"We need to leave here now." Evelyn said to me, the look in her eyes desperate."Leave? To where?" "Whatever put the hold on you would be coming back here Adrianne, you can't stay here. You're in danger.""Wha- I," this was all too sudden. Where would we be going to anyway? And if it was that strong, wouldn't it find us anywhere we went? Evelyn looked out, staring into the distance, as if sensing impending danger.The hairs on my arms were begining to stand. Was something coming? "Adrianne, we must leave now," She said coming to take a hold of my arm, "Alpha Damon can hold them off until-" I froze in place. All feelings of anxiousness just washed away and a cold feeling just took over. I felt a drain in my arm where she held me. And unlike the first or second time this happened, which I could suddenly remember so clearly, I was fully aware of what just happened. She drained me.I stood there staring at Evelyn, then looked down on the hand that was still holding me.Damon ste

"Nothing?" I asked again."Nothing." She repeated. "I just suddenly woke up in the middle of nowhere and I could not speak. In fact, during the first few hours after I regained my consciousness, I did not even remember why I had left or what my mission was. It was only after I walked back to my hut where the remnants of my protection spell were still lingering that my memory came back to me. But even so, I still couldn't speak. I couldn't communicate. That much I figured out within minutes." She stated looking at me.I was on edge, everything she said seemed to be adding unto this already foreboding feeling I had. "So what happened?" Damon asked her.He stood there, his face as neutral as always but I could see his jaw was tense. He was tense. I could feel it.Sorayah just stood there with a calm appearance, obviously already having heard the story I imagine, and just studying us. Looking between Damon and myself.And I just stood there, trying to calm myself down, waiting for the b

And after that we went quiet again. Both probably have too much on our minds to make small talk... or even serious talk. At this point, I just needed to sort my mind out and sort out the past three months of my life that have just been a haze.I'm not exactly sure if I fell asleep or I momentarily dozed off, but the next thing I realised was the bed shifted and Damon had gotten up. He walked quietly around the room, probably thinking I was asleep, and I just continued to lay there, acting as though I was. He got dressed and then slowly opened the door and stepped out. And this happened to still be dawn, so where he was off to this night, I had no idea. But it probably had something to do with our recent but old intruder.I knew whatever sleep had caught me for however long wasn't going to come back again, so I too decided to get up.I checked the clock, and it was just about five minutes to 4am.I sighed and stood up after a while of just blankly staring at the wall, then I decided

"For me?""Yes, you. When you first learned of the sacrifice and you thought the great thunderstorm was going to be the ritual day. He called the Alpha of my pack almost every day until they finally had to get me back from my retreat so I could help you out.""Really?""Yes, even after the event had passed, he never stopped contacting us.""Us?" All this information was new to me. I mean, I know he contacted some packs for help when we initially found out about the sacrifice, but after it had passed, I somehow forgot about it. Didn't he?Apparently not."Myself and some other couple of healers from other packs."Oh. Wow."He said he noticed very odd things about you that had him worried. He said you were getting sick, losing weight, your hair was falling out, and you were losing almost all your strength." Losing weight? I unconsciously looked down at myself, as if I would be able to identify from that glance the pounds I've lost, if I had lost them that is. I couldn't see anything o

"As much as I have enjoyed your hospitality Alphas, I must leave now and head back to my pack. There is an emergency, and my presence is required immediately." Damon and I were in his study going over updates and possible sightings of Sarah and her cohorts. All had amounted to nothing so far. We weren't even surprised. We didn't even know what kind of enemy we were on the lookout for, let alone how to fight it. Sorayah had entered after knocking slightly at Damon's open study door.I knew she would have to leave sooner or later, but I really wasn't ready for her to leave just yet. But I knew I couldn't be selfish. Her pack needed her. On the up side though, I knew she and Evelyn had been able to figure some stuff out in terms of protection spells. It wasn't permanent though, but it would have to do for now.Damon stood up to shake her hand."We're grateful for your time and help. I'll have my gamma get you back to your pack along with the packages that we agreed upon." Packages?