Chapter 86: The Reeling From A Feral MindDeep Woods, Open Forrest, Outskirts... Once more the heat from the looming sun had beat down upon the naked and utterly confused Brick Kenneally as he attempted to rouse and make sense of his surroundings. He had still been more than a bit nauseous following his latest stint in terms of his wolfish nature. He had not been accustomed to ingesting human flesh and blood often and when he did it wasn't something he'd been proud of whenever he'd gotten back to himself following a transformation. This time had been no different as Brick struggled to get to his feet and make sense of how he'd gotten so far from his target. He recalled that he'd been hunting a particular fellow and as a result ended up catching his prey in more ways than one. Brick took his time getting his bearings as he moved rather gingerly amid the leaves and fallen twigs he had seen better mornings following his transformations after a full moon and days like this were not
Chapter 87: Blood Runs ThickerMid Day, Outskirts, Unknown Town... The orange flame from a freshly lit cigarette had been like a beacon in the dead of night as a lone man took a long slow drag from the end of the slim white cancer stick as he turned his attention to a rusted brown pickup truck that seemed to pull up on the side of the road beside his own dark brown four-door sedan. The waiting man had been quite young with long flowing brown hair and blue eyes much like that of the driver of the pickup truck. They had been similar in appearance with only the build of their bodies being the difference aside from obvious age and style of dress. The older man in the pickup had looked as if he had not slept in days while the younger man simply attempted not to urinate in his jeans as he looked upon his elder brother for the first time in months. "Well if it isn't my big brother, Jarrett Quinton Beaulieu." said the younger man as he puffed on another cigarette. "Still among the liv
Chapter 88: Cold-Blooded Comfort The Quinn Residence, The Backwoods, Temperance, South Dakota... By the time Layla Quinn had finished her rather lengthy and trying shift at Earl's Diner, she had managed to make it home in time to find the house a mess and the doors wide open. Brutus had been on the front porch looking as tired and worn out as ever but he greeted Layla warmly as he wagged his tail and looked up at her fondly. She smiled at him happy to see him home and her Daddy's truck out front but he'd been packing it up for some reason. Curious as to what her father had been up to now, Layla ventured into the house and noticed the mess he'd made of the place inside as well with clothes and shoes thrown every which way and boxes dumped out in the middle of the livingroom floor. She had been slightly annoyed given all the time she had taken out of her day to clean up so that he'd notice it only for him to come through like a tornado and mess it all up again dragging things out
Chapter 89: The Truth Shall Set One Free The Quinn Residence, The Backwoods, Temperance, South Dakota... By the time Brick and the boys came riding up to Layla Quinn's house, there had been a good deal going through the lead biker's mind. The scattered clothes and tossed-about boxes and suitcases had been a clear indication that Jarrette had been there but the dog and Layla had been on the front porch. Layla had been stuck there staring at the scattered mess and the tracks from her father's pickup left behind as she sat with Brutus and they had been getting on famously. Brick had noticed that she'd been upset and he had known all too well that she had plenty of reason to be given what he'd just found out and had a guess that she might have been told a measure of the truth about her so-called father from the man himself. Brick parked his bike and rushed over toward Layla who had looked up at him through tear-stained eyes. Brutus whimpered as he wagged his tail in greeting just as
Prologue: The Little Red Among Rabid WolvesThe County Fair, Unknown City, Unknown State....(2001) Unimpeded ruckus filled the background as twisting metal swirled and twirled in the distance as many a machine got a good work out due to the numerous rows of people all huddled together in single lines barely able to keep the shape as many a man and woman stood amid the heat of the beaming golden rays of the afternoon sun both excited and impatient at the same time. There were attendees of all shapes and sizes, big, small, surprisingly plump and inexplicably thin. There were people in various colorful outfits in combination of jeans and khakis, skirts and shorts, wearing shirts of every size and style while some were men preferred to wear no shirt at all and some women were dressed down due to the heat in some tight fitting and inappropriate garb that made the older people stop and stare, some wore sandals, some flip-flops, some were even barefoot and others wore tennis shoes
Chapter 1: The Same Old Boring Kind Of Life Layla's Bedroom,144 W. Guthrie Road, The Quinn Residence, W. Main Highway, Temperance, South Dakota.... Golden rays from an unrelenting sun seemed to burst through the thick beige drapes that lined the windows of a single bedroom on the east end of a small two bedroom house in the backwoods. It was a yellow house, a significant thing to remember due to all of the surrounding trees and dark brown soil that made the place really feel like home aside from the gravel road that lead out to the main highway which was covered in thick black asphalt and smelled heavily of readily replaced black tar. The trees provided a good deal of shade, but it depended where the sun was heavily focused and how determined it was to burst through the drapes. The baby blue eyes of a formerly slumbering sixteen year old girl opened to the new morning as wet tears began to dry along her supple pale colored cheeks. It seemed to always be this way whenever
Chapter 2: Just Another Day In TemperanceThe Kitchen,144 W. Guthrie Road, The Quinn Residence, W. Main Highway, Temperance, South Dakota... A gentle breeze moved passed the traveling teen who found herself feeling a bit exhausted from the long walk, Layla as she moved down the highway toward the local bus stop was one of two that would finally get her to school. She held her book bag on one shoulder via the strap and did her very best to ignore the catcalls from the unseemly and aged grease monkeys that fixed up various cars in the old body shop located along her route to the bus stop. She hated being objectified by men old enough to be her father and then some and rolled her eyes as she moved. It wasn't all bad, she sometimes would envision one of the cars getting loose and smashing the offending bastards to death and leaving them in a pool of their blood and slick black car oil for laughs. Their annoying words were the very reason she often wore her gray sweatshirt even when it
Chapter 3: The None Too Subtle Perks Of Road LifeRoom 42, Kings Canyon Motel, Roadside Motel, Unknown City, South Dakota.... The inescapable call of nature shattered the slumber of a formerly snoring naked man with short dark brown hair and a thick scruffy beard that lined a handsome face with rugged features, he appeared to have been in his early thirties as he pulled back the crisp white sheet that lined the bed due to the thick comforter being absent following his discarding of it the previous night as he took note of the slumbering blonde lying on her side next to him. She'd been equally naked and had her back to him where her exposed backside was in full view of his vision along with the lining of her spine as she continued to drool over the white fluffy pillow she currently occupied. The stench of sex and sweat filled the air and various articles of their mutually shed attire littered the floor amid tossed pillows and the thick brown comforter that came with the bed. Sha