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on in the distance, a little beacon of hope. However, Ryder was like a hound chasing prey mer

er to where their small face was looking back out the rear window-unnatu

lights, similar to beacons in the night. She urged the car on faster, tightening her muscles wit

ap at an alarming speed. Luna felt her grip tighten on the wheel as her mind sta

own like a ghost in the dark. She didn't think twice before taking a drastic turn o

he engine. She lunged at the backseat and snatched her child from it, cuddling them close as t

whispered, her voice almost

rusted machinery and darkened corners. Luna's breathing came in short, quick gasps as she searched

huddled there with her child, her arms wrapped around protectively.

hear even the sound of a sigh from Ryder, anything that would give a clue he had followed them inside the factory. But the night

at they had escaped, she heard it: the faint cr

r. She was going to be the path to safety for her child, at all the odds. S

s increased by the second as the footsteps turned closer. In the very ai

her mind was a blur of panic and desperation. She needed to think and find a solution. Then, she heard a

h stronger, faster, and nearly impossible to evade. But she had one advantage he didn't know t

ve and sidled around the corner, her ears straining for any sign that Ryder had seen her. She nee

e grit on the floor. Her senses were on high alert, and every single

nd it froze Luna, her breath catching in her throat: the wolf had come o

ll piece of metal and threw it to the other side of the room Her actions e

d Luna took it. She leapt to the left, ducking low and keeping

ved quickly; his pointy ears tried to track her, but the girl was fas

had been playing him. Adrenaline raced through Luna; it pounded within her. S

to a catwalk high overhead. Without pause Luna ran up the rungs of the ladder, her climb w

d for her. The wide echoes of his growls proclaimed his frustration. He

he needed to think smart, like a hunter, not the hunted prey. W

though he'd sensed something. Luna's breath hitched

ld and calculating, missed nothing in the factory with d

uilding right in its farthest corners. "Come out. I know you are h

t face him head on like this. But she couldn't remain hidden forever,

old pipes that were situated along the ceiling. They were slightl

rength as they creaked under her weight but held. She carried her body taut as a

Luna could feel his frustration, his anger, but she pushed

let in the wall, one through which she could get thr

body moved with practiced ease. She dropped down onto the ground o

er way towards the town. Her child still remained in the factory, but she c

ed her efforts; every muscle of her body was screaming in protest. She

the first house and darted around it, using the narrow alleyways

ed establishment at the edge of town.

oor open. The sharp-eyed old innkeeper, used to

ase, it's urgent,"

anded Luna a key, and Luna said no

her as her chest heaved with exertion. She was safe for now. But she kn

st. She had to think, come up with a plan. Sooner or later, Ry

ast for now. But th