The Heart Sees

'We've been wandering around in circles!' Lilac growled at me.

'Well where are we supposed to go? It's not like we're trying to go anywhere specific' I snapped back.

'Shhh.... someone is coming' I heard Lilac. I froze, sniffing around, but it was already too late. I saw wolves step out of the shadows, surrounding me.

"What is an omega doing out here all alone?" I heard a low voice laugh at me.

"I was just headed back to my pack" I lied nervously.

"Oh really?" The man smirked knowingly at me.

"Yes, I was just out gathering some food for the dinner I was going to make later" I gulped.

"Well.... maybe we can help you" the man said, gesturing to the wolves around me. I could tell they were rogues based on their smell and the way their fur was all matted together.

"No thanks, I'll just be going" I said as I started to walk, trying to get out of the circle of death. I stopped when one of the wolves snarled at me.

"Come now, we're just trying to be helpful" the man tisked at me. "You should be grateful for our protection, after all, lots of wolves would love to prey on an omega...." the man said with a smirk that gave me the goosebumps. The man walked closer and I lashed out at him, partially shifting as my claws slashed his chest.

He stumbled back slightly but wasn't detered as the wolves all started closing in on me. 'This is bad... there's no way we can fight them all, we have to make a run for it' Lilac said to me. But before we could move I felt myself being tackled to the ground by one of the other wolves. Lilac snarled at them as she kicked and squirmed trying to escape.

"If you cooperate and come with us it won't be so bad. We can give you shelter, water, food, clothes...." the man started rhyming off. I kept struggling to get away, the wolves teeth and claws digging into Lilac, causing us to yelp in pain as blood started leaking from our leg onto the white snow. I let out a whimper of pain, still struggling.

Then when they least expected it I kicked a leg back, hitting one of them in the crotch. I used the distraction to escape, running as fast as I could with an injured leg, leaving a trail of blood behind me. I jumped into the freezing water to hide my tracks and scent. Dashing onto the other side I noticed the rogues had stopped following me. "She's their problem now" one of the men chuckled.

"But I wanted to take her" another wolf whined.

"We would be a fool to fight them! You've heard of their alpha" the other man snapped back angrilly.

I kept running because my life depended on it. I could feel that I was on a pack's territory but I couldn't tell who's as I raced forward. The wind was picking up and with the injury I knew I couldn't go much further. I heard Lilac whimper in my head in pain as we stumbled under a large spruce tree for some shelter. 'I'm sorry Lu I can't hold this form with the injury' Lilac said shakily.

'That's okay Lilac... we got away. You can rest, I'll try to find a way to keep warm' I said to her and felt her relax in the back of my mind as I shifted back to human form.

It really was freezing out, usually wolves are more immune to the cold than this. I looked at my wounded leg and winced. It was most likely broken and it was still bleeding. Even with wolf healing this would take a couple of weeks. I curled myself into a ball, snapping off a tree branch to use as a blanket considering that I was stark naked. I really wish I had stopped to grab some clothes... I sighed, curling closer to the tree trunk. I felt my eyes drooping closed, exhausted from the injury and the escape... I tried to fight it but my body was shutting down in the cold. My eyes fluttered closed against my will as I fell into a deep sleep, exhuasted from all of the day's events.

******a while later******

I was startled awake by the sound of paws... lots of paws coming towards me. I asked Lilac to shift but she was still asleep from running so much. I went to stand but my leg protested and I collapsed with a wince. This is bad.... what if it's the rogues again? I tried again and stood up, running out from under the tree and looking for a better hiding place.

I realized it was pointless when I heard a growl close behind me. I went to turn around, facing a naked man. "Why are you here rogue!" He yelled at me.

" I didn't mean to tresspass" I started to defend myself.

"How many others are there" he screamed at me.

"None! I'm alone" I shouted back, trying to hide my more private parts from his gaze.

"I don't believe you-" he started but was cut off by a large dominant growl. My head bowed on it's own and I knew it was an alpha. I collapsed onto my knees and started to cry, knowing I couldn't escape.

I managed to look up and saw a tall man. He had jet black hair and was dressed simply yet it showed off his muscular figure. He had broad shoulders and long legs as he walked towards the man who was shouting at me. I looked at his face and noticed 4 large, angry scars slashed across his face and his eyes looked clouded over.... like a blue lake under a thick sheet of ice. I whimpered a bit as the pain in my leg spread. I saw the man's eyes snap to me, but it was if he wasn't seeing me.

I fell onto my stomach and stole one more glance at the strange man before I passed out cold.... maybe I'll be lucky and he won't kill me....