Chapter 6: Under the moonlight

Summer's Point Of View 

I waited behind the closed door till Wilder started his car. I raced to our garage to get my car since there was something about Wilder's action that made me concerned and pondered intensely. 

'I'm curious what's going on in his thoughts.' 

I drove a few meters away from his car; he was driving into the forest; it was dark, and my car's lights could hardly see the road.

"Fuck, I lost him!" 

The car he was driving had gone black in the middle of the woods.

There are no houses here, only big trees. I dislike coming here, so I got out of my car and began walking. 

I noticed a lake distance from the road, and the mosquitoes and cricket sounds bothered me. When I watched a naked man leap into the lake, I hid in the bushes, hoping he wouldn't find out I was there. He'd actually freak out. 

While I was hidden, ants began to creep to my feet and bite me, causing me to gasp and fall. He wasn't there when I got up. 

"Where'd he go?" 

"Show yourself or I'll kill you," echoed a familiar voice in the forest. It was loud and frightening, as if it were not a person.

Wait? Wilder? Was it him? 

I took a hesitant step out of the bushes to approach him.

"Uhmm.. Hi?"

"Summer?"

He must have been wondering why I was here, so Wilder grabbed my hand and led me back to the river. I was shivering from the cold.

"What are you doing here?" He remarked this while lifting his brows.

"I... I was... Umm..," reason Summer; he shouldn't have to know you're watching him. Ah! "I was just driving around because I can't sleep, so I ended up here because at our school they said that this river was mesmerizing, and it really is," 

"You know it's dangerous, right?"

"Yeah, but.. I just like to breathe some air,"

"Hahaha, you should've told me, Summer." 

"But why? you're not my...," In other words, you are not my boyfriend. That's what I was about to say, but I held myself back. He looked me in the eyes and gave me a loving glance. 

He was probably waiting for the next word to come out of my mouth.

"You're what?" 

"Nevermind, I should go back now, it's getting late,"

I was going to stand up when he grabbed my hand forcefully. "Tell me, you're what?" he asked. 

"I said nothing, Wilder, it hurts," I breathed a sigh of relief as he gradually relaxed his grip. He locked his gaze on mine, a small space between our faces. I could hardly breathe because he was so close; the distance between us shrank until his lips met mine. He kissed me on the lips. 

We stayed like that for a minute until he moved his lips open and his tongue trying to enter mine. I made an effort to stop him, but he drew me closer to himself instead. My body gave up and allowed him since I couldn't resist. It was forceful, and I had the impression that he had been coveting it for a very long time. After we had both ended what we had been doing, we were both gasping for oxygen. 

"I really need to go back," I say, breaking the silence that had formed between us.

"C'mon, I'll bring you home," 

"No need,"

"Kids like you shouldn't be in the woods at this hour, There's bad guys everywhere and will take advantage of you being alone,"

"Oh wow, coming from you?" I felt belittled by what he did. It was my first kiss, and he stole it right away. 

I moved faster than him, and he hurried to catch up. "I'm sorry, I... I couldn't resist it," he said. He was a jerk. 

"Don't follow me,"

"But...,"

"Are you deaf? "Don't follow me," I murmured, my fury controlling my body, regardless of how frightening the woodland looked this time. I couldn't bear looking at him after what he'd done. I just kept walking till I couldn't see him anymore.

When I saw my car, I grabbed the handle and opened it. I got into my car and started the engine, revealing the trees that had before been hidden in the dark. 

I'm not sure where Wilder was, but I felt like someone was watching me. I tried to turn on my car radio to listen to some music, but it wasn't working.

"Really? Ugh!" I yelled out in exasperation because I had the sensation that I was becoming lost once more in the forest, but then I realized that I was only going in circles around the area and couldn't find the way out into it. 

I was trying to find my way out when I heard a wolf shriek close. Then, to my surprise, something jumped above the roof of my car. My car was shaking violently, and that creature above was trying to get in. It arrived in front of my car and revealed a large wolf. It was black with crimson eyes staring at me, and I felt like I was going to be its dinner tonight. 

I was afraid to go outside and tried to find my phone to call for help because I knew that if I took my sight away from it, it would move closer to me. 

"Fuck, Help!" I screamed in the hopes that someone would hear me. 

The strange animal moved closer to my car door, as if it was attempting to get in. I sat in the back seat to avoid being bitten by this jerk.

"Fuck this shit," I jumped out of the car after opening the backseat door.

"Ahhh!" It was already in front of me, salivating and with its teeth flashing. 

I haven't seen a wolf this big since the last time I got lost here. 

When it jumped at me, I hid my face and realized that I was going to die. I was waiting for it to bite me.

"Enough!" 

When I opened my eyes, I saw Wilder attempting to halt the wild wolf. Was he conversing with it? With Wilder's words, the wolf was tamed like a puppy. It ran as if it was running for its life.

"Summer, are you all right?" "Are you okay?"

"What in the world are you, Wilder?"