The farther I ran, the happier I felt. I was finally getting away from my memories. Though I didn't know where I was, I had decided that anywhere was better than back with the pack.
Soon, my breath was coming out heavily and my legs started to get sore. I slowed to a trot.
The trees here were different than back at home, no not home, not anymore. Everything smelt drier here, back there, everything had been mossy and green and there were huge pine trees and Spruces everywhere. Here, all the trees were leafy and you could see the brown bark on covering the trunks.
My pace slowed again as I took in my surroundings. I heard something, my ears pricked. There was something. Voices, maybe? I had been stupid to believe that I could have come this far and not been on somebody else's territory.
The farther I went, the louder the voices got. I sped up, hoping to catch what they were saying, stopping in front of a clearing. A man and a woman stood in the clearing, they held bows in their hands and each had a quiver of arrows.
I didn't dare move, should I break a twig under my paw. They would have heard me if I did, they weren't that far away. I stood there for at least ten minutes, my legs were tired from running and I needed desperately to sit down.
My legs collapsed underneath me and the two people looked over. I shifted quickly to my human form, hoping to look less threatening. A little girl would definitely be better than a 80 lb. wolf.
The woman notched an arrow in her bow; the man put a hand on her shoulder and whispered something to her that made her lower her weapon.
The man started to walk over to my hiding spot. I tensed myself for the worst.
He peered through the trees at my cross-legged figure, smelling strongly of snake and I realized that I must be on Serpiente lands. The man stared at me for a moment then called back to the woman. "It's okay, Adelina! It's just a girl." He turned back to me and put a finger to his lips, then took one of my arms and led me into the clearing.
The girl named Adelina looked me up and down. "What are you doing here, girl?"
I frowned, my temper was a bit short, it was something that I had always been scolded about and I couldn't stop myself from reacting. "My name isn't 'girl', it's Kia, and I would like to speak to your Alpha." I snapped.
Now it was Adelina's turn to frown. "Alpha? You must mean Zane." She paused and looked at the man who was still holding my arm. He shrugged and Adelina turned around and led me into the forest.