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I don’t even stop to check on the others still withering in the dirt… why? I’m not here to play captain save a hoe. We might be out of our mind, but we know what the Hunt is.We know what we signed up for.I walk past them, ready to leave they asses in the dust, but I pause looking back, staggering and swaying.

“I… if y’all w-want to live… you… you b-better run!” I pant, wheezing, not even bothering to see if my words get through to them. I just say what the fuck I need to say and move.

With nothing but the Source’s willpower, I heed my own words and run blindly, unabashedly, and frightened. I have no idea what the fuck is coming, but one thing I do know is…I won’t let it catch me.

I turn to the vast forest before clutching my chest, heaving, and doing the only thing I can.Run some more!Fuck trying to get any air in my lungs. I don’t know how I know, but I have a feeling breathing will be the last fucking thing I will be worried about if one of those… those beasts get to me, and I can feel them getting closer and closer.

With all my might, I sprint into the greenery. Even though the forest pulsed with an unseen danger, I can’t focus on that. And as if to fucking throw fuel on my fucked up state of mind, rain starts pelting down on us hard and fucking heavy, making the ground slickand hard to run on.

FUCK!!!

I need to get away from the center where they dropped us off at… that will probably be the first place those fucking Alpha’s look!

But I have a secret… unlike the others, I didn’t come here with nothing… I have power… I’m not completely helpless. While I might not know how to use it completely, since I just manifested it and then signed up for the Hunt, I can somewhat use it. Well, I fucking thought I could, but for some reason, I can’t remember a damn fucking thing I practiced before coming here.Is it the heat burning inside me?

Fuck! I did hear that they induce heats, but I didn’t think it would bethisstrong. I have never had a heat so all-consuming and greedy like this one.

Not to the point I can feel my pussy ache with want each time I run and my lips rub together. I don’t even know how I’m on my fucking feet right now when I want so fucking bad to drop to my knees, shove my fingers deep in my pussy, and lick on them. I’m so fucking down bad! I want to fuck something… hell, anything!But I refuse!

I ignore these false feelings and do my best to just keep going. In my haze, the forest throbs under my feet. Each leaf and tree I pass seems to whisper encouragement. The wind that I am barelyable to breathe in pushes me forward, and the earth under my burning and cramped legs miraculously hides my footprints.

I run for hours… but it feels like days! Hell, longer, but it’s worth it since I’m not at the center! Though I know I’m still in the first twenty-four hours of the hunt because I haven’t heard that damn horn. I stop, gasping for breath, my power out of control, feeling as if it’s attacking me rather than working with me.FUCK! GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER, EM! YOUR FREEDOM IS ON THE FUCKING LINE!!!

I groan, biting my lips, squeezing my eyes tight, and though I want to lay the fuck down and catch my breath, the sound of an Omega screaming and thick grunts of pleasure rent the forest, telling me that one of them has been caught by someone… or hell someones!!!

“UUUGGHHHHNNNNN! NOOOO!! YESSSS!!! UGHNNNN AHHHHH!!!!!”

Grunts of pleasure fill my ears, making my pussy throb and Lust… is thick in the air. It makes my body fucking plead for something thick to fuck me just as hard as the beasts I hear fucking that Omega… but I beat my feet across the earth, running from the bullshit. I can’t listen…I have to keep moving.

I know deep in my heart and soul if I stop, I might die, or worse. I might beclaimed, and from where I stand, being claimed is no better than being a slave.

I REFUSE!

Branches whip at my skin, thorns tear through my feet, but fuck this pain! I don’t feel it anymore… I only feel fear and a desire to survive, along with this burning heat.

Wheezing, I make a mistake and a boulder protruding from the ground that I did not spot earlier trips me. Even though I could have easily moved or softened it with my abilities, this burn deep in my belly is getting worse, spreading through my veins like hellfire.

This heat!

It’s making me stupid.

Weak.

The last things I need to be in this moment. I need strength… I need— A howl shatters the air, quieting my thoughts, and awakening my body. This howl is different. It’s violent, powerful…DOMINANT. It’s distant, but to me it might as well be right up against my ears.For a second, the howl shakes me, causing a different kind of lava to pour from my belly.

“UGNNNNN!” I pant, listening for that howl again before I shake my head, blinking…I’m out of my fucking mind! I need to be running!

I scramble on my belly behind a fallen tree, heart thudding like war drums in my ears. My hands tremble as I press a palm to the forest floor, drawing on the power buried in my blood.

“Please! Please! Please! Source, cover me! Protect me! Shield me!” I whisper help me.

Nothing.

I’m way too drained, scared, and burning fucking hot to do a damn thing right now, but I still find strength in myself to get up, fighting even against the rain pelting harshly against my feverish skin, sizzling from the frenzy burning in me.

The trees whisper warnings as I stagger to a stop, listening to my instincts, breaths coming in ragged gasps. I’m grateful I listen because in that moment, three grey Alphas emerge from the shadows, lips curled, dull red eyes cruel and burning with carnal desire.

Fuck…