I keep running and running, feeling the pull my brand now has towards my team and my family. I just want to go home. After what I saw I don’t know if I am cut out to do these kinds of missions.
Not for the first time since I was captured, I think about how adamant everyone was that I am too young to be here and I was too stubborn to listen. The horrors I saw while I was there and I didn’t even leave the cell we were in and Jena went through so, so much worse. I hope we are both okay after this. I know I won’t be the same, I can’t imagine how Jena feels.
Osiston and Alpha Reggie said they were close but my ability to judge time is so off I don’t know how long I have been running with Jena on my back. I just know that my whole body is throbbing and my muscles burn from the exertion. The question is, am I out of shape because of how long we were captured and malnourished or have I been running for days? Where are they?
My wolf starts to slow down, we haven’t heard the sounds of paws behind us since I heard the voices of my team, but I wasn’t taking any chances. I just can’t push her anymore. She slows to a walk. We need food and water or we are never going to make it to them.
“Hey guys? Are you still there?”
“We’re coming, Little One. You’re farther than we thought. Keep following your pull. Alpha Reggie detoured to get Doc Sylvia like you asked❞
“That’s the problem, I don’t know how much farther I can go with no food or water. We aren’t exactly battle ready here.” I huff at them. I can’t be angry at them, they don’t know and they don’t understand.
“I’m so sorry Midge, Have your wolf take you to water, you need that first. Slow down and use your survival skills. We’re coming.” I can hear his breathing increase, letting me know he increased his speed. Nickolas has always treated me more like a little sister, like Mateo and Sam. His protective instinct kicks into high gear at the first sign of trouble for me. “Keep talking to us, tell me what you see.” “Are you serious right now?”
“Of course, it will help us find you and help you focus your brain on what is real.”
“Nickolas…I’m running in the forest and the sun is going down. So what I see are trees and vegetation that grows around trees.”
“There’s my smartass.” He huffs at me and I hear other chuckles of the team listening to our banter.I think everyone is probably wound up and needs to let out some tension. “Look around, tell me which direction the mountains are. Give me something to look for to make this faster.”
My wolf looks around so I can get a good view with her amazing eyesight. “The mountains are under me, we have been running through them for a while. We aren’t going very high up though. I can smell water to the southeast of us. I am going to head that way. I don’t know how far it is though and it’s not exactly in the direction my brand is pulling towards you guys. Who am I even tracking right now, it can’t be the whole team.”
No one answers for a moment and it makes me worried even though I can still feel my pull to them, the silence is suffocating.
“Osiston is who you are tracking. We were trying to find the fastest way to you without shifting. You both need medical supplies and can’t risk not having everything with us. William just got us an overview of the area. We think you are in the middle of the Baxter State Park Mountains. Try to find a cave to hold up in near the water.”
