The Silk Of The Predator (Book #1 In Series)

Elias

My life.

We had been hiking for 2 days now. My chest was constantly throbbing, not that I told Althea that. She hadn't once complained about her arm, which had been sprained not broken, nor had she complained about her feet, which I knew had to be killing her, because mine were killing me. "I need to rest" I said, even though I didn't really need to, I knew she did though. She sighed in relief, said, "Okay", then sat down on the ground. I pulled two water bottles from my bag, handed one to her, and took a sip of mine. She grabbed some rabbit meat from her bag, tore off a piece, handed it to me, then tore off another piece for her. "Are you going to chew the fat like gum?" I asked. "Why, you squeamish?" she asked teasingly. "When it comes to hearing and watching people chew meaty gum, then yes" I said, mock serious. She laughed. "No, I won't chew it like gum if you don't like it" she said. "Its fine, if you want to, then can" I told her.

We sat in comfortable silence for a few minutes. Then howling interrupted it. "Elias, are those wolves?" Althea asked, panic in her voice. "Yeah, but there shouldn't be any anywhere around here" I said as I stood slowly. Barking started up really close, then about 5 massive wolves appeared from the brush. They moved closer, they started growling. I put myself in the space between them and Althea, then pulled out my knife. One launched its self at me. I didn't have time to slash with my knife. I wrestled with it, as it gnashed it's teeth at my throat. I managed to throw it to the ground. But then my chest felt like it was on fire. All the wolves growled and lunged forward. I was knocked down, chest burning, I couldn't even cry out. "Elias!" Althea screamed. She jumped forward, slashing with her knife. She caught one on the shoulder, and another on the flank. They yelped and jumped back. I wanted to get up and help, but I couldn't move. Darkness rose up and over me.

*This one's short to, I know*