The Alpha's Damnation

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and refuses to let go. The moon fought to shine through a veil of ominous clouds, casting fragmented beams of light across

e, each beat an insistent reminder of her fear. Her curly black hair whipped around her face in wi

clung to her mud-streaked body, tor

been her haven, now felt alien and hostile, a cruel reflection of the world she used to know. Every rus

inging pain in their wake, but she pressed on, driven

oice barely audible over the sound of her own l

ace of refuge and beauty, but now it w

in the oppressive silence, and her mind conjured images of

ence was a palpable force, a dark and confident

lieve that she had once desired him, trusted him with

rned into the monster that annihilated her entire family, l

bled, barely catching herself before sh

trollable cry before pre

d, a mix of anger and despair in her

t was light at first, then became more insistent, soakin

rred, the raindrops mingling with her tears, though she could har

ck against its rough bark, her chest heaving. Her eyes were wide

t unnoticeable, a whisper of moveme

e knew it. He was enjoying the

ng to her mouth. "You can run, but you can't hide, Butterfly," his voice came, dark and

e sound of him, trying to think. There had to be a

familiar, a twisted reflectio

entless torrent that blurred her visio

o the nights they had spent together, the way he had held her, whispered sweet nothings in

ad turned to betrayal, and now, she was left

under her breath, her eyes darting aro

ce the darkness. There, a flicker of movement, a shado

ed and feral, his reflection under the

dator relishing the chase, his body movin

m the tree and ran again, her feet slipping i

rhythm that matched the frantic beating of her heart. He was gai

tless downpour, she knew she had only moments left. 'How

r salvation and luckily she found something, a fallen tree, it

eneath it, her body pressing

the trunk and the ground, her body trembling with

he forest floor, her breaths shallow and rapid as she tried t

an eternity. The rain hammered down, creating a

ars, and she feared he could hear it too, but the rain overpowered

deliberate, each one a calculated move, a p

ould sense him, feel the oppr

His scent, a mix of wet fur and something

s voice was low, a growl of dark amusement that sent shi

she tried to ground herself, to stay silent, to not

ain of water that further obscured her from his view

t of doom. She could see his feet now, powerful and

hiding place, and she held her b

pressing into the mud. He lowered his head, and she could feel his breath, h

he murmured, his tone almost conversa

d. She had to move, had to do something, but what? If she b

alf-buried in the mud, and she closed her ha

egged silently, her body trem

hant smile on his lips, she knew sh

beneath the trunk, driving the stone into his leg. He roared, a so

ody screaming in protest, and ran. She

nt that masked her tears. She could hear his frustrated ho

slick and treacherous, roots and rocks

urchase, but she kept going, driven by sheer wi

had turned to ashes this night, this night when Adolphus revealed hi

once craved; he was the werewolf

a sound on the forest floor. She was acutely aware of every rustle of

howling through the branches like a chorus of anguish

redator. He was taunting her, his voice a low, mocking

ping with dark amusement. "Come out an

der, trying to steady her breathing, her mind r

She had