Taking a break

She gathered her

belongings and headed for the border. She was finally leaving her past

and the prince behind. Even though she didn't carry much, she was aware

that traveling for four days straight would be a difficult feat for her.

At the moment, she can't get the king out of her mind. He knows where

she'll most likely be heading, and may already have his knights residing

near the border. Even if she chose to take the long route, it will be

too tough for her to walk up the mountain alone. She'd consider the coin

again, but she doesn't want to slow down any longer. She must be on the

road at all times, and once she arrives, she will be able to rest until

a pack takes her and her pup.

When the wolf noticed a stream of water heading towards one of the mountains

on the fourth day, she needed to stop and immerse her weary, throbbing

feet in the cold water. Fortunately, she was only a few minutes from the

border, and her only break came when she fled away from the knights

near Twain's village. She needed it. Despite the fact that her feet felt

refreshed in the water, she was exhausted.

She knew she couldn't stop for long. She splashed water over her face and

arms and rose swiftly to continue her soon-to-be-ending torture of

traveling without rest. She fumbled around her satchel and plucked an

apple from within, but as soon as she bit into it, her hands smacked her

in the face from a rope tightened around her wrist. When she shifted

her head around, she spotted the king's troops.

They did indeed pursue her; in terror, she kicked one of the knights as far

as she could and ripped a chunk of flesh from the other. She dashed

away, leaving one of the bags behind. She tried to disentangle her

wrists from the ropes, but it was useless since the rope possessed

magic. She had no option but to leave it like is until she could get

close enough to the border, but first, she needed to get out of the

forest and into a broad view where she could be seen or heard.

Unlike humans', beast folk have stronger eyesight, hearing, and a good scent,

all she needs to do is get close enough to be detected. She ran as fast

as her sore feet would allow but kept tumbling to the ground. She didn't

have much support to keep her stable for much longer. She quickly

discovered that the rope coiled around her wrist was draining all of her

energy and slowing her down considerably quicker. She was now panicking

more than ever.

With her good eyesight now being depleted, her vision became fuzzy. She

strained her sight towards the direction of the border. She could see

the wall and a few beast-men heading towards and out of it; relieved and

in tears, she turned around and realized the knights weren't far behind

her. She had no option but to stop struggling. Recovering her breath,

she stood where she was, gathering as much energy that was around her as

she could before the knights could lay their dirty hands on her. She

inhaled deeply and howled as fiercely as she could to warn the other

beast folk.

When I said that everyone in the next village near the border could hear the

screaming wail of the wolf, I wasn't kidding. Even the knights had to

stop to plug their ears, they were scared of the wolf's wrath. Taking

another big breath, she howled vigorously towards the border walls,

alerting all the beast folk about the king's knights, who were too close

and coming to take her away. She slumped to her knees, and she

painfully sobbed. All of her energy has gotten stolen. She can no longer

move much further.

Soon after the wolf collapsed from exhaustion caused by the ropes, she was

apprehended by the humans, who were terrified by what they had just

witnessed from the wolf.

"She moves alone, and yet for a wolf to have that much power alone is

incredible." She overheard one of the knights standing over her speak

just before she blacked out.

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