Chapter 4

"And where have you two been? You nearly had cold hog roast!" said Emma, looking at Maddy and Jacob as they finally entered the house at about five o'clock; they had spent so much time in the forest talking, they hadn't been paying attention to the sun.

"Sorry, Mam," said Maddy.

"Sorry, Emma," said Jacob. They both then sat down at the table, where the hog roast had been wrapped in tin-foil to keep in warm.

"Well, at least you're here before sunset; it is a full moon tonight," reminded Emma and she unwrapped the hog roast and let Maddy and Jacob tuck in to what was left of the roast.

Jacob and Maddy had forgot that it was the full moon tonight, and after looking at the clock, they found that they had arrived back at Maddy's with just over an hour to spare.

They soon had their fill of the hog roast and, after a few minutes getting ready for a night in the cellar, Emma shepherded them into the cellar. Since Emma and Dan were older, they were able to transform later, so that left Jacob and Maddy in the cellar.

Maddy looked up at the one window that they had in the cellar, and saw the full moon was nearly out; she could already feel the power of the full moon pumping through her ever darkening veins.

She looked over at Jacob, whose eyes had turned yellow and blackening veins were showing, when it suddenly hit her; she had never actually seen Jacob in his wolf-form. Well, that would change in about ten seconds.

Maddy suddenly felt herself transforming; her insides moved about and re-shaped to suit that of a wolf. She felt herself growing rugged wolf fur, and her hands and feet turning into paws. She then felt her face become longer, to suit that of a wolf muzzle.

Finally, Maddy was transformed into her wolf-form; her fur was a light grey colour, with hints of black running up and down her side and back.

Looking over at Jacob, Maddy's eyes widened; Jacob's wolf-form had a browny-grey sort of colour, he had a few faded scars covering his face and front legs, and he still had that hint of grey from his human-eyes mixed into with the Wolfblood yellow.

"That feels so much better," said Jacob, but to anyone else other than a Wolfblood, the two of them talking in their wolf-form would have sounded like nothing more than growls.

Maddy nodded softly, unable to take her eyes off Jacob; even she couldn't deny it now, Jacob was hot in his wolf-form! Probably even more than Rhydian.

Rhydian.

Maddy's eyes started to well up at the thought of Rhydian, again.

Jacob could see that Maddy was close to crying, so he trotted up to her and nuzzled her face comfortingly, asking, "Hey, what's wrong?"

Maddy looked up at Jacob, and saw it in his eyes; he was concerned about her. Maddy shook her head softly before whispering, "It's nothing; just some bad memories."

Nodding, Jacob looked around at the cellar, seeing a few things littered around the sides; a chair with several bite marks covering three of its legs, while the fourth leg was missing altogether, having been thrown to the other side of the room; there was a pile of several thick ropes, all of which were heavily bitten from several full moons/

"So, what can we do around here?" asked Jacob, gesturing to the surrounding cellar.

Maddy smiled softly and said, "Well, Mam and Dad usually bring in some meat for the four of us to have during the full moon, and we usually waste the time away by either sleeping, gnawing at the chairs or the ropes, or playing."

Maddy finished the sentence and humped on Jacob, pinning him down to the floor with ease. Jacob's eyes widened before a grin slowly made its way onto his face, and he said, "Hey! No fair; I wasn't ready!"

Maddy smiled before getting off him and letting him get onto all fours again; only to pin him again the second he was on all fours.

"I win again," said Maddy, in a sort of sing song voice. Jacob rolled his eyes and waited for Maddy to get off him. When Maddy was partly of him, Jacob took this moment of surprise; he jumped up and tackled Maddy, pinning her gently with him on top.

"I win," said Jacob, smiling cheekily. Maddy smiled and growled playfully, "Hey, no fair!"

Maddy then managed to wriggle out of Jacob's grasp and tackled him, causing them to roll around on the ground, laughing and growling playfully.

They continued this until Emma and Dan came into the cellar, their eyes already Wolfblood yellow. They put four slabs of meat in the centre of the cellar, where there was a large-ish plate, and they too then transformed into their wolf-forms.

The four of them tucked into the meat that had been put out, and in next to no time, all that was left was a dirty plate.

Emma and Dan took their role of head alpha male and female and made sure Maddy and Jacob didn't try to get out of the cellar to go around the moors. But they didn't have to try too hard; Maddy and Jacob were so caught up in their game, they didn't even bother thinking about trying to escape.

Soon, the tiredness started to settle in; Emma and Dan moved into one corner and started to fall asleep, Emma curled up beside Dan. Jacob and Maddy went to different sides of the room and began to fall asleep.

But before Maddy fell asleep, she got up and went to see if Jacob was asleep. After gently nudging him, she saw that he was out cold.

Smiling softly, she gently curled up next to him, his body heat gently lulling her to slep. But before she did, she felt one of Jacob's forepaws slowly move around her, hugging her protectively.

Smiling, Maddy gently nuzzled into his neck, before slowly falling asleep.