Luna Eclipse; The Runaway Luna's Daughter

d now started to creep in. The light from the portal through which she had crossed had

e surveyed her surroundings cautiously, straining

ut the part of the forest where the trees were the thickest looked like a scene out of a horror movie, an eerie darkness covering them as the thick roof

her hands clutching tightly the denim bag

ling her. She strained her eyes as hard as they could go, for

he sighed, readjusting the bag th

a canon in the blackness of the night,

n down her spine. Her heart

t menacing way Jenine had ever heard. It had a ring to i

scared. She felt a lump in her throat and tried to swallow, but it seemed the lump had found its home. Her chest felt heavy like a log of wood had

y, but the eyes? She could see them. They glowed like a sapphire that had been exposed unde

er heart hammering against her

ee its face in the semi-darkness. It was a man. He had a great deal of facial hair, and his

teeth, "my friend?" He licked his lips predatorily, his face

eat into a frenzy, thumping hard and fast, so fast she thought her chest would burst. His lips curl

at wasn't. Right about now, her only reality was the threat glaring right at her, his body quivering giving away his impatience to pounce on h

mile as he took a step further, his cold blue eyes p

ed need for survival. She swirled around very quickly, taking to her h

o her bag as she raced across the forest as fast as she could and as much as the trees scattered all over could let her. A part

er legs wobbled under her body as she struggled to regain her footing. "I should have taken PE- seriously," sh

between the heart-rending screams of a tortured man and the roar of an angry animal. Turning just in time to see her pursuer shift into a wolf, a wave of realization hit her. This wasn't the same with the plain ol' city she had lived in all her life, where nothing almost happened. This was the supernat

intent in his eyes. He caught up very quickly and swiped at her feet wi

s as her open flesh grazed against the coarse material of her torn jeans. She tried frantically to regain her footing, but he

ine with a low growl, snarling and with exposed

with tears, and her senses heightened by

from her eyes in streams as she dragged herself across the floor. It didn't help matters that the pain from the wound on her

ared into his icy cold eyes with wide, pleading eyes, but he kept closing in, the scent of blood from Jenine's wound intoxicating hi

ibuted sparsely all over the floor. Her teeth chattered inside her mouth even as she gritted them, her eyes closed tightly, resigning herself to f

wardly, her body shuddering. "I

, she opened her tightly shut eyes-that smarted now-and saw, standing at the far end of the forest, a tall, heavily built man with a well-chiseled chest. His eyes glowed a brig

to face him with teeth still barred, growlin

shing in the dark. He stepped forward as his graceful

be the most beautiful wolf to ever exist," she thought,

eating a halo over him, making him appear larger than he actually was. Honey-colored eyes sat in h

m, his eyes sizing up the newcomer with his teeth still barred, and-to Jenine-it seemed he was contemplating battling. J

lose. She shook herself but winced as the pain in her leg stopped her short, remi

d his tail, and strutted away, but not before giving a bark that expressed his utmost displeasure. Jenine heaved a sigh, relief visible on her face. She unclenched her fists

an form as he walked up to her, his eyes pier

kets as she ogled this godlike, and for the first tim

words rolled from his mouth heavily like a

snaking around them like vines. His messy black hair and crimson red lips looked intoxicating

of blood. Best to g

y, and she looked away immediately, feeling dirty inside of her. She didn't have too much time to feel bad. Her head f

uttered as his stron