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Farryn slowly rolled out her shoulders as she released her wrist and stared at the door that had been shut. Was he insinuating that she was now to be a prisoner without a cell here? She gently pressed her fingertips to her eyes to keep the tears from falling down her cheeks before taking in a slow breath. Her body felt heavier after forcing so much food into herself and if she had a bed, she would happily fall asleep. Instead, she shook herself from the slight daze that was coming over her and approached the door. With a hand on the doorknob, she leaned forward to slowly press her ear to the door. When she didn’t hear any movement or talking on the other side, she opened it up only to find Emily on the other side with her hands on her hips and a sneer on her face.

“We are having to waste our time and resources on you.” She was informed and without Emily saying it she could tell the female would rather just kill her and be done with it. But her orders hadn’t been to do so. Emily raked her eyes along Farryn’s body, she had noticed the thinness of course of the intruder and knew she couldn’t possibly pose a threat, but humans were crafty. It could always be a trick.

“Don’t just stand there!” Emily snapped suddenly as she began to walk outside of the house “Let’s go.” Amelia had been waiting patiently outside, her presence was much more welcoming than her sister.

“Thank you, Emily, for…well you know, not attacking me on sight.” The female rolled her eyes so hard that Farryn was surprised she didn’t hear it. Amelia placed a leading hand just above Farryn’s elbow as she began to walk, bringing Farryn along with her.

“Don’t mind her, she's like this with everyone so don’t take it personally. Anyways, Alpha Chandler has instructed us to help you settle. We aren’t sure how long you are going to be here but there is no need for your stay to be uncomfortable. You’ll be staying with us, I think we might be the same size but it’s a bit hard to tell right now.” Now it made sense as to why Emily had said it was their resources they were wasting. It really was their personal resources. Farryn glanced around, the town slowly beginning to come to life a bit more despite her arrival. “I’m not staying long.” Farryn promised, to which Emily finally smiled.

“Great! So, you’re gonna tell us why you can’t shift?” Farryn could hear the doubt and aggression in the question given to her by Emily, they wanted proof she was human to have an excuse to kill her.

“Because I can’t.” She responded simply, an innocent tilt of her head as she met Emily’s furious gaze. Amelia chuckled quietly at Farryn’s side, perhaps the girl would fit in more than they thought.

“Emily is sort of right though, that is Alpha Chandler’s only term before your release. We need to know without a doubt who you are, Farryn. We know you were alone; we can assume you’ve been alone for a long time given your state, but we don’t know who’s inside.” Farryn forced herself and her escorts to a stop in the middle of the street, the people walking by gazed over with curiosity but kept going, nonetheless.

“If I prove I am blessed by the Moon Goddess I can go?” Emily and Amelia both nodded their heads in sync with one another. There was no need to ask the other side of the question, Amelia’s firm leading touch and Emily’s hostility was a clear enough answer. She wasn’t necessarily a prisoner, but she would be constantly watched until they knew what they needed. Farryn was about to release a hum of thought before a coughing fit captured her. She was quick to cover her mouth, despite being away from civilization for years she did still have manners.

“Come on, let’s get you inside, we have medicine at our house and a proper night’s sleep would probably do you some good.” Amelia seemed to be the motherly type even to an outsider which did its part to comfort Farryn, but odds were that was the point. It made perfect sense after all. It was easier to get information from someone comfortable rather than someone who was constantly on their guard.


Farryn awoke the next morning feeling much better than she had before. Her fever had gone down and the food in her system helped alongside the medicine the sisters had given her. She let out a soft groan as she sat up. The twins had given her the spare bedroom in their house to use, it was nothing fancy but to her, it was the equivalent to a suite. The queen-sized bed took up a good amount of space in the room and Amelia had been kind enough to share some of her clothes as well as force Emily to share some also.

She moved slowly as she pushed the blankets off of her body and made her way to the attached bathroom, her eyes catching sight of her reflection. It was the first time in four years she had seen her reflection from something other than a water source. Her tall height emphasized the extent of her starvation. The fact that she was still alive really was shocking. Her hair that had once held thick glossy brown waves was flat and dull much like her eyes. Her fingers slowly traced the curve of her shoulder bone before trailing down to her elbows where she held herself for a moment. She had to stall the pack long enough to be able to get some muscle and strength back into her. If she tried to escape, she would be killed instantly, if she managed to escape, she would die slowly.

Farryn sighed before stripping down to nothing and climbing into the shower to clean herself up somewhat. She needed to be as complacent as possible here if she were going to survive, the more she could blend herself into the background the easier it would be to slip away.

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