The Unclaimed Luna

XI

round us turns cold. I meet his eyes, and his pupils constrict into

nds signals in my brain that I have never quite

way and ram straight against the door. My shoulder crashes against the wood with a jolt of pain,

ng around the hallway. I can hear heavy footsteps behind me but I know that it would be stupid to look back and check. I just whizz through

up at me at

es find out what I am t

xin

y to decide where to go. I slowly turn to the girls and see Livia sitting among them, h

sing around a small rolled-up piece of paper with some kind of blue leafy sub

a says. "Girls, l

m the small crowd. The girls groan, but they're much too high to do anything about it. I look behind me and thankfully,

where in this h

s slurred. "Where are you taking me? Why a

nd never look back, but I don't stop until I find her car. "Maybe you're just high, or maybe you'

d I shove her into the passenger seat. I fasten the seatbelt around her

there, standi

rches forward. I wait for him to lunge-after al

ks back into the house, like he's not intere

st as I can and starting an orchestra of horns being slammed. Still, I keep going, zipping through the streets and narrowly

I'm struggling with, but the long emp

riends since we were six and she has always tested my t

believe you would put us through that. I don't know if you'r

at me and grins. "Why do you think I dragged you out here? I wanted you to have

THE WAY TO DO

can barely hold myself together. I'm shaking. My hands are unsteady. I step on the gas

d the corner, a shadow crosse

e that stepped into view. Livia lets out a shriek, and that's the last sound

t before my eyes, bending to make way to the thick trunk of the tree I just crashed into. My body flies off my seat, held only by the small strip

irbag deflates, and I quickly unfasten my seatbelt to check on Livia

myself, tears leak

possible, right? She's not bleeding. She's not bruised. Maybe

hone. But suddenly, a shadow looms from behind m

shadow grow and move.

t belong

d with sharp teeth. The engine of the car dies and for a second, the night is dead silent. But it quickly gets rep

y know w

ere

rds the car, sniffing the air. I start to back off. One step. Another one. My heart is in

e mansion? Has it follo

w I can't run because Livia is sti

to face me, our eyes meeting. Fear crawls up my throat like bile. Every instinct t

rewolf

lunges

L

oor. Black spots start to dance in my vision. The monster's growls fill the air. I can smell its hot pungent breath on my face, the metallic ti

oping someone would c

y tears flowing down t

thing

and howls. Then, it lowers its head, push

ens its mouth and si