#Chapter 80: My Inner Wolf
As Ryan stalks toward me, the itch becomes unbearable. My skin feels like it’s been burned and is healing, peeling. I want to scratch at it. I want to scratch it off.
The feeling becomes so intense–like my skin is burning from within.
Ryan stops and watches, his grin apparent. He starts pacing from one side to the other. I don’t understand what he’s doing, but it’s so hard to think right now. I can’t track him while my body is changing.
The unexpectedness and newness of it is difficult to
And my rage returns! I don’t know what’s happening, but I want it to stop! I need to stop him! Aaaahhhh!!!!! This must be what it’s like to be consumed with anger.
Now my skin is the least of my concerns. My bones begin shifting, painfully at first as my humerus and my femur elongate, stretching in a way not humanly possible.
A growl rumbles deep in my chest and I throw my head back as my nose and jaw stretch out. My spine shifts and my shoulders begin popping. It’s painful, but in a glorious way.
All my bones are changing, shifting.
And now I understand what’s happening. I kick my shoes off and start running toward Ryan, first on two legs. My lower leg bones crack and my ankles disjoint, then my hips buckle and I’m on all fours.
I wiggle my body so I can feel every muscle. There are so many… And my legs! I’m using my arms and my legs as… legs! Not to mention I’m taller, even being on all fours!
I can even feel the wind tickle my hair. No–my fur. Later, that’s one thing about this moment that I will remember most.
I focus my attention back on that bastard, Ryan. I can see him almost as clear as if the sun were out.
I run full force, and Ryan is ready to meet me head–to–head. I hate him for what he’s done. I want to rip that smug look off his face. I want to scratch his eyes out. I want to throw him off a tall cliff.
But all I have is this new, powerful body.
pulling. When we meet, I slide to the right and stick my head out to the left, hooking my jaw around his leg Ryan’s leg can’t hold him, and he slides down on that leg, unable to stay balanced on his other three paws.
He kicks at me with the other back paw, slashing at my face and almost connecting. I back up, which gives him time to regain his balance.
I know this is stupid. I don’t know how to fight–and I certainly don’t know how to use this body, but I have to figure it out quick. Plus, I’ve been watching the others fight. When they stay low and protect their throats, they have a better chance of coming out alive, so that’s what I need to do.
Ryan charges at me full force, and this time he’s too quick to dodge. He slams into me, knocking me off balance. I feel like a doe, all wobbly and awkward. Ryan uses this opportunity to grab at the back of my neck.
Again, he misses. Something knocks him over. I turn to see Rita squatting on all fours, staring at Ryan as he gets up. She’s growling.
J move beside her, showing my teeth at Ryan, challenging him to continue.
Of course, he doesn’t back down. He stalks from one side to the next and I know he’s forming a game plan.
#Chapter 80: My Inner Wolf
Rita makes the next move. She starts pacing with him, getting a little closer all the time.
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1 don’t know what I should be doing. When they didn’t double–team Ryan before, I thought that was part of their strategy. Only now I feel that it should be a viable option.
I begin pacing behind her, going the opposite direction. Ryan sees through my method and stops as he watches the two of us.
But I’m impatient. I rush him again and snap at his neck. He drops his head and I barely graze his back right shoulder.
I think it’s safe to say I don’t know what I’m doing, and that I need to form a plan of my own.
So I do. After Rita is able to latch onto him–anywhere–I’ll grab his back leg and pull, trying to flip him over. Hopefully, she will understand what I’m trying to do and help.
Once the two of us have him on his back, one of us should be able to go for his throat.
Rita moves in as I expected. She’s able to get a jaw around his upper leg but it gives Ryan the chance to get at her neck. He sinks his teeth in then slams her against a tree.
Rita yelps and doesn’t get back up, leaving me to square off with Ryan.
We watch each other, waiting to see who will make the first move. If I’ve learned anything, it’s that making the first move makes you vulnerable.
Ryan knows that, too. He begins pacing again. This makes me nervous, anxious. He knows what he’s doing. In this situation, it is kill or be killed.
And I want to kill.
It’s when I realize he’s creeping over to Alex, who is trying to get up, that my anger rages all the more. He’s still trying to kill Alex and he thinks I’m either too weak to stop him or too stupid to notice.
I begin stalking toward Ryan, my head down and my growl guttural and loud, when he turns away from Alex and meets my gaze.
I hope my eyes reflect my hatred as much as his reflect his treachery.
As Ryan approaches, I can see Alex moving behind him, again trying to stand. Dammit! Ryan notices me looking at Alex and turns around.
He sees Alex up on his front paws and starts slinking toward him. I panic and race toward Ryan, who is faster than me. He’s almost reached Alex when, by sure will alone, I am able to pick up speed and close the distance between
I wrap my jaw around Ryan’s tail. I yank it with all my might, throwing him against the same rock he threw Charles against. Ryan yelps as his body bounces off and he hits the ground.
That asshole never even saw me coming.
Now I notice Charles is up on all fours, watching me. He stays back, lowering his head at me and kneeling his front paws.
But I can’t focus on him, and I don’t have time to check on anyone else–I have an asshole to defeat.
I pounce on top of Ryan, rolling him onto his back. Blood is trickling from his nose and mouth. He must have slammed into the solid rock headfirst.
#Chapter 80: My Inner Wolf
I have no pity. If I don’t stop him now, he’ll kill my Alex, ¿
I can feel his hot, stinky breath on my face. I lower my hea at me with his teeth, but I’m even quicker. I remember wh
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