ok Here's chapter nine... Sorry that I haven't updated in a long time. But here it is. Please R&R. Feedback is always welcome. Good or bad. I'd like to know how my writing its.

~Nieriel

Sunday came and went. Redd was staring out of her window from her usual seat on the bus, Monday morning. It was another dreary day. There was a constant rainfall and it was easy to tell that it was affecting everyone on the bus. No one was talking. It was silent except for the sounds of the bus, which allowed Redd to think back to her weekend with the wolf pack she had met.

Redd stifled a yawn as she looked up towards the front of the bus. Half way up, she saw the new guys. They all looked edgy. Like something had happened.

Her head cocked to the side as her curiosity started to rise. She hadn't seen Sam since she ditched him on Saturday.

Hayden looked around, but he wasn't looking at anything on the bus, rather out the windows at the passing scenery. His eyes settled on Redd and she froze. Her blood ran cold. Something about his eyes had her worried. They were icy, almost white. She wanted to ask what was wrong but she couldn't get her mouth to form any words.

Hayden turned to Ean and muttered something quietly. Ean apparently didn't like what Hayden had to say because he shook his head, his own eyes darker than normal.

Hayden stood and made his way back, sitting next to Redd. He didn't say a word, he just sat there, looking down at the floor of the bus.

Redd shifted in her seat and looked at Hayden. "What's wrong?" Her tone was soft and filled with more worry than she wanted to express. Hayden looked up, his eyes narrowed in annoyance.

"You can be very difficult, you know that?" His tone mimicked the annoyance in his eyes and Redd frowned.

"Fine, I won't ask what's wrong with someone the next time they sit next to me and look upset."

Redd crossed her arms over her chest and slumped back against her seat, her eyes staring blankly out the window. She heard Hayden let out a harsh sigh.

"That's not what I meant…"

"Then what did you mean?" Her tone was sharp as her eyes fixed on him again.

Hayden opened his mouth to speak but nothing came out. He frowned and looked around again before looking back at Redd.

"Just be more careful, alright?"

Redd felt something well up in the back of her throat that wanted to be let out. She assumed it was a scream and pushed it back down, despite how angry she was.

Up towards the front of the bus, Ean, Parker, and Liam shared a look that clearly said something bad was going to happen, and it was going to happen soon.

The school day was similar to the bus ride there, quiet and full of tension between Redd and Hayden. Redd had no idea what was with Hayden, and he never gave her any clue as to what was going on. Lunch came around and Redd was content to sit by herself in her corner. She was still irritated about the bus ride, and her temper only got worse the more Hayden avoided her.

After a while she stood and walked through the double doors to her locker. Her honey-brown eyes flared in anger at who was standing at her locker. Sam. This was the second time in under a week.

"What is it this time? Come to rescue me from a monster?"

"Tsk, tsk. Shouldn't waste your venom on me. I'm not the one who made you mad, Kaite."

Redd slammed her locker shut and glared at Sam, who only smiled darkly back at her.

"Keep calling me Kaite and I can assure you, you will be my new target. What are you doing here?"

"Came to see how you were. After what happened this weekend…" Sam gave his best innocent look, which didn't fool Redd in the slightest. In fact, it gave her that last tiny nudge that she wanted. She snapped. The next thing she knew was that Sam's head had flung to the side and he had a hand to his jaw. Redd's hand was still balled into a fist and it was shaking. She swung at him again, but this time he caught her wrist. His eyes reflected the anger in her own, even when she tried to pull her hand back. When Sam didn't let go, she swung at him with her other hand, which, again, he caught. Both Redd and Sam were shocked when a threatening growl came up from Redd's throat. Sam blinked at the girl in front of him, and , for a moment, he wasn't sure what to do. One second Sam still had a hold of Redd, the next, Redd was on the floor, backing away from the large black-brown wolf that was in front of her.

Redd, felt a rush of adrenaline. A weight started to grow in her chest but it didn't hurt, it felt like it was part of her. A part that has been locked away. Her hearing and eye sight became sharper, her body lighter.

The wolf in front of her took a menacing step closer and Redd took off running, the wolf chasing her. She busted through the double doors into the lunch room. The screams of the students barely reached her ears as she kept running. She heard another growl, a thud, followed by a yelp. She turned and saw the black wolf from the other day and the brown wolf fighting.

"This way!" Redd was surprised when both wolves looked at her. "Come on!"

She took off running and the brown one started to chase her again, tailed by the black wolf. Redd looked back to make sure they were following and saw, Hayden's friends following. She ran through the entire school and out of a door that was on the opposite side, into the nature center. She felt a buzz go through her body once her feet hit the earth. Redd kept running. She was in the wooded area of the nature center when she stopped. The brown wolf had followed her and when it jumped at her, dumbfounding shock coursed through her body, the same time a wave of energy did. She had the dark brown wolf pinned under her own massive, light brown, paws.