Howl, Brieanna Boyce [e ink ebook reader .TXT] 📗

food Rayne.”

“Not all people,” Rayne sighed “If I honestly thought that way about everyone do you think you would’ve lived this long? That I would’ve watched you grow and never have harmed you?”

“He’s just playing tricks,” the she wolf growled.

“I don’t know you’re motives Rayne but they obviously have nothing to do with my welfare.”

Rayne sighed, “You are rash, even as a human I suppose some part of your nature was wild,” He leaned over and caressed the side of my face, “you will understand my dear in due time you will understand.”

The girl stirred next to me and I looked to her, “She has nothing, no home, and no family,” Rayne muttered, “take her out of her misery.”

I shook my head, she was so young and so pretty, and she could still have a whole life ahead of her and Rayne wanted me to take that away, and her blood had a wonderful aroma which reminded me of lilacs, my mother used to grow lilacs…when she died our house never again smelled of lilacs. It was tempting really it was but I just lied down and turned away from the girl.

Rayne shook his head, “you’re so stubborn, if you don’t drink from her she’ll eventually die of starvation.”

I payed him no response, this was not the boy I fell in love with and I desperately wanted to believe that it was all a nightmare. That I would wake up and everything would be ok.

“Oh,” Rayne added, “You should’ve never got that boy involved.”

I snapped up, “What did you do to him?!”

Rayne shrugged, “well I had to repay the people working with me somehow.”

I struggled against the shackles blood gushing, “You psycho! You’re sick and you’re going to burn in hell!”

Rayne just chuckled, “We are in hell love.” He then walked gracefully out of the room as if we had discussed politics over tea instead of the damnation of our souls.

I lay back down remembering the boy, his happy-go-lucky attitude, and his joking manner, how he had showed me kindness and asked nothing of me in return. He could’ve been anything he wanted, could’ve done anything he wanted and instead he was dead, he probably died in pain too. For no other reason than that he was kind to me.

“Are you a vampire too?” The girl asked.

“I’m half vampire, half werewolf, which kind of makes me 1/3 vampire, 1/3 wolf, and 1/3 human.”

“He’s right you know, you can just drink me dry, I have nothing and no one, I don’t deserve to live.” The way she said it was strange her voice seemed rather apathetic like she wasn’t talking anything of importance.

“What is your name?”

The girl paused for a moment then responded puzzled, “My name is Ashley.”

I rolled over and looked her in the eyes; her green eyes were filled with tears that spilled over her bruised and dirtied cheeks. “I’m getting you out of here Ashley, I refuse to give up on you, and you aren’t worthless.”

I tried to think but being so close to her, smelling her blood made it hard, I could hear it pumping through her heart and see the vein pulsing in her neck underneath her skin. I closed my eyes, this was my crucible moment, I would either crack or I would with stand, I had to be strong. I felt a hand touch mine, “its okay,” Ashley’s voice cooed softly, “you have nothing to prove to me I know you aren’t like them.” I released my hand from her grip and rolled over and found myself relieved when I succumbed to dreamless sleep.

When I woke up the following evening all my limbs felt heavy when I lifted my head I found a pool of my own blood coming from my wrists. Ashley woke up a few moments later, some of her blonde hair was stained by my blood. “Sorry,” I chuckled.

Ashley’s eyes were wide, “What are they doing to you?!”

I sighed, “They’re bleeding me out to make me weaker and hungrier.” I didn’t have to explain what I would be hungry for her, she seemed hungry too her stomach growled as if answering for her. I sighed and when we heard the door open from the top of the cellar steps. Ashley laid down pretending to sleep.

A tall willowy figure descended down the steps and appeared in front of us in an instant. He had long black hair and sapphire blue eyes. He had a hard triangular jaw and a perfect, straight, nose. I had to admit in the shallowest way he was rather attractive but I was aware of the monster that lay underneath the handsome mask. “How are you ladies this evening?” he said seeming rather smug.

I leaned against the wall feigning to feel weaker than I actually did, “good, but I feel so weak I can barely lift my head so I am incapable of drinking from her.” I heard Ashley’s heart speed up.

The boy smirked, “Why of course,” he grabbed the back of my head cradling it and grabbed Ashley by the hair, Ashley struggled against his grip looking at me pleadingly. “I’m sorry,” I mouthed to her and he leaned me into Ashley’s neck her pulse dancing wildly. For a moment I hesitated the lore of her blood was so strong I heard my thoughts whisper, “just a taste.” I licked over her pulse, I could taste her mortality, her fear; it burned like a cinder on my tongue. Then I yanked back grabbing the vampire boy’s wrist, Ashley moved away just in time for me to throw the vampire boy to the floor next to me. I straddled him, pinning his other arm with my knee, grabbed his throat with my other hand, and held his wrist to my mouth. I closed my eyes and bit down hard and heard a groan escape his throat. I drank deeply feeling the warm blood flood my mouth and my throat, I nearly drank him dry of blood and then I pulled away.

“I could kill you right now, but I won’t. I will do as I never have and I will give you an opportunity to realize just how mortal you are and to make the right choice…but should I ever finding you drinking from another human or forcing another to. I will kill you and I will not hesitate.”

I pulled and easily broke the shackles and chains that bound me, the remnants shattering around him I then stood and licked the wounds over my wrists. I then easily broke the shackles that bound Ashley. She was looking up at me horrified her blonde hair whipped wildly around her face, her green eyes wide with horror.

I held out my hand patiently, she shook visibly, paling but she grabbed it. I jumped up to the cellar window easily and pulled her up, “Are you okay?” I asked looking her over.

“Yes I am.” She nodded.

I quickly scooped her up onto my back and just in time, the vampires (all except the one I’d bitten) ran and or jumped from the house to form a circle around Ashley and me. Then Tristan appeared in front of me, “Give up you can’t win.”

I could feel Ashley’s heart palpitate on my back. “Hold on Ashley,” I muttered and then I jumped up high into the air on top of a tall tree, I wobbled but managed to keep my balance. I then ran and leaped from one tree to the other. “Hurry!” Ashley yelled. As I weaved in and out of branches and twigs at incredible speeds, then I dropped down out of the tree landing on my feet and running. However Tristan cut me off, “You’re very good but I’m better.”

I felt someone coming at me from behind and quickly moved out of the way and threw Ashley into the air. One of them tried to go to her a female but I caught her midair by her hair and slammed her to the ground. One charged at me and I ran towards him like a freight train then easily moved away turned and tripped him. Another wrapped his hand around my wrist I easily flipped him and then jumped between trees to gain height and caught Ashley as she made her way back down to the earth. I sighed relieved but then Tristan jumped down from a higher up branch he’d perched himself on and backslapped me. I felt the blood leak from my mouth and heard Ashley’s terrified scream. I managed to right myself mid air and grab another branch, hanging from it. I pulled myself up as Ashley clung to me tightly, which didn’t really bother me any. Tristan jumped down falling towards me, I jumped up towards him and kicked him sending him flying to another branch. A vampire boy took me by my ankle and threw me down. I fell a little ungracefully then caught Ashley and kicked the person nearest me I then changed letting my hair grow to fur and my nails grow to claws. I then snarled at them and forced Ashley onto my back then I ran, if vampires thought they ran fast they were wrong, werewolves (especially females) tended to be extremely quick.

I weaved in and out of trees running and leaping easily away from the vampires. Ashley clung to me grabbing fistfuls of fur, I ran so fast that for a moment I thought my paws would lift off the ground and I would soar, when I got out of range of the vampires I slowed my pace. Ashley’s heart was flying a mile a minute and I sat down and let her descend from my back.

“Where are we going to go now?” Ashley asked.

I sighed, “I haven’t the faintest clue.”

I started walking around and realized that I had no clue where I was, I turned to Ashley, “Do you by any chance have money?”

“Well I have my credit card.” She shrugged.

“Have enough for a motel?”

“Yep,” Ashley smiled and we walked to the nearest bank of America, she inserted her card put in her code and deposited 80$.

“Wow,” I smiled, “How’d you get that much cash?”

Ashley looked away ashamed, “I’d rather not say.”

I nodded, Ashley went to the nearest fast food restaurant and we both ordered a cheeseburger, large fry, and shakes, a vanilla for me and a chocolate for Ashley. We sat down and ate quietly; it was strange a moment ago I was running for our lives and now we were eating like normal teenagers.

“So why did those guys capture you?” Ashley asked nonchalantly sipping her chocolate shake.

“Because I thought it was just going to be Tristan and I, you see we were friends when we were humans, well when I was a human and… we were going to run away together because I had messed everything up with my werewolf pack…and I… I didn’t know what to do.” I hid my face in my hands realizing just how idiotic I sounded when I’d said these things out loud.

“Damn you screwed up.”

I lifted my head and looked at her incredulously, “Thanks you’re such a help.”

Ashley smiled, “no problem anytime,” then she continued eating and I finished my cheeseburger and shake then we left.

Ashley made a valid point I really had screwed everything up. I nearly killed Ashley and I, never mind that I had gotten