Sam x Grace :) I'm rubbish at grammar, please try to ignore any silly mistakes! :D
She made her decision. It must have been the small human part of her making her walk towards Sam, because she still didn't understand the overwhelming desire to be near this human. Her paws seemed to move without being told to, but she didn't even care. Moving cautiously, Grace slowly made her way towards Sam. He looked up at her, pure astonishment upon his face. Hastily, he got to his feet and stood facing her. As she got closer, his smell became easier to detect. He smelt vaguely of wolf, something that reassured her in a way that nothing else could have. When she reached him, she buried her nose into his palm. The wolf smell was strong there. She felt calm.
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Sam hardy knew how to react. He was surprised that Grace had actually approached him without reason to do so, and actually touching him was even stranger. He realised that her wolf instincts must be being overpowered by her love for him, as his had been when he was a wolf. This cheered him more than anything had in a very long time. With his free hand he wound his fingers into the fur behind her ear. He stared into her beautiful chocolate brown eyes, the only part of her that was the same as the Grace he knew so well. If he stared into them, focused on nothing else, he could almost imagine that he was standing in front of Grace in her human form, his hand in dark blonde hair rather than soft grey fur.
"I love you so much Grace. So much. I know you don't know what I'm saying to you, but i miss telling you how much you mean to me. I love you."
And then it happened. She changed. Her wolf form disappeared, and in its place was a frail teenage girl, panting from the pain of what she had just experienced.
"What? No. It's far too early for you to change. What's happening?" Sam could only recall events such as this occurring twice in the past, once when Grace was bitten as a young girl. Once when she had had to force him to remember who he really was, to change him long enough to inject him with their previous attempt at a cure. Love, it seemed, could overpower the wolf – if only for a small amount of time. He knew there wasn't much time left; it was far too cold for Grace to remain human for long. He grabbed hold of her, pulled her close to his body, and hugged her lovingly. It was a feeble attempt to keep her warm for long enough to say what he needed to.
"It's okay, Grace. We're working on a cure. We will get you human again. We will be able to spend time with each other again. I lo-"
She must not have been completely human. Her response to his words was extremely wolf like. She had bitten him. Hard. Hard enough to break his skin. The next second, she was a wolf again, pelting towards the forest.
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She didn't know why she had done it. It had just seemed to make sense in her mind. The only logical thing her brain had been able to make her do was to bite him. Now she felt sure she would be able to fulfil her desire to be with him, without understanding why this feeling came to her.
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Sam was shocked. How could her wolf instinct have been strong enough in her human form for her to bite him? It didn't make sense.
"Sam! Get inside, now!" It was Isabel; she was standing in the doorway of Beck's house, looking formidable. As he entered the building, Isabel began a continuous stream of questions that were impossible to answer.
"I saw everything Sam. She bit you. Why did she bite you? She was human. Did you tell her to do it? Why did you just stand there and take it? Why didn't you run straight back inside? You're going to change again. What if you had changed out there before we got a chance to discuss this? Sam?"
He couldn't answer. He was in complete shock. His thoughts were focused mainly on getting outside again, getting back to Grace. If he was a wolf again now, they could be together once more, without a 5 month long wait.
"I...I need to think" was all Sam could manage before sinking into a chair. Isabel left the room, presumably to get Cole. Soon enough, as Sam had predicted, Isabel returned with Cole. He was, as usual, mostly unbothered.
"Right, Sam, me and Isabel can carry on working on the cure if you decide to go join Grace as a wolf. If you're going to stay, that's fine too. But can you hurry up and make your decision? I have work to be doing." At the end of his speech Cole crossed his arms, waiting for Sam's answer.
"I'm going to go to her. I need to be with her. I can protect her." Was Sam's reply.
"Right, that's all I needed to know." Was Cole's leaving comment, as he left the room to return to his research. Isabel followed. With no reason to stay, Sam returned to the garden, waiting this time for the change he knew would happen.
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Grace watched from her usual sport behind the trees as the boy returned to the garden and sat on the floor. Instinct and vague, fuzzy memory told her that something was about to happen. Something big. The boy began to shiver, smiling slightly. Then it happened. The change was sudden, hands became paws, his face lengthened into a snout, fur erupted from every part of his body as his clothes fell as shreds to the ground. Then he looked up at her, his bright yellow eyes inexplicably familiar.
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As soon as the change was over, Sam could feel that all his senses were heightened to an almost unbelievable level. He had forgotten what it was like to be a wolf. He picked up the scent of Grace straight away and looked up at her. Immediately, he began making his way back towards her. He kept his tail low and head bowed, signs of submittance, to show her that he was no threat and prevent her from running away. But this was unnecessary; she bounded over to him with no sign of fear at all. They touched noses, a sign of the deep affection they shared – though Sam did not know what he had such emotion for this wolf. He knew that, from this moment on, he would be mated for life with this wolf staring into his eyes. She exchanged with him an image of a small clearing deep in the forest, near the lake, an obvious invitation to go there with her. Together, they turned and entered the dark woods, making their way easily through the close trunks and over the high roots. The darkness had no effect on Sam's ability to see where he was going, he even knew the route to take without having to think – Grace's constant image exchange guiding him to their destination.
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Isabel was unsure how to feel about Sam's departure. She would of course miss him, they had become close friends, but there was at least one up side to him leaving. Now, she and Cole would be alone together for most of their time. This, she had to admit to herself, made her very happy. The sexual tension between them was still high, they had had a few steamy kisses whilst Sam had been in a different room, and now they had the freedom to do so whenever they wanted to. Their relationship was strange, sarcasm was included in most conversations, yet they still ended up intertwined at every chance they got. This suited Isabel just fine. She didn't want a boyfriend, just a bit of fun.
Cole was sitting at the computer when Isabel entered the room that had become his study. He was looking up werewolf stories online in the hope that he would stumble upon the cure.
"Are you seriously reading werewolf stories?" She asked in the most sarcastic tone possible
"Do you have any better ideas?"
"Good point."
"Yeah, so shut up." He smiled as he said this. Damn, she thought, I just can't resist that smile. He seemed to know the effect he was having on her, as the next thing he did was pull her down to sit on his lap and kiss her passionately. Afterwards, he adjusted her position and turned back to the computer. His arms were around her as he continued his search, something she found irresistibly cute.
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Two wolves ran through the forest. Small glimpses of their fur was visible in the gaps between the trees. They ran with such speed it was difficult to watch the beautiful creatures make their way through the woods for long; they were gone almost as soon as they appeared. They seemed happy. They were free.
Thanks for reading! I know there are a lot of different points of view, which shift around a lot, but i'm trying to write it in the style of the books - and its necessary for the way the story will develop. Sort of...
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