Turning Tables on the Princess

ng door, bearing the body of our dead alpha, I'd taken adv

ot

and out to freedom. Evening light cast pink and orange hue

Mating Moon, my smel

r to

ne would be too busy mourning the alpha an

ied about hunting me down would

ar

have. I reminded myself. As I

I to

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ear as I did my mad flight through the trees. Swinging around the tr

o throw

Running headlong through the trees until I

ace, I caught a whiff of a he-wolf on m

t he was w

ing Moon wa

ave me. I knew who it

through against the side of trees

ake it hard

ching below when I glimpsed his blonde head in the shadows

profane words to cover the aggravat

me

g to another tree to crouch

I was so

l enough,

to shake the d

the grieving r

h. What little I knew of Draven told me that he would be furious t

ack. And he'll

one amidst wolves after I'd been the strong one amongst humans for so

hem physically

. They're far s

honed from combat with NightHunters and even our own wo

wolf even larger than himself l

t trying to take me

a ch

s too stubborn to l

s. I had seen how formidable he c

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y mark for him. I quietly watched him following t

llowed me. Even as I'd

nning the distance. I can't s

wasn't King Detry's Castle. I knew I'd gone in the opposite direction but knew I ha

nize the white banner with gold stars. B

ed mud which had layered over the years. Some of the piec

ainly in

I could see that there were

ned. A g

utterly decimated b

uieter than a cat's. I made my way silently toward the fringe of trees winding

nce to cross

s I gauged the distance. Listening careful

him call a short distance behind me

y tossing its soft pink hues over the hor

ating

ift through my pores and my eyes yellow before I surged into movement. Crossing the distance through the thin layer

se. Needlessly messy but I

higher in the air. Bounding more than running. My long tail was trimmed white beneath and adjusting with each of my movements to giv

rable und

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pants behind me. Huffing rhyt

ive my female scent up to the treetops and leave it t

ainly would

rce him into a change, so he could suc

l to

much harder it was for the males t

y all control o

st take

rolled to two feet. Knowing I was bare, absent all clothes and hai