Can You Handle a Challenge Mr. Alpha?

Silence, Darkness & Loneliness

Chp. 8- Silence, Darkness & Loneliness

"It got me! It got me!" I yelled. I tried to run, but it wouldn't let me go.

Great, I only had gone past the front door and was practically in death's trap. The Brief and Wondrous Life of Anabella. I stopped fighting and surrendered. I was afraid to look back, because of what I'd find. But, since I had to get to the lake I did. You will never guess what was holding me back.

A branch.

And to think I spent the last 2 minutes fighting an inanimate object.

"Well that's embarrassing," I mumbled while untangling my shirt from the branch. Thankfully no one was around to see me in such an embarrassing moment. Especially Juliette, I would never have heard the end of this.

I dusted myself off, and regained my pride and dignity. Now, to the lake. To see ... him. Yep, Summer was really looking up. First Scott and now this.

Why must this happen to me? All I wanted was to worried about how much calories were in the bag of chips I just ate, what haircuts I shouldn't try and why I didn't want- need- a mate.

I could see the glistening water in the distance. The moon shining on the water like a spotlight. The air wasn't warm, yet it wasn't cold either. There was a suspense that lingered in the place, though. Ominous. 

I stepped to the edge of the water and looked around. What if someone-? No. I can't be jinxing my luck. 

"I'm here," I announced. I could tell that I wasn't alone, if there was anything I could remember vividly about him, is that he had the patience and quietness of a predator waiting to bury it's claws into it's prey.

Silence.

"You can come out," I tried again.

Darkness.

"I came alone."

Loneliness.

"I'll be leaving now," I said while turning around.

"You were always so impatient Raven," A husky voice said from the shadows.

I stopped dead in my tracks.

"You would've also been impatient if you had to wait a year!" I yelled while turning around.

He chuckled, "When I came back, you were long gone."

"I wasn't going to wait for you for forever," the most cliche line came out of my mouth in that instant, and I wanted to take it back. But I couldn't.

"It looks to me like you're still waiting," he commented while walking into the moonlight.

He looked the same like he did last year but- for lack of a better word- hotter. His hair was a dirty blond, and his eyes were still a emerald color. He looked older, of course. He should be 18 now.

"Hello Raven," he said while walking up to me. "Long time no see?"

"Oh god," I said, I inched closer and said, "FUCK YOU!" and slapped him.

"Why the in the world  would you do that?!?!" he said while clutching his right cheek.

"The same reason you left me," I said.

After a minute he composed himself.; smirked and turned back around. I was a bit nervous. You know stuff's messed up when you slap someone and all they do is smirk. He didn't have to say it, but that smirk was a warning and a threat at the same time.

What was he doing here, miles away from home? Or what was left of his home. I knew I shouldn't have come here alone. What if he has rabies or decides to go all cannibal? I'm pretty sure humans don't taste the same as rabbit. Or chicken.