Esra's POV
Zade thinks I don't know what's going on. He thinks I'm stuck in bed, paralyzed. He doesn't know what I had planned in mind.
At first I was paralyzed. I couldn't move my legs and the pain was unbearable. And then my arms were paralyzed as well within the month.
Doctor Mason, the new doctor, has been giving me medication to help the pain. But I was much smarter than him.
Ever since I took that specific medication everything started to get worse. For a week, I faked taking my medication and at the end of the week I could move. I was no longer paralyzed.
When Zade came to visit me earlier, I couldn't stand lying to him. As much as I hated him the guilt clung onto me. I tried not to make eye contact with him. But I couldn't stop the tears from flowing down my pale cheeks.
I ran away the minute he went to see his father. I escaped through the window in the bathroom which happened to have no burglar guards. I managed to escape from the pack house but there seemed to be no way to escape the land. The mountain ash was everywhere.
I didn't have time to get stalled. I knew Zade would come looking for me the minute he found out I was gone.
I knew I was the key to getting the Moonstone. And I'm sure they are in possession of it as well. And I know that I was going to die as the Moonstone drew power from me on the full moon tonight.
Zade and the other Alphas were not aware of the full moon tonight. The full moon was expected in a week. This wasn't an ordinary full moon.
It was the blood moon.
In the werewolf world, the blood moon occurred a week early in the autumn season.
I needed to run. Run far away and hide. That was all I could do until the mountain ash decayed in a day or two. Maybe three.
Could I even wait that long?
Besides that, Zade needed to know that Doctor Mason wasn't on our side. Was Mason even a doctor?
I heard distant howls not too far away. They have already begun searching for me. I needed a safe place to hide and rest for the night. But where? They could track my scent easily.
Wait.
Zade blocked everywhere around the border including the beach, but the waterfall... I could climb up onto the rocks and go pass the barrier.
A smile grew on my face as I exhaled.
The howls and growls got louder. I sprinted for the waterfall.
As the waterfall came into view, I heard leaves shuffling, twigs snapping, tree trunks getting hit. They were coming.
I quickly started climbing the rocky edge of the waterfall. My arms and thighs began to burn as I climbed up. I've been stuck in bed for so long that I â despite the werewolf heightened abilities â was tired and exhausted.
My legs slipped on one of the rocks which went tumbling down and into the water. I clung onto the rocks tighter as I climbed the rest.
I finally reached the top, I was out of breath and sweat dripped from every part of my body.
I heard growls, then I heard a man speak from below.
"Find my mate. I will not rest until I find her. She can't be far. There's no escape."
That's where you're wrong Zade.
I rested my back on the floor and caught my breath.
"Esra?"
I turned my head around to acknowledge the person who watched me.
"Damon." I growled. "You traitor." I snarled. I didn't shout. Zade would definitely hear me then.
"Listen I can explain. Just listen to me, Esra."
"Do you know how many times I've listened to people's shit? I'm tired. People should listen to me too."
"Esra, I didn't run away." He held his hands up to surrender. "Those chains were unbreakable. This guy released me."
"Mason?" I asked.
"How did you know? Have they caught him?"
"No." I sighed and turned around. "He gave me this medication that was supposed to help me heal and get better but instead it began to paralyze my body. I stopped taking it for a week and it all stopped. Mason gave it to me on purpose. He's not on our side." I explained.
"That bastard." Damon swore. "I swear I didn't want to leave. But I had to. I've been hiding here ever since."
"Here I thought I was the only one who thought of escaping through here." I rolled my eyes.
"Runs in the blood I guess." Damon chuckled. "You can hide here in the mountains. It also happens to be a good hiding place because somehow scents get hidden."
"Really?" I looked around me. There were these yellow-ish plants everywhere. "What are these plants?"
"I'm not sure. They look like sage but they're yellow."
"You think these are the plants that hide your scent?"
"Could be possible but there's no record of these plants. I've checked before." He said.
"Then let's name it." I whispered. I looked at the plant leaves that tangled beneath my feet. This part of the mountains were full of these plants growling wildly.
"Yellow sage." Damon grinned and crossed his arms.
"No." I frowned. "I want it to be something...special." I bent down and touched it's leaves.
"You want to name it after Zade, don't you?"
A tear rolled down my face as I nodded. "KÃtrino zade sage." I whispered.
"Yellow flourishing sage?" Damon asked.
"Yes."
"If that name ever went in the records then it would have been wonderful." Damon said.
I wiped my tears. "Yeah, you're right." I stood up. "Somebody else would probably find it and name it."
"Why did you run away? Again?" Damon unfolded his arms and placed his hand on my shoulder.
"I don't want this life. Sometimes..." I choked on my words. "Sometimes I wish I was just human."
"But why? We're so much better than humans. We have heightened senses. We're supernatural. We're not like those pesky humans." Damon protested.
"But they have a simple life! We don't. Look at this. Look at us."
"Esra, there's a war. We can't spend time bickering about this shit. You're the last tundra wolf dammit and they have your-" He cut himself off. But I knew exactly what he was going to say.
"Blood." I completed his sentence. "They have my blood which means they have access to the Moonstone."
"The Moonstone is powerful. Azrael will control everyone."
"I know." I sighed. "I know."
"The war is coming soon."
"Sooner than you think."
"What do you mean? The full moon is only in a week." Damon frowned and thought as he spoke. "No... No... Is it?"
I nodded. "The blood moon."
"Then... Azrael... He'll..."
Damon couldn't complete his sentence. He was beyond shocked. I heard his heart beat rise. He was never afraid before.
"Azrael will be able to control everyone, including demon wolves. He will summon all the rogues from the human world."
"Fuck this man." Damon cursed out loud. "Fuck you, Azrael." He shouted into the sky. His voice echoed through the mountains.
"Damon, calm down. Zade will win. I know he will. I hope."
"Azrael has the Moonstone. That's infinity against one." He held up one finger to indicate one.
"We can get it back. Somehow..." I trailed off, knowing there was no way possible to get it back.
"Esra," Damon clenched his fists. "When the blood moon comes, we're doomed."