Not being able to run with Shay, I ran in the middle of five adult wolves because Emile was scared that I would run off. They set a really fast pace that I had trouble keeping up with. I could catch glances of Shay through the bushes to my right and Emmett to my left and it made me long to be with them. Emile was running right next to me and every once in a while he would nudge me slightly back into the middle of the circle. Every time Emile touched me, I could hear Shay growl quietly, but he always shut himself up quick.
With all of the wolves around me, I didn’t dare to try to talk to Shay or any other the other wolves, but I was almost positive that they were working out the holes in their plan. This challenge isn’t going to be a walk …show more content…
I glanced over to Axel as he held Luna in his arms now. She was trembling, but I couldn’t hear her crying. Axel looked like he was ready to murder Emile and Emmett was watching Bender with a fierce look on his face.
I walked up onto the platform. Shay brushed his hand against mine, reassuringly as I walked past him. I stood in between them and Emile cleared his throat to calm the crowd again.
“Aubrey, as you all know, is the whole reason that we are going into this little challenge so I figured that we should include her in this party somehow. She is going to be our goal in the arena. We want to bring her to our different posts on opposite sides of the arena. Whoever gets her to their posts or kills her first wins.” Emile smiled as the crowd erupted into cheer at the newfound twist.
“Alright, let’s do this!” Emile said and the crowd of ever growing wolves continued to cheer.
I ran over to Shay and he pulled me into a tight hug. I was shaking now as he shushed me quietly.
“He is going to kill me Shay.” I choked out through my tears. “Why are these people so cruel? Don’t they see what Emile is doing here? He doesn’t care about me! He only wants to hurt