Finally Free- A Novel

Chapter Ten

Rain had started to soak the ground Sunday afternoon, falling to earth as half frozen droplets. We were unable to fly, and all sat in our rooms. Chai played with a doll Karen has bought her, and Hawk was reading. What Falon was doing I was unsure of, because I hadn't talked to him.

I sat plainly, listening to music through earphones, and flipping a pencil between my hands, when there was a small knock at my door. Not hearing it, I continued fiddling with the pencil, until the knock became more prominent, and sharper. Pulling the earphones from my ears, I switched the button on top of the iPhone I had to open the unlock screen. Pausing the music, I dropped the pencil and got up, walking over to the oak door.

'Great.' I thought, as I opened the door to find Falon standing in the hallway, his arms crossed. He towered over me, and down with solemn blue eyes. "What?" I asked, half between a snap and a simple question. He walked into my room, closing the door behind him. "What's wrong with you?" He finally said, leaning against the cream wall behind the door. I shifted around the room, my arms crossed defiantly. "Nothing." I almost hissed out. He gave a slight smirk, knowing I was mad at something.

"The has to be something wrong." He muttered, walking from the room and shutting the door. If I were in a cartoon, I would have had stream coming from the top of my head. I growled, my fangs growing from my teeth, before I quickly retracted them. I walked to the window, and opened them, jumping out into the haze of rain. Flapping sharply, I coasted across a slight breeze that shifted the rain toward me. I landed by the oak tree, and heard something move below me. Something large. Standing, I floated to the ground, expecting one of the pack. But instead, a giant scaly creature leapt from the bush, knocking me over.

I pulled in my wings, and shifted quickly into a wolf. Now it was fair. The creature, which I had identified as a human with obvious genetic issues. It's skin was scaled, and it's teeth we're long and sharp, jagged at the edges. At least I stood at it's shoulder. Growling, I laughed myself at it, snapping my jaws around it's scrawny neck, breaking the thin bones like twigs. I then spun, and ran back to the house, knowing if there were any others, it would be easier to track me in the air.