Hunted「Book One」

「Eight」

Austin

Okay, I'll admit it. I may or may not have been the one who got scared the most when the wolves jumped out. Most people only jumped back a little when they appeared, but I was a screaming mess. As you can tell, I'm just a tiny bit paranoid from the whole ordeal before.

My fright only ceased when the wolves suddenly morphed into people. They were werewolves. The both of them were laughing hysterically, one of them so much that he was doubled over. Glad to know our fright amused them. Chris ran back over when he heard us - or me - scream but stopped when he saw the two werewolves.

"Seriously guys?" he yelled at them as they only continued to laugh without a response.

"You know them?" Izzy asked, obviously not amused with the little stunt they just pulled. I couldn't blame her.

"Sadly, yes," Chris sighed, looking just unamused as Izzy.

"Aww, is that how you treat your best friends?" the werewolf who was doubled over joked as he punched Chris lightly on his shoulder.

I knew that werewolf looked odd when I first saw him, but now I knew why. Instead of having the dark hair that most werewolves possess, his hair was blond like mine. Never once have I seen a werewolf with a different hair color before. With his blond hair and black eyes, he almost looked like an angel of death. I would've been frightened of him if it wasn't for the bright grin he bore on his face.

"That wasn't funny, Dakota," Chris warned, but it was obvious that he was struggling to hide his smile.

"Did you see the humans' faces? They were terrified. It was awesome!" Dakota exclaimed.

"The humans have names for your information," Izzy told him dryly.

The three werewolves all turned to look at her. I know she was still upset after everything that happened that day, I was just as upset if not more, but I knew how to keep a cool head. Well, not at first, but by this point, I was calming down. Izzy only seemed to get worse. She knew she shouldn't anger the werewolves after they were about to keep us safe, yet here she was.

"Apologize to us," she demanded as she crossed her arms.

Chris covered his face with his hands and muttered a few things that were incoherent. Even he knew this was a bad idea.

"Oh, really?" the other werewolf said. It was the first time I heard him speak. "What happens if we don't?"

"Stop it, Drew," Chris warned.

"Apologize," Izzy repeated, unfazed by how menacing Drew looked.

Dakota's wide grin disappeared when he noticed how serious things were getting. Izzy and Drew were having a staredown. He looked as if he expected her to back down any second now, but she never did. She's braver than most people give her credit for. It didn't do anything for my nerves, though. He literally looked as if he was about to kill her and I definitely wouldn't be able to handle that. Just before I could step in, Dakota beat me to it.

"I'm sorry for scaring you and your friends," he said, a smile appearing on his face once again.

"Why the hell did you do that?" Drew asked angrily as he turned to his friend.

"She's brave," he said as he placed his hand on her shoulder. "How many humans do you know would stand up to us like that?"

"None because no human has been here in years," he said before suddenly turning his dark glare to Chris. "Speaking of which, why are they here? Weren't you supposed to be hunting for food?"