Fighting (To Be Yours)

Chapter 15

Snarls erupted as we followed the officer down the narrow hall. They didn't like the smell of the human, I couldn't help but hear their thoughts. They were loud; and rabid. They wanted to rip the skins off his bones and tear his throat out, tendon by tendon and watch him bleed. A small part of me shivered in disgust. But I had to be strong, so I did what I, as the Red Luna, was bade to do. I calmed them. I ruffled my hair and let my scent waft trough through the ventilation. Soon hatred and rage was filled with a calm sense of retribution. As if I had personally done all the things that they wanted to do for them; as if I was the one who'd tortured the man and had exacted revenge for them. Filly did the same, instead just fanning herself and letting her scent go through the air. The snarls and roars quieted as we walked down to the last cell. I read the sign above the door. CAUTION: HIGHLY DANGEROUS, EASILY IRRITATED. I snorted and raised a brow as the officer turned around.

"I think you've got the wrong wolf." I said softly, pointing to the sign.

"Tell that to the three officials he almost took a bite out of." The officer said, taking his keys and unlocking the heavy metal door.

"Are you cock suckers finally ready to let me go?" I heard him snarl as the snap of metal went of, the sound of a chain being pulled to its extant.

"You've been released." The officer grunted and moved out of the way. Sarah would've damn near trampled hi if he hadn't moved.

"Oh God, baby are you Ok?" She fussed over him and I stepped in, Filly alongside me, watching as she hugged him as hard as she could.

"This is his first offense, he'll be on lock for only two days. Next time it's a week. After that... well, we don't keep puppies who aren't well trained." The officer grunted, eyeing the family. Sarah's anger whipped out at me like a leather whip. I clenched my teeth at the feeling and blew out a deep breath.

"Yeah, we get it. It won't happen again." I said, backing up so that Sarah, now tight lipped and bush browed, could pass with her son in her arms, and throwing th officer a shut up look.

"See that it won't Red, see that it won't."

I was honestly surprised that I didn't get ripped into as soon as we got out of the police precinct. It was probably because Sarah didn't feel as comfortable in front of the humans as she used to. Not that I blamed her, I would feel uncomfortable around them as well if I'd grown up with them as friends, then having them become enemies. We drove in silence back to the ghetto, with only the smell of permeable anger in the air. Sarah clenched the steering wheel tighter than necassary to park and just ended up doing a wicked drift into the driveway. She opened the door quickly and slammed it closed, most likely denting the poor little honda.

"Get out of the car, Luna." She said softly, walking toward the middle of the culd-de-sac. My eyes widened and I watched her stiff stance and shook my head.

"Yeah, no thanks?" I squeaked, not trying to get my ass kicked by the only person that could probably do some real damage to me.

"Luna. Out. Now." She growled out, she turned and her eyes found mine, hers growing a bright amber that shined even in the high sun. I grit my teeth and got out the car, casting a 'thanks a lot' glance to those who just sot in the car without helping. I barely had time to close the door before I was slapped, the force of it almost whacking my head off. Almost. I stretched my jaw and looked at her, ignoring the very deep very painful stinging in my face.

"You're supposed to protect them, Luna, not throw them right into fucking danger!" She growled, her wolf screaming at mine. I fought hard against my wolf, trying to keep her under control.

"It's kind of hard to do my job when he's muddling up the lines." I said softly, wincing as I heard them both take in air. He opened the door and got out, slamming the door as well. Damn, anger issues everywhere.