It started the moment the warriors left the camp.

Jana had awoken feeling disorientated. Though it had been one of the best sleeps she had ever had she woke feeling restless. The camp had been awake for hours and Simeon had been missing from the bed for even longer.

The tent was quiet apart from Zosia's soft tufts of breath. Jana battled with whyher she should wake her now but she opted out, she didn't know if Simeon had left or not.

Throwing on some clean clothes, she made her way outside the tent to see bodies of women and men. They clung to their mates, eyes fearful but no tears fell. Kisses were placed as the warriors picked up their belongings readying to leave.

They held hands walking out of the camp? Fingers stroking as they remembered the contours of their loved ones. They walked to the edge of the camp and through the bushes she had come through.

The sunlight was struggling weekly to climb across the sky but they were already on the move. There was no sight of Simeon and a part of her that she loathed to recognise felt disappointed.

She wanted a goodbye even if it was strained, she needed one.

Arms wrapped around her waist, a solid chest meeting at her back.

"I have already said go bye to Zo" his lips ticking along her ear as he nuzzled into her skin. This contact was new, the most they had had for weeks and she revelled in it. Even though she knew it was a goodbye she still cherished the moment.

"It's just you left" he murmured.

"Mmm" she grunted, cool air gliding over her neck and soothing her burning mark.
The bond didn't want him to go, it wanted him to finish his claim. Make her his mate in every way. She didn't want him to leave either but not for those reasons.

"Let me see you Jana" the deep timbre of his body had her body responding in ways that felt foreign to her now. Her nipples pebbled and her centre became slick with heat.

A hiss left his mouth at the scent of her arousal, her body was prepped for him but he knew she wasn't. As much as her body called for him he knew that Jana didn't. She didn't want this.

"I'm going to miss you moja kobieta"

His thumb stroked over her cheeks as his face moved closer, sliding over her lip and pulling her teeth from where they had sunk into.

"I hope you miss me too" he whispered, his words ghosting over lips before he covered her mouth with his.

His lips working hers and coaxing her mouth open. His tongue duelled with her as she tentatively kissed back. Her essence seeped into his mouth and her body throbbed along his. He ached to take her inside his tent and finding what they were starting but he couldn't.

The timing wasn't right,  so he settled for their earth shattering kiss before he left his female behind. His lips lingered on hers a moment longer. Memorising her taste before he reluctantly pulled away. Breath gasping together,

He left shortly after that and the moment he did it all began.

After her and Zosia's followed Simeon to the edge of the camp, she made her way back to her tent to find it gone.

Her tent was crumpled to the floor her clothing discarded from within and thrown to the mud. Her bags trashed beyond repair with the contents leaking out.

"What happened to Tata's tent" Zosia's disgruntled tone begged an answer that Jana just wasn't ready to answer without snapping.

This rogue pack had been smart, leaving Jana to her peace when Simeon was here but the moment he left they declared war against her. Her tent was deflated and her items were dirty with mud and debris. Someone had even pissed right by her clothes, the stench of their fluids burning her nose.

"It seems as if it has deflated" she murmured disinterestedly even though she clearly was interested in their first strike against her.

She could hear their laughter, heads bowed as they whispered and laughed behind their hands. Always to her back. These females were sneak little things, they thought they were big because they had got one up on her but none dared to confront her like real woman. Instead they played theses childish games to annoy her and annoye her they did.

She felt a rage building through her body but for the second time since being here she ramped it down. She would let these petty bitches have their win. She would allow them to think that she was a weak accomplice and the moment they had their guards down she would strike.

She wasn't a fool, she knew pack mentality. They would keep picking and picking at her until she snapped. Jana just had to make sure that when she did snap, she could back it up.

First things first she needed to identify the she-wolf of the camp, once she did that she would size up her opponent. Jana would give them a week, one week to play their petty games and a week for her to plan. She was learning, cold rage got her nowhere but slapped about.

She wasn't about to give anyone reason to push her about ever again. She would stoop to their level, she would be a conniving bitch and then they would learn.

"Whys it flated" questioned Zosia, her head tilting to the tent as she poked at the mass of folded sheets.

Not paying much attention, Jana  rummaged through her bag to make sure her comms-device and snacks from home were still inside. She picked it up, placing it on her shoulder before moving it a far distant away from the tent.

"Maybe its sad because Tata left," she murmured to the little girl who seemed to follow her every move.

"I'm sad too, but Tata always comes back." Her face was forlorn and sad, such age in her little eyes took Jana's mind away from the anger she felt towards the females.

"Of course he will, how about me and you have a sleep over tonight once I rebuild the tent." Her voice rising to that high pitch she always used when enticing the little girl.

"Can we stay up really late and tell stories" her face glowed with excitement as her hands clapped together in anticipation.

"Of course we can, but first you need to go find your Aunty so she can take you to your lessons. Okay?" Her arms wrapped around the little girls shoulder as she took in her sweet scent. Her fingers stroked the little girls hair in a soothing manner before she pecked her cheek.

"Okay" grumbled the little girl, her eyes falling in annoyance but she listened to janas words anyway.

Jana stayed in her crouched position until Zosia was out of sight, the she climbed to her full height. She was short to these females but when she was stances as she was she knew that her height didn't matter. She gave off an aura of vicious intent as she bared her unsharpened teeth at the weka females before her. They weren't he opposition. There were just the sheep following the shepherds calls.

"Silly little sheep" she spat under her breath as she began moving the sheets to the side so she could erect her tent.

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It took her half of the day to erect the tall tent and nearly just as long to rearrange it to her standards. She dragged her and Simeon's mattresses together so she had a large bed. She changed the bed sheets, placing a wolf skin blanket on top to ward the chill off. She had dug a pit closest to the door so she could have her own fire at night if she needed.

She had rearranged the small make shift table to look a little more welcoming by draping a cloth over the table. She hung some small lights onto the poles to give the tent a more homely feeling. Just because she lived in the wild didn't mean she had to act like it.

By the time she was finished tidying the room and having a shower that was situated in one of the quiet rooms above the pools, she was exhausted and ready to eat.

Her stomach was grumbling in starvation reminding her that she hadn't eaten anything for the whole day. It was stupid of her to do that, she needed to be on her best form for whatever they were planning.

Trudging through the camp her thoughts came to an abrupt halt as she reached the fire. Everyone stopped laughing and talking the moment they caught her approaching.

They quickly began snickering again, mouths covered as they all stared at her like she was a freak show, making it clear that their laughter was directed purely at her. Rolling her eyes and gritting her teeth she made her way over to the small wooden plank that normally situated what was left of the food. The moment she caught sight of the food left behind her she wanted to punch someone. They really were trying to fuck with the wrong female.

She was a second away form stabbing someone with the bone of whatever pitiful animals they had killed for dinner:

Their laughter grew, ringing in her mind like a chant. They sounded like what she imagined witches would sound like. Chanting around the fire as they cursed all those unfortunate souls. She really hated females sometimes. They really took being a bitch way too far.

As she grabbed the plate of filth they had left for her, their snickering and snide comments became louder and louder. As if they wanted to goad her into lashing out at them. They had something else planned but she wouldn't fall into that trap.

Pulling the plate closer to her body, she took in all the females and males left inside the camp. Some were missing from the meal but the majority had made an effort to be here. Good it worked best for her if they were.

She caught sight of a female who sat closest to the fire, her tan skin was wrapped in a headscarf tied behind her head. She had thick black brows and even darker eyes. The woman looked as if she was uninterestd by the females display but Jana could see the small trace of a smirk on her lips.

This small slip of a woman was their leader, she could tell by the way she carried herself. She sat with a straight back, listening to all the interactions but not acting. Every now and then Jana would catch one of the females flickering their eyes towards her, begging for her approval. The little sheep needed their masters go ahead.

Walking towards the female who was laughing the hardest, Jana stood over her. The women kept hackling as if her presence was nothing but a little annoying fly that needed to be swatted away.

Before they even knew what was happening Jana yanked the females plate from her hand and dumped the contents of Jana's plate onto her lap.

"Since you like to suck on your masters ass why don't you eat it as well?" Her jovial voice hid her intentions. Looking into the females face with a large grin she placed her plate down on the side. The woman staring at her, mouth hanging wide in shock.

It was the perfect position for what Jana had planned next.

Picking up the small pieces of cooked animal ass, she shoved it down the unsuspecting woman's throat. The woman gagged on the burnt and dry animal rectum, her stomach retching as she tried to throw it back up but Jana held her mouth closed.

Pinching her nose closed, she cut off the woman's air supply so she was forced to chew it down. Her mouth chewing wide as she tried to breath and chew through her mouth at the same time. The food in her mouth looked brown as if she were eating shit and Jana couldn't help but laugh.

She laughed large gasping tears as she watched the woman turning pink before her. It would teach her to overcompensate for what she couldn't back up.

When she was sure the food was fully swallowed she pushed the woman's head away from her and spat on the ground near her foot. Grabbing her new plate of well seasoned meat from the side she took her place by the fire. Eating her food with a new vigour. 

"Bet that taste in your mouth isn't as nice as your leaders ass" she murmured as she dug into her food, smacking her lips at the taste of her nicely spiced food. No dry animals rectum for her.

The woman jumped to her feet and began retching outside of the circle.

Jana's laugh echoed around the camp fire, the roles reversed as she mocked them and their failure.

When the woman in the headscarf stared at her with curiosity, Jana waved her fingers in greeting.

Fingers waggling as she gave her biggest Cheshire cat grin. Food hanging from her mouth as she made sure they saw that she was eating well.