt smudged across my face, i was dressed in torn clothes. My eyes darted around me to make out my surroundings until they fell on a glimmer in the dark. They seemed to be a pair of silvery eyes, emerging from the dust and drawing closer to me. I was petrified at first, but then the footsteps were slower.

The animal had fur and it's size was unlike anything i'd seen before.

But all of a sudden, one pair of glimmering eyes turned to two and then turned to several. Heavy, hungry groans encircled me and in a flash, a pair of claws dashed across my face, injuring me. I assumed the scent of my blood would only awaken their desires to devour me. And i was right because in that instant, my neck was caged within a tight grasp.