Chapter 70

The blonde man drops me abruptly, making me land on the side where I heard the crack. I gurgle an inhuman scream. The sound is ear piercing. And I can barely believe this is coming from me. The air fills my lungs, though I still contain a heavy amount of blood in my mouth. I gasp and choke, pressing my hands tightly against the cement, as if I'm trying to anchor myself into reality.  "We need to go." One man hoarsely shouts, "Come on, Carden, we need to go!" I watch with hooded eyes as one man tugs furiously on the boy with flaming red hair's sleeve who's name I know now is Carden. Carden grunts, shoving his pack mates hand off of him. "No. I'm not running. I'm not a coward, not like you-" He's cut off when a large figure I can't make out slams right into him. The other men don't hesitate and they turn, sprinting off in the opposite direction and into the night.  I hear the snap of bones and snarls and growls