Alpha's Mute Queen

Twenty-Three ~ Incantation

The woman in front of me lets out a gasp before turning assuming to my grandfather.

"No! I won't!" She yells. "What ever do you mean?"

"I won't do it to her. You didn't tell me it was Eclipse!"

"You know of her? Well. . I never said it wasn't Eclipse." He says my name with venom.

She turns back to me and we make eye contact.

I trip and tumble, sliding down the hill and landing painfully at the bottom. My whole body screams in pain, and it's not because of the fall.

I trip my side in pain and raise my hand to eye level to see it covered in blood.

"Help." I call out weakly, hoping beyond hoping that Elijha would come to me, preferably before I died.

"Elijha. . Help me," I call out, my voice hardly a yell. "I need help. . " I trail off as I put my hand back to my side, putting as much pressure as I can. "They were so mad," I whimper.

"So, so mad. . Elijha please. ."

I hear a twig snap and hope spreads through my body.

"Elijha?" I whisper, pain covering my whole body.

"I can't say that my name is Elijha. . But I can say that I could help you," I woman's voice enters my ears and I quickly turn my head in the direction her voice came from.

"Please," I say, knowing I will die if she doesn't.

The woman, dressed in odd attire made with dark fabrics, slowly approaches me.

"What happened to you?" She questions as she kneels down, moving my hand away from my wound and lifting my shirt to better see it.

"Oh my. ." She says. "Who-?"

"My pack. ." I whimper out and her hand flies from my skin.

"You are of the wolf species?" She asks, standing and stepping away.

"Yes? . . Can you please help me?"

"Are you unclear of what I am?" She questions me, looking around quickly.

"No?"

"I am Elaine, of the witch species."

"A. . Witch?" I question.

"Yes. . Are you clear of the fued between our species. . Or rather, the hate yours has for mine?"