Chapter 75
Author: ~S.Y
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NATALIE

For me, running away could never be an option when people I love are in danger.

Therefore, instead of listening to Rhianna and running away as soon as I saw the men approaching us, I stayed there.

I was not much help. I could tell by the way Rhianna, Giana and Anne immediately shifted and stood before me, trying to shield me from the enemies.

How many were they? I couldn’t tell. I was too out of it. I had barely managed to get down from the car and I hardly made out what was happening around.

Their injuries had healed instantly but mine were far from closing up on their own. My head was bleeding, my arm was bleeding, my neck was bleeding. Numerous shards of glass were stuck deep in my flesh.

Still, I tried to shake off the dizziness and nausea and do something — anything.

And anything meant trying to focus, blink away the wave of unconsciousness which threatened to fall over me and ignoring the howls of Rhianna who was fighting the shifted wolves harder than Anne and Giana.

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