Alexandra
I rushed into the tree line, bolting through thick trees and leaping over sticks and boulders that lay on the forest floor, careful to remain deathly silent. One single creak could alarm a guard on patrol duty who would undoubtedly drag me back to Alpha Axton for punishment. My mind raced to all the shifters that had been considered traitors to the pack that I had seen brutally murdered in the town square; made an example of for various pack crimes.
The echo of a tree branch breaking made me freeze in my tracks, pushing my body up against a tree, desperate not to be noticed. I stilled my breathing, mustering all of my strength to stay still. My body instantly relaxed when a baby deer flew through the forest, not paying much attention to me. I took a deep breath and continued zi
