Caleb waited until an hour before the moon was full to come to my room. Furious at being ignored by him for days, I snarled as he entered.
“You’re in the process of shifting, I see,” he said with a smug smile as he lowered himself into the room’s only easy chair that was located in the far corner. Resting his elbows on its thickly padded arms, he touched the tips of his fingers together, tapping his index fingers lightly as he spoke. “I understand you miscarried. I suspected as much.”
I went to respond to him, but found that my voice didn’t want to cooperate. I was shocked at how foreign it sounded to me when I finally managed to eke out, “What?”
“I lied, you see,” he said as he sat forward. “It’s true that putting venom into your system promoted your shift, but I didn’t need to put as much as I did. One small bite would have been sufficient. I could
I could feel the life force slowly ebbing from Danica. The human part of my mind reasoned that, with Kenzie out of danger, the right thing to do would have been to release her, but the wolf in me refused to let go. The urge to finished the job and tear her throat out was so intense that I trembled from the effort to resist it.The shouts of the crowd around me as they rooted for their pack leader to take Noah down and finish him off only served to drive my animal instinct to kill even further. I’m not sure if I’d have resisted much longer had Oscar not returned with Noah’s pack.With the numbers on a more equal basis, Caleb’s pack quieted down. I took note of this fact. Apparently, not only was Noah a strong leader, but his pack was ready to fiercely defend him if the need arose.From what I could see, they need do nothing. Although Caleb managed to get in a few good punches, bites, and throw downs, Noa
Noah’s altered werewolf voice was a welcome sound as he bellowed from the distance, “Snow! Down boy!”The beautiful white wolf ceased his snarling, but he didn’t move an inch.No longer feeling threatened, I turned in the direction that the command came from just in time to see Noah leap through the air toward us. His strong legs had managed to catapult him over yards of ground with one single bound. I found it incredibly impressive.“Lisa, is that you?” he asked as he cautiously approached Snow and me. His voice had a tone to it that I couldn’t decipher. Was it anger or sadness when he said, “It smells like you. You’ve shifted to full wolf form.”I wanted to say something, but could only make canine sounds.When he moved a bit closer, my heightened sensed took in the familiar smell of his body. The combination of his human and werewolf pheromones was all the
Caleb waited until an hour before the moon was full to come to my room. Furious at being ignored by him for days, I snarled as he entered.“You’re in the process of shifting, I see,” he said with a smug smile as he lowered himself into the room’s only easy chair that was located in the far corner. Resting his elbows on its thickly padded arms, he touched the tips of his fingers together, tapping his index fingers lightly as he spoke. “I understand you miscarried. I suspected as much.”I went to respond to him, but found that my voice didn’t want to cooperate. I was shocked at how foreign it sounded to me when I finally managed to eke out, “What?”“I lied, you see,” he said as he sat forward. “It’s true that putting venom into your system promoted your shift, but I didn’t need to put as much as I did. One small bite would have been sufficient. I could
There were still a matter of hours before the full moon would rise and I already felt terrible. In fact, the sensations in my body were so strange and awful that I couldn’t even accurately describe them to anyone if I tried. Every inch of me twitched and ached, from my bones to my muscles.Since I’d never experienced this before, I suspected that it had to do with the fact that I had Caleb’s venom inside of me. I would have confirmed it with him, but he was nowhere to be found. After I’d submitted so willingly to him a few nights earlier, he’d not returned. It was almost as if he’d lost interest after a successful conquest of my body.Since I’d arrived almost a week earlier, I’d not been allowed out of my room. The only faces I’d seen were Caleb, Philip, and Danica. Kenzie returned several times over the course of the few days, but was unsuccessful in getting near me. It was
I was disgusted both with myself and with Caleb. He’d managed to subdue my body and get the response from it that he wanted through sex while he left his venom inside me night after night. Week after week. Surprisingly, unlike with Noah, the more time I spent with him, the less I liked him. By the time the moon’s cycle had reached the brink of another full moon, I could say that I actually hated him.Unlike when I awoke after the first venom installment, I not only could use my legs, but they were so full of energy that it was almost too much. I needed to walk some of it off, but since Caleb was afraid that I’d run away, I still wasn’t allowed to leave the room.As I paced the floor with my new and improved legs, I found that I was moving with the ease and grace that reminded me of a caged panther I’d admired in a zoo when I was younger. Approaching the window just in time to see Kenzie pulling into the driveway, I immediately
I hadn’t eaten since the dinner party the night before, so the spicy broth hit the spot.It occurred to me to question its contents, but, then, I thought better of it. What did it matter? I didn’t like being handicapped in such a way. It actually brought forth hints of the claustrophobia that I suffered from. As the creepy cook so adamantly insisted; if I wanted to use my legs, I’d have to drink the broth and I definitely wanted to use my legs again.I found the fact that this broth had such crazy healing properties puzzling since it tasted like a simple Asian beef broth to me. Since I knew so little about werewolves and their ways, I accepted that it had some type of property that would renew my ability to function normally and drank every last drop.I didn’t get a chance to test out the results of the broth before Caleb returned to my room. I’d fallen into a deep, dreamless sleep almost immediately after consumin