It was getting closer...
Julia instinctively wrapped both arms around her stomach, protecting the tiny life inside her even before protecting herself.
If they find us...
Please let my pup live.
The footsteps stopped.
Silence.
The kind of silence that made her heart pound even harder. She squeezed her eyes shut for a brief second before forcing herself to look.
Then she saw it.
A deer.
Just a deer.
The young doe sniffed curiously around the fallen tree before lowering its head to nibble at the grass nearby, completely unaware of the terrified omega hiding inside.
Julia released the breath she had been holding. Her entire body sagged with relief. For one brief moment, she allowed herself to breathe normally again.
"I thought..." she whispered, shaking her head.
Her wolf let out
