The idea of jumping off the edge of the cliff was tempting, but she couldn't bring herself to do it. Her small fear of heights crept into her mind. She tried to settle her breathing, but still they inched closer to her. "I said stay away!" She cried. Suddenly their attention was drawn towards the woods, at the sound of twigs crunching; and six huge wolves stepped into view. "Wolves! Troy leave her to them. They will kill her." One of the men yelled, clearly afraid of the wolves. "They won't kill her! These are just scouts and hunters. They have no authority!" The first man yelled back just as the first wolf turned his snout up to the air and let out a piercing howl. It rang her ears, and she threw her hands to her ears. The wolves stalked towards the men, but they began to retreat until finally she was alone with the wolves. Now her fear was back and her breathing picked up again. "Please....Don't hurt me." She pleaded as tears fell from her eyes. Slowly one by one, the wolves began shifting back into their human forms. The first wolf..guy looked at her cautiously. "Your....your not a rogue." He said clearly shocked. "What?! You think i'm...one of you monsters?!" The words hit him hard and he squinted his eyes. His alpha would not be happy. At all. "Your hurt. Let...let me help you." She recoiled from him closer to the edge of the cliff. She instinctively looked behind her at the drop off, then back to the guy. "Stay away from me." Again she pleaded. "I promise I won't hurt you. I just want to help you." He was lying, she thought. He had to be. They were all liars. "No...."She whispered, backing up the last few inches until she felt herself falling. All at once, all the guys that had just been wolves, rushed to the edge as the first guy grabbed her hand suddenly. "Help me!! Please don't let me fall!!" She screamed. He groaned loudly as he struggled to pull her up. She wasn't very heavy, her small figure had to weigh less than 100 pounds easily, but hanging over the edge, holding on to her with one hand was hard even for the strongest scout. "Don't let go! I'll pull you up!!" He groaned again. "Please help me!!" Some of the other scouts suddenly reached down to help pull her up. "We got you! Hold on!!" He struggled. When they pulled her back over the edge she collapsed down on top of the guy's chest breathing heavy. He matched her breathing as the other scouts looked at them expectantly. She picked her head up, then scrambled to her feet. The guy stood slowly and looked at her. "You....You saved me." "It's OK. Come on we will get you some help." "I...I'm not going with you. I don't know you." Now she folded her arms across her chest. He smirked and sighed. "OK your right i'm sorry. My name is Rhett. I am a scout for alpha Greyson in the Silver-moon pack." "I'm not a rogue. I'm...." She stopped. Should she tell them that she was merrily human? If she did, she could just about bet they would kill her, or take her to their alpha and let him kill her. "It's OK I know your not a rogue, but you can't stay out here. Come on we will take you back to our pack house and keep you safe." Rhett said calmly. She hesitated, then slowly took a step towards him.
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