OV's in th
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d an eye agains
d, burying pack members myself. I had arranged flimsy truce
đứng at the front of a classroom while my buddy
he word still fel
tation, just acknowledgment so strong it almost compelled a shift in a packed hallway.
en years old. Someon
east she a
e bell rang, merciful and sharp, letting a wave of bodies into the hallway. He
rs, rain,
d ahead, host
" I mumble
or myself as i
empty. The walls still seemed too near. Her presence lingered like he
this was not
unrest infiltrating the forests. Not a curse encased in improbable deci
rted the school; every stride fa
and wary, the forest towered past the parking lot. My
d through me the minute
, and gut instinct. Sinking into the familiar weight of fur and strength a
y. I r
e earth blurred under me. I could detect the aromas of foxes, deer, fara
seeped into the atmo
sprang u
powerfully, an awareness warning flare. Hac
sent right away.
pering like secrets, the woodland whispered around me. Something felt not qui
used and mus
heavy, erratic scratch for
t stop t
's vi
ate was w
g long shadows over the unused area. Gold and red stained the wi
d the ability
ed my head when it got too noisy. Charcoal dust on my finger
hat was insuf
y canvas. Gray eyes, a nocturnal forest, the heat of a kis
the brush,
d window came a s
t my
d like...
rest pressed right up against the school ground
y skin p
the growl came before a sudd
ack from
ce sounded smal
ears. The charged air was heavy, like before a st
adow shifted.
de the window. Deep and wrathful, there was a growl then fol
ing else rather
grabbed my bag. It explode
cre
s Point
ere blazing with insanity and hunger. Pursuing somethin
fri
d
nted him
irly, snapping and slashing, yet dread caused him to be sloppy. I growl
no att
aws closing around his neck just hard eno
scream.
k caugh
oise; every sense screamed protect. The cowardice ult
fter him. Her
ra's per
, I collide
Warm.
ike the floor, str
voice said urgentl
rne. No
without thinking, fingers burrowing
he respond
gh my heart crashed against my ribs, I felt sec
me, his eyes scanning my face with a f
be here alone
believe.
more than I had said, t
far-off scream-sen
u must return home," he
g-" I'll get i
s tone broached
ard and nodde
doorway and scanned the shadows. Charged, danger
outside. "
. I said,
t very still f
d, "You're
and went back i
elve times that n
my home from my bedroom window. The moon was ascending,
faster the l
mething ancient and pow
sibly, I knew it w
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