The Gift chronicles

Book 1 Chapter 10

I kept sprinting into the forrest, not risking slowing down. I planned to keep running South, and just stay in between pack borders.

After I had been running for about an hour, I stopped upon hearing twigs snap further ahead of me. The only problem with my plan to stay running on unclaimed land was that it meant dealing with rogues.

I summoned a sword, and continued trekking through the forrest, waiting for whoever was there to show themselves.

A wolf jumped out at me from the trees. It successfully bit my arm, and then clenched its jaws around my forearm, refusing to release its grip. Since the wolf was biting the arm that I was wielding the sword in, I summoned a knife in my other hand and jabbed it in its eye.

The wolf howled loudly in pain, releasing its jaws from my arm. Great, he just let every rogue in a ten mile radius know where we were.

I cut off the wolf's head with the sword I first summoned, disregarding the pain my arm was currently in.

I heard another growl from behind me, and turned around to see yet another rogue wolf. They no doubt had heard the howl from the other rogue, and wanted to see the action.

Without hesitating, I swung the sword at the wolf. The wolf narrowly dodged the sword by backing up quickly, and I was surprised when rather than staying to fight, it turned around with a whimper and began sprinting in the other direction.

Not wanting to let the rogue live in case if it decided to come back, I summoned a bow and arrow. Quickly taking aim before it could escape my line of sight, I released the arrow, hitting it right in the back of the head.

"Nice shot," A voice from behind me said. I whipped around, already knowing the source of the words.

Alpha Cain stood a few yards away from me, smirking as if he already won. I raised the bow again, and loaded another arrow.

"If I didn't know any better, I would say you're trying to hurt me, mate." He said, emphasizing the last word, clearly trying to antagonize me.

I didn't respond, and didn't lower the bow either, taking aim at his neck.

I heard the trees rustling behind him, and shot an arrow into the source of the movement, and reloaded another arrow into the bow as soon as the first one was released.

the trees, limping while ripping the arrow out

the bow, he looked shocked and confused. "Luna, you said

arrow that went into his leg, but

trust her," Alpha Cain

canines at me. "I do wish you would stop trying to kill me, Ares. It was entertaining

Which again, he caught with a growl. "A simple no would have

him, all of which he easily

that my best odds were wielding two knives

and I sidestepped him at the last second. I kicked him in the back after he missed me, and then swiped the knife at his back. The knife cut his

on you anymore, pup. It's time someone taught you

at me again, this time swinging his fist before I could dodge him. He gave me a mean right hook, right in my good eye. Before it could start swelling, I slashed both knives at him, one of them slicing the palm of his hand, and the other one

I threw both knives at him, and then summoned two more in there

and when he looked me in the

his eyeballs were pitch black, signaling

tried throwing the knives at him again, but it was no use. He was too powerful when his wolf was in control, and his wolf

caught the handles and to my shock, when they connected with his palms, the daggers

burning knives back at me, which I barely was able

to conjure more weapons, all I did was stare in awe as he moved his hands around in harsh movements. As his hands

and I was too in shock to move out of the way. All I could do was hold my hands out

and both of my hands

injured, and one of the ways I had the least amount of experience with. I was blinded with the unfamiliar pain, and fell to my

I was in so much pain,

towards me. His eyes still were blackened, and I could tell from his

to submit. I tried to summon more knives, but when I conjured the knife, my hands were too severely burnt to grab the blades. I cried out from the pain of trying to to hold something after being hit with

burnt they were blackened. Even with my werewolf healing, I could tell this injury would take awhile to

Alpha Cain's blatant use of deadly force. He may have hit me a couple of times prior, but they barely hurt, and I knew they were more of a warning than him actually trying to

attempt to cause me pain. Also, he probably aimed for