A Wolves paradise

The small towns scent was vulgar and sickening, the smell of rusted metal and heavy smoke circling the bitter icy air, entrapping me in its folds. I groaned, attempting to shake away the queasy feeling in my stomach, though it only proved to make matters worse and I heaved; lurching forward. My partner in the annual run stopped suddenly at the sound of my distress, turning back to gaze in my direction as I had seemed to have fallen behind. Blowing out a long breath, I watched the condensation seep from my lips, forcing myself to concentrate on anything other than the putrid smells; wondering briefly how to people lived here with the ghastly smog looming all around them. The world continued to change, bringing new smells and rules that I had not heard of before, though why, I was unsure. To me, the way that things had been almost one hundred and fifty years ago seemed completely fine, if not perfect. At least, that was

The alpha’s hut was the largest of all the others in the village, able to hold several of our people and still have room for more, it held a large double bed, a fire pit and a place for Terious to receive up to ten people at once. I took a large breath and cleared my throat, the alpha conferring with another member of the tribe about sharing the food equally among the tribe. Something i did not care to listen to as i was eager to learn of what would become of me.“Lycia. Do not interrupt me.” Terious snarled, causing my entire body to shiver and forcibly bow. Something that i had always hated to admit affected me.Why should one man have control over all others of the tribe? And why must the anger in his voice frighten me beyond reason? I knew the reasons, but I despised them all the same. I did not believe that one man should rule over an entire village the way that he

“Lycia, why have you come?” My mother asked me with a frown, as always disheartened to see her disappointment of a daughter.My smile dropped along with my  a confidence as I spoke. “I'd like a word with you and father ... Privately.”“Very well.” My father nodded, turning towards my sister’s. “Take your brother and wait outside.”The girls nodded, taking Terion by the hand and retreating from the hut, both of them knowing better than to disobey our father. I waited in silence as my mother and father stood from their seats and stepped towards me, their features blank of expression.“Don’t tell me that you have been banished from the tribe. You are my biggest regret Lycia, why can’t you just behave like the other women.” My father blu

“Yes, I will marry you.”He rushed towards me wish a glistening smile spread across his bulky features, ripping from the ground as though I weighed nothing and spun me around in the air. Pulling me towards him I was embraced in my first kiss, the taste of fresh blood on his lips. I sunk into the kiss, wrapping my arms around his neck as he cradled me, holding me tightly in his arms. I sighed happily when he finally pulled away, feeling as though I could finally be happy, more so than I had ever been before. He placed me onto the ground and took a step back, watching me so intently that I feared I may have had a zit or a scar on my face.He cleared his throat, shaking his head as he ran a hand through his tangled hair. “Apologies. I fear that I lost control for a moment.”I mimicked his movements, at first unsure what to say. &l

So that’s why they were attacking, they knew what we were. But how? Who had informed the humans that we exited here, and how did they find us? Something clicked within my mind. The doctor. The doctor must have told them we were here. No one else knew where we were. Traitor, I growled, knowing that the human doctor was responsible for my people being attacked and shot down.The men jumped back, recoiling as I growled, the man sat in front of me moving back in fear. Funny, I thought, that they are more afraid of me than I am of them. But if so, why had they come?“Calm down. We are not going to harm you.” The man who sat not far from murmured, his eyes wide as he watched me for a response. Believing that I would attack him.“Where is Terious?!” I snarled, finding a strength from deep within me I lunged, scratching the man&r