Part 15
Did couldn't take anymore. She knew too much to keep to herself. Lilah was evil? She had actually *liked* the girl. And they were going to be kidnap an innocent girl. Garret had briefly mentioned someone named Elisabetta to her. He must be out of his mind right now, all the pain he must be suffering...
If she didn't escape then they would all die. She couldn't let Pythia and her cronies do that. She liked the world the way it was. She shifted to her werewolf form. She could feel the weak iron chains that had held her helpless as human snap. A snarl came from her throat. Her legs and arms stretched, becoming shorter and more sinewy. Another howl split the silent air as Dido-the-wolf charged forward, her weight and strength knocking the door down.
Find Garret. That was all that mattered to her. She looked around, but couldn't see anyone. She heard shouts of alarm, vulgar curses, all she wanted to do was get out. She ran faster with four legs than her pursuers with their measly human bodies. She charged left and right, taking short curs that only she knew. When she was sure she was safe she shifted back to human form.
Her clothes had been torn when she'd shifted leaving her naked. But she didn't care. The sun was still bright and high in the clear blue Kansas sky. Dido hurried through the streets to Garret's house. ~Please be home, please be home~ she thought, banging on the door with both fists.
"Oh my *God*! Dido?" It was Lareina.
She charged inside. "Where's Garret?"
"Garret's not here. He's with Star."
"He's in danger. So's she. There's a spy...Pythia's getting Elisabetta..."
"You're babbling." Lareina led her upstairs into the bathroom and switched on the shower. "You calm down and I'll go get Garret."
Lareina left and Dido soaked herself in the hot, pulsing water, washing away the blood and gore on her body from a week's worth of Pythia's torture. Had Pythia been informed of her escape? Without Dido was bait, she didn't stand a chance of getting the Wild Power.
But if she got that Star girl...
She stepped out of the shower and wrapped herself in a towelling-robe. "Lareina?"
Had Lareina come back with Garret yet? She didn't want to be here alone. She didn't want to be recaptured.
" - you *better* not be fucking with me - "
"Garret!" She threw herself into his arms, clinging to him as if nothing could ever separate them again.
"I don't see the - "
Lilah. Bitch.
"Kill her!" Dido blurted out, glaring over Garret's shoulder. She almost smiled at the look of shock on Lilah's face. "Kill her! She's a spy for Pythia. Kill her!"
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Did couldn't take anymore. She knew too much to keep to herself. Lilah was evil? She had actually *liked* the girl. And they were going to be kidnap an innocent girl. Garret had briefly mentioned someone named Elisabetta to her. He must be out of his mind right now, all the pain he must be suffering...
If she didn't escape then they would all die. She couldn't let Pythia and her cronies do that. She liked the world the way it was. She shifted to her werewolf form. She could feel the weak iron chains that had held her helpless as human snap. A snarl came from her throat. Her legs and arms stretched, becoming shorter and more sinewy. Another howl split the silent air as Dido-the-wolf charged forward, her weight and strength knocking the door down.
Find Garret. That was all that mattered to her. She looked around, but couldn't see anyone. She heard shouts of alarm, vulgar curses, all she wanted to do was get out. She ran faster with four legs than her pursuers with their measly human bodies. She charged left and right, taking short curs that only she knew. When she was sure she was safe she shifted back to human form.
Her clothes had been torn when she'd shifted leaving her naked. But she didn't care. The sun was still bright and high in the clear blue Kansas sky. Dido hurried through the streets to Garret's house. ~Please be home, please be home~ she thought, banging on the door with both fists.
"Oh my *God*! Dido?" It was Lareina.
She charged inside. "Where's Garret?"
"Garret's not here. He's with Star."
"He's in danger. So's she. There's a spy...Pythia's getting Elisabetta..."
"You're babbling." Lareina led her upstairs into the bathroom and switched on the shower. "You calm down and I'll go get Garret."
Lareina left and Dido soaked herself in the hot, pulsing water, washing away the blood and gore on her body from a week's worth of Pythia's torture. Had Pythia been informed of her escape? Without Dido was bait, she didn't stand a chance of getting the Wild Power.
But if she got that Star girl...
She stepped out of the shower and wrapped herself in a towelling-robe. "Lareina?"
Had Lareina come back with Garret yet? She didn't want to be here alone. She didn't want to be recaptured.
" - you *better* not be fucking with me - "
"Garret!" She threw herself into his arms, clinging to him as if nothing could ever separate them again.
"I don't see the - "
Lilah. Bitch.
"Kill her!" Dido blurted out, glaring over Garret's shoulder. She almost smiled at the look of shock on Lilah's face. "Kill her! She's a spy for Pythia. Kill her!"
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