THE THING IN THE WOODS

ATRUM

Nichole is back in town, which is good because she’s safe at least for now, but god! He has been so stupid and careless something could have happened to her, he was so focused on Blake that lowered his guard on his senses he would have feel her near, he could have avoided all this, but he has no time for that, he must be quick and be over with it. She must think the worst of him after what she saw and by the way she screamed she was definitely upset, she didn’t think he might really kill Blake, he didn’t fight back after all, but why he didn’t try to kill Nate? He’s not like the other werewolves, he was willing to die and Nate just gave him what he wanted, there doesn’t have to be any regrets, he’s a Tracker after all. 

It is pitch black in the woods, he’s in the thickest part, they must have stopped already to catch some air, with this weather they won’t be able to get his scent until it is too late so he has some vantage over them though he still needs to be quick, it isn’t safe to chase and bring to bay wounded werewolves, he’s sure he hit the girl with an arrow but he’s not so sure of the other two and one of them is really fast so it makes it more difficult for Nate to continue his hunt, but he can’t wait until dawn, he can afford to have a newborn pack leader and other three wolves craving for revenge in a full moon day.

There are dark splotches on the snow ahead, they are almost invisible in the darkness but luckily he got a glimpse of them, he takes out his flashlight and aims the snow with it, it is blood, the drops are fewer and shorter than he thought, so her arm is already healing, it will be harder for him to track them down, at least he knows he’s on the right way.

……..

 She traces circles with the heel of her gloved hand over the tarnished crystal doors hoping to whip away some of the cloudiness but it is pointless, even if she could take the fog out she wouldn’t be able to see inside. She hesitates before taking one arm out of her jacket, the freezing cold breeze makes her shiver as it hits her by the back as a frozen knife stabbing her kidney. When her bare arm is freezing and her teeth chattering she folds the other one beneath the cozy cloth making a thick layer of leather and fur that then she uses to break in through the glass.

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Matt looks at Blake, he lays on the table, his chests rising and lowering slowly…too slowly he can’t help hating him, Blake is the reason why they all in this mess in the first place, all the times that he threatened Matt, that time he almost chocked him to death, he isn’t a good person, he murdered Nichole’s mom, but… He was disposed to release Seth, to end with all this without asking anything in return….Yeah Blake can be an asshole sometimes, ok maybe not just sometimes but did he really deserves to die? He definitely do, then why Matt is hesitating anyway? He knows the only way to save Seth is to keep Blake alive but he can’t help thinking that even if there was another way to turn Seth human Matt still would try to save Blake’s life. 

Blake peaceful face suddenly turns into a painful grimace and Matt has to look away.

“Interesting” Larount says with a smirk.

“What?” Matt asks puzzled.

“Seems like Nate not just wanted Blake to die but suffer as much pain as possible” The man stares at the agonizing werewolf with amazement, “He really hates Blake, I knew he would use something difficult for me to decipher but this… I must say I wasn’t expecting this”