BlueGulping, I stayed frozen to the spot as the gigantic wolfman turned away from me.My breath whooshed out of me as I gulped in air, my trembling hands dropping from my face where I'd held them, shielding myself from the wrath of the monster.He turned back to me again and I stilled.He smiled. And I watched in shock as the hairs began to recede and the canines withdrew. He returned to man, and I asked myself if I'd truly seen him become something terrifying, a few minutes ago.Surely this wasn't the same beast that had almost mauled me?"I didn't mean for the conversation to go the direction it did. And for that l, I am truly sorry. You must be tired, I'm sure after some rest, you'll feel better." He nodded to two females that looked twice my size, dressed in black tunics and pants like him who approached me with hard eyes.I looked to Cage for some intervention, anything at all but he just stood there."You have fulfilled your obligation to your Alpha, Cage. Now, you may leave…"I

BlueI crawled over the rough cold floors, the cold seeping through the stupid nightgown Wenda had made me wear.I should have just gone with my gut feeling and worn something else. I would at least have better chances at surviving the cold in here.A cold wind blew from the tiny windows high in the walls and I hugged myself tighter, willing the cold away.I couldn't reach the windows, and even if I could, I wasn't sure I'd want to shut it. The two holes in the wall, cause they're not exactly proper windows, are the only source of light in this dump.The cell, my cell, was dark, the little light did nothing to make it easier to see, but I didn't want to be in utter darkness.I'd been in here for longer than a few hours at least, I guessed.Was it still night? Or was it morning already?The stiff image of Cage flashed through my head and I squeezed my eyes shut, as pain raced through me. It was quickly followed by anger, and the hatred and wrath made my blood boil, hot enough that the

Blue"You thought the Alpha would set you free, didn't you?" The chains he was pulling from the cell clanked against the bars, startling me from where I dozed in the corner.He stepped into the space and I saw someone had lit another lantern and it now hung on the wall outside my cell.The dim glow was barely enough to light up the dungeon.I realized that they didn't even need the light. I watched him as he picked his way around the shards of glass. He stepped on some, and they snapped beneath his heavy boots.He bent and dropped a wooden platter, stepping aside he looked down at me with hooded eyes."Foiling the alphas carefully set plans means sure death. You should know that."I peered at the platter and saw a bowl of soup and some sad looking loaf of bread.I was not some dog. Who would eat off such chipped bowls?I sniffed and the soup wasn't really smelling bad. I hunched over the plate and turned my face away.He snorted and then dropped something else. It was a bottle but no

BlueI couldn't sleep.Despite the fact that I clearly remembered him saying he would only bring me whatever I needed after I fell asleep.I was anxious and my heart kept beating fast, like I was already planning to escape that very night.Like everything that had happened since my arrival in Kandare, this felt surreal.I shifted on my side, my palm pressed down on the cold ground. A sound had me sitting up in the dark and crawling slowly to press my face between the bars.Someone had turned off the lantern that had burned consistently for the last few days. Everywhere was pitch black, as even the holes I took for windows had been locked some days ago.I sniffed the air as something strange filtered into my cell, and my head fell back.It was a pungently sweet smell. It made me drowsy, and I felt the pull of sleep against my eyelids.Startled, I shook my head side to side, trying to stay awake. I'd been too anxious to sleep just seconds ago, so why was I feeling so sleepy now?A shado

BlueHer grin was wide, like she had just won the lottery. My hands sweated a little bit in apprehension. "It is done."What was done?My puzzled look at her had her shaking her head and muttering under her breath. "They can't find you now. Not until you find the Golden Mandrake.""But how? You haven't done anything." I wondered if she was a dupe, like the manyscammers and swindlers in the human world."How dare you doubt me?" She glared at me and I glared right back.Any time now, Alpha Khals wolves would be on me, and she wasn't doing anything.I glanced back at the far trunks through which they'd come any second now. I could hear the heavy thud of their feet, a lot of them by the sound of it.In a panic, I shot Modesta a pleading look. "Please do something!" I whisper yelled, ready to fall to my knees and beg.My eyes widened in fear as instead of helping me she simply sank under the surface of the water, her red hair floating in the water, until she disappeared fully.I stood, ro