Unleashed

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When the sun began to rise over the endless horizon, the adrenaline began to fade and I soon found myself breathless and coughing up black blood by a tree stump. We have transformed back into our vessels and, looking at each other with blank eyes, we knew that our next meeting would be the First Full Moon.

One girl with a blonde bob and fierce green eyes was still in her ragged clothes. From thin air, her carbon copy (her brother?) appeared next to her. What stunned me was still beast-like face and glowing violet eyes and my complete feeling of submission to him.

"The First Full Moon will be upon us. Our inner selves will be released to the world. You are all required to be in The Black Woods that night or face punishment by me - your Alpha - and the rest of the upper wolves."

After coughing up the last of my black blood, I fainted.

When I woke up, I was back in my room and it was still the same time of day. I uneasily glanced over to my alarm clock - seven thirty in the morning: the same exact time my Alpha spoke to us when we shifted back to ourselves.

Strange.

*

The impending Full Moon was coming quickly and the wolves in our pack were preparing. Some are camping out in the Black Woods the night before to get a head start while others - like myself - are taking it easy.

Lisbeth, my one aquaintance, talks about a large party being held that night in Alexandria's manor in Uptown. She even asked me to come.

I said no. My obligation was to my pack - not to people that aren't even my friends.

*

Tonight was the night. Helena and I stood at the entrance to the Black Woods. We had just got there and I could hear the howls echoing through the trees and the sounds of fast running.

Everyone was here for the event.

My fingers were tensing and I could feel my black blood boil in anticipation. "I .. we have to go, now. I'm going to shift."

We ran to the sounds of the howls and within seconds we met up with every single member of our pack.

Kristopher, our Alpha, was his name. He faced every single one of us and bared his sharp fangs. His eyes glowed a bright green and slowly he got on all fours and shifted right in front of us.

I was frightened at first; his form was different than ours. Instead of a wolf he became a beast.

"On the First Full Moon - tonight - you will all become one. Like Kristopher, your form will shift into that of an ancient beast. There is nothing you can do - and because of that, our instincts will lead us to hunt. Animals and men alike. Feast well, brothers and sisters."

And with that, his sister Lyla shifted into a beast and howled. My blood boiled and I could feel myself twitching. I was shifting and I was in pain.

And then it happened. I became one of them.

I unleashed myself.

**

THE END IS NEAR