Chapter Two: An Excerpt from Krysten's Book

The girl ran as hard as she could, but she couldn't outrun the beast. It was too fast for her and it seemed to never tire of chasing her. The full moon had risen and the hunter all too quickly became the hunted.

As she ran, one thought kept crossing her mind. "The gods talk in signs" She had no idea why that was the quote that chose to pop into her head now of all times. It had to have been that blasted book report. "DAMN IT ALL!" she yelled to the sky as she made a quick left. The finally understood what the quote in her mind symbolized as the rain trickled out of a pitch-black sky.

The wolf stayed at the girl's heels, almost as if simply waiting for her to collapse. The girl, determined to not become the dinner of some mangy mutt, kept running. As the raindrops began to pour, the girl remembered the one thing her boyfriend had always told her. "Dear. Your determination runs thin."

The girl kept on running along the slick city streets, brushing water from her eyes. As a peal of thunder rolled, the girl chanced a look behind her. She turned back as she saw the wolf close behind, his golden red eyes flashing.

The girl missed a step up onto a curb and her ankle turned as she landed unceremoniously on her butt on the sidewalk. She tried to stand but her ankle forced her back to the ground. She rolled to her back as the wolf used its paws and weight to push her to the ground.

The wolf's eyes burned into her as its straw-coloured fur rippled in a breeze. The wolf leaned in close and the girl tried to hit it on the head. She cursed as the wolf growled and leaned in closer. The wolf managed to lack it's teeth onto the girl's neck and bit in.

The girl tried to fight for her life, but she soon knew it was useless. She heard a whisper in her head as the world went black. "The gods talk by signs, but the gods weren't talking that day. They were screaming."

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-Quotes on gods talking in signs are from Bernard Cornwell's novel Stonehenge