Chapter Ten

CHAPTER TEN

We run for our lives. Through the darkness. Through the night.

We run until we can run no more.

Then we walk until the last ounce of strength leaves are bodies.

Only then, do we stop.

We sit in a clearing.

My feet are sore.

But I don't care. I am free.

"I can't believe we made it," I say.

"The village isn't too far," the girl tells me. "We should reach it by tomorrow."

I yawn. "Is it safe to go to sleep?"

She nods. "The pack won't track us. As long as we don't light a fire. Can you cope with the cold?"

I shiver, but nod. "What happens now?"

The girl smiles. "Tonight we will rest and we will speak of home and family. Tomorrow we will go to the village."

"Family," I say, thinking of my mother. "You know, you never told me about yourself. About how you came to be Romulus' mate."

She smiles. "I'm just a simple girl. From a village. I lived with my mother." Her smile fades.

"What happened?" I ask.

"Romulus came," she says. "And he took me."

"How?"