Chapter Seven
In the clearing in front of us, a pack of huge wolves appeared. "Holy fuck!" Alexis swore. Christian shot her an amused look. Christian came over to us, grabbing our shoulders in – OMG, was he trying to comfort us? He chuckled at our shocked expressions. Alexis fell back against me and Christian.
"Calm down you two. They won't harm you," he said reassuringly. Alexis put on her brave face and stepped away from Christian and me, and towards the gigantic things in front of us. As she neared them, the largest, his fur was a deep black, stepped forward. Alexis kept going, extending her hand like you do with stray dogs, but one peek into her mind told me she was anything but brave. Christian laughed at her. Alexis got close enough to touch it. She lowered her hand and stroked the large one's fur. It grunted and she jumped a little. I saw Alexis calm down.
"Lyss, come over. They're like a bunch of dogs, really big dogs," Alexis called. I moved from behind Christian and walked over. As I got nearer, a chocolate brown coloured wolf stepped out to me. I reached my hand out and started stroking his fur. A deep rumbling came from his chest. I laughed, guess he likes it. Alexis looked at me and grinned. Christian came over.
"Sam, this is Alexis and Alyssa. Their village was attacked and they will be staying here with me," Christian said to no one. The black one moved his head; it was almost like he was nodding. That's when I realized that Christian was talking to the wolves. Suddenly, most of the wolves retreated back into the forest. About four remained. The wolves began to quiver. Christian dragged me over to Alexis and covered our eyes. I felt like moving out of his grip, but I knew he was doing it for a good reason. When he let us go, I stepped forward and stared at the four russet-skinned, freakishly tall boys that stood in the place of the wolves. They were watching us very carefully, to see how we would react. Alexis looked at Christian in disbelief. He simply nodded.
Christian stepped forward and walked towards the four boys, who towered over him. Christian and one of them – I guess he was Sam – started talking. A couple of times, they looked over or gestured at us. Alexis sat down, legs stretched out, using her arms for support. I sat down next to her, crossing my legs and began picking at the grass. "What do you think about all this?" she asked, not bothering to use the bond.
"I honestly don't know. It's all a bit crazy, I think. What about you?" I answered.
"Same. It's all crazy. I just don't know what to believe," she said, sighing.
"I know what you can believe," I said cheekily.
"What?" she asked. Just then, Christian called for us to go over.
"Oh well. Guess you'll never know," I said walking over. I heard her curse at me. Alexis caught up with me and intertwined her fingers with mine. Sam, who seemed like the leader, held out his hand. I knew he was expecting a handshake, but I also knew Alexis and I didn't roll that way. Alexis slapped it a few times, punched it with her fist, grabbed it and slid her hand out of his grasp. He looked down at us, confused. I cracked up laughing. Christian shook his head in disbelief. Soon Alexis's laughter joined mine. Sam held out his hand to me and like Alexis went to give him this complicated handshake, but one glower from Christian made me shake his hand like a normal person would. Ugh! Being normal is so boring!
"Um, anyway. You are probably wondering what's going on," Sam said.
"Probably is an understatement mate," I scoffed.
"Uh huh," Alexis agreed.
"Before I go on, I would like you to meet Paul, Jarred and Embry," Sam said, introducing the other three. Two of the three stepped forward and shook our hands.
"I'm Paul," one of them said.
"And I'm Jarred," the other one said.
"I'm Embry," said the last one as he stepped forward. He shook Alexis's hand and kissed mine.
"Uh, nice to meet you Embry," I said. From the corner of my eye, I saw Alexis glower at him.
"Overprotective much?" I told her. She turned to me and grinned. The three boys moved back to their positions behind Sam, who stood with his arms folded.
"So as you have probably noticed, we're different from others. Now we wouldn't usually tell outsiders, but we can transform into wolves," Sam said. Something about that statement seemed familiar. Then it hit me.
"Big whoop. Most people from our village could change as well," I stated. All four looked surprised. Obviously, they didn't know.
"You're lying," Paul said. At least I think it was Paul.
"Nope. It's true. They could," Alexis said. They stared in disbelief. Paul stepped forward, baring his teeth.
