Chapter 47
Chapter 47 We got a pretty one here
It all happened so fast, Doris was barely able to duck before William had thrown himself on her. A spray
of arrows thunked against the trees secondster, she saw the wood splinter from how hard it hit right
where William had been standing. Shouts broke any sense of silence the night had, it turned into chaos
and Doris wasn’t sure what she was supposed to do. William grabbed her arm and had her follow him in
a crouch across the clearing as a pack of men and wolfs fell upon the guards. William ced her behind
arge rock and fallen tree and threw his coat over her. “Stay here and don’t move. Call out for me if
someonees near you.” He said before he turned to face the rogues that ambushed them. Doris
gripped the bark of the tree and held her breath as she watched. It was pure madness. Wolves rained
down on some of the guards before they could even get their weapons out. She shielded her eyes as
one of them got their throat torn out and stomach ripped open. She lost William in the crowd, she wasn’t
sure if he shifted to his wolf or if he was still human. There was so much blood in so little time, the entire
ground was stained with it. Her eyes tried to keep track of each guard, but they were so spread out it was
hard to follow them. Off to the right, a guard got the better of a rogue and mmed his knife through its
jaw, Doris quickly looked away and tried to find William again. Where had he gone? Surely he couldn’t be
far.
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We got a pretty one here Arge wolf turned from the center of the chaos. His eyes locked on where she
was hidden, Doris crouched down further and brought the jacker up higher on her head. The grey wolf
sniffed the air and backed up a little before it fully sprinted towards where she was hiding. Doris saw its
sharp teeth flicker in the moonlight as it opened its jaws wide. Doris started to move but stopped before
she got very far. A ck wolf tackled the grey wolf before it could reach her. They slid across the snow
while snapping their jaws at each other. The ck one grabbed a hold of the grey one’s neck before it
could even think to defend the area. Doris looked away quickly, she didn’t want to see anymore blood
shed. She moved across the trees and tried for a more secluded hiding space. When she turned, the
ck wolf was behind her with a bit of blood dripping from its lips. She saw his blue eyes glow a little in
the darkness and felt her fear vanish when she knew instantly who it was. William sniffed her hand once
before he turned and put himself back in the fight. Doris picked up an arrow from the ground and tested
the sharp tip with her fingers. No one had bothered to give her a weapon to defend herself in instances
like this. She would have to make do with what she had around her in case any of them got too close to
her. Doris watched the ck wolf move through the darkness taking down as many rogues as he could.
It was…hard to look away from him. He was truly a force and now she understood why everybody feared
him-especially when he was a wolf. A branch cracked behind her, Doris turned to stab the man in his leg
without a second thought. He went down hard, but he wasn’t alone. “You bitch!” The other man had
ws as fingers, it was worse
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w gat a pretty one har than any nightmare her brain could torment her with. He grabbed Doris by her hair
and dragged her out to the middle of the fighting ground “Let me go!” She screamed. William tumed
away from his opponent when he heard her. The other wolf got in a nasty bite before William cracked its
neck. “I have a theory.” The man announced. Some of the fighting ceased at his words but the rest
continued on. William growled at the man who held Doris like a discarded doll. “I think the prince has a
soft spot for this one.” He pulled Doris up by her hair, she screamed and gripped the area he held.
William let out a louder, more furious warning growl but the man only smiled. “Let’s test it, shall we?” He
put one of his ws up to her throat. She felt a small sting before the warm blood dripped down her
neck. Her eyes blurred with tears, “W-William!” She screamed. The man was off her before she could
even finish screaming his name. William went right for his arm that held her and took itpletely off his
body before he dragged him into the darkness and silenced his screams. Doris shakily stood, one of the
guards hurried over to try and put her in hiding again, but they all had seen her already. “Here, take this.”
He said. She only just realized it was Erik. He ced a small dagger in her hand that already had a bit of
blood on it. “Go for the throat or eyes and be quick about it. They can smell your fear.” Doris nodded
when no words formed. He tumed away and threw himself back into the fight with a wolf that met him
halfway. Doris tried to take count of how many guards still stood and she was surprised to see arge
amount of them did. The king must have really sent the best guards he had
We got a pretty one here to survive this long against a rogue pack. William stepped out of the shadows
with bloodied foot prints. Something about the way he walked told her it wasn’t his blood and she almost
felt sorry for the next rogue who put themselves in his way. He sniffed the air and turned to look at her
with his piercing blue eyes before he turned away and targeted the closest enemy. A cold chill ran down
her spine when the air thickened. She felt something warm caress the back of her neck. Her fingers
curled tightly around the hilt of the dagger, she closed her eyes and silently prayed to the moon goddess.
When it growled, Doris turned and plunged the dagger deep into his neck. A wolf light as the snow let out
a wounded cry before it fell hard onto the ground. Doris quickly moved away from him and found a new
tree to hide behind. It felt as if it would never end, when would it stop? When one side ispletely
dead? She hated to think it, she hated herself for being the reason someone was now dead or close to it.
Doris looked down at her bloodied hands and felt warm, thick tears trail down her cheeks. She had a
feeling that the sounds of death would follow her into her nightmares for many weeks toe, perhaps
forever if she survived tonight. Her chances were feeling less by the second. If she closed her eyes, she
might pretend she was at the pce in her warm bed still. Or perhaps gossiping with Bethte into the
night. Anywhere was better than here, away from all of the blood and death. Out in the clearing, she saw
William tear down another wolf as if it was nothing. His fierceness was extraordinary and at the same
time=terrified her in a way. She knew he wouldn’t harm her, but it was horrifying to see how quickly he
could tear through
Welgota pretty one here a whole pack of rogues: With his back turned, Doris noticed several other
wolves started to surround him. His guards were busy trying to stay alive to notice, but Doris did. They
crept towards him silently as he fought with another wolf and she knew exactly what they were doing
Doris stood, “William! Behind you!” William turned at her voice and found himself surrounded. They were
going to kill him, she knew they wanted to more than anything. They probably didn’t even care about the
rest of them, just him. Her heart raced with fear, she wanted to help him His guards must have heard her
shout. They turned their attention back to their prince and took down some of the wolves that cornered
him. Doris let out a relieved breath “Looks like we got a pretty one here,” a man said against her ear.
Doris tried to move but he wrapped his arm around her waist to force her against him . “I think I found the
prince’s favorite.” She could hear the smirk in his voice as if she was the
greatest prize he’d ever seen. “Let me go!” Doris wed at his arms and kicked his legs as hard as she
could, but he acted as if it didn’t phase him in the slightest. In fact, he onlyughed. “Will—” Doris wasn’t
able to finish before the darkness swallowed her whole.