Chapter 1

Phoenix could hear the sirens closer now. She was scared. Even though she had done this twice before. She couldn't believe her pack was making her do this. She listened again. They were about two minutes away. Most of her pack could only hear the sirens when they were In one to three minutes away, but Phoenix knew that was only because the sirens were so loud and high pitched.

A police car, ambulance, and another police car rounded the corner in front of the woods. Two policemen stepped out of the car first car and three people stepped out of the ambulance. No one came out of the third car yet. "Are you Molly Brown?" The first man asked. "Yes," Phoenix answered. She was using a fake name. She always tried to think of something innocent. Last time she used the name Emily Miller.

"Where is your brother?" A policewoman asked who had come over from the second police car. "He is in the woods." Phoenix replied, "He was climbing a really tall tree then he fell." "You told us over the phone. Show us where he is." The woman said again. Then she turned around and said to the three people from the ambulance, "Bring a cot, let's go!"

Phoenix led them deep into the forest. The branches were so thick they blotted out the sun. I was dangerous in these parts of the woods. There was no sun and her pack shared these woods with vampires. They sometimes took her packs prey. "Hey kid," one of the policemen said, "why were you and your brother out here in the first place?" Phoenix didn't know how to answer.

All she said was, "We are almost there." She hopped they wouldn't ask any more questions. The police stayed quiet for a few more minutes before the same man said, "Do you live out here?" "Charles! Quit asking her questions. Let's just wait until we get her brother to the-" Phoenix had disappeared. They had walked into a big clearing with a big cave entrance on the other side and small campfire sites dotted across the clearing.

"Where did she go?" The man asked. "There!" Shouted the woman. Phoenix was standing at the entrance to the cave. "How did she get over there so fast." Charles asked. They started walking towards her. When they got to about the middle of the clearing Phoenix howled long and loud. Suddenly wolves bigger than anything the police officers had ever seen stalked out of the clearing. Phoenix disappeared inside the cave and the wolves lunged.