Bloody Paws

Chapter 2

Chapter 2

I could feel myself waking up but I stayed incredibly still. I really had no idea where I was but since I didn't feel any rocks underneath me, I concluded I had been moved from the park. I heard voices but they sounded muffled, far away and very male. I opened one eyelid slowly, then the other, and looked around.

I was in a room full of antique furniture like a grandmother would have. The four poster bed was made of brown wood, the mirror frame was brown wood, even the vanity was brown wood. I was tucked into flowery sheets with an ancient glass lamp to dimly light the room.

"Fuck, I'm in Hell!" I said. I sat up as the door banged open.

Two men walked through the door. One was shorter than the other. The short one had curly brown hair and looked kinda like this one guy I know....

"Are you fucking kidding me?" I asked.

"Grace I can explain!"

I threw the covers of and swung my legs around to the side. I was ready to storm past and make a grand exit, even a violent one if needed. That is when the taller one stepped forward.

He was well over six feet, with short, blonde hair and piercing, grey eyes. His tan skin bulged with well defined muscles that you only see on super heroes. By just looking into those eyes I could feel my breath catch in my throat and I knew I would suffocate if I didn't look away.

The look he was giving me sent chills up and down my spine. A hot sensation started unraveling in my stomach and inched it's way through my bloodstream. I was on fire just because this unknown man was looking at me, damn he was goodlooking.

We stared a second longer until I looked back at who I thought was my friend. Standing up slowly, I decided to figure out what was going on.

"Jack, you have thirty seconds to tell me what the hell is going on." I said to who I thought was my friend.

He and I had immediately clicked the first day of English class at the local college, Webster University. He was like my brother and the only friend I had here.

"I'm a werewolf."

"Aaannnnd explanation done." I tried to walk past the two looney toons but my arm ended up in a steely grip.

"He is telling the truth." The blonde one said.

"On what authority?" I asked.

"Mine."

"And who the hell are you?" I asked. My mama taught me better but let's be honest, this situation needed a no bullshit attitude.

"Darren Gates. Alpha."

"Huh.", was all I could say.

"You know what you saw in the park. You almost got yourself killed." Darren the Alpha said.

"I don't know what I saw except a bunch of rabid dogs."

Both of the guys flinched at the word dog but I brushed it off as them trying to make the lie more real.

"Fine. Jack, shift." Darren commanded.

"Really?" Jack asked in disbelief.

"I said SHIFT." Darren demanded again.

"Shit."

I turned my head out of modesty but I peeked back and saw Jack was no longer there. It was a grey wolf instead. The wolf hopped up on the bed and laid next to me.

"My grandmother made me crazy. I am definitely going crazy." I poked Jack and he gave a small growl in reply. I jumped off the bed and squeezed myself against the wall away from both wolves.

"You're not crazy, just mixed up in some shit business." Darren said.

"Oh you mean almost being mauled by wolves? Yeah. 'Shit business' is an understatement."

Darren actually smiled and I just stared like a goofball. Jack took this embarrassing moment to hop off the bed and out of the room.

"Where does he think he is going? I'm not through with him!" I said.

"He is changing back, calm down."

"Huh." I really just wanted to smack him for that. 'Calm down' what the hell does he expect.

Jack came back around the corner with some sweatpants on, he looked at me and said, "You are unfortunately in danger. We have this war with another and you have been brought into it. I tried to keep you out of it, I swear."

"Why am I in danger?" I asked

"Well one it was a full moon last night, so they were hunting anyway." Jack stated but he looked to Darren like there was more.

"Annnnd? I feel an and...." I asked.

"And you are my mate." Darren said. I looked at him and sighed.

"What the hell." I said.