Fated is overrated
Chapter 44

Lola POV

Wow. If I thought I wasn't a morning person waking up in my normal bed, having slept in a sitting position in a tree, knocked that over threefold. My whole body is stiff everywhere, and I am wet and cold as it had rained during the night. But I guess I need to count my blessings and be happy I am safe and sound up here. My other nights will probably be spent similarly from now on.

And then I guess in a few days' time I won't have to sleep up in the tree anymore, because I'll be so tired and moody that anyone trying to even come near me will get their heads bitten off before they can blink. 'I thought I was bad at mornings, lol' Liberty snorts in my head.

'Every wolf meets her match' and I can hear her snort in amusement. Well I guess I'll climb down now and get moving again. We have a lot of ground to cover. If only I could shift this would be done so much faster, but Liberty remains adamant on not shifting if we don't absolutely have to. 'Sorry Lola.

But we are stronger than normal she wolves and anyone seeing us will go to great lengths to abduct us and mark us against our will. And when we do have to shift we will have the element of surprise, as they won't expect us to be strong." To avoid an incomplete reading experience, visit Jo bn'i'b.com. I ponder on her words for a minute before replying 'but we already have a target on our backs for being a female rogue.

And what's the point in being strong if we never get to use it?' 'trust me, we will. I would just like to postpone that for some time and enjoy the relative peace we have while it lasts.' I snort, relative peace my ass. Easy for her to say, she didn't have to sleep in a tree. As I had worked my way down about halfway, I hear people approaching from a distance. They are laughing so loudly you could hear them from miles away.

Stalling in my tracks to observe, I see 4 men in human form walking towards my tree whilst one of them is carrying something across the shoulder. As they come closer, their talk becomes more clear for me to hear, and I can hear them discussing one of the packs along my route.

Although they are discussing a pack, they clearly aren't from one - these are rogues. Their potent smell fills the air as I have to suppress a gag, these rogues are definitely pretty feral.

As they get even closer, I can finally see what the one man is carrying, and f*ck me. It's a female! And she seems to be passed out. She is clearly not a rogue, she must be from the pack they were discussing.

Sh*t! I wasn't intending on exposing myself to any rogues voluntarily, but how can I not try to help a defenseless she wolf? Goddess knows what they will do to her!. 'Lib, we have to help her!

I know you don't want to shift, but I can't take on 4 rogues on my own and the struggle will take too long and attract too much attention' 'I know and I agree. If there is one thing that infuriates me beyond reckoning, it is what these filthy animals are about to do to her.

But Lola, as you know, they can't make it out alive. Once they have passed our tree you jump down. Oh, before I forget, your shift will be much more painful this time as our first shift was somewhat forced by me to get us out of that situation'. Well, great.

I do as Liberty says and wait for them to have passed my tree, before I climb down to a reasonable enough height to jump down. As I land on the ground, all 4 of the men snap their heads in my direction at the sound" well well wellll, what do we have here?" man #1 states while licking his lips, disgusting prick.

"Look at this little bonus just dropping in our lap! Two for the price of one today" man #2 adds while they all cackle like crazy chickens.

They have only spoken two sentences and have already managed to boil my blood. "I am going to tell you once and once only, drop the girl and leave" I say in a baritone voice, which means Liberty has chimed in to overlay both our voices. After having cackled with laughter, man #1 replaces his voice again "now why on earth would we possibly do that? We are going to have so much fun with the two of you, hmmmmmm" while running his disgusting tongue across his lips