Running from the Alpha, Cherrytop [digital ebook reader txt] 📗

Running.

The word had instantaneously sorted through my indistinct mind, his deep eyes held mine, wordlessly yet a lethal chill that ran along my spine, was it shock? Was it anger? His face seemed too emotionless, too mystifying to understand that behind the mask something was bubbling. He had to control it, his fists were scrunched into tight white balls, his breath ragged and his lips pulled into an emaciated line.
I took a defensive step away from the door, unable to see the fiends face, hiding behind the shadows of the old nurse’s room, yet I could still feel him, could still hear the pounding of anger buried beneath his heart.
This was it, I had to leave now or death would develop into the next decision, I was a young wolf and too juvenile to die at this moment. So I made a conclusion, instantly searching for a medium sized window to climb out of, this was my only option left, I had to disappear. Now. And never return.
My eyes caught sight of the height, it was a long distance between us, yet the adrenaline that pushed through my body never seemed to stop, I had no choice but to listen to my conscious, grabbing onto the ledge and pulling my fragile body up, the pain shot through my leg like lightning yet I ignored the howling sound my wolf was pronouncing, using that little strength left inside of me to escape and flee from the danger zone, yet how was I going to cope in the wild?
Trying one last attempt I dived through the gap and onto the bristly grass that gratefully saved my fall from hurting anymore than my leg.
I winced in pain, regretting to ever climb out a window again as the blood began to percolate through the only sheet I had on that was wrapped tightly around my slim figure. I swallow the saliva that had formed in my mouth, running from the pack leader was illegal in our rules, death was the result if that person was to ever be caught.
I wouldn’t let that happen, couldn’t. I’d have to count myself out of the moonlight pack from now on. Profound thumping could be heard from a distance, I stayed frozen, trying to melt into the silhouette of the castle, to become unseen and hopefully the passer by would not notice me.
But instantly a heavy brown leather suitcase was dropped at my bare feet, the breathing of a few people could be heard from a higher distance but I was too frightened to look. “Elisa?” Someone whispered my name delicately, bringing myself back to reality; I jolted, turning towards the familiar voice to notice Chelsea, looking down at me with consideration.
“Chelsea?” I wondered as I began to think that I might be hallucinating. Then my eyes refocused and caught the brown hair of Sam, then Adrian. Was this somehow a trick my mind was maliciously playing on me? I asked myself as I shook my head a few times.
“You need to get up right now, if he catches you, we’ll all be dead,” Adrian panicked as he grabbed my waist and leaned me tenderly on is shoulder before Sam grabbed the luggage and nodded for us to lead the way. This was almost impossible how my friends were actually joining me in the run, Was this right to allow them to be in jeopardy?
“You don’t have to do this,” I whisper as our feet crunch against the autumn leaves.
“We’re doing this whether you like it or not, we would never let you go,” Chelsea warned as she pulled a heavy branch from obstructing the way before heading towards the arch of the woods. I gulped, this was it, never returning to this place, the place where my memories remained, leaving my life behind, and leaving Markus behind. This was what I had to do.
I turned to face the manor once more instantly catching sight of someone, someone familiar, someone that I would evermore love. Markus. His green eyes flashed furiously towards me, yet he didn’t seem to move, he stood there as hushed as night. Tears began to dribble down my face, drowning me in sorrow as my heart was being torn to shreds and the aching for his warmth chilled my body further.
It wasn’t until long before Markus began to move, a few of his men ran past him with his commands in order. “Quickly, run! They’re coming for us!” I shrieked at Adrian who turned his head towards the raging wolves that began to pounce through the trees towards us.
“Shi*t!” Adrian yelled as Chelsea and Sam noticed the claws that dug into the earth. “Change into your form now!” Adrian commanded as they both obeyed.
Adrian looked right at me, his face seemed relaxed, though I know his brain was working for a plan. “When I transform I want you to leap onto my back, okay?” Adrian asked politely as he let me go. The roaring of his beast instantly came to the surface, rising and rising until he was the massive mammal, almost as immense as Markus which was surprising.
Without another word I grabbed onto the rough fur of his coat before swinging a leg over him, my breath ragged as his paws began to thump against the earth, I kept my eyes forward, not allowing my mind to focus on the angry wolves that were following us, ahead were both Chelsea and Sam as they easily raced past each tree without effort.
I smiled to myself, leaving might just have been the right option after all.

We headed north, the stillness of the trees became a melody now that the wolves had lost us in the running, optimistically they wouldn’t find us again and had possibly given up. I laid my head gently on the back of Adrian’s furry neck, cuddling into his warmth as a yawn escaped my mouth.
My eyes followed a bird that flew elegantly, leveling with us, its eyes seemed to reflect me, shining with somehow happiness as it spread it eager wings across the woods, I smiled slightly, if only life could really be as unproblematic as a bird.

We had arrived at a secure yet comfortable place in the trees, the woods were colossal and exceedingly hard to track down prays for a few hours. Realizing that we would be prohibited to ever join another pack since we belonged to the moonlight pack, we would have to become undomesticated, and that meant extremely treacherous hazards for us, some wolves became mental by the loneliness, even a few had killed themselves while untamed.
I swallow silently, of course I had my friends along with me and hopefully we could construct our own pack together for the rest of our lives. Adrian cut short, immediately turning back to his human form, but the dilemma was that he was exposed and regrettably for me, I was still on his back and unable to move by the depressing pain in my leg.
Gladly I had carried the luggage as we had torn through the trees and handed them to him, closing my eyes as he carefully pulled me off and sat me on the muddy earth.
My mind wondered back to Markus, the alpha who liked to run things his way, he was enormously obstinate and wouldn’t give up on anything he wanted to achieve. Let’s just hope that he’s not looking for me, we’d be in a lot of danger if he ever found us.
But my heart beat for him, the way his eyes had instantly softened after he saw me hurt by the bite from the other day made my skin tremble without his warm hold, even the way he had gently embraced me as he carefully took in the blood oozing down my skin.
Tears began to roll again, I never intended to hurt him, it wasn’t like I was purposely rejecting him, I just wanted Markus to be content, if I had the selection evidently I would take any likelihood of becoming his soul mate, but sadly I wasn’t on the same stage as he was, a bodyguard would never be accepted as a mate from the alpha, it was ludicrous and even I knew it. “We should sleep, we’ve got to move on tomorrow,” Adrian ultimately spoke as he pulled a top over his frame and gently laid me down on a chair like tree trunk.
“Where are we heading for?” Chelsea wondered as she helped Sam with his trousers and cautiously hid the suitcase behind a prickly bush.
“There is a large cabin about six hours away, the alpha will even find it difficult to seek for us up there,” Adrian spoke as he settled next to me.
Sam nodded before he pulled Chelsea next to him and cuddled with her on the dry muddy ground, though it didn’t last long as Sam’s eyes began to droop before he fell asleep on Chelsea’s shoulder.
My eyes turned to Adrian who seemed uncomfortable where he was positioned. “You can sleep on my stomach if you want,” I whispered into his ear. Adrian’s eyes opened warily before he shrugged and cuddled into my waist, the warmth somehow felt homely before I fell into a deep lumber.

“Get up,” I heard the faint calling of Adrian’s voice as he whispered into my ear, awakening me slowly from a very restful sleep. When Adrian’s eyes seemed calm, I instantly knew that everything was fine and there were no wolves after us.
I was nudged again; the coldness was slowly seeping through the blanket that was wrapped around me, making me quiver silently before lifting my fatigue body from the ground. “What is it Adrian?” I grumbled as I yawned and shook my muzzled mind. “We have to move on now, get your clothes and hurry,” Adrian urged as he grabbed my arm and pulled me from the ground.
Automatically the cloth slipped from body revealing my pale skin to him as he explored the curves with inquisitive eyes. I gasped as I grabbed for the cloth but noticing it was tightly gripped in his hand was going to be impossible to retreat. “Turn away,” I growled angrily as his eyes never seemed to stop roaming. “Adrian!” My voice must have triggered him back to reality as he looked at me with wide eyes before moving away. I sighed with relief, honestly these wolf boys were perverts nowadays, but somehow it just didn’t feel right that my best friend was staring at me like that, it almost seemed like he wanted it.

We headed south, the coldness had returned, a sluggish downpour of rain pattered against the leaves, a slight fog could be seen from a distance through the muddy woods, why on earth did it have to start raining now? I wondered as I guided myself through the trail, following Adrian’s steps.
It had become tiring, since we hadn’t slept for over two days and my eyes began to slip a few times, I had to use half of the trees for support in case I might faint from exhaustion, including the throbbing pain in my leg, but I hadn’t spoken a word about it, I would not slow the process down of reaching our destination. “Are you alright, you look quiet pale?” Chelsea asked as she came to level walking with me through the branches.”
“Yes, I’m fine it’s