Chapter 1: A Desperate Escape

(POV: Lina)

Running as fast as your legs can carry you. That's what I'm doing right now. I run, run, run and don't stop. My lungs twist as my breathing becomes irregular. With each step I take, the air drawn through my nostrils enters my lungs like burning embers.

Run faster! Commands a familiar voice in my mind, but I don't recognize it. I can't run any faster. My legs tremble so much that I don't know how I'm still standing.

The forest is so silent that I can only hear the sound of my stealthy and painful breathing. The birds that I used to hear singing every day when I woke up seem to have moved away. Making this forest even more depressing.

I have never seen any kind of animal or bird in person, only the sounds they emit. Birds are said to be carnivores, that they feed on domestic animals. That they are lost in the forest or abandoned by their owners, to be devoured.

As for the land animals, no one who has seen their physical forms has lived to describe them. These animals are known as: wolf-eating beasts. But, strange as it may sound, I am not afraid. Maybe, is it the adrenaline rush of being on the run, or the curiosity, which I have had since I arrived in town. To explore the mysterious dark forest, where the entrance is forbidden.

I don't know, all I know is that fear is something I am not capable of feeling at the moment. And I am very glad for that, as it would make my escape attempt much worse.

Once again, my knees weaken. I have been running for so long without a break that I got lost in this vast forest.

Without realizing it, I stepped on a rock covered in moss and mud. I slip and roll down the forest slope. Along the way there are several obstacles, and with each one my body collides. Leaving in my body many painful memories. I even hear the sound of bones breaking. I hope it's not my own bones emitting those horrible and painful sounds.

When the root of a tree finally brings me to a stop, I realize how much I've been hurt along the way. With my breathing even more painful than before. I try to move, but I am stopped by a sharp pain that makes me scream in agony. My scream reveals my location.

Again, I try to move, and this time I hear the sound of the bones in my right leg breaking. The sound of my second scream in agony echoes through the forest.

How could I have stumbled? I was so close...

I stop lamenting when I hear whispers around me, and then I faint.

*****

"It's time, Lina, wake up!"

I hear the sound of my trainer's powerful, youthful voice. He is quite young but still seven years older than me. He has tanned skin, brown hair and green eyes, he has an athletic physique. In other words, he has everything in the right measure. I like him, and so good when I'm around him. He's the only one who doesn't mistreat me. I confess, I've been quite distracted during my training, admiring his unusual beauty.

"Lina, let's go!" he sighs. "I know you're already awake. Come on, I don't have time for your games."

The spot where my body is resting feels so soft. Without much desire, I force myself to open my eyes and I'm greeted with the broad back of my trainer. Being bold, I let my gaze descend to his medium-sized, round buttocks. Oh, how I want to squeeze them, to see if they're as firm as they appear. Nothing too serious.

I end up biting my lower lip with that desire.

On my first day going to the gym where I would train, I saw him for the first time. Leaning against his black motorcycle with his helmet in hand. It never crossed my mind that he would be my instructor. He saw me and smiled, making my cheeks blush. As I lowered my head, the drool rolled down my mouth, making me feel even more embarrassed.

"Weird, you've been awake for about five minutes, and you haven't said a word yet," he says as he approaches.

"It's nothing, I don't have anything to say."

"Ah, that's an unusual sight," he smirks. I look away, focusing on anything but him, so I don't drool like the first time.

"Yeah..."

"Let's go, I'll help you get up."

"I can get up by myself."

I try to get out of bed, but a sharp pain, accompanied by the sound of snapping bones, makes me scream. Tired, I lie back on the bed.

I don't understand why I'm feeling these terrible pains.

I look at my trainer, and he notices my confusion. Instead of explaining what's happening. He turns his back and takes out his cell phone from the back pocket of his white shorts, making a call.

"She won't be able to come; she's badly injured... I also think that's the best solution... Okay, we'll wait for you, sir."

He ends the call and looks back at me. He doesn't say anything, sits in a cream-colored armchair next to a small window to let some air into the room. Finally, I pay attention to where I am; I'm in a room used by healers to take care of the wounded and sick.

What happened? Why am I here?

I hear the creak of the heavy old wooden door opening. The beta of the supreme alpha, Albert Lins, appears in my field of vision. Wearing his perfect black suit with gray tie.

"Good morning, Coach Martins, Miss Sorvatorres," he speaks in an elegant manner.

"Good morning, Beta Albert," we greet together.

" You're already aware of the reason for my visit, Miss Sorvatorres?"

"No."

"No? Didn't you inform her, Coach?" He says looking at my coach.

"No, when she woke up, she was confused, and I didn't say anything."

"Okay, but let this not happen again. When I give an order, unless the Supreme revokes it, it must be followed, understood, Trainer?"

The Alpha Supreme beta is arrogant and conceited. He thinks he is the best thing in the world, and only sees others as mere omegas. Who only serve the leaders, or as they prefer to call themselves, "blue bloods".

If Albert is like that, I can't even imagine how the Supreme Alpha treats in the omegas. Because if one subordinate thinks he is better than all the others. Imagine the almighty Supreme Alpha.

"Y-yes," he says, holding back his anger.

"Moving on, I came here to see firsthand the child who managed to survive in the forbidden dark forest. How did you do it, Miss Sorvatorres?"

"I don't know, I entered the forest?" I question, confused. Why don't I remember?

"You don't remember?" He looks at me as if I'm from another world.

"No."

"Okay, well, regardless, I'll be back in six weeks."

"May we know why?" the trainer asks, raising an eyebrow.

"Not at the moment, but you'll find out soon enough."

With that, the self-important beta turns his back and leaves the room, leaving me and the trainer alone.

I look at him, and when our eyes meet, a strong headache strikes me, and memories of what happened flood my mind. I remember why I went into the forest. I was running away from the pack of alpha wolves from the New Moon pack. They have been after me since I got here. Fed up, I gave the leader of the group a well-deserved beating, she is the daughter of the alpha.. As payback, the whole group came after me when the training ended to beat me up, so I ran and entered the dark forest.