Rosangela: The Runaway Princess (Book #2)

I ran as fast as my legs could carry me through this thick forest, leaving Bloodrose Pack’s territory behind. I didn’t know how much time had passed since I left the Bloodrose Pack land. But now, the sky was already turning black. Even though it was in the middle of the night now, but the darkness didn’t frighten me anymore. All I knew was I had to run as far as possible from the pack.

'It’s wrong, Rosanne. You have to come back! Your father must be getting frantic by now,' my conscience told me.

'No, I can’t go back,' I disagreed, 'I have to leave the Bloodrose Pack. It’s the best for everyone.'

'At least you can say goodbye before leaving, right?' she advised.

'If I had to say goodbye, I would never be able to leave,' I said.

My conscience didn’t protest against, so I could continue running without being disturbed.

All of a sudden, I tripped over a tree root that was poking out of the ground, and I fell forward, grazing my knees and palms. Pain shot up my ankle, but I ignored it. I just picked myself up and went on running.

I didn’t have idea where I was headed. I just ran and ran. I didn’t even care if I might get lost.

I actually wanted to get back to my adopted family. But London was far away from here. And I honestly didn’t know how to get there.

I wondered if I should return to the vampire kingdom. But I was not ready to face my grandfather’s wrath yet. And I doubted Sigmund would be there to help me this time. King Bellamy might have punished Sigmund severely for betraying him. Or even worse, Sigmund could be killed because of that.

And Prince Maximilian? After I ran away from our wedding like that, I was sure Maximilian wouldn’t want to help me anymore. I had embarrassed him and hurt his feeling. And I understood if he hated me for that.

Running non-stop for a long time left me feeling breathless. Thus, I decided to stop to catch a breath.

When I finally could breathe normally, I intended to start moving again, but something held me back.

'Oh My God, who is holding me back? Could it be my father? But what if it is a vampire? Even worse, a rogue vampire? Or maybe a rogue werewolf?' I thought in horror.

Fearfully, I looked back over my shoulder. I let out a sigh of relief when I noticed that the hem of my long white dress got caught on the branches.

I scoffed at my stupidity. I thought I was just being paranoid.

My dress got stuck in the branches and I knew it would take a long time to get it out. So I had to tear the hem of my dress off before carrying on.

However, as soon as I got a couple steps, I abruptly stopped dead in my tracks when I spotted a big wolf a few feet in front of me. Just by looking at its size, I immediately knew that it wasn’t an ordinary wolf. It’s sure to be a werewolf. But it seemed that the werewolf didn’t come from Bloodrose Pack. Because if he did, he would have recognized me.

Did I accidentally trespass into other pack’s territory? I hoped not, because I had heard from Randolph what some packs did to the trespassers. They would kill anyone who dared to cross their territory without permission. And I didn’t want it to happen to me.

But if this wolf was a rouge, it would be even worse. Rogues were infamous for their brutality. I couldn’t imagine what the wolf was capable of doing to me.

The wolf’s menacing eyes locked on mine, and it sent shivers down my spine.

I took a step backwards, and the wolf stepped forward, slowly advancing on me. It seemed that this wolf didn’t want to let me go easily.

'What shall I do now?' I asked myself confusedly.

The wolf suddenly howled, and almost immediately I also heard several wolves howling in the distance.

“Oh My God, what is it doing?” I began to panic.

Within seconds, wolf after wolf emerged from the forest.

'Oh no, I’m in great trouble. I must get away from here now!' I told myself.

I spun on my heel and bolted to the opposite direction. Although I was sure that those werewolves could outrun me easily, but I still had to try, right?

However, I was forced to stop running when more wolves arrived, barring my way.

Moments later, more and more wolves also came out from the right and left side of me. I was now completely blocked in all directions.

'Oh no, I’m done for,' I thought.

All of those wolves began to circle me. I was standing in the middle of them, shaking like a leaf.

'God, save me!' I prayed silently.

When the wolves felt that they had intimidated me enough, they stopped circling me. They bared their sharp teeth towards me as their threatening eyes bore into me.

“Who-who are you? Wha-what do you want from me?” I asked with a stammer. But none of those wolves replied my question.

'Of course! How can they answer when they’re still in their wolf forms, Rosanne?' my inner voice mocked.

'But they can shift into their human forms first before they answer, right?' I scoffed.

'So why don’t you ask them to shift now?' she suggested.

'But what if they refuse to shift and attack me instead?' I asked with apprehension.

'You’ll never know before you try, right?' she said.

'You’re right,' I thought.

Mustering all my courage, I talked to them, “Please shift and let’s talk it over!”

Instead of granting my request, the wolves growled at me.

“So you don’t want to shift, huh?” I asked sarcastically.

Those wolves snarled at me.

“Look! I’m sorry if I accidentally trespass on your territory. I didn’t mean to do it, okay? So please let me go now!” I begged.

I didn’t know why my attempt to negotiate with those werewolves enraged them instead. Even those wolves started to lung at me.

I closed my eyes, preparing myself to feel the pain when those wolves sank their sharp teeth to my flesh and shredded my body to pieces.

I thought, 'God, if I’m going to die today, I don’t mind. However, my existence only endanger the people around me. If I were gone, at least they all could live in peace again.'