Thea
How could he do this to me?! Me! His only daughter! My thoughts pounded in my head as I ripped through the forest, not stopping as I felt the presence of the wolves chasing me. Pine needles stabbed the soft skin of my feet. Branches cracked as my body slammed into them. Blood welled up from the scrapes and cuts, though the pain was not enough for me to stop running. This wasn't right, and I refused to accept Papa's decision. Howls ripped through the night, a warning, a demand to return, and every fiber of my being ached to answer, to obey my papa, my alpha but... I couldn't. To obey my papa was to disobey the Moon Goddess, and I would not dare to slight Serena, the one who had created me.
Dark spots began to dot my vision, and the group chasing me pressed me closer and closer to our border. No one dared to cross the border, especially not the alpha's sheltered daughter... but if I could get through the Darklin territory without being caught, I would be free. I would be a rouge... but I would be free. Freedom was all I had craved for as long as I could remember. Anything I wanted, my father got for me. Clothes, shoes, tutors, books, toys, anything except for the freedom I had always asked for. "Being the child of an alpha is dangerous. I must protect you, Thea. You must let me protect you. This is for your own good. The world would want to see you if they knew of you, they would want to pry into our lives and you would have no privacy. Privacy is good. Hidden is good." I shuddered as I remembered the speech I had received far too many times in my eighteen years, focusing everything I had on running, escaping. Golden, glinting eyes watched me as they stalked closer, ready to drag me back to my father, and I only spared one glance back as I crossed the border into enemy territory.
Those dark spots weren't letting up like I had expected them to. I never ran like this, I was never chased and cornered like an enemy, probably because Papa had sheltered me instead of letting me train with the others my age. "You are the daughter of an alpha," Papa would say. "You have no need to train. I will always protect you. You will never be hurt, so long as you obey my orders." Eventually the dark spots filled my vision and everything went black. So much for not needing to train, Papa.
I awoke to a loud snarl, and my soft brown eyes looked up to meet eyes so dark they were almost black. I could feel the wind, my nipples stiff from the cool breeze, and I knew that when I collapsed, my body must have shifted back into human form to save energy. That meant that I was naked, and locking eyes with a very large, very powerful wolf. Another snarl sounded and he pounced, forcing me on my back, forcing me into submission. Claws rested on my arms, ready to rip through my flesh, but the wolf seemed to change his mind. I could feel it as the wolf shifted, and a man remained in his place, straddling me. "Mmmm, what a tasty little treat my hunters found." The man grabbed a fistful of my hair and jerked my neck to the side, exposing pale, clear skin. He buried his face in my neck and let out a low chuckle. "Unmated? You and I, we are going to have a lot of fun, my dear."
Those eyes were a dark brown now, less of the black I had seen from his wolf. I couldn't tell his height from my position under him as he straddled me, but I knew he was taller than me, and heavier too. The weight wasn't fat though, because this man was practically rippling with muscles. I bet no one ever told him he wasn't allowed to train. His eyes were filled with lust, a look I had seen before when some of the unmated males would watch me. I was coming of age, and soon I would enter my first heat and pick a mate. I hated the look of lust, and the idea of having a mate. No man would ever own me, ever ravage my body. I refused. Growling, I glared into those lust filled eyes, letting him know I was uninterested. Any smart wolf would retreat when told off by a she-wolf... but this one must be dumb, for he only smirked.
