4. The Big Wolf Tells All

Sorry. Jokes about not posting again until this weekend. I'm still procrastinating. :)

We walked down the beach slowly. Not touching or talking but it wasn't awkward. I was glad for the time to think. I thought about the legends Mr. Black had told. Sure, I'd heard them since I was a little girl I knew them, practically by heart, but the way Mr. Black had presented it made them sound like they held more truth then they had when Dad told me them as a bedtime story.

"Kim…" Jared said, taking an unsettling breath. I could almost feel the anxiety radiating off of him in waves.

"What is it?" I asked him nervously but I wanted to help him, make him feel at ease.

"Do you believe in the legends?" Jared asked softly, taking my hands in his. I was distracted by how perfectly our hands fit together so I nodded absentmindedly.

"You do?" Jared asked almost excitedly.

"What?" I asked confused.

Jared ran a hand through his hair clearly frustrated. His brown eyes bore into my eyes seeming to try to convey some secret message.

"Do you think that the legends are true? That our people can shift into wolves?" He asked slowly.

"I guess so." I shrugged.

"We can. I can turn into a wolf." Jared informed me.

After a brief silence, I broke out laughing.

"Good one Jared." I laughed, "You almost got me. Your face was so serious."

"But…Kim, I'm being serious." Jared stuttered out, looking shocked.

"Yeah, right." I laughed.

"I am." Jared said incredulously.

"Prove it. Show me." I said, putting a hand on my hip.

"What?" Jared asked.

"Prove to me that you 'can turn into a wolf'." I dared him, putting air quotes around his earlier words.

"Fine. Wait here." Jared said, walking towards the shadows stripping off his shirt as he walked.

Soon there was a giant brown wolf that emerged out of the same shadows Jared had disappeared into. I mean this wolf was huge, easily the size of a horse if not bigger.

"Oh…" I said softly, my brain stuck. Then it hit me. What the Hell am I standing here for? There's a huge wolf right in front of me and then naturally, I freaked out.

I was so freaked out, tears started streaming down my face and I ran. Ran like hell. I ran into the woods towards my house, the only place I could think of at that moment. I could hear him yelling after me as I ran but I kept on going, crying too hard to see where I was going. Thankfully, I knew where I was going from my childhood.

When the woods finally broke, I recognized the road and ran to my house. I guess I had fallen a couple time in the woods because I could feel the blood flowing openly down my leg. When I ran up the entrance to my house, I saw something move on the front porch.

"Hello? Who's there?" I asked shakily, searching for some kind of weapon.

"It's Jared." He said emerging from the shadows and I felt all the blood drain from my face.

"Stay away from me." I said backing away as he went to approach.

"Kim, please don't say that." Jared begged but stopped his approach.

"I mean it, Jared. Stay away from me. For good." I ordered.

"I can't do that. You're hurt Kim, please let me help you." Jared managed to choke out.

"No. Stay away from me."I said, sounding a lot braver then I felt.

"Do you really mean that?" Jared asked and the look on his face made me want to rip my own heart out but then I remembered that he was dangerous and turned into a giant freaking wolf.

"Yes." I breathed. "I mean it."

His face fell considerably then he moved to walk off the porch. I back away very deliberately. As soon as he was clear, I ran inside before locking the door and sinking down to break down sobbing.

Big drama when Jared tells all. What will happen? :)

Love, Blondee