I wake up to a kick in my stomach, immediately followed by me vomiting blood onto the floor.

I glared up at Raven, who stood there and waited for me to finish throwing up before kicking me again.

I doubled over in pain, beginning to dry heave before stomach acid began to burn my throat and mount as is spilled onto the floor and my legs.

I hissed in pain, looking over to see the rabbit I had failed to get was a few feet away from me.  My stomach rumbled as I was over taken with the desire to eat. It's the only food I had gotten and it had been down here so long that the flesh was starting to fall off the bones.

I felt my eyes swirl neon green as Venatrix began to surface, the wound on my body seemed like only a minor inconvenience to her.

"Venatrix, look at me," Raven commanded, but my wolf was less than well mannered today.

"And why the hell should I?"  She growled at Raven who snarled back and took my chin into her hand, forcing my head towards hers.

"Because I could kill you if I wanted to," she warned quietly.

"Raven!  Wait up!" I yelled as she began to get farther and farther away from me.  I held my hand out as I tried to catch up to her but it was useless.

"Raven!"  I screamed after her before collapsing into a pile of golden leaves, looking down at my lap as tears streamed down my cheeks and landing on my jeans.

"Please wait up Raven..." I whispered to myself as I pulled out a small bag from my pocket.  The bag was filled with candy, I had bought it with my own money without my mom or aunt knowing.

"I wanted to give you this," I whispered again as I closed my eyes tightly and closed my hand around the small parcel, holding it against my light blue tee-shirt.

I stayed on the ground, but my tears eventually stopped.  I began to worry about Raven as she hadn't come back.

But when I looked up she was behind a tree, watching me like I was an animal.

Carefully and slowly she made her way over to me, standing a few feet away from me eventually.

"I wanted to give this to you," I blurted out again, extending my hand to her, the bag hanging there as she stared at it.

Candy was a rarity for us, we hardly ever got any.

"I-I got it at the market a few hours ago when mom and Aunt May weren't watching," I explained before she took the candy from my hand gently.

When I looked down again I felt her place her hand under my chin and carefully lift my head up so my eyes were meeting hers.

"It's okay Shade, I've got you," she whispered to me with a smile, her gaze was warm and friendly.

"I'm not going to leave you Shade, I'll always help you stand up..."

Shaking my head, I blinked a few times.  I was vaguely aware of the tears on my cheeks and Raven standing above me.

She wasn't going to help me up this time, not that I would expect her too.

No duh she isn't you little bitch, you tried to kill her. Venatrix snickered, but I didn't reply, just cutting the link.

"Well, come on Raven, let's get this show on the road," I whispered to her.

There was a sudden pain in my stomach and I looked down, a knife sticking out of my flesh.  Fresh blood began to stain my shirt, which was already sticky with blood that seemingly refused to dry.

I closed my eyes and let my head fall back on the concrete wall behind me.

The moment was short lived as I opened my eyes again and turned to my right and threw up blood, coughing violently afterwards.

Raven pulled out the knife, and I closed my eyes, the smell of infection invading my head.

"How long...?" I muttered out, Raven tilted her head.

"How long what?"

"How long have I been down here?" I said a little louder this time.

"About two weeks," she said in a monotone voice, I nodded weakly.

Two weeks and Venatrix wasn't even close to being broken. This didn't bode well for me.

"Venatrix, come out to play, we aren't finished yet," Raven sang, but her voice was dripping with Ira's tone and authority.

"I can't believe you three are still trying this -" her comment was cut short as Raven elbowed me across my face, effectively knocking my jaw out of place and cutting into my temple.

"Shut up," Raven growled, her eyes glowing a bright red, saliva dipped from her fangs and her face contorted into a look of sheer anger.

I could feel a smirk playing on my lips, Venatrix wasn't the least bit scared.

"I don't want to, that's boring," she huffed, smiling.

"Oh, is it because I still sound like Shadow?" Venatrix observed, eyebrow raised," what if I screamed? What would that do to you?"

"I said, shut up!" Raven yelled and my eyes grew wide as a sword was driven into the middle of my chest. I looked up, Raven's flaming red eyes burning into my own neon green ones.

She let go of the handle and stood back, glaring down at me.

"You have no right to speak her name Venatrix," she hissed to my wolf. My vision started to get hazy as Venatrix pushed for a complete take over.

I was too weak to fight her from blood loss, and quickly fell faint.

~

"Shade, shade wake up, Shadow White wake up this instant!" I snapped my eyes open to see Rosa looking over me, hers hands on my shoulders as she shook me.

"What... Huh?" I looks around, I was still in the cell but my hands were unchained and I was on a bed.

"You weren't waking up, Venatrix fainted after Raven lost her shit," Rosa informed me, and my head was strangely silent.

"Where is Raven now?" I mumbled as I stood up, a hand against my temple.

Where is the Alpha?