/**…Lone Wolf...**\\\

Anna looked a bit surprised. Jack wasn't a lover, he was her friend. She never had a lover, but she did hear stories from Clara about them. 'Lovers are people that want to be with each other all the time.' Is what she said. "He is my friend." Anna answered. The man's red eyes watching her carefully as she explained. "Can you tell me your name, please?" Anna tried for the second time. Her blonde hair fell over her shoulder and her still moistures eyes looked at him questionable. The man turned and laid down the piece of dripping meat then walked off towards a barrel of water.

"Are you thirsty?" He tried, still avoiding all of her questions. Anna stood up from the bed. The man bringing a cup of water back towards her. "Thank you." Anna took the water and walked over to the table. "Wow, this is really pretty." Anna spotted a small piece of stone lying on the table. It had the color of a warm flame, almost turning red. "This is an Amber stone, I love the color, my mother always had a necklace like this, but she lost it when we were walking over to town." Anna picked up the stone and watched it carefully, her eyes shining with excitement. "Do you want it?" The man stood next to her, his warm arm touching hers. "N.. no I couldn't. it's yours." A little surprised she place the stone back at the table and sighed. "Can you answer a few of my questions?" The man before her looked down as if he wasn't sure, but when he looked up again he nodded.

Anna felt a bit relieved to see he opened up a bit, but still felt a little excluded. "What is your name?" The man's eyes shifted from left to right before he answered. "Wolf.." It was soft and she almost didn't hear it, but Anna made out the word as time passed. "Nice to meet you Wolf." She smiled softly her warm eyes looking his way. "My name is Anna." Wolf's heart began to beat faster the moment he laid eyes on her smiling face. He couldn't believe that she was here, right in front of him, smiling. Without thinking he reached his hand towards her, softly striking her face. Caressing her face as he moved closer. "Uh, hm.." Anna felt a bit nervous as he bend his way over to her confused face. His eyes were staring deep in hers and held almost no emotions.

Before he reached her a familiar voice sounded from the outside. "Anna!" It was Jack who made the noise bringing Wolf back to his senses. With a loud bonk on the door it flew open. As he laid eyes on the scene before him he froze. "What are you doing to Anna!" Seeing them closely together and a stranger holding her face he stared angrily at him. "How did you find this place so quickly?" Wolf asked. "Don't underestimate a hunter!" Jack walked over towards Anna and Wolf, separating them from each other and hiding Anna behind him. "Did he do anything to you?" Jack looked worried, but his feelings were different. As if he felt that he should have been the one holding her and looking at her, was this jealousy? He thought as he watched Anna shake her head. "No, he is nice and gave me shelter." Anna took ahold of Jack's arm and looked intently at him as if to make sure he understood. Jack's mouth curled up into a smile as he laid his hand on her head. "Good, please don't worry me like that again." He sighed of relieve and looked back towards the stranger.

"Why did you take her?" His eyes went back to being annoyed. "I took her somewhere save." Wolf said without looking. Jack felt a sting in his heart. He knew it was unsafe to lay in the open and on top of that he fell asleep. He couldn't protect her if anything did happen, like something as this. "You could just have woken me, at least have left a sign where to find her." Jack was in the wrong, he knew that, but that guy in front of him technically kidnapped her. He wasn't any better than him. After a few moments of silence a stomach began to growl.

"Uhm, can we maybe discuss this over dinner?" Anna said looking at the ground a bit flustered. It was her stomach that made the noise and it even was in complete silence. Jack turned back towards Anna. "Sure, but I need to go hunting first." Seeing the girl and this hunter close together Wolf felt a bit wired inside. "No need, I have food here." He said opening a chest full of meat. "I can make something." Anna offered to the guys and looked inside the chest. There were so many different kinds of animals, there was chicken and Anna loved to eat chicken. "Please wait a while." Picking up the chicken she made her way to a makeshift fireplace and put water in a large pan, placing it above the fire Wolf had light. After it boiled she placed the cleaned chicken in it and waited for a bit before she looked at the guys. Wolf had been staring at Anna. Her body moving from place to place, her blonde curly hair waving around her and a big smile on her face. His eyes couldn't leave her even though the hunter sometimes glared at him from his standing position in front of the window. "It's almost done.." Anna said cheerfully, but as she turned she saw the two men glare at each other as if they were ready to fight.

Anna placed a bowl in front of each one of them and began to dig in. "Uhm, do you know each other?" Anna asked unknowingly. "No!" Jack and Wolf both cried out at the same time. Looking angrily at each other they went back to eating. Confused Anna thought about the invisible wall on the edge of the forest. "Will there be a way out of here?" Putting down her spoon she casted her eyes downward. "The invisible wall…" Jack added. Wolf thought about his time here and how he wanted to get out, but never could.

"Maybe there is a way out, I just never found it." Wolf didn't want her to be sad, but he didn't want her to leave either. "I have spent a long time here.." Anna watch Wolf look out of the window happy that he opened up a bit more. "How long have you been living on your own?" Anna added to her thoughts. She could relate a little bit to him, since she herself had been living alone for a while now. "I don't remember, maybe ten years, I was brought here by a strange woman when I was still a child. Her long black hair still haunts me.." Shivering a little he took another bite of his chicken. "As you can tell I'm not really human anymore.." His ears twitch as he points at them. Anna looked at the pointy grey ears that looked adorable as they moved. Normally she would think it wired to dress a wolf, but it kind of suits him and she liked the look of it. Jack looked at Anna for a moment seeing her slightly smile at the wolf before him. His feelings went from casually happy to being extremely pissed off.

"So you change the longer you stay here?" Anna asked still watching Wolf eat his food. He nodded. "I guess, it's been so long that I hardly remember." Anna watched as Wolf sighed and stood up bringing his plate to the table. "Well I don't really mind anymore, since I'm used to it." Scratching his head he saw Anna's bright blue eyes staring at him. Was she worried about him or just curious? "How did you get in here?" Still looking at Anna he asked. Anna looked at Jack for a moment seeing him glare at Wolf she looked back. "I.. we were chased by some woman. She was really beautiful, but a bit scary." Looking back at Jack she saw him looking back. "Jack saved me." The moment he heard her say that he began to blush. He felt a warm burning sensation fill his body. "I did what I had to, luckily I was there…"

"You went into her house, didn't you. I bet you thought that it could lead to more." Wolf was getting angry now. His face smiling yet he felt the need to hit the hunter. "Do something that you always wanted to do." Jack was surprised at the outburst, but stood there glaring at the man that took Anna into his own house, while she was sleeping. "Idiot, do you think I would fall that low, who was the guy taking a sleeping girl to his house, well..?" He closed his eyes frowning. "Uh, please stop fighting." Anna interrupted. She felt a little bit responsible for their fight.

A few drops of water hit the window of Wolf's house. Before long it poured rain and slight flashes of light filled the sky. The air around them began to feel heavy and smelled of wet leaves. "It's raining.." Anna spoke the obvious, unaware that Jack and Wolf were sensing something move closer. "You have to move.."

Wolf's ears were drawn backwards and his tail stood straight. He felt that a pack of dangerous beings were coming. He sensed their evil and hunger for the humans. He knew that what he felt when they entered the woods were also felt by the beings close by. He was fighting the need to flee by looking at Anna's confused and unaware figure. Her bright eyes looking between the hunter and him. Blonde wavy long hair falling behind her back and her beautiful red lips parting to speak. "What is happening?" She didn't feel it, the evil aura that was approaching, she wasn't even aware of the feelings he held for her or the feelings of the hunter. Wolf was at a loss. If he told her everything she would be afraid, but if he didn't things would looked even more confusing. He looked at the hunter for a clue.

"Anna, I told you that you shouldn't let go.." Jack stood up his hand embracing the small warm and soft hand of Anna. "Don't let go!" Wolf felt a strong sting in his chest. "He's right.." Not even thinking about it he took ahold of Anna's other hand and brought it up to his level. "Don't let go." With that said he opened the front door followed by the confused Anna and slightly angered hunter Jack, Wolf made a run for it. Not yet sure where they would end up.