LAIKA I keep seeing myself running through a valley, chased by something I could not see. I only heard growls and grunts behind me, but nothing was there when I looked. I had two spears thrust into my back, and the pain they gave me was excruciating. I saw dead bodies littered around, skeleton
LAIKA For the next two days, my legs did not touch the ground. Alpha Karim would do everything from bathing me to putting me to sleep. He does not allow me to even feed myself. I have never gotten treatment like it before, but I know I had to leave because I might not survive it the next time
“Karim. Call me Karim.” My eyes snapped up to him immediately. Was he giving me the authority to call him by his first name? Of course, he just said it. I do not know if I could do that. No one called him by his name in this pack or even in the other pack. Why was he giving me that special or
LAIKA It was the fifth day since I moved into Alpha Karim’s tent and I did nothing but sleep, wake up, eat, and read a book I found in the corner of his tent. I was getting bored with the routine and with Alpha Karim not sleeping in his tent at night. I knew Alpha Karim had the best int
“Does she have such white hair? It is rare,” I heard someone say. I ignored them as I headed my way. But at a junction, Madam Zora came crashing to my feet. I was startled that I took a few steps backward. She was crying bitterly. “Please, please,” she cried, holding the hem of my dre
LAIKA I heard the slash of the sword and a man yelled. I ran to the entrance and peeped out from the flap, Alpha Karim’s back was turned to me, and a man was crumpled on the floor at his feet holding his arm as blood streamed down. I could not take this anymore, why was he slashing his men no
My eyes flew toward the entrance and when he stood to his feet, I flinched and took a few steps away from him. “You should come and have your bath,” he said reaching out to me. I shifted back, not letting his hands touch me. “Laika,” he called in a cold stern voice that sent out warnings to
LAIKA I ran back to Alpha Karim’s tent as fast as my legs could carry me. People still stared and now that I knew the reason for their reaction, I wanted the ground to open and swallow me. Could I be this clueless? I will never want Alpha Karim dead even if he does not take me seriously, he wa