It’s a wolf!

I trudged into the woods that had now become less dense, leading me to an open ground of the snowy peak, I instantly tripped on the wet ground, hissing as my leg twisted in an unruly way but thankfully no big wounds only a scratch,

That was when I snapped out of misery to see where and how far I had walked, this wasn’t the vampire coven anymore, that I had grown familiar with, this place instead gave me the chills as the full moon was the only light that lit the path

“Shit”, I muttered it was the full moon, and I was outside. My heart pummeled in my chest as I heard the crack of a twig

When I looked up, the color drained out of my face as I was faced up with a creature more like half man and half wolf, his golden eyes filled with bloodlust and snarly sharp teeth, his head moved in my direction as he looked directly at me, I was in the werewolf territory and I was screwed!

“Mine!” He growled as he stalked forward, “you smell divine!” He roared stalking closer

I was tongue-tied and my body felt heavy, my body remembered six years ago, the same scenario under the full moon where those three beasts had attacked

Now it was happening again and there was no one here to protect me, I would die here stupidly from trespassing on werewolf land.

Just like that, I was going to meet the terrible fate of my father! I shut my eyes pushing my father's words, his voice repeating I should fight, he gave up his life for me, and I was precious to him enough to do that.

the wolf had leaped up in a roar to my side as it clawed for me, I pushed myself up the wet grounds rolling to a safer spot as the feral monster landed

He growled in anger as his nose sniffed out for me “ you’re mine!!” He continued, though my body ached I pushed myself in before sprinting up in a run he was gaining closer but I didn’t dare stop, my heart pounding as I ran

My luck ran out when he jumped in front of me, blocking my exit point with a sinister smile across his fanged teeth

“ where are you going?” he pulsed his claws out as his neck hunched lower, I know begging wouldn’t do me any good since wolves become rabid during the full moon, but why did he keep saying I smelt nice? Vampires were supposed to smell horrid or dead to them

I crept up to a tree see a large branch that had almost a sharp point, reaching for it when I was grabbed by the wolf who laid on top of me, his teeth clamping on nothing as I struggled, his hands tried to hold mine but I couldn’t let him overpower me, this was my last chance to escape

My hands reached for the branch as his mouth moved to my face I edged the sharp wood to his eyes and stabbed him clean

Pushing the wood into one of his eyes as he roared in a pained cry, his body thrashing as he pushed himself away from me, struggling with the stick lugged deep into his eyes socket.

It took a moment before I felt him stop moving, I opened my eyes to see him laid cold and he had turned back to normal form, his fangs and teeth gone but the wood remained in his eye,

I panted as my hands were covered in blood and my sweater which was once shining blue was now covered in dirt and blood.

I stood up with my limping leg and began running for the hills, I didn’t know if they were more and seeing the damage I did to their kind, I would be next soon

No, no, no this wasn’t happening to me! I was so stupid to not notice I had gone into the enemies line, “I’m going to be so much trouble” I muttered to myself

I walked for minutes on end, my leg hurt and my body shop with fear, but I didn’t stop, not until I saw the familiar towers of the coven house

From the light up in the hall, they were all there having a big celebration, and announcement, but I needed help, I needed to warn them, about what happened, about what I had done.

I used the back door I had slipped out of to slip back in, the whole party paused and everyone froze with everyone’s eyes gazing over to my bleeding dirty form, I couldn't blame them as I stuck out like a sour thumb,

“ by the moons Freya!, what is the meaning of this?” Julian called as the whole room when silent

I dared look over to where Alaric had sat with Claudia on his lap, his face looked confused with a hint of worry while Claudia looked disgusted by my horrid appearance with amusement playing in her cunning eyes

“ Something happened, something terrible!” I drawled out,

“ you smell gods awfully like a rabid dog!” Carrisa muttered

“ I went to their side by mistake! It was a mistake I swear and I was attacked by a wolf !”

With that Alaric had abandoned his bride and his position as Claudia’s stool as he walked up to me

“ Are you hurt?” He called quietly

Of course, I was, I should be because I fell multiple times and pricked myself, but when I looked at my hands, there was no wound, it had healed, only dried blood from my dead assailant, But when I looked at Alaric I could only see the image of him and Claudia against that wall

“ do you have any idea what you have done Freya!” Julian roared, his hands banging around the mighty oak table making my skin jump

“ I was defending myself-“

“ you did it again! You were stupid enough to do it again! Did you not learn from your father's death?! you went into enemy ground, you went there by yourself!”

He accused me, and everyone’s eyes turned dark on me, this was all he had ever wanted I’m sure, to make everyone see me as he did, to make everyone despise me even if they hardly knew me.

Before I could ever defend myself, I felt a chill in the air that made my hair stand on edge, I felt it before anyone else, a warm force that had reached the doorway And was filled with a threat.

Before I could say anything, the door slammed open with a powerful kick and roar, a stature five times bigger than what I had fought in the woods had appeared

A big black wolf snarled as he walked into the room with grace and a powerful force, all the vampires were hissing but no one went close to attack,

It’s a royal wolf, it’s the alpha king, a monster, so many whispers were shared by young and old vampires alike, but there was no fear or falter in the wolf’s eyes

He stalked forward with each powerful step making the room very small, his eyes hovered around until the red glowing eyes stopped directly at me,

unmoving.

His target was me.