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Bir gun shots rang mud as the soulf charged at Antman. At first I didn’t think the wolf was going to stop. I actually smiled seeing that the beast appeared to avoid being hit. But then a loud yelp was heard as the wolf flew hackward and my chest felt like it might explode.
Now, I lay over the top of him, the wolf, Crying into his fur and staring into the beautiful jewel yellow of his eyes. Blood covers my hands and soaks into the wolfs chest as he lay there whining, I stroke my hand over his magnificent coat as I scream.
What the fuck? Are you crazy? Get in the car bitch,” Antman says from behind me. Or the next one goes into your head.”
The wolf beneath me growls, his lips turning up as life seems to flare in his eyes. “Shh,” I tell him, petting his head as tears stream down my cheeks, “He still.”
“Felix!” Antman yells again. “Get in the fucking car
I can hear him step toward me, but I don’t let the wolf go. His blood is seeping into the ground and I can’t help but feel like it’s my fault. If I’d only just gotten into the car- or if I’d just stayed in the apartment like Rainier wanted me to, none of this would have happened.
“How many more bullets do you have in that gun?” I ask.
“Enough,” Antman says and I see the barrel of his gun rise next to my face toward the wolf’s head.
“No!” I snap, showing my body over the wolf. That’s not what I
Suddenly I’m snatched off the wolf’s body and thrown onto the trunk of the car. Antman presses into me, holding his gun to my head. “You know, I’ve always wanted to fuck you. I think that’s just what I’m going to do the minute we get back. Or maybe I’ll just do it right here. In front of that dying stray.” He kicks my legs apart to push his hips into mine. “Would you like that?” He hisses, his tongue dragging up my throat as I whimper. “I think you would. Big boss man sticks his dick into the sweet blond barble. Maybe… I’ll even like it so much that I’ll keep you for myself. Yeah… you’d like that.” His tongue dips into my ear. “I think I would too.”
A feral growl sounds behind Antman and he freezes. My eyes fall to the wolf’s chest as it puffs up and I stare in shock as he drags himself upward and onto his paws. “Oh my God,” I say, watching in amazement as six bullets scatter across the ground beneath the wolf, the sound of them tinkling like coins onto the asphalt and causing Antman to turn back around,
\\\”The fuck?” Antman hisses in fear as the wolf stalks closer.
Suddenly another wolf barrels through the trees, growling and snarling as he approaches. This one is large and red–brown, with glowing silver eyes. Then another, and another follows behind IL A black one, a gray one, another in a mingle of gray and white. There are all huge and frightening, with teeth that look sharp enough to tear through metal. The intelligence in their eyes as they study the blood on the ground sends a shiver of amazement through me. When their eyes latch on to the gun in Antman’s hand and they growl at him I almost laugh
“Holy shit!” Antman snarls, pointing his little gun at four wolves that are stalking forward like silent death. “Fuck you bitch. Stay here if you want,” Antman says, edging away from me and stepping slowly toward the driver’s side of the car, “I hope they tear you to pieces.”
Suddenly there are more wolves surrounding the front of the car and 1 gasp in fear, falling away from the Cadillac and onto the ground. Antman scrambles to open the door, but he’s much too slow and in a flurry of movement they’re on him. Antman’s screams are drowned out by the snarling and growling of what looks to be ten or or more wolves as he is dragged into the trees and I’m left gasping on the asphalt.
Oh my God! I have to coll Er
to call Draven
1 leap up, my eyes going to the six bullets in the puddle of blood where the wolf was once laying. How in the fuck?“Where-” I cut off as the purr of a giant muzzle nestles into the back of my head.
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Oh God. I turn around to find the brown black wolf with the yellow eye–standing behind me and the longer I stare at him the more I see him. Hes… familiar. He doesn’t smell like a wolf. He smells like… vanilla bourbon and the sob that rips from my throat is one of both disbelief and of acceptance.
He whines at me, licking my face, then he shoves me toward the back of the bar as if telling me to get my rass back inside and I smile.
Thank you,” I say, throwing my arms around his neck as a wolf howls in the woods behind us. “Thank you.”
As he walks away, leaving me at the door to the bar, I blow him a kiss and he growls in the most un–menating way before he disappears into the woods. I hear him howl once more into the night before I sigh in contentment. With one last glance at the Cadillac I race back upstairs, locking the doors behind me as I go.
I race for the phone, noting that it is now two in the morning as I dial the number Draven left me. She answers on the first ring.
“Felix]”
Draven! I need to um….-L…something just” I sputter, not knowing how to explain what I’m feeling Not knowing how to say the crazy things I am thinking in my head without looking nuts.
I mean what if I’m totally wrong?
Slow d
down Felix, she says. “Did something happen? Did Angle come back?”
n–no. Not Angie,” I start, taking a deep breath. “Antman.”
“Antman?”
Hector’s boss. H–be came here and he
“He was there? Is he still there?” she asks and I can hear her scrambling about her house probably getting ready to come down here.
were these wolves and they
1-1 don’t know. You see because… um… there were
“Wolves?” her voice lightens. “Okay. Go on… Tell me about them.”
I close my eyes for a moment, picturing Rainier’s crazy eyes and thinking of my fucked up dream as I gather my words. “Th–they took him. He was trying to make me leave with him and the wolves… they came out of the trees and they took him away. They dragged him away! It was the craziest thing I’ve ever seen. I was so scared and they… they saved me.”
She sighs into the
phone and I can almost hear the smile in her voice when she says. “I’m not surprised.”
My heart begins to thump erratically. “Y–you’re not?”
“No,” she replies. “I’m not.
“Draven,” I start. “Today, before Rainier left–he um- well, I think he
“Bit you. Rainier bit you, didn’t he?”
“Yes,” I hiss. “He did. You don’t seem surprised about that either.”
“That’s because I’m not. I saw his mark on you when I was over there.”
“So I’m not going crazy,” I say, relieved. “I really did see Rainier’s eyes change, didn’t I?”
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“We really should talk in person I just wish there was a way for me to get to you, but I dont drive. Maybe if we walk and meet halfway Maybe
“I–I can drive,” I say, walking toward the window to stare down at Hector’s Cadillac. “Ill use Hector’s Cadillac. I can come to you,”
She takes a deep breath. Are you sure? It’s really foggy right now. Although Domonic will kill me, it might be best if we walk
How far is it? Are there a lot of turns?”
“Actually, no. There’s only one turn. A left at the stoplight by the marina then its straight up the hill. The house is at the very end.
“Okay,” I say, determination in my gut. “Tim on my way. When I get there… I want to hear everything.”
