Chapter seven

I scrambled on my knees towards Darius. "Please, do not let them take me away. Please, I beg you." I pleaded, tears spilling from my eyes as I wept at his feet.

He did not move an inch and when I looked up at him, his eyes were red and I saw defeat in them. He could not save me this time.

I was dragged off his feet by one of the Lycanthropes. His large paws encircling my waist as he placed me over his hairy shoulder like a lamb for sacrifice.

I looked at my family and I felt a detest in my heart for them especially my father. Hatred for him was spreading in my heart like wildfire. Darius looked away from me unable to meet my gaze. He had saved me from the hands of Eli, but now he could not save me from the hands of this barbaric monster. No one could. I cried realizing my fate.

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Cardonald, Glasgow

A tear finally slipped from my eyes as the rain drumming on the roof finally subsided. My tears did not drop for the fact that I was separated from my family. My tears dropped because