Hunter-
Still having a grip on Caleb, I pulled him back and shut the door. It wouldn’t be much of a barrier, but maybe it could buy us time. I tried to get Caleb to run, but he wouldn’t budge. I kept pulling at him and after a few more seconds finally, his feet moved. We had just made it to the stairs when I heard the sound of the creature breaking through the door.
“We have to shift!” I yelled, just before forcing Ace forward.
Both Caleb and I flung ourselves off the top stairs and shifted midair. We both slid across the foyer once we landed. The front door was flung open just as we got back on our paws. Not stopping to question the door opening on its own, I waited until Caleb got out and then ran after him. Zac was standing in the middle of the yard holding his hands out.
Once we reached him, we stopped to look back at the house. I shifted back so I could speak to Zac.
“Is everyone out of the house?”
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Hunter-Zeke turned towards me and he no longer had his firmly planted scowl in place when he looked at me. Now he just looked tired and drained. He didn’t need to say anything for me to see the regret of his actions. I tilted my head towards him in understanding and just like that it was like the past six months between us was water under the bridge, for now.It wasn’t that I hated him, well I did at one point, but we reached an understanding. Plus I knew he was just venting his anger because of his daughter. I understood him more than he realized. I still blamed myself, but that was my burden to carry. Turning back towards the creature, I let the rest go and gave my attention where it needed to be.After another twenty minutes of waiting, Alec showed up with a man. The guy's attention fell on the creature and I saw sadness fall over him. He took a few steps forward, which got the attention of the creature. It became silent and I swear I thought I s
Hunter-Tristan was the first to move, he threw his hand out and the creature was thrown back. Rex followed it up with a lightning bolt, but the creature absorbed it much like Kyra was able to. This wasn’t good. If it can access her powers, how effective would their attempts to deal with it be? She was trained to work with their powers, how much of her knowledge did the creature have?Before it could shake off the attacks, Zeke and Alec simultaneously blasted it with energy. It once again absorbed it but wasn’t fazed by the attack. Instead of an attack, by throwing the power it absorbed, it ran straight towards us.“Everything we throw at it, it is absorbing. We need to think of something quick.” Zeke hollered, throwing a burst of fire at it.“Tristan, it can’t absorb your attacks, throw everything you got at it!” Alec yelled, just before shifting into his wolf and going on the defense.Tristan once again t
Kyra- Where was I? It was too dark to see anything. Blinking my eyes, I thought maybe I just had them closed, but still, I could see nothing. My body felt numb, heck even my mind did. Was I dead? The last thing I remembered was seeing George and Hunter fighting. Had he killed me? Just as well I suppose, I hadn’t expected to come out of all of this alive. If I was dead, then Caleb must be dead also. Why didn’t the thought bother me though? I remember being torn up about it earlier. Perhaps in death, there is no pain. I could get used to that. I suffered for way too long, now I can finally know what peace is. I always thought that peace was supposed to feel good though, happy even, but I felt nothing. Should I feel something? Something was wrong, I could sense it. I knew I should feel worried or even concerned about it, yet I didn’t. My mind shifted to Hunter, still, I felt nothing. I didn’t know if I liked that, I remembered how I used to feel with him and I w
Kyra-Was I seriously just going to sit back and let everyone I have ever cared about die? Why wasn’t any of this affecting me hardly? I know I loved them all, but to just watch and not do something was wrong. This isn’t how death should be. I tried to speak, but nothing came out. What was I supposed to do?I watched as Caleb’s wolf and I slammed together in slow motion, we rolled across the grass, both nipping and clawing at each other. Why was my fur black? I saw myself move towards Caleb’s wolf's neck, which was completely exposed. This was just like what happened in Maine, except I was seeing it all from a first person point of view.That was when I felt it, fear, it simmered at first, then grew just as time started to speed back up. It was so raw and authoritative. So much so that I felt my heart start to race. I let out a blood-curdling scream so loud that the attack on Caleb seized. As if every emotion I had ever experienced came f
Kyra- Feeling as if the fight was leaving my body, I stopped struggling. The pain was too much to take. My skin felt like it was being torn from my body. Nothing I was doing was working. Still, I heard my mother's words echoing in my head, on constant repeat. As much as I didn’t want to give up, I didn’t know what else to do. Nothing in my life has ever gone right, I was just one big living disaster. It had been easier to feel the numbness. At least then I wouldn’t feel so hopeless right now. If only there was some way to figure out what I was supposed to do. My thoughts were racing, I just couldn’t make sense of any of it. “How can I help?” I heard Caleb’s voice fill my head. “Tell me how to fight the darkness. Everything I try is useless. I am supposed to remember who I am and where I come from, but I don’t know what any of that even means. How does that help me?” I whimpered. “You are the light that the darkness engulfs, you are stronger th
Hunter-She was here, really here and she was alive. As soon as the field dropped, I didn’t hesitate. Sprinting towards her, I reached her just as she shifted back into her human form. Before she could react, I wrapped her in my arms and held her close. Her arms immediately came around my waist and I felt as if the world made sense again.“I love you so much, Little One.” I said, a sob escaping as tears ran down my face.I didn’t care that I was crying. The immense amount of relief I felt to have her in my arms again, made everything feel right. It was torture spending the last six months with her near but unable to reach her. I had just about lost hope that she would ever come back to me.“I love you, Hunter.” Kyra stated, her arms wrapping around me tighter as she buried her face in my chest.I never wanted to let her go, yet I knew I had to. I could feel the others standing by waiting to welcome her back as we
Kyra-I didn’t need to question Hunter, I was a little curious myself. Would I still look like I always had? Would I be able to still see Alexia in me? Even if she technically was me, I could never forget the connection I had with Alexia.Real or not, she was as real to me as anything else. She had been my only friend for most of my life. To think she was never really there disturbed me mildly. In one graceful motion, I was once again back in my wolf form. It definitely felt different this time.Instead of feeling like I was just a passenger in Alexia when I shifted, I truly felt like a wolf. I could feel the wind flowing through my fur and sending light tingles over my flesh. I could feel the ground under my paws and the fine blades of grass being flattened under me.I had always loved shifting into Alexia and letting her run free, this was so much better though. Now I felt like I was free and my human flesh was merely a cage I had been trapped in.
Caleb-“When did it start?” Zeke asked, coming to stand next to me.I looked over at him and then back at Kyra as she was laughing with her brothers. We had all gathered inside the house and were surrounded by pizza. After six months of being trapped, Kyra had developed an insatiable hunger for pizza. She had already eaten two large pizzas by herself.Currently, Kyra and her brothers were sitting in the middle of the living room, playing a card game. I was leaning against the fireplace watching them and Selene was picking at a slice of pizza, having yet to take a bite of one.Hunter was still out helping everyone return to the pack, apparently, a fight had broken out at the place he sent them. They had fried the locking mechanism, trapping them all in the building. I had offered to help him, but when he said he would take care of it, I hadn’t argued.I didn’t really want to leave Kyra’s side. I felt calm around her. Wh