I felt myself being set down onto a cold surface. With the lack of electric shocks I opened my eyes. Alpha was sitting on a chair next to the bed I was laying on.

Alpha noticed that I was awake and he scooted his chair closer.

"Hey. How are you feeling?" He asked me gently. Resting his hand on the back of my paw. Comforting me. I pulled away, not wanting to feel the feeling of secureness and peace.

I laid my head down on my paws but kept quiet. Daniel came in.

"Hey there. How are we doing?" I held very still as Daniel came closer to me. I tensed up but didn't move.

Daniel started by grabbing out a tool thing that had a circle on one end, and 2 ear things on the other side. He put the 2 ends in his ears and walked over to me holding out the circle.

I whined and scooted back as far as I could. But Daniel followed me slowly, then rested the circle on my chest. He listened for a bit and pulled it away.

I sighed in relief.

"Her heart rate is up a bit. But that could be because she is scared and confused." Alpha just nodded his head and looked back at me. Daniel then set down his tool thing and grabbed a little stick. He pushed a button and it flashed a light. It was like a mini flashlight.

He started at my face. I just held really still, ready for the pain to begin.

"Open your eyes sweetie." Daniel said calmly. I slowly opened them and Daniel shinned the light in my eye. He continued to look at my nose, mouth, ears, and the fur on my head. Marking things down on his paper.

"Now, the shirt is starting to drip so why don't we bring you to the bath-tub and get you cleaned up? Ok? Then we can help you shift so the wounds can start to heal. Is that ok?" Daniel asked me. I just held very still. But nodded my head remembering that I need to answer when I am asked a question.

Alpha picked me up and brought me over to a giant rectangular bowl thing. Daniel flipped a lever and water came pouring out of a hole in the side of the thing. I whimpered.

"Hey, it's ok. It's just the bath-tub." Alpha said to me in a quiet calming tone. I watched the water as it drained down the hole on the side of the 'bath-tub.' After a tiny bit of Daniel feeling the water Alpha started to set me into the water.

I struggled and wiggled and pushed to get out of his grip. Not wanted to go into the water. But Alpha was stronger and he gently laid me down into the warm water. I stayed there, stiff and tense, while Daniel and Alpha worked to clean my fur. The water was a mixture of black, brown, and red.

After a few minutes of constant cleaning and rubbing, which hurt a lot, the water finally started looking clear again. They turned off the water and dried me off.

"Ok sweetie, now you are going to have to shift. We will help you." Daniel said to me. I shivered, the air was cold when you are wet. I looked at Alpha as he looked at me. I looked at myself and was shocked to see that I was a white wolf! Pure white, still with that black dipped tail. He was looking at my white fur with curiosity.

"Think of your human form, picture yourself, close your eyes. Feel yourself changing back into that form." I did as he said and I cried out in pain. I felt my bones snapping and moving, my face tingled and moved. Then, it was gone. I opened my eyes to see that I was human again.

Alpha gave me a shirt and shorts to put on and I slipped them on embarrassed. My long hair reached down to my hips, it was slightly wavy and a bright blonde color. My eyes were a sparkling green with a ring of blue along the outside.

I was short and really skinny, you could see my cheek bones and all my ribs. The cuts on my back stopped bleeding. But my leg wound was still seeping blood, unable to close.

I looked down, not wanting to meet their eyes.

"You're beautiful." I heard Alpha say. I blushed and hid my face.

"Sir, her leg needs to be treated. It isn't healing." Alpha nodded his head and swept me off my feet and carried me bridle style, I yelped in surprise. He set me down on a table bed thing and Daniel came over to me.

He looked at my leg and said, "There seems to be something lodged in there, I will need to put her under. What ever is in there is infecting her skin already and isn't allowing it to heal properly. Alpha nodded.

"Wait." I croaked out but quickly realized me error on talking when I wasn't supposed to and then looked down and kept quiet.

"What is it darling?" Alpha said.

"C-can I have something to drink?" I managed to say. My throat dry from all the running. Daniel quickly got up and got me a glass of water. I drank it all and he got me another.

When I was finally quenched, I looked at Alpha.

"Sweetie, I don't know your name yet." Alpha said to me. I thought about it. Should I tell him? I licked my lips and cleared my throat.

"Bailey." I said quietly.

"Well, Bailey, my name is Nathan." Alpha said. Daniel has a needle with him. "Bailey, this is going to help you. We are going to fix your leg ok?" I nodded my head and looked down.

Daniel poked me in the arm with the needle and I didn't even flinch. It stung but nothing compared to what Aaron did to me.

Daniel looked shocked and 'Nathan' looked proud that I could take the pain. 

"Did that hurt Bailey?" Daniel asked me carefully. I shook my head no but did not make eye contact. I started to feel dizzy and tired but I fought it.

I didn't want to sleep. I shook my head and sat up. Trying to stay awake.

"It's ok sweet heart. I will be here for you. Nothing will happen. Just rest." Nathan said to me gently. His tone was the same as Aaron's when he took me. I growled and pushed Nathan away. I was feeling really dizzy now.

I tried to get off the bed but Nathan and Daniel both pushed me back into bed and Nathan pushed my shoulders back gently so I was laying down again.

I tried to stay awake but I just could not keep my eyes open any longer. I fell asleep.

I heard whispers, and a beeping noise. I opened my eyes to find I was in the same room. I sat up quickly and felt super dizzy again. Instantly Nathan was at my side.

"Hey Bailey. How are you feeling?" He grabbed my arm and the shocks vibrated my arm. I pulled away from him. He looked hurt but quickly replaced it with a sad smile.

I looked around and saw a metal stand thing with a screen and with blue and red lines jumping up and down and beeping. Below that was a clear bag of bubbly clear liquid. There was a little tube leading from the bag, into my arm.

I looked down at my leg to find it wrapped up in a white cloth thing. Nathan saw me looking at it.

"Daniel found a bullet deep in your leg. You are lucky he is a good doctor. He said you have to stay off of it for a few hours, to let it fully heal."

I kept looking at the bandage. Silent tears started to pour down my face without me knowing.

"What's wrong Angel?"

"No one has ever helped me like this before." I said really softly.

"What do you mean Bailey?" I just kept looking at the bandage, so clean and neat. I thought back to all the times Aaron hurt me and I had to just let the cuts heal on their own. No bandages, no baths, nothing.

"Hey Bailey, what's wrong dear? Does it hurt somewhere?" Daniel asked me. I shook my head and whipped away my tears.

"Why?" I asked super quietly to Daniel and Nathan.

"Why, what angel?" Nathan asked me.

"Why would you help me like this?" I looked up into his eyes. He looked surprise at the question.

"You were hurt so we treated your wounds Bailey." Daniel said to me. I looked up at Daniel. He was being serious.

"But... why?" I asked again. A little louder this time.

"Bailey. I don't know why you are asking this question. You are my mate. I love you." My eyes widened. 'Love?' I thought to myself.

'How can he love me? All I am good for is work and torture. Maybe that's it. They want a new maid, so they cared for me and said they love me and all that but they are really just trying to make me work. Yeah. That's the only explanation for what they are doing.' 

I said to myself looking away from the 2 men.

"Daniel, can she come home with me tonight?" Nathan asked Daniel. Daniel looked at his board and then to the beeper screen connected to me.

"I don't see why not. But, I'm going to need to talk to you in private." Nathan nodded, gave me a smile that softened by heart, brushed my cheek with his hand, sending shocks through my face and walked away.

I don't know what the men were thinking but I could hear every word they were saying.

"What's up doc?" Nathan asked Daniel.

"She isn't stable. We don't know what she has gone through or who she is. By the way she has been acting, I think it would be best to keep her in view and to be near her at all times."

"Are you saying she is dangerous?" Nathan growled.

"I did not say she was dangerous Alpha. I said she isn't stable. She is skiddish and the slightest things set her off. And we can't be having her rip her stitches before they heal."

I could see Nathan calm down.

"Any advice for me?" Nathan asked carefully.

"Stay near her, but not too near. Don't push anything and be extremely careful with what you do or say. Don't be too loud or quick."

"Thanks Daniel. I really appreciate it." Nathan said. Daniel glowed.

"Of course Alpha. It's my honor... and my job... but I am honored that you trusted your mate's life in my hands. Take care you her and I will have my phone on so if you need anything, at any time, call me."

"I will thanks." Nathan and Daniel began to walk back to me. I acted as if I didn't hear anything.

'Not stable?? Be careful around her? Who do they think I am? Some dangerous thing that needs to be watched?' I was saying to myself.

"Ok Bailey, we are going to go home. Ok?" I just nodded my head. He reached down, and picked me up with ease.

I flinched at his touch and tensed. Not letting myself relax. He carried me to a large black thing, it looking like the thing that hit me before the wolves found me. My eyes widened with fear. I whined and struggled to get out of his grip.

"Bailey. Hey, stop. What's wrong?" No matter how much I struggled, Nathan was too strong. He held me in place.

I did not want to get back into that thing. My one and only experience in it that I remember was when Aaron brought me 'home.' And I was not about to let that happen.

I have never fought back because I would always loose and get punished but these people didn't punish me the same way. So I fought harder, with the little strength I had.

But Nathan just kept me in place, trying to calm me down. Finally I bit him, putting his arm between my teeth and biting as hard as I could.

Nathan jumped, pulled back, and, without trying, let me go. I tore from his grip and ran away from him and the car.

"Bailey! Come back!" Nathan yelled to me. I kept running, trying to push away the pain in my leg. I heard footsteps behind me which only made me run faster.

I may be tiny, but I can run fast. I saw the tree line coming up, I dove into it, running as fast as I could.

Swerving and curving and jumping. Trying to loose him. I stopped hearing the footsteps of Nathan behind me. But soon heard the pounding of wolf paws.

I could feel the rhythm of his paws as he ran after me. I felt something in me stir. I heard a growl in my head and I focused on it.

I quickly thought about what it was like to be a wolf and I left the painful snapping and moving of my body and shook my fur.

I ran off again, right before Nathan burst through the trees right to the area I was. I looked back and he looked mad. I saw a huge black wolf charging towards me.

I whined and ran even faster.

Bailey. Please stop. We are getting close to the edge of our territory. Please Bailey. Let me take you home.

I heard that in my head. I stopped running and looked around. Panting, my chest rising and falling fast. Nathan walked out from behind a tree. He wasn't tired at all!!

I whined and started to walk backwards, away from him. My ears were pinned down, my tail was tucked in tight, and my body was low to the ground.

It was the natural wolf submissive stance. I remember seeing it on the wildlife show on the tv when Aaron would let me watch it with him.

Please Bailey. Just hear me out. Ok? I shook my head and took some more steps back. Nathan looked hurt.

We both took this chance to look at each other. He was a midnight black wolf with a white tail. The pattern was the exact same as mine but he was the opposite colors.

Nathan was looking at me, he slowly walked towards me and I whined and lowered myself as close to the ground as possible.

Nathan was towering over me. Blocking out all light. I whined softly. Nathan lowered himself to my level, laid down and snuggled up to me. Sending shocks through me when his fur touched mine.

He curled his tail around me and laid his head on my back. I just held still not wanting to feel the feelings that we're trying to get it.

I didn't want to feel safe or loved. I didn't want to trust anyone again. I didn't want to let the feelings in because I thought whoever was giving me these feelings would turn on me and hurt me worse than Aaron.

Bailey, I'm not going to hurt you. I don't know what happened to you before, but I'm not like the people or person who did this.

I love you Bailey. I will never ever hurt you. I'm not going to rush you to do or say anything, but I want you to trust me enough to come home. Ok Kitten?

My heart melted when he called me kitten. So many feelings were banging on the door to my heart but I would not let them in. I just nodded my head.

Thank you Bailey. I looked around for the voice but still found no one except Nathan as a wolf in front of me.

Do you know how to mind link? The voice said to me. I shook my head.

Just picture me and talk to yourself in your head. I did as he said.

H-Hello?

Good. Now you can talk to me anytime you are a wolf. Let's go home. I just nodded my head. Not wanting to argue. 'He hasn't punished me yet. But maybe he will when we get 'home'' I thought to myself.

Nathan and I walked back, he stopped at the black thing and told me to stay where I was. He walked around it and shifted. He opened the door and put on some clothes, then grabbed some more and walked back to me.

He put them on the ground in front of me and said,

"Shift and put these on. Ok Kitten?" I nodded my head. He turned around and I focused on shifting. I did after a minute or two and quickly put on the clothes.

"Ok." I said. "But I don't want to go in that." I pointed at the black thing. Nathan turned around.

"You are safe in the truck. Probably safer than if we would walk. It is ok Bailey. I would never hurt you Bailey. Ever."

"But I do not want to go in the 'truck'" I said to him, taking one step back.

"Why not Bailey?" Nathan asked me gently.

"I-I don't want to go in it." I said, not wanting to tell him yet.

"Just for a few minutes. Please Bailey, it will be ok. Do you want to sit in the front with me? I can keep you safe." Nathan took a step to me.

I looked down to think about it and noticed my leg was bleeding again. Nathan must of saw it too because he swore under his breath and gently scooped my up and carried me back into the building where the doctor was.

Nathan's eyes went cloudy for a few seconds then he set me down on a bed thing. Almost instantly, the guy named Daniel came in and saw me on the bed with my leg that was bleeding again.

Without saying anything, Daniel came over and started to clean the blood away from my leg so he could see the wound.

"I am either going to have to restitch it or we can wrap it tightly and hope the bleeding stops long enough to close off the wound on its own. What do you guys want to do?" Daniel said to Nathan and I.

Nathan looked at me. I just kept my head down, not letting them see my face.

'Now I am really going to be in trouble. I ran away, which is a big punishment on its own, and now I am bleeding again.' I thought to myself.

"Daniel, can we talk again?" Daniel nodded and walked back to the same place they were in before. And again, I could hear every word they were saying.

"Daniel, she is absolutely terrified of vehicles, she struggled and even bit me then ran away. I finally caught up to her and persuaded her to shift. And she must have ripped her stitches too because it is bleeding again."

"Well, I am going to have to put her under for the stitches if you want to do that then I can give her a little more so she is out for the ride home. Or she can stay here." Daniel said.

"Well, let's just fix her stitches then talk more about it." Nathan said. Daniel nodded his head and walked over to me.

Like last time, I pretended not to hear their conversations.

"Ok Bailey, we are going to fix your leg again, ok?" I nodded my head, knowing I had to answer the question or I would get punished. Well I am going to get punished anyway but might as well not make it as bad,

I felt the needle go into my arm again and I started to get sleepy. I tried to stay awake again, not wanting to get punished for sleeping when they need me, but, like last time, I failed.