-Her 011-

Run. Breathe. Run. Run. Run. Breathe.

I let out another howl as images of Harris and Michelle replayed in my mind.

Red.

I saw nothing but red.

Despite the pain of being rejected by my mate, I still had the strength in me to run away as far from him as possible. I would stumble on a few tree branches from time to time but my anger along with my wolf's pushed me to go further.

I was panting by the time I had shifted to my human self. I cried and screamed to the top of my lungs at the betrayal of my mate. Patrice whined and howled in pain before sulking in the corner of my mind, depressed at the rejection of our fated mate.

'Patrice,' I tried calling out to her but she ignored me. I sobbed.

How could he? For months I have been trying to prove to him that I was worthy to be his mate, for months I put up with his judgement along with his friends' to get the validation I needed, to be accepted by my mate.

My nails dug to the soil as I cried. I felt every bit of emotion I needed to f