Chapter 13

STELLA

I come awake slowly, as the sun just starts to rise. I am cold but not freezing. I slowly sit up and check myself over. My thigh is sore, but thankfully the gash is still closed and the small cut Mason made with his claw on my chest has finally stopped bleeding.

The rest of my chest and arms were covered in small cuts and bruises from the trees and bushes as I ran. I don’t want to see what my cheek or neck will look like as the bruises from Axel and Kelly were only just starting to disappear and now Mason has re-added to them.

I rub my arms gently to try to get a little warmth and a bit of circulation into them, but it doesn’t do much; I look around and then down to the ground and remember the beginning of one of the chapters I started to read for history.

The chapter was something about packs and territories, I slowly climb down as I go over the chapter in my head, most patrols of a territory are done in wolf form, but they need to be in human form to communicate with anyo