Chapter 43: The Return of Alpha Merrick

BAELA

I was made to sit up now as I stared at the hideous faces of the werewolves that made up the bandits that had kidnapped me from my camp.

They were wanderers obviously and they had just concluded their raid on my camp. Now that they had captured me, what was their mission with me? What would they want to do to me?

I wrapped myself as small as I possibly could to protect myself from them but they appeared not to want to touch me just yet. I was placed in their center along with a pile of other items they had stolen - it was their heap of spoils. I was the only living thing with the other items. Once again I stood out but for the wrong reasons.

It seemed the Alpha had not yet arrived in their midst. He was the one they were all waiting for before deciding what to do with me. I was ready to plead my way out of here when he arrives, hopefully he will set me free and I could go home.

From my little count, there seemed to be quite a number of them. More than our entire camp. Maybe at