Darkness

Chapter 13

It's been three days. Three days of walking. Three days of hunting alone. I launch myself at the deer and land successfully on it's back. I am forced to hunt alone because Summer doesn't trust the males enough to not run off. I doubt they would because two of them are mated to her and the other wants his mate back. I sink my teeth into the neck of the deer. I feel the neck snap killing the deer quickly. I Shift and pull on the clothes I had Summer tie around me before I left. I grab ahold of the stags antlers and begin to drag it back to the camp.

"How was the hunt?" Ian asks as I drag the dead body into the clearing we have set up camp for the night. He walks over and despite his shackles he helps me carry the heavy stag to the fire. Summer sees is coming and grabs a knife. I help her cut up the deer and the guys pick there cuts of meat and place then on sticks I had carved at the beginning of the journey. We all begin cooking the meat and the leftovers are salted and smoked so it will last longer. I rotate the meat so it cooks evenly. Seth barks and I throw him his meat. He greedily downs it and I throw him his second piece. Summer by now has already finished her cut and Ian and I are left to cook ours. Rin and Summer disappear into the forest so I presume Rin can feed. Because Rin is a Vampyre and has his Beloved he can only feed off of her.

"So now that she's gone you want to let me out?" Ian ask hopefully. I laugh a little and pull the key out of my pocket and unlock the shackles. He rubs where the cuffs had begun to dig into his skin. I look at Seth and he whines. I undo his harness and he scampers off into his tent to Shift back so he can put on some clothes.

"Can you please get Summer to let us be free?" Ian asks desperately.

"I have an idea" I say standing I grab the shackles and run off into the woods. Ian and Seth follow quickly behind as I bolt off. I leap over fallen trees and protruding roots. I throw my arms out and push back branches and leaves. I drop the restraints and skid to a halt. By now I've lost the guys. I dig a small hole and drop the shackles into the hole. I summon earth and have it dispose of the silver as quickly as possible. I let my body move with the earth as I command it as I wish. I free the element and open my eyes. I turn triumphantly to walk back to camp when I run into a hard chest. I back up quickly and turn to run.

"There's no use in running little girl" the large man calls after me. I call fire to me and make a whip as quickly as I can. I turn back to face the man now barreling through the forest after me. I pull back and crack the whip in his direction aiming for his face. Thanks to my luck the man grabs the whip and gives it a good yank. I stumble forward and trip. He catches me and throws me over his shoulder. I kick and scream for help even though I know it's not coming. I drop the fire whip I was still clutching and exchange or for a hunters knife.

"Stop squirming!" he says slapping my ass. I growl and he growls back.

"Don't touch me like that" I say feeling my anger grow.

"Like this?" he asks slapping my ass again. I try to hold back but I feel my eyes change to a bright green and I let the anger flow.

"Do that again I dare you" I growl. He laughs and drops me. I try to stand but he is soon on top of me. His hand is up my shirt before I can push him off. I smile as I clutch the knife. I shift around underneath him to get a better angle. Just as his hand reaches my bra I stab him in the heart. I feel the hot blood warmed even more from the fire burning his heart as it's tarred in two. I keep pushing the knife in further until I feel his body go limp. I shove him off and begin to run silently back to camp. I pass where I buried the cuffs and I see Seth standing with his back to me. I move with him and as he turns I launch at him.

"Surprise bitch" I yell as we fall to the ground. I laugh as I push off of his back and help him up.

"Scarlet now is not the time for this a large male Outsider was spotted near here" he says looking around.