Claimed Under The Blood Moon

a's

that dragged me forward. Branches scraped against my skin, but I could

after me, expecting to hear him call my name,

gasped, trying to

got a proper look at him. The moonlight barely reached through the thick trees, but I could see

ck," he said, voi

s as I glared at him.

in the shadows and watched as you were b

ap. "That is not true," I

simply. "You just

y he said it, so sure, so confident, made my stomach twist.

ad, he turned and walke

go back. I could leave this strange boy beh

ttled me more th

ep breath and

to gasp. "Where

the forest, the sil

m the trees ahead. My puls

ased me, taking a

al jumped out. A wolf? No, it seemed t

anger did not move. He just watched. The coyote gr

you not going t

ent till the

as standing beside me, the next, he slammed into the animal with force. The co

my chest rising and fallin

answer. Instead,

deeper into the dense forest. The ground was un

g back to Ethan. Was it true? Had he really just watched as Brie

ation, but I had no choice b

, he finally stopped, maki

or the night,"

around. There was nothing

the dark. It is too

nd closed his eyes, like he

om him, hugging my knees to my chest. The si

could tell that I was watching him. He was handsome in a way that was

spine. Without thinking, I wrapped my arms

a moment before si

ked. "

ound beside him.

of the woods did not sound like the safest idea. But the a

im, close enough to feel his warmth. The silence returned, bu

e said aft

drifting into darkness, pressed against the warmth of a man I barely knew. I dreamt of Ethan making love to me again, not in his car, it was

did not seem to affect the boy next to me because h

could not take another step, we stepped i

immediately. They looked like warriors with their dark clot

The way the other boys acknowledged him told me e

ye stepped forward. He was older, his sh

his voice low. They exchanged quick words

, with a low voi

the name sett

nger," Ronan r

s narrowed. "You br

ion and the intensity of their stares increased on me.

turned away, and without another

there, s

t going to le

strangers moving ahead. I had no idea where I was, and I

teeth, I ran

ot just leave m

shoulder. It was a huge mistake

rumbled thro

ink, something hu

d a sharp crack, and suddenly the man

his skin, and his body twisted a

a wolf right

nothing like the wolves I had seen in pictures.

oat, but before I could m

mmed into me, knocking

to scream before everythi