Chapter 1
Leaves crunched and twigs snapped as two leonine figures fled through the forest brush. Gunshots and the sound of shouting grew closer. Blonde haired with their own distinct hair curls the two brothers ran with inhuman speed. Tawny cougar ears sat atop their heads and long black tipped tails trailed behind them. The elder of the brothers, Alfred, growled in frustration as he half carried half dragged his injured twin. His blue eyes turned to slits in his stress and he cursed the hunters as they pursued the cougar boys. The younger of the two, Matthew, limped painfully from a bear trap injury.
"Al, go on. I'm just slowing you down," the amethyst eyed twin panted wearily. His brother snapped his attention back to him and growled,
"Shut the hell up Mattie! You're my little brother. There's no way I'm leaving you for those hunters! I wish they'd just fall off a cliff or something."
At that moment a red plumed dart flew through the air and lodged itself in the older twin's neck. Stumbling to the ground Alfred shielded Matthew as the hunters came into view. A snarl ripped through the older males lips as the hunters approached. Five burly men stood over the cougar twins cheering over their capture. The leader scowled at Alfred's snarling, "Little shit, that dart should've knocked him out immediately. Rico, just give 'em another!" at his command another dart was loosed into Alfred's body causing the older male to slump to the ground unconscious.
"Alfred! Al wake up! Come on Al you have to get up please… you're the hero," Matthew sobbed. As a second tranquilizer dart silenced him the last thing he heard was the leader's, "Load 'em up."