Mate? Or Die!
She would desperately attempt to run, to scream, but either the land would crumble beneath her feet, swallowing her whole in the world, until she woke up gasping for air.
The dreams haunted her daily, tormenting her with the reality of the world outside the realm of sleep. Gilly's spirit seemed to linger in the edges of reality sewn into the very fabric that would keep the pack whole. She saw haunts of her in reflections-a fast glimpse of white hair in the window, an alabaster hand grazing the bark of a tree, eyes glaring at her from the crown of the rippling river.
Once in a while, and gradually more frequently, there would come the sound of her name-followed by a clever little unspoken win