The Unseen

Chapter 24

CHAPTER 24

Calm yourself, Nikkia. You won't die. You can't die. Mom needs you, Dad needs you, Rashal needs you...Hunter needs you, even though he hasn't realized it yet. He will, though.

Trying to comfort myself in my mind didn't work. The Wolf was real, he was here, and I was thinking he was about to kill me. Everything I knew, every regret, flashed before my eyes as I stood there. Why did I come tonight? I was no match for him, especially not while injured. As if in reminder, my arm throbbed painfully.

The familiar green eyes now bore into mine. Why couldn't I figure out who he was? Was I so oblivious that I couldn't see the obvious? I had my suspicions, but I couldn't point a finger at anyone in particular, and I certainly didn't want to be wrong.

He took one step forward, his heavy paw pounding down on the wooden floor. I was afraid it would break the boards. Most likely it would break my bones instead. One swipe of that giant paw would leave me too injured to fight back.

I cautiously took a step backwards, trying to stay several feet away from this monstrous wolf. He had to be abnormally larger than any other wolf.

"Let's just talk..." I said to him, trying to remain calm, but I knew he wouldn't listen to me this time. He was here to kill me, and get rid of The Unseen. I hoped desperately that he liked Nikkia Lane enough to consider sparing me, no matter how much he may have hated The Unseen.

Maybe, just maybe if I took off the mask and the hoodie, he wouldn't kill me, Nikkia.

Slowly, my hand moved to my mask and The Wolf growled, as if angered by my movement. Yeah, like I was hiding a weapon in the tight mask.

"It's okay...shh..." I silently removed the mask and the hood, letting my black hair fall over my shoulders in ripples. The Wolf seemed a bit taken aback, as if he was not expecting that. He paused, his paw in mid-air, and stared at me. Maybe my plan would actually work.

"It's me, Nikkia. You can't kill me, can you?"

I knew he could though. I was taking a risk here, bargaining with my life. If this didn't work, I would die anyway, so I thought I might as well try. My fingers were trembling as I clung onto the mask, but I tried to conceal it.

That didn't seem to stop him, so I slid off the jacket and threw it in front of him, shivering slightly with the cold breeze running in from the open door. "The Unseen is gone...it's just me, Nikkia Lane, a girl from your school. A girl you know."

Maybe if I pretended to know him as well, I would freak him out into not killing me.

"I know who you are know. It's not that hard to figure out." I only wished my words were true. I felt like a fool, lying about something like that, but maybe...just maybe, if he thought I really did know, he would show me who he was. And then I would know for sure.

Only he didn't believe me. It only made him more mad, which frightened me. Glancing behind me, I saw that he was slowly backing me into a corner, to trap me like a frightened prey. And I was certainly an easy target right now, with nowhere to run.

Tears started to spring to my eyes as I felt my heart quickening. In one last attempt, I yelled, "You don't have to be bad! You can join me and we can defeat villains together!" I screamed at The Wolf, my voice already growing hoarse. "Why do you need to be bad and kill people?"

I let my voice drop to a whisper. "I'll forgive you...will you just please stop trying to hurt people?"

I prayed desperately that he would listen, but my pleas fell from his ears like stones, and he took one more step forward, his shimmering coat swaying with the movement. If it would've been any other time, I would've thought he looked beautiful right now. The moon was glistening off the silvery coat, making him glow.