'Acacia, honey, please wake up' mum mind links as I stir in my sleep. I moan, not wanting to wake up. Why would mummy want to wake me up in the middle of the night? Maybe she didn't say anything and I'm just dreaming about this whole thing.

I sign and roll over, sleep overcoming me.

'Acacia, please'

I groan, trying really hard to wake up. She doesn't sound too happy with me.

'What's wrong mummy?' I ask her, still half asleep.

'Acacia, you need to get up and run. We're under attack from a rogue pack. Your father and I managed to hide your sister away somewhere safe but we can't get to you'

'Where are you, mummy?'

'The other side of the house baby. I tried to get to you and I was so close but a rogue got to me before I could reach you and knocked me out. I'm tied up. There's too many of them so I need you to get out of bed and run away from here as fast as you can. Use the door in daddy's office and the tunnels to get out. Run to one of the neighbouring packs and when you get there tell them what happened and then wait there for us to come and get you. Do you understand my love?'

'Yes, mummy.'

'Good girl. I love you Acacia.'

'I love you too mummy.'

'Run sweetheart.'

'Yes, mummy' I reply as a tear slips down my face. I sit up quickly and reach over to my bedside table. I fumble my hand around in the dark, trying to find my hearing aids. My hands connect with the cold plastic and I grab them and put them in as my bedroom light turns on and I come face to face with two large men.

Rogues.

I study them for a split second, frozen in place. Maybe I will blend into the duvet if I'm still enough. The man on the left is taller than the man on the right. Both of them have dark hair and black eyes, a mixture of dirt and blood covering their bodies. I bite my lips, trying to hold back a scream.

"Hello there, sweetie," the man on the left says in what I hear as a mumble. I whimper as they get closer, still frozen with fear.

"What's your name?" the other one asks with an evil grin. I shake my head and shuffle back against my headboard.

'Mummy?!' I mind link. No answer.

'Daddy? Please?' Still no answer.

"I said what's your name girl?" the man asks again, his voice rising, anger clear in his tone. I whimper and point at my hearing aids, more tears falling down my cheeks. The men look at each other before looking back at me.

"Are you deaf?" The one on the left asks loudly, his smile darkening. I whimper again and nod. He grins at the other guy before looking at me.

"How old are you?" he grunts. Not wanting to make him any angrier, I shakily hold up eight fingers.

"Oh, this should be fun," he says chuckling as he walks over to me. A scream manages to finally escape my throat, more tears rushing down my face as I curl up into a ball in terror.

The man stops for a moment and pulls out some black leather gloves from his back pocket. He puts them on before pulling out a pair of silver handcuffs. My heart stops. Daddy told me what silver does to werewolves. It burns their skin and causes them pain. It's meant as a means of torture.

Suddenly, he grabs my hands, yanking my arms behind my back as he turns me around, cuffing me. The silver burns into my skin. Just as daddy had warned me. I scream out in pain, sobs falling from my lips and he does the same with my ankles before taking the gloves off. I continue to cry, not daring to move as it will make the burns worse.

Deathly still, I watch as the shorter of the two men walks over to me, an evil smile spread across his face. He proceeds to pick me up and carries me in his arms towards the door and out of my room.

I start screaming again, thrashing and kicking to try and loosen his grip on me but it only makes the burns worse. I lull in my attempts to break free, knowing now that it will only cause me more pain. A pain worse than I have ever felt before.

All of a sudden, we stop and the taller man turns around and walks up to the rogue and I.

He looks at me grinning and touches my hearing aids. Oh no, he's noticed them.

"You won't need these where we're going" he snarls loud enough for me to hear him clearly, still smiling. Time slows down as he rips my hearing aids out of my ears, dropping them on the ground and stomping on them. Crushing them into a million pieces.

I proceed to sob even harder as the dull ringing fills my ears. The pain of the burns starts to take over and I start to see black spots.

'Mummy?' I try mind linking again. Nothing. I really hope she and daddy and Claire are okay. My eyes start to flutter and the last thing I see is the back of the other man as we walk out the door and towards a car. I whimper one last time before everything turns black.

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TEN YEARS LATER

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I weakly pace around my tiny cell, trying to keep myself awake. I haven't eaten in two days and I'm surprised my wolf and I are still hanging on after all this time.

This dirty, disgusting cell I have been trapped in for more than half of my life.

I look up and see a guard watching me with a smirk on his face. He says something but all I hear is muffled noises. But that's all I ever hear so I'm used to it.

He walks up to my cell and unlocks it and I know I'm about to be beaten again when suddenly, the ground shakes. I look up to see the guard start to panic and run out of the room, leaving my cell wide open.

Now's my chance.

I've been waiting for so long to escape and now is finally the time. I send a silent thank you prayer to the Moon Goddess before stumbling out of my cell and out the door.

I walk through the office and over to the window to see a fight outside. The whole rogue pack is fighting what looks and smells like to be another bunch of rogues. I take one last look before slipping out of yet another open door and into the maze of the house. The air is thick with the smell of rouge but I try not to let it deter me. 

Moving my weak body as fast as I can, I make my way through a few more conveniently open doors when something flashes in my peripheral vision. I turn to catch the back of a rogue ducking behind the closest doorframe. Normally I would panic, but something in me tells me not to, their presence almost feeling oddly familiar and safe - something I can't quite put my finger on. Taking it as a sign, I break out into a sprint and head through the last open door and out into the forest without anyone else noticing me.

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