29

ELEANOR

“Please save us!!! Please save us!!!" The continuous pleas of the girls kept echoing in my head and it slowly started to become a lot. I closed my eyes, hoping to block the voices out, but it seemed to grow louder if anything.

I still felt overwhelmed at the thought that I'd just taken the life of someone, brutally, and despite the continuous assurance from Aurora and the other girls that I wouldn't get caught and punished, I couldn't get my rapidly beating heart to keep still.

At this rate, I would be the one exposing myself if I do not start acting normal. All the girls had resumed their duties with the reentrance of the guards who had been away for a while and they all chatted leisurely, completely unsuspecting, but I couldn't help sparing nervous glances at them the whole time.

Even as we made our way back to the pack house, they continued to chatter loudly, still unaware of the fact that one of their own was missing. I wondered how come they didn't catch the stench of blo