Crystal's POV:

I froze in place, terrified that Rufus had finally woken up. A few seconds passed. I slowly turned around, only to find him still unconscious. Rufus had simply been talking in his sleep.

I breathed a sigh of relief, though I did not dare to stay in the cave for a moment longer. I yanked my hand free from Rufus' grip, and then sprinted away as fast as I could.

I didn't even chance a backward glance. Rufus had a keen sense of his surroundings. I needed to put some distance between us, or he would immediately track me down using my scent.

I belatedly looked down at my naked body and felt my face grew hot.

If I had known this would happen, I would have left at least my undershirt on. As it was, I was mortified by my state of undress.

I quickly turned into my wolf form and hid in the thickets to see who it was. They were soldiers, a lot of them, presumably here

ease. However, the cave was still a ways to go, and

stepped on the leaves, deliberately making

of the soldiers looked around, and I hurriedly ducked among

"Come on, we must hurry and

was no track leading to the cave, and the vicinity was pretty remote even inside the forest, so none of

uniform, which was unique and different from the others'. The man picked up the branch and looked in my direction. I revealed my tail, pretending to be a forest critter, before disappearing back into the woods. Still, to my utter dismay, no one came after

I arrived back to the spot where I

a bunch of

howl, and then used

very pleased by this. "Finally! You turned into something else besides

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