Chapter 2 : Of Faces And Truths.

                                    

                                          


                        I couldn't open my eyes. They felt too heavy. I was sweating profusely, my body shaking from the impact. The dream....it felt too real. Tears leaked out of my eyes. I wanted to hug myself but I couldn't move, pain making me grit my teeth. The cold wind made my spine shiver again. It was raining heavily, I could hear the rain. There was silence, which was comforting. There was silence which was painful. The wind was my only companion, flying with the curtains on the canopy, filling the emptiness of the room. It took several minutes for my heartbeat to calm down. Along with a flurry of rain pattering against the window I heard, soft voices, an otherwise heated argument.  
                          
"Please don't ignore me! Talk to me! I'd die without you!" 
                          
"Move" 
                          
"Please!" 
                          
"Move I said!" 
                          
The sound was like a whiplash, my heart stopped beating for a second, fear seeping into me. 
                          
 "Don't do this to me! I love you-" 
                          
"you've never loved anything but yourself. You're simply too proud to admit it. All this time I thought your mate was dead but he..." 
                          
I heard things crashing, my heart only beat only became louder, it felt like it'd burst. 
                          
"Please! Stop! You're hurting yourself!"
                          
 "You've lied to me. Manipulated me. I've destroyed another man's life, taken what should've been his right to take"
                          
 "I've broken my bond with him you don't need to-" 
                          
"you what?"
                          
 "I did it. I broke it off with him for you. For us. We can be together. If you want I'll take care of your mate and then we-" i hear a him slam her against the wall. She struggles to breathe, pain engulfing her entire being. Hands try to push him away but he's too strong, she's wriggling her feet in the air, a cloud of black replacing her pupils. 
                          
"If you think of even harming my mate I'll tear your heart out of your chest and make you eat it. Do you understand?" She chokes trying to push him away, she's no match for him. He lets go of her. "You're nothing but a liar Daney. Stay the fück away from me and my mate. You're  fücked up" 
                          
My mind was spinning. I was slipping again, pain overpowering every pore of my being. I was thankful that I was able to breathe....but the pain was still there. Pain...? Why was it hurting? The wind was blowing mercilessly, the hair on my body standing. I couldn't remember anything.
                          
Uggh. What had happened? The war. We had lost. The claws of reality sunk so deep into my soul that it made me bleed tears of pain from the corner of my eyes. I had had the slightest idea where I was. 
                          
Suddenly the room felt dead, even the sound of rain seemed to disappear. My heart was racing, my body turning cold. My wolf howled, scared as blood rushed behind my ears in fear.
                          
 Open your eyes Esmé. 
                          
A faint whisper rang in my ears, tone soft yet threatening. Fighting with myself I tried opening my heavy eyes. The pain was too much. It wasn't simply healing. The world looked blurry as I opened my eyes slowly. I tried to rub my eyes but the blurriness wouldn't go away. I could see dense fog in front of me. 
                          
Run before the Alpha kills you. 
                          
Fear leaked out of my pores. A voice whispered to me. My mind was spinning. 
                          
"I have to run before he kills me" my lips repeated on their own after him, mind swaying like a leaf in the wind. I have to run. I have to run. It felt impossible to move my body.