Brianna nudged her to stop and went ahead to open the door.
“Lena!” Brianna almost squealed in anger. “What the ***are you doing here?”
Lena narrowed her eyes at Brianna. “I have come to meet my friend.”
Brianna folded her arms across her chest and in a cold voice said, “Well, you can’t.”
Lena pushed her aside saying, “This is not your home and you can’t order me around here!”
Shocked, Brianna balanced herself on her feet. Lena had never dared to even touch Brianna and now she pushed her? She lunged at Lena to push her down, but Lena was quicker. She jumped out of Brianna’s way and she fell flat on her stomach. The next moment Lena straddled her on her back, twisted her hand back and grabbed her hair. Yanking her head back, she said, “Just because I never touched you, didn’t mean that I couldn’t. I am older than you and have my wolf. You don’t. It means that I am stronger than you. The reason I never tackled you before was that I valued my friendship with River. I knew that if I touched you, your parents would hit River all the more.”
Brianna winced in pain. She hissed, “Wait till I tell this to Alpha Maxim, ***!”
Lena pulled her hair more sharply. “Go and tell him. I came right in front of him and he acknowledged my presence when I bowed to him. What will you tell him? Huh?” With a violent shove, she left Brianna’s head. Her forehead hit the floor and stars burst in her vision. Lena got up from her back as she kept lying on the floor and cried in pain. “Now that River is out of the equation, I don’t fear you!” She had spoken a lie to Brianna. She used her previous knowledge to enter Alpha’s house. She couldn’t make her presence known to anyone.
Brianna scrambled away from Lena, with her face full of fear. There was a big bump on her forehead.
When she touched it, she cried in pain.
“Stay the heck down, else I will chop you into a thousand pieces and send them flying across the woods,” Lena snarled at Brianna which ****her up for a long time. Scared that Lena would hurt her again, Brianna got up and walked back to the balcony. She took her phone out and dialed her mother’s number.
Lena looked at River who was watching her with awe. Lena winked at her and chuckled. “I am so happy that I gotta put that piece of ***in her place. More is to come! Muhahaha!” She let out an evil laugh.
Then she picked up her black satchel and gave it to her. “It contains a pair of clothes and my cash. Take it and run.”
“Oh my God! Lena!” River got up with stifling a shriek of happiness and hugged her friend.
Lena laughed softly as the two friends hugged each other tightly. “You look ***in this gown,” Lena joked. “Just go and change!”
“What about you?” she asked, her gaze darting nervously at Brianna who was talking to someone on the phone.
Lena winked again. “I am a ghost, darling. I know how to slip out of here without being detected. I have done this a thousand times. In fact, I have put a map for you. Follow it and you will reach the nearest bus station in an hour. And don’t forget to apply that lotion on your body. It will hide your scent.”
“Thank you, Lena!” River said, her eyes full of gratitude.
Lena hugged her again. “Let’s meet in the human town!”
River giggled. “Yes, let us!”
With one last look at Brianna, Lena left, picking up River’s satchel. She knew that she had scared her enough not to enter the room for at least half an hour. That would be enough for River to escape.
River went to the bathroom. She opened Lena’s satchel and hurriedly took out the ***slacks and black shirt. She removed her bridal gown, applied the oil on her body to hide her smell and changed into the fresh clothes. She wore the jacket over her shirt and pulled the hoodie over. There was a small folded paper at the base with a wallet. When River opened the wallet, she was surprised to find a thousand dollars in it. Her chest squeezed with a warm feeling. Lena had given her a large amount to travel comfortably. “Thank you, Lena,” she murmured in appreciation. “I hope the Moon Goddess give you the best mate ever!” napter/
Suddenly, gray ***gathered on the outside, startling her. Thunder struck deep into the forest and a heavy deluge followed.
She unfolded the paper. It was the map of Alpha’s Maxim’s house along with the town. There were red arrows in it that showed her the direction to follow.
River took a deep breath. After memorizing the map, she stashed it all in the bag. She was finally going to escape. She walked to the bathroom window and opened it to jump down
River jumped out of the window. The rain was pounding relentlessly and there was no one patrolling out there. She had to quickly find her way to the tunnel that led to the rear of the mansion towards the north where a dilapidated road surrounded by dense woods, opened. Her road to freedom.
Opening the small, rusted iron gate of an abandoned garden, River splotched her way to a small cabin.
She walked around the perimeter and noticed a hatchet at the base of a wall.
She had to apply some force to open it, but it opened soon enough with a groan, the sound getting washed in the rain. She crawled through the *** and saw a vertical staircase. Without wasting time, she switched on her phone’s torchlight and started climbing down. She landed on soft ground at the bottom. She scanned the area. There was a tunnel to her left. Half an hour later, she felt like she was walking forever. Down here, it was so cold, dark and damp. The path was too narrow and she felt as if the walls were closing in on her. The air smelled of moss and damp earth. She shivered in her wet clothes, hoping that there were no critters down here as she moved ahead.
She had memorized the exact route after seeing it once on the map. Thankfully the tunnel didn’t have any diversions. She wondered if Brianna had already created a noise about her missing. Her worries went a notch higher. “Please God, let me run away. I promise not to come back,” she muttered a small prayer.
She came to a landing which then ascended into a steep stairwell. She climbed it and came across a wide opening with a tall ceiling. It seemed like a secret hall in which hundreds of people could collect safely at times of emergency. She looked ahead and found the door that would lead her to the dilapidated road.
As she trudged ahead, her shoes would fall over dry twigs or something which would burst with a sound of splatch.
The silence around her was unbearable. She wondered if this place had ghosts too. Just the thought paled her and she walked faster. She reached the end of the hall to a tall arched wooden door. Thanking every god in the world, she grabbed the handle and pulled it open. The moment she did that, a gust of chilly wind, smelling pine and mist, gusted by her. Her hoody came down, ruffling her hair. She took in a lungful of air, trembling and pulling her hoody up. The rains had stopped but the sky was gray and dark.
There were woods surrounding the mansion and according to the map, she had to go straight, looking for red arrows that led to the road. River started to sprint, scared that they may have already started looking out for her. As she ran, she heard the thick screech of an owl somewhere followed by a loud howl. “***!” She increased her pace, going in the direction of the red arrows which eventually led her to the broken-down road.
Yes. “Freedom!” she whooped. She caught the sides of her stomach because they were hurting and looked around her to see which side was north. Unsure about it, she dug the map out and saw the arrows that marked the path. She turned to her left.
River started walking fast on the road trying to take advantage of the daylight. According to the map, she had to walk at least a mile before she would get to the bus station which was in a small human village.
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