[center][img]http://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/photo.goodreads.com/hostedimages/1399181944r/9518928.jpg[/img][h1][i][color=palevioletred]Claudia Aluredes[/color][/i][/h1][sub][@Wick][/sub][/center]
[i]Claudia was floating in a darkness. Wolf and human, human and wolf. She had no idea what form she was in. Just that she was floating. Up is down, down is up. No foot holds, her hand/paw touched nothing but air. She wasn't falling nor flying. Just simply there. Floating. She opened her eyes. She couldn't see anything. Just a simple black space. She lifted her hand to her face. A human hand, a wolf's paw. Her mind was foggy. 

[color=palevioletred]"Where am I?"[/color]

In the distance, she heard a wolf howl.

[color=palevioletred]"Caius?"[/color] Her voice sounded raspy.

The wolf howled again. The howl sounded like Caius' but at the same time it wasn't. She realized that it wasn't him. It was her. Her howl.

[color=turquoise]"Claudia."[/color]

[color=palevioletred]"Caius?"[/color] she asked again, this time her voice was stronger. She sounded more like herself.

[color=007236]"Claudia"[/color] A voice whispered. A deeper voice. 

That voice. It pulled at her heart. She felt it beat a little faster. Slowly, she remembered a wedding. The full moon. The freedom of running. The smell of the forest.

[color=007236]"Come on baby, don't leave me!"[/color] The same voice whispered again, this time a little urgently. She felt herself spin in her little black space. Slowly, slowly.

Her heart thudded against her chest. The wolves. Feral eyes stared at her. They were tearing at her. Her eyes widened and her hand flew to her body, to the parts where she had been injured. But there was no pain, no wounds. Just darkness. [color=palevioletred]"Alex..."[/color] Relaxing darkness. Her eyes fluttered close again. Just a few minutes of sleep. And then she'll figure out where she was. She'll figure out how to find Alex. She stopped spinning. 

[color=007236]"I love you, Claudia."[/color] His voice repeated the words over and over again.

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It took Claudia the whole night to regenerate her wounds. Most had healed but the deeper ones were still there, still in the process of healing. She slowly opened her eyes. She felt tired and weak but Alex's arms were wrapped securely around her. Despite being naked, his arms around her made her feel safe and protected. His eyes were closed even though he didn't sleep. Blood stained his cheeks. She figured he had been crying and immediately felt bad that she had worried him. She lifted her hand and laid it on his cheek. [color=palevioletred]"Alex..."[/color] she whispered softly.