"I'm the biggest, baddest thing in these damn woods,"
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SKYLAR KENDRYEK ALEKSANDRSEN
BETA FEMALE//PUREBLOOD//TWENTY-FIVE//TAKEN-ISH//TAGS; ADAM, JASON
Her heartrate slowly descended to a safer level as her pain-frazzled brain finally managed to translate the words that normally would have been easy. She was safe. She knew she was safe. So why was she still terrified?
She froze again as she felt the weight of her second in command sitting at her side, his hip pressed up against her body. A healthy Skylar would have already kicked him off of the narrow bed with extreme prejudice, but she had neither the strength nor the mental capacity to even try as things stood. The failed attempt to sit up had already drained her of everything she had. What was wrong with her?
She scrambled through the few memories she had of the last few hours she could remember, but all she could remember was running, with absolutely everything she had, and those two fatal cracks that had so easily brought her to her knees. I've been shot.
Normal bullets would have done nowhere near as much damage as this, she knew. She'd been hit with Flaker Bullets, worst case scenario. Though, she knew from past experience that even they weren't this bad...
She half-opened her eyes and tried to lift her head, noticing the tubes buried deep in the flesh of her forearm and the wires on her shoulders and chest, running underneath the flannel pyjamas she only now realised that she was wearing. A respirator mask rested heavily over her nose and mouth. Still trembling violently, she tried to raise an arm to pull it off.
The drive to get to her feet and fight for her pack was overwhelming. But not enough to get her anywhere.
She felt a shift in the body beside her, moving down onto the mattress to lie alongside her, then strong arms wrapping around her and pulling her closer; it was comforting, and she almost allowed herself to relax into his arms. Almost.
"I'm a damsel, I'm in distress, I can handle this. Have a nice day."
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EMMELENE "EMMY" CASTELLANOS
HUNTER//PUREBLOOD//SEVENTEEN//SINGLE//TAGS; ALYSSA, EMERY???
"No idea, sweetie. If something serious was going on, though, there'd be a lot more yelling."
The copper-haired girl shook her head. "Seriously, don't worry too much about him. He's a big boy now. He can look after himself."
That, she knew, was an outright lie. But if there was one thing that Emmy was good at, her proficiency with ridiculously high heels aside, it was lying.
She hauled herself upright, gritting her teeth as discreetly as she could and doing everything in her power to hide the limp as she left the room again to peer down the corridor. Emmelene was sure she'd heard footsteps pounding down the hardwood floors.
The hallway was empty.
Odd.
She narrowed her eyes, but still nobody came.
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SKYLAR KENDRYEK ALEKSANDRSEN
BETA FEMALE//PUREBLOOD//TWENTY-FIVE//TAKEN-ISH//TAGS; ADAM, JASON
Her heartrate slowly descended to a safer level as her pain-frazzled brain finally managed to translate the words that normally would have been easy. She was safe. She knew she was safe. So why was she still terrified?
She froze again as she felt the weight of her second in command sitting at her side, his hip pressed up against her body. A healthy Skylar would have already kicked him off of the narrow bed with extreme prejudice, but she had neither the strength nor the mental capacity to even try as things stood. The failed attempt to sit up had already drained her of everything she had. What was wrong with her?
She scrambled through the few memories she had of the last few hours she could remember, but all she could remember was running, with absolutely everything she had, and those two fatal cracks that had so easily brought her to her knees. I've been shot.
Normal bullets would have done nowhere near as much damage as this, she knew. She'd been hit with Flaker Bullets, worst case scenario. Though, she knew from past experience that even they weren't this bad...
She half-opened her eyes and tried to lift her head, noticing the tubes buried deep in the flesh of her forearm and the wires on her shoulders and chest, running underneath the flannel pyjamas she only now realised that she was wearing. A respirator mask rested heavily over her nose and mouth. Still trembling violently, she tried to raise an arm to pull it off.
The drive to get to her feet and fight for her pack was overwhelming. But not enough to get her anywhere.
She felt a shift in the body beside her, moving down onto the mattress to lie alongside her, then strong arms wrapping around her and pulling her closer; it was comforting, and she almost allowed herself to relax into his arms. Almost.
"I'm a damsel, I'm in distress, I can handle this. Have a nice day."
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EMMELENE "EMMY" CASTELLANOS
HUNTER//PUREBLOOD//SEVENTEEN//SINGLE//TAGS; ALYSSA, EMERY???
"No idea, sweetie. If something serious was going on, though, there'd be a lot more yelling."
The copper-haired girl shook her head. "Seriously, don't worry too much about him. He's a big boy now. He can look after himself."
That, she knew, was an outright lie. But if there was one thing that Emmy was good at, her proficiency with ridiculously high heels aside, it was lying.
She hauled herself upright, gritting her teeth as discreetly as she could and doing everything in her power to hide the limp as she left the room again to peer down the corridor. Emmelene was sure she'd heard footsteps pounding down the hardwood floors.
The hallway was empty.
Odd.
She narrowed her eyes, but still nobody came.