6: Werewolf on the loose

Was she going to attack him?

As he braced himself and assumed his defence stance once again, Selly inched closer only to pass him by.

At that moment, Jordan had a series of questions and doubts planted in his mind. As hard as he tried to figure out where she tried to escape to, he only ended up with more of them and not a single answer. 

Making a u-turn, she charged forward with a speed of lightning.

What the fuck! There was no way she was going to do that, was she?

As Selly approached the gate by a few meters, her pace tripled and with one decisive move she jumped over the tall and imposing gate.

Aah! 

Jordan heard a piercing cry on the other side of the gate and hurried off to press a switch buried deep in an electrical box.

When the gate opened, his eyes searched for a grey wolf but she was no longer in sight and then he heard it again, a girl sniffing as she sobbed.

His eyes landed on a little girl who looked no more than six, hiding under a bush of flowers with a bruised knee. Her little body shook and tears flowed unstrained. All the while her tiny white and fluffy pomeranian dog hid behind her shaking like a leaf.

Jordan approached the girl and offered his hand which she took promptly. Taking her into his arm, he patted her little back as he coerced her into relaxation.

~

Imposing greyish paws hit the hard sun-kissed tarmac with enthusiasm as Selly ran like a mad stray dog causing both awe and panic. 

Shrieks could be heard from pedestrians who found themselves face to face with the massive grey wolf. 

“Who let the dog out without supervision?”, a man shouted only to shut his mouth when the animal passed him by in close proximity. There was no way such a big dog existed.

Selly crossed the busy roads of Petroit city leaving horns blowing in her wake. 

Drivers were forced to hit the brakes, the momentum throwing forward unprepared passengers.

With each leap, Selly’s speed only increased, determined to accomplish the only thing that was on her mind.

~

A girl sat in an open air restaurant's verandah with her friend sipping coke while they waited for their order of steak when her nose flared up.

“I smell something…weird.” She said

Her friend chuckled, brushing her off with a wave of her hand. “It isn't as if you don't smell undetectable and nonexistent scents all the time.”

The girl's eyebrows furrowed, “It's getting stronger, the scent.”

As soon as those words left her lips, her eyes widened. A bigger than normal ‘dog’? passed in front of the restaurant they were in.

She stood from her seat, prompting other clients to follow suit and her eyes followed the grey animal until she could no longer see its wagging tail. 

Why was the dog's scent so prominent?, she asked herself.

Her friend quickly took out the phone from her purse and dialled a number which was received a few rings later. 

“A larger than normal wolf is causing a ruckus and heading north of the city center as we speak.”

Meanwhile Jordan scrambled between the steering wheel and his phone. 

“Why the fuck aren't you picking up the damn phone?” He spoke through gritted teeth, his hand clutching the wheel until his knuckles turned white.

He tried for the fifth time but the recipient's phone kept ringing before it redirected to a voicemail.

His luck seemed to have faded off as a few meters away, he had to stop at the city traffic lights. Apparently, a small car had crashed into a truck when the driver was trying to avoid hitting a dog causing blockage in that specific route.

Jordan waited for minutes as the men tried to remove the blockage but there was too much at stake for him to sit still. He wasn't even sure what would happen when Selly reached there before him. That was if she really was headed that way.

His head kept turning left and right hoping to find her. Restless, he got out of his car and swiftly mingled through the small crowd before he disappeared, leaving the vehicle unattended.

“Damn!” He cursed while resting his hands on his knees as he tried to catch his breath. 

That was the fastest he had ever run in his human form. And now he stood meters away from his destination contemplating whether Selly really came to Dominik's house or else he wouldn't know where to find her.

Meanwhile the news tabloids were hot with news of unidentified species of dog causing panic and leading to a car accident that has caused severe physical trauma to the victims.

As the clock ticked so were footage of the ‘dog’ increasing on the internet which had led to animal welfare unit to interfere in the matter and were now searching for the dog and the possible owner.

~

“Good gracious, this thing is huge.” A man in uniform, holding a rifle said, trying to aim at Selly in a moving car.

“Shut the fuck up and immobilize it already.” Another officer ordered.

The man took his shot as Selly kept running ahead of them.

“Don't tell me you missed.” his senior asked.

Putting down his rifle, he said, “I don't know. It's moving too fast.”

“The locator is moving.” Another officer said as he pointed at his laptop screen.

The senior patted the shooter on the shoulder and said triumphantly, “Good, now it's only a matter of minutes before we catch it.”

As the car trailed behind her, Selly, who had noticed that she was being followed, took a sudden turn to a narrow path between two buildings and disappeared, leaving the animal welfare officials freaking out because the car was too big to pass through. 

Following her out on foot was out of the equation as the animal showed little to no sign of being affected by the tranquilizer, leaving them no choice but to find another route while tracking her. 

~

 

Two guards stood watch at the gate when their nostrils picked up the scent. 

“Bitch in heat? ” One of them mused.

When the sound of iron being shredded reached their sensitive ears, they only saw a claw between the long gap created from outside before a creaking sound of metal was heard. 

They quickly jumped, narrowly escaping being crushed by the gate.

“Rogue!” shouted the other guard as he watched the grey wolf standing on all four, menacingly challenging them as she took measured steps into the yard.

The men upon noticing that what was in front of them was no ordinary wolf, turned on their heels shouting for help. That was not to say they were weak but they knew for a fact that something was really wrong for them to be attacked in the middle of a city.

They ran as fast as their legs could manage towards the house entrance with Selly hot on their tail.

Inside one of the beautifully decorated rooms, a large painting of two front-teeth-missing little boys hang slightly above the black mahogany bed headrest. A navy blue tailor-made coat hung on a stand.

Sweet voices laced with bodily desires filled the room as a man in a navy blue suit vest hovered above a blonde, kissing her as she giggled.

Her dainty hands rounded his strong neck, pulling him to her as she reciprocated the kiss with passion.

Bang!

Startled by the sudden interference, the man gingerly paused while the woman loosened her grip.

“What was that?” She asked as she tried to catch her breath and calm down from her high.

“I will go check.” He stood up, straightened the creases on his trouser that did nothing to hide his arousal as the woman lay on her back, watching him with puppy eyes.

Glancing down at her, a smile made way to his chiseled face, his cheeks dipping as it widened. 

He was certain that her smile was the sweetest he had ever seen on any woman. Such a delicate, sweet and beautiful woman was his and his alone for all eternity.

Even though he wished to continue what they were doing just now or even go a step further, he forced himself, curious about the source of that disturbance.

The guards' frantic voices drawed Dominik from his room and behind him a slightly tall, slender blonde trailed cautiously.

He quickly descended a flight of stairs as his face darkened even more. His long strides paused when the hinges of his hard-wood door creaked and screws flew out, an obvious sign that someone was forcing their way in.

His eyes hardened as he focused his attention at that door that now shook with force.

When the door finally gave in and fell with a thud, a werewolf stood on the other side, its aura commanding and its scent heightened by the deep emotions that swirled on its amber orbs.

The murderous intentions were clear but Dominik wasn't sure if he was judging the situation right. 

Why did it feel like the werewolf's attention was directed at his mate?