<strong>Lucy Grayjoy</strong><br/><strong>Tagged:</strong>Open/NPC-Jaxon<br/><strong>Location:</strong>woods near the lake --> Her cabin --> Nate's cabin<br/><div class="floatright">(http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii130/Chasseybaby/8dbdb218-d980-4639-a8c7-0e39fa5534af_zps77d0dba4.jpg?t=1376042538)</div><br/><em>It was dark and she was running through thick fog that licked at her from the dense woods. Low hanging branches scratched at her arms in an attempt to impede her escape, and famillair tall trees became as angry sentinels blocking her at every twist and turn. The moon was covered by clouds, making it hard to see where she was going in the dark. The soft soles of her feet crushed the fresh spring growth as she tried to increase the distance from her pursuers.<br/><br/>Their angry shouts were meant to frighten her, but only made her run faster and harder. She yelped as thorny branch nicking the side of her neck with its blood covered edges. The scent of blood in the air only made her persuers, thirsty for more. The ground trembled from the pounding of running feet as they were gaining on her. She hastened, but the rapid pace brought on a growing fatigue that soon would impede her flight. She silently encouraged herself. <strong>“Keep going. Keep going”</strong><br/><br/>Lucy ran and ran and ran. Her heart pounded, breathing turned rapid and the voices behind grew louder. <strong>“Don’t turn around. Keep running.”</strong> The pursuers taunted her with their laughter, playing with her, letting her know they were so very close to capturing her. She refused to let them intimidate her and refused to surrender. She would fight until she breathed her last breath.<br/><br/>Her determination gave her renewed speed; she heard a string of violent oaths spewed from behind as she moved beyond their reach.<br/>The afternoon rain made the wet ground difficult to find her footing. She slipped and righted herself, but not quick enough as she suddenly slipped again which sent her tumbling face-forward to the ground. Her breath knocked completely out of her, and her make her body spear into the unknown darkness. </em><br/><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii130/Chasseybaby/227_zps556fb37f.jpg?t=1380676720)</div><em>Going completely against her common sense, she turned her head and looked back in horror at what she saw. She was dangling off the edge of a cliff, the same one her brother had fell from. She struggling to pull herself up, yet every effort to gain ground only crumbled away at her fingertips. She muffled a cry, her body ached and her heart was racing still as to get back up and away before she was found. Movement caught her eye as shadows started to form and walk toward her. She felt frozen to the core at the sight. The clouds shifted and her father along with her entire old pack stood before her in the eery moonlight. Tears of fear ran down her face as she again scrambled to pull herself up with tired limbs. Her father chuckled at her feeble attempts and hunched down to face her. <strong>"Ah what have we here a lamb and wolf's fur."</strong> The pack laughed and Lucy dug her bleeding nails into rock and dirt to keep from falling. "We have been looking along time for you runt. Your crime against my son has gone unpunished long enough." With lighting speed he garbed the back of her neck, painfully pulling her long white tresses. <strong>"Please, Im sorry it was an accident. I didnt mean for him to fall. Please Daddy..."</strong> She was violently shaken from her death grip on the rocky ledge and was at the mercy of her father's hold. <strong>"Your no pup of mine, I raised no runts in my litter.</strong>" She clawed at her fathers hand and tried to pry his fingers away.<br/><br/> Then a face in the back caught her breath and the tears seemed even bitter as they rolled down her cheek. <strong>"Nate..."</strong> Her father smiled and turned his head as her Alpha, her leader, her brother walked before them. He wore an expressionless mask and she begged him with her eyes to help her. <strong>"Thank you brother Nate for helping us retrieve our runt. As agreed we will stand by you in this war with the church and bring to justice of the slaughter of our people."</strong> She couldnt turn her eyes away from Nate. The utter betrayal left her body completely lacks in her fathers hand. Her father turned an evil grin back on her and dangled her further over the jagged edge. <strong>"And punishment for this one for murder of my son  is death."</strong> She let out a small shutter as the cool wind wiped as her skin still hoping for a glimmer of the Nate she  remembered. So many questions ran through her head but she closed her eyes to them and turned her head up to the full moon. <strong>"Any last words..."</strong> She was silent a moment, memorizing the fine detail of the orb above her. Then in a low whisper she started to resit one of her favorite Shakespeare sonnets. The pack looked confused and a bit unsure but her father held her with a steady glare. Soon her eyes came down to rest on Nate as the last verse lift her lips.<strong> "If this be error and upon me proved. I never writ, nor no man ever loved."</strong>  Her Alpha just stared at her bewildered she guessed, but still hid his shock well behind his mask of indifference. She hoped her eyes could tell him what she never could and felt the well of tears start to surface, knowing death was so close. Then suddenly, she felt as if she were floating, the feeling was foreign and new, but only lasted seconds as her body dropped and the cliff rushed by her and the sky grew darker and darker above her. </em><br/><br/>Lucy shot up and let out an ear piercing scream that echoed off the lake and near by trees. Shaking and still entangled of the web of her dream, it took her moment to realize where she was and it she was safe and alive. She took deep uneven breaths but finally relaxed to where she was only trembling. she looked to the sky and realized how late she had slept and started to pack up and head home. She dressed quickly and pushed the nightmare from her mind, knowing that Nate would never turn her over to her father. She stopped mid-lace at her boot as the thought of her father's pack joining the war would help Nate's cause. They had a large pack already, but her father's pack and his connections to other in the North would insure their success for sure. But at what price would they have to pay? Her father never did anything would a beneficially gain. The cost was too much, she wouldnt risk it. Her father would demand Nate to bow under him or worse kill him to gain Alpha lead of the war pack they had formed already. She rubbed her face and moaned softly. Her head hurt and all she wanted to do was eat. Packing her bag she slung it over her shoulder and headed home.<br/><div class="floatright">(http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii130/Chasseybaby/tobias-campaign2_zps5d60bccb.jpg?t=1380744974)</div><br/>The trip back was long but she kept her mind on happier thoughts like food and the plan to make a nice stew with the rabbits saw caught along the way. Stepping into her cabin she tossed her bag on the rack and set dinner on the long table. She toed her boots off and rubbed the back of her neck as she went to the bathroom to change and wash her hands. Dawning a new shirt and pants she emerged, stopping short when she saw Jax sitting at the table eating a muffin. She looked around and found they were the only ones there and gave him a small smile. Jax was a young rouge wolf that joined the pack a decade ago. She didnt like him very much, finding his jokes and sense of humor rude and intimidating. She herd from the others that he was an Alpha of a pack that was lost in a forest fire. She felt sorry for him but she found he didnt act like a lost Alpha or morn his fallen pack.<br/><br/>Jax gave her a wolfish grin as his dark eyes ran up and down her body,<strong>"There's my favorite little toy. My what big..."</strong>His eyes stopped at her chest and she crossed her arm as if to hide her body from his heated stare. His eyes shot up as a wicked smile curved his lips,<strong>"...eyes you have Lulu."</strong>Lucy glared at him, not comfortable with him calling by her nickname.<strong>"All the better to see you with. What do you want Jax?"</strong>She moved to her bag to unload her book and journal to put back up stairs. She turned around and nearly jumped out of her skin when Jax was standing right behind her.<strong>"Do I need a reason to visit my little snow flower?"</strong>He cupped her face in one hand as his thumb curved over her cheekbone. From some odd reason Jax found in entertaining to make Lucy feel small. The pack and even Nate had address his behavior as inexcusable and warned him that he would be kicked out if it happened again. The thought made her unafraid of the man as she stepped out of his touch and moved around him to the kitchen, setting her books on the table to grab a water.<strong>"Im not your anything, Im a pack member not some flower to be picked an rutted for your enjoyment. So stop treading me like some she wolf in heat. Im not inserted." </strong>Jax bit off a growl and watched her move with an intents stare, as if he could pin her with his eyes.<strong>"Besides there must a ton of available women now that new members have come to join us." </strong>She opened the firidge and closed it as she uncapped her drink. She stopped and her coloring paled as she watched Jax flip through her journal.<strong>"Yes, you are right about that Lulu, though none of them has such a way with words. Or such a checkered past...Like you do..."</strong>Dropping the bottle she lunged for him and tackled him to the ground. Jax was caught by surprise and fell hard taking most of the impact of the fall on his back.<strong>"No!"</strong>She tried to pull the leather from his hold but was soon flying back, sliding over the wooden table food and plates flying as she hit the side of the island with a sick thud. Glass and dinnerware fell around her in a collection of crashes around her. She mewed in pain as a slivers of glass cut into her palm as she tried to pull herself up. She felt a wetness at the back of her head but ignored it as she saw Jax and her journal gone.<strong>"Jax..."</strong>She got up and wavered but pulled herself up as she scanned the cabin.<strong>"Jax!"</strong>Jogging to the door she looked out into the camp and saw patches of wolves, but no Jax. She bit her lip and punches the side of the door frame in frustration. She took a few deep breaths and looked back into the room and moved to go back inside but stopped as she saw the blood. Letting out a sigh and headed to Nate's cabin to find Hayden or someone to help her clean up.<br/><br/>Lucy was about to knock but found the door cracked and slowly entered with a small smile, hoping she wasnt interrupting. She closed the door quietly to not draw attention to herself and moved to Nate's bathroom silently for the first aid kit. She stopped when she noticed the guest and covered her mouth to hush her surprise. Stand close to the bathroom door and listened wanting to know more about the two new people who had surprised everyone this morning.