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The Lycan's Runaway Bride #Chapter 57: The Party
Ruby“What was that about?” Nancy says as she and the seamstress come back in. I hold the book out to her and she takes it while the seamstress starts working on pinning my dress again. I watch in the mirror as Nancy sits on the bed, thumbing through the pages.“This is so cool!” she says. “I didn’t know that you were into history. Is it an early birthday gift?” She gestures to the wrapping paper on the chair.“Yeah,” I answer somewhat solemnly. My heart is still fluttering from my interaction and it almost feels as though I can still feel Atwood’s kiss on the top of my head, but then I remember that I’m going to be leaving him tomorrow and it makes my heart ache.The seamstress finishes her work and takes the dress off of me, leaving the room to finish the alterations on her sewing machine.I spend the rest of the night sitting with Nancy, reading the book together. Pretty soon, we both fall asleep with the book open on our laps.I wake up the next morning to Nancy jumping on me and
The Lycan's Runaway Bride #Chapter 58: A Change of Heart
RubyI’ve decided that I can’t leave. There is too much tying me to this castle, too much that makes me want to stay. Despite all of the bad things that have happened since I’ve come here, despite Alice and the Queen and Edith, I care about Atwood too much to leave.I care about Nancy and my sister, too. I don’t want to make my sister live like a pauper again. I don’t want to leave my best friend behind. No matter what this curse has in store for me, I’m going to fight it. Vivian has given me a head start on understanding what is going to happen; maybe if I visit her room again, I’ll be able to find some more helpful information.More importantly right now, I have to tell Cayden that I won’t be going with him. I can’t just leave him waiting out there in the woods, not when the Bears could attack soon.“I have to go tell Cayden,” I say quietly, standing from my crouching position in front of my sister.Nancy and Tamara look at me with surprised looks on their faces.“You’re not running
The Lycan's Runaway Bride #Chapter 59: Visions of Death
RubyI look up from my spot on the floor where I’ve been crying to see Nancy and Tamara standing in the doorway.“We heard Edith freaking out,” Nancy says, rushing over to me and helping me to my feet.“It doesn’t matter,” I say, wiping the tears from my eyes as I stoop to pick up the things that fell on the floor when Edith dumped out my backpack. “We have to leave.”“Why?” Nancy says, looking both confused and upset. “I thought you decided to stay. You promised me and Tamara that you would stay!”“Atwood and Edith are in love,” I respond, zipping up my backpack and retrieving Tamara’s from the closet. I walk over to my sister and bend down to her height as I slip the backpack straps over her shoulders. She stares back at me with her big eyes, which have tears welled up in them.“What do you mean, they’re in love?” Nancy says from behind me. I stand and put on my own backpack, kicking off my heels. I’ll run barefoot until I can change into my plain clothes in the forest.“Ruby?” Nanc
The Lycan's Runaway Bride #Chapter 60: A Bloody Battle
RubyI lunge for Edith, knocking into her with my teeth bared. She must not have been expecting me to attack her so quickly, because she skids across the marble floor with a yelp from my impact.While she’s on the ground, I take it as an opportunity to dodge around her and run away.She jumps up just as I’m passing by and jumps onto my back, pinning me to the floor. My throat presses into the floor, practically choking me.“You’re so stupid for coming back, and even more stupid for trying to fight me,” she says with a haughty chuckle.I growl in response and struggle against her weight. Somehow, I manage to wriggle free and bolt down the corridor.“Where are you going, little pup?” Edith coos as she chases after me. She sprints ahead and cuts me off from going further, her lips pulled back in a snarl. I feel as though I am her prey and she’s stalking me.The fighting between the Lycans and the Bears downstairs fills my ears with growls and yelps. Outside, another gun goes off, followe
The Lycan's Runaway Bride #Chapter 61: Vivian’s Ghost
AtwoodJust when I thought that Noah and I wouldn’t make it, Ruby appeared. Her wolf is white, like a ghost, and she’s smaller than most other Lycans that I’ve seen. But she’s beautiful and strong and quick, and she saved my life. Her very presence gave me enough strength to fight back against the Bears.When the fight was over and we had the last Bear in our custody, I was saddened to find that he was just a boy. I suppose it’s not surprising that the Bears would recruit teenagers to fight their wars, but it still makes my blood boil. Hopefully this boy will be able to provide us with some information that will help us end this pointless war and stop the bloodshed.I felt immensely weak as soon as I shifted back into my human form.Before I knew it, I was being carried away by the medics. By the time they got me to the infirmary, I was unconscious.I’m not sure how long I’ve been out. Hours? Days? Weeks? I feel like I’m stuck in limbo, like I’m in a foggy version of the real world. T
The Lycan's Runaway Bride #Chapter 62: Missing
RubyFor the first time since I’ve been here, the infirmary is full of people. Members of Atwood’s pack, servants, and even my own classmates are being treated for their wounds. All of the cots are taken by people whose bodies have been mauled by the Bears… as I walk through the aisles, pacing while the medics tend to Atwood, I see that there are several cots in which the faces of the victims have been covered with gray bed sheets. Those victims have succumbed to their wounds and passed onto the next life. Thankfully, I don’t see Ruby, Tamara, or Cayden anywhere.One of the medics comes up to me finally after what has felt like an eternity of pacing and biting my lip.“He’s stable,” she says quietly. “But only for now. If it’s alright with you, we’d like to ask that you stay by his side. A mate’s presence can speed up the healing process.”I nod vehemently, following the medic to Atwood’s cot.Physically he looks alright with no wounds, but his body looks drained of energy. The medics
The Lycan's Runaway Bride #Chapter 63: Kiss of Life
RubyWhen I return to the infirmary, Nancy and Tamara are surrounded by medics. They’re both wrapped tightly in blankets and hold mugs of hot soup, which they’re devouring hungrily. Nancy’s leg has already been put in a splint, and she seems to have been given pain medication through the IV in her arm that’s making her cheeks blush bright red and making her giggle at everything.Doctor Yang is still with Atwood. He’s switching out his IV with a new bag that’s full of a strange, glowing, blue liquid.“What’s that?” I ask, walking up to him.He glances over his shoulder at me as he finishes adjusting the bag and starts checking Atwood’s vitals again.“It’s a medicine I’ve concocted for his condition,” he says. “I haven’t thought of a name for it yet.”I watch as Doctor Yang checks Atwood’s blood pressure.“Um, Doctor Yang?” I ask, suddenly feeling curious and bold. I think my adrenaline might still be pumping from what’s happened over the past twelve hours, which is making me more confi
The Lycan's Runaway Bride #Chapter 64: Understanding
RubyAtwood doesn’t wake for the rest of the night. Doctor Yang says that he’ll still need some time to recover, but I don’t mind. At least now I know that I don’t need to worry about him.The events over the last 48 hours have completely exhausted me. As soon as Doctor Yang gives me the green light to sleep once he’s finished monitoring my concussion, I practically pass out immediately and fall into a deep sleep.While I’m sleeping, I start to have incredibly vivid dreams. I’ve never been someone who has particularly vivid dreams, but I feel as though something has changed within me now that I’ve marked Atwood.The dream starts off in the infirmary. I sit up from my hospital bed and look around to see that the infirmary is bright with sunlight. All of the other beds are gone. I’m completely alone.All of the aches and pains in my body are nonexistent now. Swinging my legs over the edge of the bed, I stand slowly and walk toward the window as though I’m in a trance.Outside, it’s brig
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