The Huntress

Prologue

             I heard a noise coming from outside. I slowly walked out the door to see what was outside. All I saw was black, a never ending blackness. All of a sudden I felt a sharp pain in my lower right abdomen. I yelled out in pain. I fell to the ground and saw a black shadowy figure looking down at me, the figure said something, I couldn’t understand what it said. It turned around and walked away.
   
   “LIAM!” I screamed.
       
     But nobody heard me.
       
      “Liam!” I yelled again.
       
       “ZAYLA?”  I heard a voice yell my name.

       “Liam?!” I yelled again.

        “Zayla!” I heard him yell my name. I  felt his warm hands grab me and sat me up against a wall.

         “What happened?” he asked.

       “I heard something outside, I went to go we what it was but saw nothing. I went to turn around but somebody or something, stabbed me. The shadow said something but I couldn’t understand what he was saying." I said faintly.

        I looked up and saw tears slowly streaming down his cheeks.

        “Liam. Don’t cry. We all knew this would happen. I told you when we met that I was being hunted by my grandfather. Once he found out about us and I told him I didn't want to be part of the business.. It was only a matter of time before they found me and killed me.” I said.

        “But I told you we’d protect you. I told your parents I’d protect you.” His voice breaking. I lifted my hand up to his cheeks and wiped the tears away. “ I can’t break a promise. Not to you or your father.” The tears fell harder.

          I could feel my eyelids getting heavy.

        They slowly began to close.

     “No, no, no, no. Zayla you gotta keep your eyes open. You gotta stay with me. Scott and Deacon are already on their way. They’ll be here soon, just hang on.”

      The pain got stronger. I began to wince as  I breathed.

      “Liam... lay you’re head on my lap. I want you to be the last thing I see.”

        Liam laid on my lap. He held my hand. I was trying to stay strong for him. He was all the family I have left.

         My mother and father went on to a mission and never came home, I soon later found out from Liam's dad that they died. I had my baby sister who was only a few months old when they passed. My parents  and I used to move to a new state every year, until I meet Liam my freshman year of high school and my little sister Zara was born. The summer after freshman I told my parents  I wasn’t moving again.

        Me and Liam became inseparable since the day we met. He was  the only person at my  new school who was nice to me.

        Even after I found out his secret, I didn’t care. I still would love him no matter what. When he found out my family history he was a little bit on edge around me, but I told him that I wasn’t continuing the family tradition.

          We were hunters. But not your typical hunters, we hunted what are known as Werewolves.

         And yes, Liam is a werewolf.

     When my parents died, me and Zara had nobody but
Liam and his dad to help us. I moved into their house, and they helped me raised my little sister.