12. Black Fur Pack

AURELIA

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Against all odds, I rose again, pushing my legs against the floor of the forest and pushing beyond the limit of any pregnant woman.

“That bitch killed June. Don’t let her escape.” An angry masculine voice roared somewhere behind me.

Their determination to catch me wasn’t shocking but the energy I suddenly obtained, the energy pumping through my veins as I ran, my hands on my lower belly, was alarming.

Although I couldn’t see clearly in the dark forest, I let my legs carry me despite the fact that I kept falling over and over again. Every part of me was hurting, including my belly. The scratches from June’s fingers stung as my beads of sweat trickled over them.

June…

I killed her.

She was the first person I would ever kill and as much as I hated it, her name has been etched in my memory. It would have been easier if she had remained some faceless and nameless woman… but now I knew her name and I would have to live with that for the rest of my life which might not be v