'Run, my little one,' Athena cried out. 'Don't stop running.'

Branches clawed at my face as I ran through the underbush, my lungs burning, my legs begging and screaming for mercy. But I didn’t stop. I couldn’t stop.

The sound of snapping twigs behind me was too close... closer than it should have been.

He was gaining in on me.

"Mistress" he called out again "I'm going to get you.. Mistress, all you have to do is call my name but then again what wolf doesn't like being chased?"

I turned around one more time to see if he was close and my foot caught on something and I crashed...