Novel & Cerita Mother Hunting Ch 1

She stops and turns to find her mate. They make painful eye contact as my father is attacked from all sides. They’re mind linking which I cannot hear and just then my mother starts to walk backwards, halting to take one more look at her mate and then turns to run for our lives. She runs for what feels like forever until we find a peaceful stream. Mom’s wolf, Eve, laps at the water almost choking at the desperation of her thirst. I sit quietly by the stream, not quite understanding the events that unfolded through the night. I am only five.

I stole back to my Dads’ house under a thin and wavering cover of clouds. Sharp rays of early morning sunlight pierced through easily. I blinked blearily, struggling to comprehend everything I’d learnt in the night. I wasn’t sure that Veronica could be trusted, but I had to hope my gut instinct was right. She didn’t seem like a monster. She seemed like a terrified child, dragged kicking and screaming into a world she didn’t understand. As a hunter, it was my duty to protect the innocent. We’d failed Veronica once. I wouldn’t make the same mistake again.

The Keepers ran past us toward the fences, waving their weapons and shouting in challenge, as the whole clan raced for the longhouse. As we panted for breath, safe in the darkness of the longhouse, Mama circled me and pressed close, sobbing her relief. "You're safe, you're safe." "Mama, what was that?" I cried. In my terror, I had forgotten that I was supposed to hate her. The eldest of the females of our clan answered me in a tone that sounded like blame, “It was one of the monsters.” Immediately the elders of the clan began to chant the mantras.

On the pink home page, all the other women's photos had disappeared. Only my photo remained, hanging alone in the center, locked onto by a huge, bloody red "Hunting" icon. Below it was a new line in bold black text. [Exclusive Hunting Mode activated.] The target of the new Quest was simple and crude. [At the public lecture three days from now, get Sinead soaked in front of everyone.] [Quest Reward, two thousand dollars.] The words "soaked" had been written in red, loaded with insult and innuendo.

But not outmatched. Mama straightened, and Daddy’s face hardened. And then it happened. The glow started at Mama’s fingertips and spread across her skin like golden fire, as if her entire body had been dipped in sunlight. Daddy glowed too, a cool, silvery light that pulsed with strength. The rogues didn’t stop. They charged. All at once. I didn’t wait for Mama to yell this time—I grabbed Moon around the waist and yanked her toward the trees. She didn’t resist, but she turned her body to face the wolves, both hands out like she was ready to blast again.

“You look like shit, by the way. Baby keeping you up?” “Yeah,” I replied with an exhausted sigh. She snorted, shaking her head. “Your kid is just as stubborn as you.” Hunter stepped forward with a sharp look on his face. “Ma’am, with all due respect, who are you?” Mama Felz snorted. “I’m the woman who raised this brat most of her life. Mama Felz. And who the fuck are you?” “Hunter. Beta of Moonshadow pack.”

She ran at me trying to swipe at me with steely black claws. I dodged her attacks effortlessly and caught her by the neck before she made the next one. With my other hand I stuck my claws into her abdomen. Her eyes opened wide and her jaw clenched in pain. She held onto my arm and tried to pull my claws out of her but I held it steady as her blood sprayed into my hand and stained the rug. “I warned you, Jane” I whispered in her ear. “No!...” I felt the pain before I heard the scream. Chloe having disposed of my wolves with so much speed and ferocity, raked my back open with her claws. I tossed her mother at her reflexively.

Xavier's wolf turned to face me, his purple eyes gleaming against his skeletal frame. I let out a scream that reverberated through the silent hallway, and my fear inadvertently caused the chains above my head to tremble. Xavier's wolf gave my mother a final look before he pounced, opening his claws. He was done playing. This time, he was going for the kill. ****

I could see the hunters in the back, their cars getting closer and closer. Suddenly, we hit a bump, and the car somersaulted, landing on its wheels. I was terrified, but my mother quickly got out of the car and took me by the hand. We ran into the forest, and I could hear the hunters closing in on us. My mother transformed into a wolf, and I could see her fighting off the hunters with all her might. She managed to kill two of them, but the rest shot her with silver bullets laced in wolfsbane. I saw her fall, and my heart shattered into a million pieces.

As she dipped her head into the water, her head relaxed, the pressures reducing and in five minutes she was done bathing, changing into a new cloth, she stepped out from the shower, walking towards the mouse which still laid beside the foot of her bed, she bent down, giving it a small bread, which she always kept in the room, watching as the rat bit on them, standing up, a sharp voice pierced her senses, almost now knocking her on the ground, she covered her ears, but the voice had rang inside her head, (Wasting one more minute in the room, I will not hesitate to feed you to the dogs for breakfast, don't you fucking know we have a damn full moon ahead of us you witch) The voice said, it was