Arabella

~ 18 ~

Through my tears I look up at Xander. He steps so close to me that our chests are touching.

"Don't fucking move." He says to me. I think. He looks down at me for a second. I gasp at how his eyes are black now. They look like a monsters.

"I'm so sorry." He says.

"What?" I ask as he lets go of me and takes a few steps away. No no no please don't leave me. If he makes a run for it I will never catch up. He wouldn't would he?

One of the wolves behind me snarls making me turn. They growl at me and then start running towards me. I hear something weird behind me but I can't look away. I can't run. I'm too young to die. As it gets closer faster than I can think I do the one thing I can think of.

I drop down into a ball and hope it will be fast. I wait and I hear what sounds like fighting. I slowly look up and see a wolf laying down in front of me. It's not moving but its eyes are wide open.

What the heck? I look up further and there are two wolves fighting. One is pure black and the other is grey and red. It's beautiful. The body is mostly grey and the head has the red in it. It bites down on the blacks neck and I hear a snap.

Why are they fighting? The wolf turns and starts running towards me. I stop breathing as it comes towards me. When it's ten feet away it leaps from the ground making a scream leap from my throat.

This time I don't close my eyes, I can't. I watch as the wolf jumps right over my body and lands on the other side. I turn faster than I thought possible with how weak I feel. My whole body is shaking.

The wolf I thought was going to attack me is being pinned down by the other two. They are biting at it and its growling gets worse. One of them snaps the wolfs leg and I can't sit still, I can't move though.

"No!" I don't know why I yell it but I don't want that wolf hurt. The wolf looks at me and it's like something snaps. He throws the two off of him and growls so loud I can feel the vibrations.

One of the wolves continues to fight it and the other turns to me. It licks its lips. I look all around me for an escape and more importantly Xander. I don't see either. He really left me? He is going to hear about this if I live! No donuts for him!

The wolf comes running for me and this time I don't think the gray and red wolf will save me. Again I can't look away though. then a pure black streak comes from the side and knocks the wolf down. A scream comes from me again.

I hear something to the side of me and I turn to look. There are at least ten wolves coming out of the trees. Oh no! Two of them run straight for me and I try shuffling back but I hit something. I turn around and there is a big black wolf leaning down sniffing me.

I jump back with a scream and bump into another wolf on the other side. This one is black and grey. It's also sniffing me. I freeze realizing I'm surrounded by wolves. There is a loud snarl that sends a shiver down my spine.

I look to my right and the gray and red wolf is stalking towards us. His teeth are showing and he's looking right at me. The two wolfs next to me step in front of me. I'm not going to question it if they are saving me.

The red and gray wolf stops and growls getting into what looks like a defensive mode. The two in front of me move back so I am no longer protected.

The wolf in front of me stands straighter and it's like he's staring into my soul. I don't feel in danger when it looks at me. I feel safe and I think I'm crazy. Maybe I hit my head?

The wolf walks towards me and starts to sniff me all over. It even sticks its nose in my neck and I can't help but giggle. The nose is wet and it tickles. It moves its head away from me and stands straight.