11.

I couldn't move...Couldn't seem to get enough air into my lungs as I stared, entirely frozen.

Black and grey danced into a furious blur as they violently clashed before my very eyes, producing terrifying growls and yips as they bit and snapped and scratched at each other, resembling a pair of rabid dogs.

Lips parted open as that damn stubborn air refused to fully enter and replenish my starved lungs, my fingernails dug into the moist and rich soil, desperately fighting that looming dizziness poking at the edges of my mind.

And with a strangled whimper I clumsily turned and stumbled over my own knees as adrenaline finally kicked in, slipping and tripping over the leafy forest floor as I started running.

Hearing the dull thuds of my own staggering steps, those horrifying sounds coming from behind gradually faded away as I kept adding more and more distance in between, wheezing like a dying horse as my throat and lungs burned with a vengeance.

Cold and tiny droplets of sweat peppered my skin as I slowed my pace before stopping altogether, trying yet again to regain my breathing as I stared right ahead, lastly noticing I had actually ran all the way back to my car.

And without a second thought I hurried straight towards it then shoved my hand into my arm-band and fished out my phone before prodding around for my keys.

"No..." My eyes went wide as soon as I realized that they weren't there, my hands starting to shake whilst my throat proceeded to close off again, slowly but surely severing my connexion with reality.

"No no no, no NO!" I futilely grabbed onto the door handle of my car and pulled a few times with desperation as I loudly wheezed, lastly resorting to a fit of useless punches and slaps against the window.

"No...no...." I let out a few strangled whimpers, falling into an uncontrollable spiral of utter fear and despair as the world started spinning around me.

"No...please no..." I sobbed, letting my phone fall from my hands as I dizzily stared at my surroundings, accidentally letting my gaze fall over the car's window, just in time to see Nathan's reflection getting bigger and bigger as he approached.

My eyes widened, feeling that stab of horrifying fear dig into my chest as I let out a terrified squeal, pushing myself away from the car before I started running again -or more like stumbling around- as my jumbled mind kept working up against me until I finally lost that single ounce of power left in me and unceremoniously landed on my knees, his blurry silhouette being the last thing I could see before reality left me.

"Stay...away...from-"

**

My breath came out in loud and audible wheezes as I suddenly woke up and rose myself into a sitting position, still feeling the aftermath of that horrible nightmare.

"Fuck..." I whispered as I could still so vividly remember the image of those two giant wolves fighting, lightly pressing a palm against my damp forehead as I swung my feet over the edge of the bed and sat there for a moment longer.

I am going fucking crazy...

I thought, casually noticing that I was still wearing my running outfit from this morning.

What the...

My breathing started quickening again as I wracked my brain with new questions and thoughts, wondering what the hell happened with me and why was a good portion from this day completely missing from my brain...

Why can't I remember how I got back home in the first place? Did I ever go running anyway?

I wondered as I looked over the nightstand for my phone to check the time, my eyes widening a little bit as I noticed the visible traces of dirt over it, right before an audible and heavy thud followed, thoroughly startling me as my head immediately snapped in the direction it came from.

My blood quickly froze with utter fear as I watched Nathan straighten himself back up as if he had just jumped from outside right into my balcony, his appearance all the more terrifying as he slowly approached with determination, wearing only a pair of shorts and with a small cut over his broad and glistening chest.

"W-what...are you?" Was the only thing I could spew out as I fearfully held his gaze, all the while my limbs slowly dragged me backwards over the bed and further away from him.

"Carina, I need you to calm down," His palms tentatively rose into a surrendering manner, unfortunately only managing to make himself look even bigger and scarier.

"N-no! You stay away from me!" I angrily shouted as I watched him approach the side of my bed and place one knee over it, like a predator crawling over and before I could even try to run away his hand shot out and took a firm hold of my arm.

"Carina,"

"No! Let me go, y-you fucking monster! I don't want you anywhere near-"

My palms pushed at his bare chest, unexpectedly receiving a powerful jolt going right through me like a torrent of electricity, my head snapping back as few images that never happened suddenly flashed before my very eyes, rendering me completely motionless...

...His beautiful laughter as he held me in his arms and twirled me around with joy...

...His warm and bigger hands touching my own as he slipped a small golden band around my finger...

...His devilish smile as he gave me one last desirous look before closing the distance between us and pressing his lips against my own...

I let out a strangled gasp as my gaze met his again, staring at each other for a second as I struggled to comprehend what the hell just happened.

"What the fuck did you do to me?" My voice trembled, feeling more terrified than ever as I stared for a moment longer between his equally widened emeralds, a lone trail of wetness grazing my cheek. And with a few struggles and a more forceful push I managed to finally detach myself away from him, unceremoniously landing over the floor with a dull thud before breaking into a dash straight towards the door.

"Carina!"

My heart jumped in fright at that roughness in his voice, going even faster as I could feel him coming in from behind.

"No! Leave me alone!" I cried out, running down the hallway and then taking the stairs two at a time as I felt so afraid of him and what he might do to me next.

"Dre! Kayla! Andrea!" I shouted around the house for a few times in hopes that maybe someone was home and they could somehow help me.

Unfortunately no one answered, making me realize that indeed I was all alone with him inside the house and that I had to fend for myself.

I squealed with terror as soon as I glanced over my shoulder and noticed that he was right behind me, following me like some damn serial killer.

"Carina, stop!" He tried to reach me just as I rounded the corner and entered the living room, searching for anything that I could defend myself with.

I started throwing at him with anything I could get my hands on as he kept trying to reach me, actually managing to smash a ceramic bowl against his left eyebrow right before I ducked under his arm and ran away again, hearing his enraged growl.

"Carinaah!"

Fuck!

I entered the kitchen, immediately hearing his heavy footsteps as he followed suit. My heart thundered within my chest at the thought of him catching me, instinctually grabbing the first knife I could get my hands on from the block right before I turned around and adopted a defensive stance as I fearfully stared at his menacingly approaching figure.

"No...No...please stay away," I whimpered between the first tears that have started falling, his mildly blurring features scaring the living shit out of me as he looked so deadly right now with that thin trail of blood running down the left side of his face and that gleam in his golden glowing eyes.

"No! Please stop! No!" I squeaked as I clumsily tried to point the knife in his direction, unfortunately not managing to actually succeed anything with it as he simply took a strong hold of my wrist and slammed it against the nearest cabinet, making me drop it somewhere over the floor.

I cried out in both pain and horror, not even trying to escape anymore as he then took a firm hold of both my arms and twirled me around and pushed me against the island.

"No!" I futilely started to struggle against him, only managing to land a few slaps and scratches before he roughly grabbed both my wrists with one hand and pinned them over my head against the island, forcing me to lay there beneath him.

"I said stop!" He bellowed at me like a raging animal, making me flinch as I widely stared up into his glowing eyes.

"N-no...let me go..." Tears continued to fall down the sides of my face as we both breathed fast and hard, just staring at each other for a long moment.

"Please..."

"Please don't eat me!" I blurted out between hiccups, feeling so terrified of the way his golden gaze just kept sweeping all over my face as he firmly held me down there, against the cold marble, something flickering within those burning eyes as he let them roam over my trembling figure.

And before I could even blink twice his eyes suddenly shifted to that pitch black color, scaring the living days out of me. Yet before I could even try and scream again, another powerful jolt went right through me as I suddenly found myself with my lips covered by his.

Completely taken by surprise by his actions, my eyes widened, remaining frozen for a moment as he slowly took control and started to move them against my own, biting and nibbling like a starved man.

I whimpered against his lips, entirely failing to understand how he was doing this as I could feel my body heating up so easily underneath his, demanding more and more.

He heatedly licked my lips right before I suddenly felt his hands grabbing a firm hold of my thighs and pulling my hips closer against his, allowing me to feel that rock solid thing poking at me through the thin fabric of our clothes.

I involuntarily let out a loud mewl, unintentionally granting him access to my mouth as he plunged his tongue inside and gave me a wet and erotic kiss, all the while his arms snuck around my waist and pulled me flush against his chest.

"Mine..." He quietly growled against my ear into a scarily animalistic way, almost failing to hear him as he started planting open-mouthed kisses over the side of my neck, making me moan and whimper as I couldn't help but feel so overwhelmingly aroused.

What was going on with me? How could he make me feel like this so easily?

I mewled yet again as his hands found the straps of my tank top, leaving a hot blazing trail wherever his skin came in contact with mine. And with a firm tug he left my shoulders bare, those pitch black eyes sensually trailing over the column of my neck before finding my own again.

I panted fast and hard, still struggling to make sense of all of these new and powerful sensations when he leaned closer again and pressed his nose over that junction between my neck and collarbone, taking a long and powerful inhale whilst his arms kept me close against him, completely restrained and with no means of escape.

"Nate..." His name escaped my lips into a breathy moan as he started sucking on that spot, that moan suddenly turning into a pained scream as a sharp and sickening pain replaced that hot feeling of his tongue on my skin, lastly realizing that he'd bitten me.

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