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4. AXEL

I frowned.

The girl didn't scream or try to make a run for it like they usually did.

I wasn't sure what to think of her.

When Lucas found her, she hadn't tried to fight, but then the beast came and she was ready to fight him one moment and just gave up the next second.

Humans were pathetic things...but this girl was different.

A shiver shook her body when the wind started picking up.

My eyes dropped, taking in her soaked attire and the goosebumps covering her skin.

She wasn't dressed for a midnight stroll in the forest which made me believe that she might have been kidnapped and escaped or someone had used her as bait for the rogues.

"What's your name?" I asked her as I stood to pull my cloak off.

"C-Cora."

Throwing the cloak across her shoulders, I knelt in front of her again and gently helped guide her arms through the sleeves and then did up the button at the front close to her neck.

"Do you have a last name, Cora?" I questioned.

She pursed her lips.

I studied her silently. Now that I could get a closer look, I realized that she looked familiar. It took a second for it all to click into place.

"I'm going to get you home."

"I d-don't have one," she whispered.

I was certain that those words weren't meant for me to hear, so I didn't comment on it.

Reaching out, I pulled the hood up over her head. She flinched slightly when I pressed the back of my hand against her cheek. Her skin was freezing. Upon closer inspection, I could see the blue tinge to her lips.

It was clear that she had been out here for a while before Lucas stumbled upon her.

I slipped an arm around her thin waist and pulled her against me as I stood.

"Arms around my neck," I ordered. "I want you to hold on as tight as you can and keep your eyes closed until I tell you to open them."

Cora nodded.

Gripping her thigh, I guided her leg as high up my waist as I could. I pressed my hand to the back of her head to guide her face to the crook of my neck.

"Close your eyes."

I kept one hand pressed to her head and wrapped my other arm under her ass to keep her pressed against me.

Her arms tightened when I took a step forward.

I moved slowly at first and then increased my steps.

Within a few seconds, I was back at the clearing where everyone had gathered before the hunt started.

I made my way over to one of the cars and opened the back door to lower her onto the seat.

My hold loosened. "You can let go now."

Her hold hesitantly loosened and then fell away.

"I'll be right back," I told her. "Stay in the car."

With a nod, she clutched my cloak tighter around her body.

I hesitated a moment before I stepped back and slammed the door closed.

My eyes darted around, searching for one particular person. I spotted him a few feet away having a conversation with one of the pack members. Halfway there, he looked up and spotted me.