Wolf Born

Lone wolf [Ella's POV]

Ella screamed, her voice echoing off the cave walls. She blinked tears away bringing her knees to her chest as the creature vanished into the shadows of the cave.
She could hear it pacing, she didn't dare move. Blue blood leaked down the corner of her mouth, she let out a half sob, catching it she shut her eyes she gritted her teeth. 'I will not cry', she thought. She wouldn't give the creature the satisfaction of seeing her cry.
A cold breeze blew against her blowing her blonde hair into her face, it clung to her tear streaked face. Why did it not kill me?.
Her breath caught as the creature came back out of the shadows, it's russet pelt drenched from the rain.
This was the first time she'd had the chance to see it. The first time she encountered, the wolf....?, it had barreled into her, ramming her into the rocky surface of the cave. By the look of the wolf it could have easily killed her by just that, why hadn't it?.... .
She gulped cursing herself as she spoke her voice dry and croaky "Who are y-". She let out a yelp as it snapped its jaws it's ears flicking back on its head.
Ella calmed her breathing looking into its piercing silver stare " I-I'm Ella...". She sent a silent prayer to the gods when the wolf stopped growling. It looked, confused....?. It towered over her just starring. She hadn't realized how long she'd been staring at it before she croaked again "who are you? ...." . The wolf turned away in a swift motion walking calmly to the end of the cave before laying down just past the shadows that had hidden him moments ago.
Ella moved her arm slowly from her ground wiping the blood from the corner of her mouth. "I'm sorry if I disturbed you ....", I must be crazy... talking to an animal that had tried to kill me .
Ella looked to the opening of the cave, if only she could make a run for it, but the wolf would catch her before she even got to her feet and if by a miracle she did make it it would likely track her down.
She let her head rest against the stone wall behind her trying to fight the darkness that threatened to drag her into sleep, but the fight was too great to win, her eyes fluttered and closed, her last memory was those piercing wolf's silver eyes.
•. •. •.
She jolted awake to the sound of a crackling fire, it was pitch black outside but the fires glow illuminated the cave
Her heartbeat quickened. She scrambled up but her shaky knees buckled and sending her crashing back down.
The wolf came into the cave, a whole deer in its massive jaws. It had a limp she noticed, an old injury judging by the large scar on its shoulder that carried down its ribs
It's eyes slid to her as it dropped its kill beside the fire. Ella's mouth watered, that deer could feed her whole family for a week, she could use the hide for clothing and even preserve some of it's meat for the winter that was soon approaching.
Ella's eyes widened as she saw the wolf shift into a man, He looked like a normal human with dark brown hair and tanned skin but what really amazed her was his peircing silver eyes.
He looked away from her as he turned to his kill and proceeded to cut into its flesh wiy a dagger he'd pulled from a crevice in the stone wall.
The wolf, man, boy, whatever he was, put a piece of the deers flank onto the fire sitting down beside it warming his hands .
"Do you speak Endovian", she spoke wincing as her words came out more sternly than she had intended, this thing could kill her in a second. He didn't look up from the fire as he replied," yes" .
"What are you", she said. Her words are more soft, careful .
" What do you think?" .
She gritted her teeth. " I've never seen something like you.
He smirked chuckling quietly to himself as he turned the meat . "I'm what your kind call a Werewolf " .
She blinked "I thought your kind were extinct...".
" wrong, we took hiding when your kind started to hunt us" . He took the meat off the fire., "here"
She sneered looking away. He raised a brow, " you've seen me cut it, cook it and you still think I did something?"
" you can't always trust what you see" . Ella said. " A moment ago I saw you as a wolf and now I see a man".
She looked away red, " why did you attack me".
"Attack you ... I didn't attack you ", he said looking oddly offended.
" ramming me into the wall like a crazed bull isn't attacking!" . Ella snapped at him.
" If I wanted to hurt you I would have" . He shrugged, " are you hurt, no".
" then why".
"There's a war coming", his said "I was sent out to find a human to put against the Grey's human mutt".
" why" she whispered wrapping her arms
He walked towards her kneeling " Because its against our laws to attack human's, even if they were born into the pack"
Ella shivered " I-I can't fight?". She jumped as he grabbed her wrist turning it up. " This tattoo" , he said his voice a calculated calm as he traced the symbol" is the mark of a soldier in your tribe is it not?"
Sweat beaded down her forehead " I'm not trained yet, I turned eighteen a week ago".
"Why lie about such things" he spat letting go.
"I'm not lying" she snapped. The wolf leaned closer cocking his head. " Your heartrate spiked again". She trembled "I-"
" I don't particularly care" he cut her off, " all you need to know is that you will be fighting that human next Dathrex" he stood up walking back to the fire.
"What's Dathrex...?." She asked
" Those mutts and their alpha Alaria have a human that belongs to us, the human you will be fighting. Amelia is adamant to get her back to the pack for a reason I dont know nor care to find out. Dathrex is a where all packs bring there newest adult members to prove their worth to their pack. Alaric won't send Molly if there isnt another human to fight". He paused smirking " Alaric would never willingly enter his precious human but Molly will want to prove her worth, to show her equality in her pack. That's where you come in, got it"
She spat at him " burn in hell".
" It wasn't my choice, do you think I wanted to watch a boring human milling about it's life all day every day trying to pick out the 'perfect one'", He sneered back.
" Who are you" Ella snapped her eyes burning as she tried to hold back tears.
" Brody", He said laying down to face the ceiling.
Ella held her head high " well burn in hell, Brody"