Eyes watching all around. Eyes of molten gold. Golden Abysses
to fall into. Sophia looked around at the naked figures crouched
staring at her. Bombarding her. Her eyes darting from one person to
the next. Sean...Randy...Sarah...Vivian...Ruby....More pack members became
visible, but not the one that caused her heartache and pain. They
crawled towards her. Movements that no human could do simply because
they did not have muscles in places where skin walkers did. She backed
further away into a tree. The musk of the forest stealing over her
senses. She breathed in the damp earthen smells. She knew if she ran
now they would fall upon her.
'Run with us Sophia', the pack called out to her.
Her otherness stirred. It felt the pull of the pack. It wanted
her humanness to open to her wolven nature. She shut her eyes to the
approaching pack members and clenched at the back her nails digging
into her palms; a sweet release of pain.
'Run with me Sophia', she heard Luke call out to her knowing that
if she opened her eyes he would be there. She would be staring into
the soft green light of his eyes.
No...No, Sophia screamed.
Sophia's body sprang out of bed in a crouch ready to lash out at
any who stand before her. Her dream had followed her into reality as
she stared into the mirror her liquid gold eyes flashed back. She
closed her eyes again and reopened them. The wolf had receded for now.
Breathing heavily she slowly got up her hands shaking as she placed the
covers back on her bed. It had only a few hours since she had thrown
Luke into his own windshield. She sat on the foot of her bed hands on
her knees staring into the mirror again seeing golden irises staring
back.
'Go Away'! She mentally yelled at the wolf within. It was a
school day, and she didn't want to go. Not because she didn't feel
good, but because the kids at school would know about last night. She
didn't feel like being stared at like a specimen today...or any day for
that matter.
She heard her farther puttering around down in the kitchen. He
had told her everything would be alright. But even when he said it
there had been doubt in his eyes. He had told her that she should stay
home, but she didn't need her farther worrying over her the whole time.
She felt the wolf within her stir...it wouldn't be long now She got
dressed.
**__**
Luke smiled getting ready for school. He had sensed Sophia's
wolf close to the surface last night. Almost able to taste the wolf
when she had thrown him onto the windshield of his car. If he had
pushed her a little more she might have flipped there as her human ex-
boyfriend was watching. But he had all the time in the world to wait.
Grabbing his back pack he leaped down the stairs 3 at a time. Leaping
into his car he would see if Sophia wanted a ride to school.
**_**
Sophia took the long route to school through town. She wasn't
ready for everyone to stare at her. She thought she had wanted this
attention a few days ago till she had caught Luke with Presley. She
had been wrong. All the fears that her father placed in her surfaced,
making her unsure. Not that she wouldn't flip. But if she couldn't.
She heard Luke's muscle car start idling a few blocks away. She
smelled him on the wisps of air. She knew what he was after. Sophia
cut down a small back alley that took her closer to school. She wanted
nothing to do with Lucas Cates. In fact once she got to school she
would tell Presley that she could have Luke.
**_**
Luke smelt Sophia only a few blocks away, but then her scent
mingled with the bakery and car mechanics shop. She must have heard
him and took off in a different direction. 'That's right Sophia...make
the chase more enticing', he thought and grinned. He would have her it
was as simple as that. But till then he was enjoying the hunt.
**_**
Sophia walked down the hallway feeling every male skinwalkers
eyes fall upon her. The scent of the change so close now. A few
female skinwalkers watched her pass by, low growls trickling out of
their throats. One in particular came from Presley.
Sophia walked over towards Presley's locker. "Can I talk to you
in private?"
Presley began to smirk, and that was cue for Presley's friends to
laugh. "And why would the half-breed wish to speak with me?" She
chimed.
Sophia mentally rolled her eyes, "I just wanted to let you know
that...Luke is all yours. You can have him." The circle of friends
watched Sophia in mock astonishment.
"Well zoo-bait he was mine to begin with," She pretended to
sympathize, "Oh poor Sophia...you thought you were something more than a
quick fuck in the bushes." With those words Presley's group fell into a
fit of laughs; Presley being the loudest.
Sophia left the group feeling even worse than when she started
out. A gnawing pain started in her abdomen but she figured it was from
the lack of food. She walked into her English class and made a bee-
line to a corner back seat. She watched as more human and skinwalkers
alike filed in. Some of the male skinwalkers walked towards her chair
and sat down flashing her, their golden orbs. Through out the whole
period Sophia was mortified since all the male skinwalkers kept
sniffing the air. The teacher had to intervene a few times asking if
they had colds and would like a tissue for their runny noses. But
Sophia knew different. School flew by and the pain in her abdomen
grew bigger, by lunch she figured she was starving. She had packed her
lunch but by 3rd period she had eaten it all. Going through the line
she picked out a 2 hamburgers and a coke. She quickly made her way out
to the courtyard where most of the students did their own things. Some
sat and talked in small groups, some were alone reading or just eating
their lunches, and some played hacky-sack. Sophia sat on a bench that
overlooked the kids playing hacky-sack. She wolfed (no pun intended)
down the burgers and coke within minutes. She heard rather than saw
Luke approach from behind. He sat down next to her.
"My...my...my what a hunger you have...I hope the better to consume me
with," he chuckled. Sophia said nothing she was concentrating on the
pain that had not gone away with eating the food...in fact the pain got
worse as if she 'fed' it by eating. Her legs felt like they were
cramping and she had just broke into a cold sweat as Luke kept on
talking about some huge party that was going to go down tonight. Her
tray dropped to the ground and she doubled over; the pain spreading
throughout her whole body. Luke sprung up and over to Sophia. More of
the 'hill' kids walked on over to see what was the matter, but Luke
just shouted for someone to run for Sherman.
"I can't...can't," tremors shook through Sophia's body...her skin
felt like it was on fire. "I won't...," She began to scream convulsing
into Luke's arms. Luke cradled Sophia in his lap till Sherman arrived.
"Oh so the young pups finally ready...and making a show of it I
see," he joked.
"Sherman this isn't the time for one or your jokes...she's about to
flip," Luke shouted.
"Well now no senses in yelling at me," He smiled, "yell at her so
she can be done with it...oh fine follow me." Sherman huffed as he began
walking towards the quad. Students weren't allowed into the quad
during their lunch periods, so it would be the best place for her to
flip. As Luke picked Sophia up and jogged towards the building that
would shelter her from human and skinwalker eyes alike.
**_**
Shutting the door behind them Sherman cleared a table off so that Luke
could place her there. Sophia's tremors began to subside, but her eyes
kept glowing a shade of burnt orange.
"Well that's a new trick Sophia...show us another," Sherman
chuckled.
Luke growled in frustration running a hand through his short
blond hair. The smell of flipping was in the air.
to fall into. Sophia looked around at the naked figures crouched
staring at her. Bombarding her. Her eyes darting from one person to
the next. Sean...Randy...Sarah...Vivian...Ruby....More pack members became
visible, but not the one that caused her heartache and pain. They
crawled towards her. Movements that no human could do simply because
they did not have muscles in places where skin walkers did. She backed
further away into a tree. The musk of the forest stealing over her
senses. She breathed in the damp earthen smells. She knew if she ran
now they would fall upon her.
'Run with us Sophia', the pack called out to her.
Her otherness stirred. It felt the pull of the pack. It wanted
her humanness to open to her wolven nature. She shut her eyes to the
approaching pack members and clenched at the back her nails digging
into her palms; a sweet release of pain.
'Run with me Sophia', she heard Luke call out to her knowing that
if she opened her eyes he would be there. She would be staring into
the soft green light of his eyes.
No...No, Sophia screamed.
Sophia's body sprang out of bed in a crouch ready to lash out at
any who stand before her. Her dream had followed her into reality as
she stared into the mirror her liquid gold eyes flashed back. She
closed her eyes again and reopened them. The wolf had receded for now.
Breathing heavily she slowly got up her hands shaking as she placed the
covers back on her bed. It had only a few hours since she had thrown
Luke into his own windshield. She sat on the foot of her bed hands on
her knees staring into the mirror again seeing golden irises staring
back.
'Go Away'! She mentally yelled at the wolf within. It was a
school day, and she didn't want to go. Not because she didn't feel
good, but because the kids at school would know about last night. She
didn't feel like being stared at like a specimen today...or any day for
that matter.
She heard her farther puttering around down in the kitchen. He
had told her everything would be alright. But even when he said it
there had been doubt in his eyes. He had told her that she should stay
home, but she didn't need her farther worrying over her the whole time.
She felt the wolf within her stir...it wouldn't be long now She got
dressed.
**__**
Luke smiled getting ready for school. He had sensed Sophia's
wolf close to the surface last night. Almost able to taste the wolf
when she had thrown him onto the windshield of his car. If he had
pushed her a little more she might have flipped there as her human ex-
boyfriend was watching. But he had all the time in the world to wait.
Grabbing his back pack he leaped down the stairs 3 at a time. Leaping
into his car he would see if Sophia wanted a ride to school.
**_**
Sophia took the long route to school through town. She wasn't
ready for everyone to stare at her. She thought she had wanted this
attention a few days ago till she had caught Luke with Presley. She
had been wrong. All the fears that her father placed in her surfaced,
making her unsure. Not that she wouldn't flip. But if she couldn't.
She heard Luke's muscle car start idling a few blocks away. She
smelled him on the wisps of air. She knew what he was after. Sophia
cut down a small back alley that took her closer to school. She wanted
nothing to do with Lucas Cates. In fact once she got to school she
would tell Presley that she could have Luke.
**_**
Luke smelt Sophia only a few blocks away, but then her scent
mingled with the bakery and car mechanics shop. She must have heard
him and took off in a different direction. 'That's right Sophia...make
the chase more enticing', he thought and grinned. He would have her it
was as simple as that. But till then he was enjoying the hunt.
**_**
Sophia walked down the hallway feeling every male skinwalkers
eyes fall upon her. The scent of the change so close now. A few
female skinwalkers watched her pass by, low growls trickling out of
their throats. One in particular came from Presley.
Sophia walked over towards Presley's locker. "Can I talk to you
in private?"
Presley began to smirk, and that was cue for Presley's friends to
laugh. "And why would the half-breed wish to speak with me?" She
chimed.
Sophia mentally rolled her eyes, "I just wanted to let you know
that...Luke is all yours. You can have him." The circle of friends
watched Sophia in mock astonishment.
"Well zoo-bait he was mine to begin with," She pretended to
sympathize, "Oh poor Sophia...you thought you were something more than a
quick fuck in the bushes." With those words Presley's group fell into a
fit of laughs; Presley being the loudest.
Sophia left the group feeling even worse than when she started
out. A gnawing pain started in her abdomen but she figured it was from
the lack of food. She walked into her English class and made a bee-
line to a corner back seat. She watched as more human and skinwalkers
alike filed in. Some of the male skinwalkers walked towards her chair
and sat down flashing her, their golden orbs. Through out the whole
period Sophia was mortified since all the male skinwalkers kept
sniffing the air. The teacher had to intervene a few times asking if
they had colds and would like a tissue for their runny noses. But
Sophia knew different. School flew by and the pain in her abdomen
grew bigger, by lunch she figured she was starving. She had packed her
lunch but by 3rd period she had eaten it all. Going through the line
she picked out a 2 hamburgers and a coke. She quickly made her way out
to the courtyard where most of the students did their own things. Some
sat and talked in small groups, some were alone reading or just eating
their lunches, and some played hacky-sack. Sophia sat on a bench that
overlooked the kids playing hacky-sack. She wolfed (no pun intended)
down the burgers and coke within minutes. She heard rather than saw
Luke approach from behind. He sat down next to her.
"My...my...my what a hunger you have...I hope the better to consume me
with," he chuckled. Sophia said nothing she was concentrating on the
pain that had not gone away with eating the food...in fact the pain got
worse as if she 'fed' it by eating. Her legs felt like they were
cramping and she had just broke into a cold sweat as Luke kept on
talking about some huge party that was going to go down tonight. Her
tray dropped to the ground and she doubled over; the pain spreading
throughout her whole body. Luke sprung up and over to Sophia. More of
the 'hill' kids walked on over to see what was the matter, but Luke
just shouted for someone to run for Sherman.
"I can't...can't," tremors shook through Sophia's body...her skin
felt like it was on fire. "I won't...," She began to scream convulsing
into Luke's arms. Luke cradled Sophia in his lap till Sherman arrived.
"Oh so the young pups finally ready...and making a show of it I
see," he joked.
"Sherman this isn't the time for one or your jokes...she's about to
flip," Luke shouted.
"Well now no senses in yelling at me," He smiled, "yell at her so
she can be done with it...oh fine follow me." Sherman huffed as he began
walking towards the quad. Students weren't allowed into the quad
during their lunch periods, so it would be the best place for her to
flip. As Luke picked Sophia up and jogged towards the building that
would shelter her from human and skinwalker eyes alike.
**_**
Shutting the door behind them Sherman cleared a table off so that Luke
could place her there. Sophia's tremors began to subside, but her eyes
kept glowing a shade of burnt orange.
"Well that's a new trick Sophia...show us another," Sherman
chuckled.
Luke growled in frustration running a hand through his short
blond hair. The smell of flipping was in the air.