Beastly Love

Chapter 3: The Beast

The fire crackled
The luminescent pile of wood lit up the faces of both Louie and Philipe.
"I didn't know Philipe could look anymore handsome and perverted at the same time," she thought.
Louie looked adorable, the fire complementing his cheek bones.
They ate fish, Louie had caught in the creek. Dinner was awkwardly and uncomfortably silent.
The moon s full, but yet the woods surrounding the group grew pitch black.
No life. No sound, none except for the sizzling of the fire.
--Awooo--
A distant wolf cried at the moon. Jeanne could not sleep, mostly because of Philipe's snoring. He even snored louder than her father. Her father. Tears started to roll down her face.
After awhile, she saw something Through her tears. It was Louie.
"What is Louie doing going into The Dead Woods in the middle of the night?" She asked herself. "Sleep walking?"
She stood up, seeing no need to lay there on the ground, besides she wanted to make sure Louie would be alright, especially sleep walking into unknown woods. She shook off her dirty and ripped blue dress and crept away from the fire. She stumbled over sticks but regained her balance. She mostly listened for him. Looking at the ground watching were she stepped.
He stopped.
She heard whispers and they grew into mumbles.
"Sleep talking?" Jeanne thought.
She attempted to move closer, but she stepped on a stick making a loud cracking sound. She must have woken him up, she heard rustling,
"he was coming." Jeanne jumped behind the nearest tree, a huge Oak tree. She heard movement beside her. She closed her eyes tight, hoping he wouldn't see her. She felt heavy, angry breathing on her forehead, coming from above her.
"Louie? Maybe," she thought to herself, "but Louie, is a few inches shorter than her. Maybe it was the wind, but wind doesn't sound like this. Angry. Demonic.
After, what felt like forever, she opened her eyes. Her gaze met it's red-eyes.
The moon beams reflected off its fur.
It's teeth ,shined with piercing sharpness.
The beast stood on its legs, staring at her and at that moment, everything went black. She fainted. Falling, the beast caught her and examined her. Her face shined upon the moon light. The beast picked her up and held her like she was a baby, cradling her carefully, not wanting to hurt her. It started walking. Deeper and deeper into The Dead Woods.