Hazel was still shaken by the dream she had had. She was still very much tired but she willed her body to move.She was onward to the residence of the next Alpha–Gordon.She did not know who he was nor where he resided but Raglan had helped out.When she woke up, she noticed a note written in beautiful handwriting next to her.It had the name of the next Alpha on the list and also directions to get to his palace, which was drawn in a crudely drawn map."The bloody bastard," Hazel had cussed when she saw the note.Not only had he tormented her sleep, but he had not left her any food, not water as she had requested of him.She was famished and so thirsty and was on the verge of fainting under the blazing sun when she found a small pond.She filled her belly up with water before pouring some on her body to help cool her down.For food, she picked wild berries from the forest.She was lucky her dad had trained them on the vegetation of the wild so she had knowledge of what she could or co

Hazel was happy that the celebration was still going to be held tomorrow. It afforded her time to do what she had gone there to do. Her ears were still pinned to the door when she heard footsteps approaching from within the room.Caught unawares and not knowing where to run to or hide without being caught, she instinctively jumped to the back of the door.It was a careless hiding spot that would guarantee her getting caught but it was all she could come up with. She could not risk running away because the hallway was too long and the next exit was at the end so she would definitely have been caught and her only other option was a window which was a couple of meters high up. The approaching footsteps reached the door and opened it.Since the door was flung open, Hazel was out of sight as she was on the other side of the opened door.It was at that moment that it occurred to Hazel that the door could be closed shut and she would be caught.She had not had enough time to even think of

It was a very awkward moment for both of them as Hazel stood with a smile plastered on her face which kept on getting weirder with every passing second as she contemplated her answer."Sure, why not," Hazel finally answered.The sound of her voice saying that snapped her out of her head. She had still been in a meeting with her mind, contemplating when her mouth had, on its own, carried out the task.A smile broke out on Sam's face and a look of relief washed over him.He actually was.He had been hoping she would not reject his offer.He had been hooked on her ever since their meeting on the road.He had wanted to tell Jeff, his chauffeur, to stop the car and give her a lift, but he was accompanied by his father.Their meeting had not been a coincidence. He had kept his eyes open and had hung at the bar closest to the town's entrance to spot her on arrival.The moment he had seen that beautiful mane of red hair walk past, he had immediately sprung to action and went after her.He di

Tears threatened to fall from Hazel's eyes as she was hit by nostalgia as the performance went on.She struggled to hold herself together as the sweet music to the moon goddess was sung heartily by wolves who were in reverence to their keeper reminding her that at this moment, she was not one of them anymore.When the song was over, and the performers exited the stage, Hazel turned her eyes back to Sam and she caught him staring at her."You look sad," he commented.He had been staring at her all through the song and he had seen what looked like longing all over her face.Hazel gave a small smile which made her face, even sadder rather than happier, "No, I'm not. It is just the song, it is so beautiful," she said."Yeah... it is," Sam agreed but he still did not believe that was it.A noise on the stage took their attention away from and towards it as they both turned to see what it was.It was an acrobat who had come on stage performing some stunts."That is the cue that the main sho

A blonde-haired Hazel walked out of the salon.She walked with her head high as she was no longer terrified of being caught. No one could recognize her as the girl with fiery hair.She had not tampered with the length of the hair, so her hair still flowed down her back but she looked like a different person —except she met face-to-face with Sam himself.From the salon, she knew exactly where she had to be. Her destination was engraved in her mind and she walked in that particular direction.It was the shop where she had stolen the pair of shoes she was wearing.She walked into the shop and the same shop owner was standing at the counter. Today there were just a few people, unlike the other day when the shop was filled with people."Good morning ma'am, how can I help you?" The shop owner said with a smile on her face.Confident, Hazel returned the smile and greeting."I would like a new outfit," Hazel requested."Ooh... some last-minute shopping," the shop owner said and Hazel smiled.