Chapter 44

**Early Next Morning**

     "AMY! Amy wake up!" Christian says in a hurry, shaking my shoulder roughly.

     I opened my eyes, only to see a him hopping up from the bed and quickly getting dressed.

     "Princess, I need you and Ian to go in the underground shelter nearby," he said in a rush, helping me up to my feet fast.

     "Chris what's wrong? Are we being attacked?" I asked.

     He nods his head while putting mine and Ians jackets in my hands, "Yes, now Alex is here to help make sure you get into the shelter safe. Hurry before it get's locked, otherwise you'll be stuck outside until I get back. Ok. I have to go and help the others now," he says, then gives me a light peck on the lips before taking off.

     I hurried off into Ians room and pulled the covers back, lifting him up into my arms. I put the jacket on him. He moans and whines softly, rubbing his tired eyes before passing back out on my chest. I run to the front door and seen that same girl with blue hair was standing there, Alex.

     "Follow me Luna," she says briskly, gently taking ahold of my arm and then leading us outside.

     We started jogging on a little dirt road that lead to the hospital building.

     "Is everyone else in the shelter also?" I asked, really struggling to keep up with her jogging.

     She looks all around us, her blue eyes scanning the area thoroughly, "Yes Luna, everyone is already safe and sound in the shelter."

     We ran further and further into the woods. After five or so minutes, we hear a wolf howling near us. The sound makes Alex's grip tighten around my arm.

     "Luna, we have to run, NOW!" She yells, practically dragging us now.

     Fuck, werewolves are strong!

     There was a small crowd of people in line next to the hospital building. There were two men at the entrance leading people in. I recognized the man on the left, he was the one who insulted me yesterday. They seemed to be leading people down the stairs and into the underground shelter. We were the last one's to make it in the line. I sighed heavily in relief, thank god we made it.

     "Here, give me him," Alex said, sighing in relief also as she gently takes Ian from me, then walks into the shelter with him.

     When I go to walk in with her, I was suddenly stopped by a hand coming down in front of me. I looked up to see it was the same rude man.

    "Not you," he said harshly.

     I stared at him in disbelief, "You're not serious."

     He laughs a little bit, then shoves me back hard, "No, fucking humans allowed."

     "Hey, what hell!? Adam, let your Luna through," Alex orders him, handing Ian over to an elderly woman passing by.

     "She, is NOT my Luna!" He growls at her, then gives a head nod to a male I didn't notice was behind her, "And she doesn't belong here."

     The burly man behind her takes ahold of her shoulders tightly, then starts to drag her away in the shelter.

     "You motherfucker! Let me go Cord!" She yells at him, fighting against the burly man.

     She kicks and fights with all her might. She even shifted into her wolf, but that Cord guy was one step ahead of her. And he pulled out a needle from his pocket, only to jab it into her neck. She yelps and soon begins to stumble over her own four paws. Then drops to the ground hard.

     Adam takes ahold of my shirt and yanks me up close to his face. His brown eyes were filled with venomous hate, "They're only here because of you. And now, they can have you."

     "Please! You don't hav-" I was cut off when he punched the side of my face, hard.

     He lets go of me so I could fall to the ground. I turn to look back up at him, with a hand over my cheek. Adam and his friend slowly circled around me. Then Cord started to kick at my sides, and then soon Adam joined in with him. Both showing me no mercy as they continued to kick, and sometimes punched the living fuck out of me for what felt like forever.

     By the time they were done though, I was laying on my side curled up. Too sore to move.

     Adam laughs again and stares down at me, "You're pathetic. Look at it this way though. You wanted part of this world, now let's see how long you can survive in it."

     He kicked my side one last time before walking in the shelter doors with his pal. Then locks it behind them.

     Fuck!

     I moaned in pain, then slowly started sitting up. Excruciating pain shot through my sides where they hit, making me gasp hard for air. Well that's fucking great, I knew they hated me. But I didn't know they wanted me dead along with it!

     I hear a low growl to the right side of me, the sound sent chills through my bones. Slowly, I turned my head to see a golden shade wolf snarling it's teeth at me. My eyes widened and my heart stopped.

     "Ooh shit," I say, crawling backwards on my hands.

     He snaps his teeth at me and crouches in the attacking position. The only thing I could think of was to run, so I did. I got up as fast as I could and took off running into the forrest.

     Bad idea yes I know, but I wasn't going to just sit there and let him eat my fucking face!

     I ran deeper into the woods, away from the innocent people that were still in the shelter. Didn't know how far I would make on foot. You know, considering that they're pretty fucking fast! But I was going to go as far as they'll let me.

     Soon, I started hearing vicious growls, follwed by yelps not to far from me. My breathing was rough and coming out in heavy pants. My legs were already burning from the impressive amount of running I was doing. The wolf runs up quick and nips at my left ankle with his whetted teeth, taking what felt like a chunk with him. Causing me fall on the ground face first.

     I groaned in pain and looked down at my foot, blood was already ozing out of it. I placed my hand on the wound and put some presser down on it to stop the bleeding. An ear-splitting growl was just a few feet away. The wolf was looking at me like dinner was served as it stalks towards me.

     I'm dead! I'm fucking dead!

     But before he could jump to attack me, I go to cover my face with my arms. Another growl was heard from behind me. I snapped my head back up to see a huge pure grey wolf, growling at the other one trying to eat me. This wolf shocked me when he gives me a quick lick to the side of my face, then stands over me in a protective way.

     The golden wolf growls and snaps his jaws at the one protecting me. But the grey one only growls once more before the other wolf took off running.

     What the fuck!?

     Once the golden wolf was out of sight, the grey one turns it's head back to me. I held my breath as he walked up closer to me, then looks down at my bleeding foot.

     I was frozen in place, too terrified that if I moved even an inch, he'll rip me into shreds. All I could do was stare at this wolf with vibrate blue eyes. Blue eyes that looked so familiar.

     "Trenton?" I found myself asking.

     No! This can't be him, why would he be attacking his own family? But he is half of a wolf... my eyes widened.

     He stares at me with a tilted head, then looks back down at my foot. Bending his head further down, he starts licking my wound clean, causing me to wince in slight pain.

     The wolf raised his head back up and his ear twitched from an unheard noise on my end. Then he looks back at me and licks my face with a very wet tounge. But before I could react properly, he takes off running.

     "AMY!?" I hear Bryce yell for me, coming up and kneeling down in front of me, "Are you alright? What happened? Don't worry, I have the pack doctor is on his way right now," he said in a panic.

     I give him a small smile, then sit up the rest of the way, wincing once again in complete pain. It was everywhere!

     "I didn't make it to the shelter in time," I lied.

     His brows closed in together and he watching me carefully for a minute, "You're a terrible liar Amy. What happened to your face?"

     I shake my head at him, "I told you, I didn't make it to the shelter in time, I got locked out. That's when the wolves found me and started chasing me into the woods."

     Why am I lying to him? Or better yet, why am I lying for the people who threw me out and tried to kill me?!

     "Those people who did this are not worth protecting Amy," he says.

     "Can you help me up?" I asked him, holding out my hand to him.

     He sighs, then takes my arm and wraps it around his neck. Then placed a hand on my waist and pulled up gently. I moaned and gasped in pain as he does this. I bite down hard on my lip to keep from screaming as we started walking, well, limping our way there. Fucking christ, feels like they ran me over with a diesel truck, MULTIPLE times!

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     "Where is she?! Why wasn't Alex with her!? Why wasn't she in the fucking shelter where she was supposed to be!?" I hear Christian yell at someone outside of my hospital room.

     He barges in the room and quickly  made eye contact with me, "Princess, you're alright," he breathed out in relief, coming up to me and kissing the top of my forehead.

     I closed my eyes at the feeling of his touch, "I'm fine Christian, really."

     He smoothes some of my hair back, "What happened?" Was all he asked.

     I bit my lip and looked down at my hands, "I didn't make it there on time," I simply said.

     "But Ian did?" He asked.

     Fuck! He knows I'm lying. But I still just nodded my head and continued to look at my hands, "He's a fast runner."

     It was quite for a minute, which gets my nerves started and makes it impossible for me to not to look up at him.

     His face, arms, and chest had scratches and dirt all over it. His brown hair was even messier than before, and his eyes were that pretty violet color. Telling me that Zander was in charge still.

     "You're a terrible lair," he says, "Tell me who in the pack did this?"

     My mouth suddenly becomes dry, but I regretfully shake my head, "No."

     He looked confused at my response,

"Princess, they just put your life at risk! Do you know what would've happened if one of those rogues would've gotten you!?" He said, baffled that I wouldn't tell him, "You would've been dead!"

     "I don't expect you to understand Chris. But I really need to do this on my own, if I tell you who it was, then what? You punish them, or what, kill them? That will only make them, and everyone else hate me more. Then how does that make me look? Makes it looks like I can't handle anything myself. I love you, but I won't run to you everytime things get tuff for me with this Luna position. Or for the simple fact that a few pack members and I don't get along just because we're together," I tell him gently, taking his hand in mine.

     He squeezes mine and clinched his jaw tight, "If anything were to have happened to you Amy I swear," his eyes snapped shut and he squeezes my hand even tighter.

     "Hey," I creased his face.

     He looks back up at me, "I'll let you do it your way first, but if I feel like the situation is only getting worse. I'm stepping in. I'm not going to risk your life anymore than I already have."

     "Nothing's going to happen, and nothing will. But yes please, let me handle this my way. If I can't handle it then I won't blame you for stepping in," I promised him, kissing his lips for comfort.

     He stares at me seriously, "You scared me tonight Princess. You're developing a small habit of doing that lately."

     "You know me, I live on the dangerous side," I teased horribly.

     He laughs, but his laugh was short lived when he started sniffing the air. His brows creased together and he leans forward closer to my neck, sniffing deeply.

     "What's wrong?" I asked him.

     He pulls back with a blank look, "Was Trenton with you when the wolf tried attacking?" He asked.

     I knew it!

     "I knew it! I knew that was him! Wait, why would he be attacking his own family?" I asked.

     He sighs heavily, "Milo and I have a feeling that he's just wanting revenge for taking his Alpha spot. But I know him, he's after something else."

     I was confused and raised a brow at him, "Really? What else could he want?"

     He looks at me dead in my eyes and said the last thing I expected him to say, "You, he wants you."