Chapter hundred and eighty two: Max's sacrifice

Chapter hundred and eighty two: Max's sacrifice

Jamie collected the bowl of water and clean rags the beta Wolf gave her. She tended to Zuri's wound like she wasn't the crazy Queen that stabbed him. He didn't resist much, only grunting at intervals when the pain became unbearable.

Zuri looked around the little forest and it was everything he imagined the forest of the west to be. With the tall trees and the struggling sunlight trying to fall on the ground, it was exactly everything he imagined.

He cleared his throat like he was an older man with a throat disease.

"I have always wanted to come to the West. I heard it was a beautiful place. I am glad it didn't disappoint" Zuri told her as he looked around once again, distracting himself from the pain.

Jamie watched him curiously. What was wrong with him? For a stab victim, he was unusually chatty. 

She wrapped his leg with a clean bandage.

"....so beautiful!"