His Broken Luna

aking in my bathtub with bruises around my throat, arms, chest, and basically anywhere and everywhere. My iPod was playing 'Someone Like You' by Adele on the counter, and I had my eyes closed and wa

n thick sweatpants, a tee shirt, a warm

iller voice answered with a whimper. I glanced around for the thing that whimpered and my eyes met with a little gray wolf pup. I gasped and backed away on my hands. His coat was a dark gray, lighter on his belly and muzzle and his eyes were a hazel. He was what I must have tripped over. He bared his small, white canines at me and let out a tiny growl. It wasn't intimidating at all, but I knew when there was a pup, the mother or n

otice. They were the kind of eyes that stood out against anything, the most brilliant blue I had ever seen. The growl died as I stared at the huge wolf that had to be a male. I hardly noticed that my hands weren't shaking, like they no

ced at me. His eyes glanced all over the forest, showing his teeth. I glanced around with him, seeing the bright eyes of a whole wolf pack. My breathing spiked as my wolf-which is what I had decided to call him-growled at his pack and circled me. The fur of his tail brushed my arm, sending shivers up my spine. Slowly, the other wolves left, leaving me alone with just the black wolf, sitting and staring at me with his tongue lolled out in a grin. Suddenly, he closed his mouth and sniffed the air. Carefully and slowly, he stepped up to me and touched his cool, wet nose t

een scared, but I wasn't. I just kept petting him like a long lost dog. This is definitely going in a story. I told myself, breathing in his musky wolf scent of the forest. I hear

ell are you?!" My fathe

alk to myself sometimes, or an animal that can't talk back. "Oh no," I whispered. I wrappe

I really gotta learn these woods quick. Where did she come from? I wonder what he

I couldn't talk to him now. It was the only time I was scared. But, like always, I replied with my thoughts instead of my words. Danny. My nam

d up and stepped ba

akily, my hands

y. You can't tell anyone, do you understand? It would be best for you just to forget this night. He kept backing

t to forget. I won't

t everyone say

ak-I can't. I'm too scared. It was the fi

? A teenage girl who doesn't speak?

you can even call them that. I won't tell anyone. And t

e talking to

mehow we're talking in ou

to go. Please, just

y head so loud he had to

st have to forget it. It's best

e! But he didn't respond. "Didn'

seeing my father red-faced standing in the doorway. My fear pumping heart caught in my throat as his eyes caught mine. Still, I buckled my shoulders and kept walking. He stomped do

g pain erupted in my stomach and I screamed. I pulled my knees up to my chest to protect my stomach, but it didn't stop him. He pushed me with his heel onto my bac