All Chapters of Hunting Their Enemies: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

ScarlettI waited excitedly on my porch for Osprey to come walk me to school. Every time someone appeared at the end of our short street, my heart sped up in anticipation, but it was never him. My mom came out onto the porch and put her hand on my shoulder.“I don’t think he’s coming, honey.”My eyes filled with tears as I looked up at her. “But he said he would be here.”She smiled at me sadly. “Come on. We should get you to school before you’re late.”“But… he promised,” I whispered.“Maybe he overslept or something. I’m sure he’ll be there this afternoon to walk you home.”I sighed but followed her down the stairs, defeated. “Yeah… sure.”I walked with my head down as tears continued to run down my face. He had never missed walking me to school in the mornings. Well, he had twice, but it was because he was really sick. I stopped, grabbing my mother’s arm.“Mom, have you spoken to Raul today?”“Yeah. Why?”“Did he mention Osprey?”She nodded slowly. “He did, yes.”“Is he okay? I mea

“I’ll do it alone. GO AWAY, VANESSA!”“But it’s a team project. I just want to do my part.”“I don’t need you fu-”I shut my mouth when my father came out of the office to investigate why I was yelling. I took a deep breath.“Let me shower and I’ll be right there,” I mumbled.I quickly showered and got dressed before grabbing my laptop. I jogged down to my father’s office to print the articles I emailed to myself. I snatched it from the printer before I went outside where I could smell her waiting for me. She beamed at me as she held up a tin.“I brought cookies.”I growled lightly. “Fuck you and your damn cookies.” I threw the papers down on the table. “Let’s go through these and then divvy up the project. I don’t want to work with you.”I began to organize the papers while she watched. Lazy bitch should just let me do the whole thing. I shoved a stack of papers in front of her.“Here, this is your half.”I began to read the first one in my stack. When I got to the microorganism sect

ScarlettI trailed behind Eden, Elena’s bear, with my head down as she walked into the forest. I hadn’t slept well in days, not since Osprey had attacked Elena. The rage in his eyes had terrified me, and it was all I saw when I closed my eyes. I had never been afraid of him before, and I never thought I would be. It was so different now when I went over to my brother’s house. I hid in Elena’s room to avoid Osprey at all costs. He had managed to corner me in a hallway the day before, and I had burst into tears, begging him to not hurt me.My brother had ripped him away from me before taking me home. Elena had come over a little while later to talk to me, trying to explain that he hadn’t meant me any harm, and that he had just wanted to talk about what happened the other day. Before telling her to leave, I told her that I didn't want to talk about or to him. When I had woken up during the night, I could have sworn that someone had been laying beside me. My bed had been warmer than usual

ScarlettI laughed at something Elena said when our other friends laughed, pretending that I was paying attention. I was still a little tired and I wished I had taken my Mom up on her offer to stay home. I was hoping that after school I could walk Elena home, and actually manage to talk to Osprey. We saved each other the day before. Maybe he would be willing to talk to me now. I was shaken.“Scar, are you okay?”I blink. “Yeah. I was just thinking.”Elena smiled softly at me. “About Osprey?”I blushed a little. “Maybe.”Jill and Joan elbowed each other, making kissy faces at each other. My blush got darker before I raised my hands to my cheeks.“Stop it, guys. It’s not like that….” I tried to convince them for the millionth time.Elena giggled. “Yeah, he says that, too. That’s how we know it is.”Before I could respond, the bell rang, signaling the end of our break. I followed behind my friends slowly, thinking about Osprey, and hoping he was okay. I sat at my desk, quickly doing all

OspreyI paced back and forth in my room agitatedly. Today was Elena’s birthday. And that meant that it was also Scarlett’s birthday. I eyed the two presents sitting on my dresser. I had gotten Elena the perfume she wanted. I stopped to pick up the other gift before carrying it over to the bed. I placed it on my lap as I ran my fingers over the intricately wrapped present. My sister’s was wrapped messily, like a toddler had done it, but Scarlett’s was perfect. I had watched so many videos and practiced so many times before wrapping it perfectly. It had been four months since the wolf attack. Every time I tried to talk to her, someone interrupted us. She clung to them until I gave up and left. All I wanted to do was find out why she had turned her back on me.I thought that we were going to be friends again after the wolf incident. I had spent the entire night next to her until my father made me leave to get ready for school. By the time I had gotten back to the hospital, she had left