Chapter 12.

Maddys POV

The full moon is in ten minutes. Grandma told us to meet them outside beforehand. Although I begged him, Rhydian insisted on carrying me down instead of letting me walk. I snuggle into his chest as I sway from side to side. Because Grandmas land is protected, we were allowed to transform outside. It was exciting rather that going into the den. Just before we get to my waiting parents, Rhydian puts me down and kisses me. I was so drawn in by the kiss that I didn't hear footsteps round the corner.

"Get. Of. My. Daughter." Dad and mum growl so ferociously, it scares me. I know Rhydian is intimidated by my parent so I step protectively in front of him.

Grandma steps in.

"Emma, Dan, calm down and be civil about this," they both lash round. Mum half yells half growls at her.

"I will NOT calm down while he has his hands all over my daughter." We take our cue, while they were turned around, to leg it. I grab his hand and hobble to the forest as quickly as possible. I wince in pain and Rhydian notices, so he gives me a piggyback until we are a safe distance away.

We stop and he carefully drops me down. His eyes are filled with concern.

"Are you okay?" I nod in response.

"Well, they could've handled that better," I sigh, trying to lighten the tension. He chuckles slightly.

There is a loud snap of a twig, and I turn around quickly to see where it came from.

"Maddy, what's wrong?" his eyes begin to yellow and his veins pulse black liquid. I look at my wrists to see the same happening to me. His is worried now, it cute how he cares so much.

"I thought I heard…something… never mind." He turns to me and grabs my waist, pulling me close to him.

"As long as you're okay, I know I've done my job properly." He chuckles.

I hear another snapping twig, and Rhydian hears it too this time. He looks up and barks to the dark figure, "leave us alone."

Jana's childish voice answers back, "How about… no!" laughing to herself.

I turn around a w run at her.

Why can't she leave us alone? We are happy. We don't want her here. I can't contain my anger any more. We both lunge at each other. In mid-air, we both transform.

I hear Rhydian howl my name, but my mind it focused on killing Jana, or at least causing lots of damage to her.

Jana growls at me, "Silly tame, you should've left him alone when you had the chance!"

I roar at her, and lunge for her throat, clamping down my jaw on her flesh. She yelps in pain.

I'm not a killer; I don't think I have it in me to kill her. An alpha roar erupts from my throat, "Get out of here or I will kill you!" she whimpers in fear and limps of into the vast darkness. I let out a breath and lie on the brown, autumn leaves.

Rhydian, in wolf form, cautiously walked over as if he was afraid of me. I lift my head up and let it drop down out of exhaustion. He breathes in my ear, "My alpha," this makes me chuckle. He begins to lick my scratches and lies down next to me, curling around me protectively. I love that.

I hear my parents howl my name. I tense and begin to get up. They do know how to ruin the perfect moment.

They emerge from the bushes and see some blood on my fur coat.

"What happened?" they both asked angrily.

"Jana attacked me because she is jealous of me and Rhydian."

She turns to Rhydian, "This is your fault! You'll pay!"

"This is NOT his fault! It was all Jana, no one knew she would attack me!" I sigh angrily. "Okay! Yes me and Rhydian are together, so I would appreciate it if you didn't overreact like last time, because that was very annoying and rude. It wasn't a 'oh, I'm so happy for you both,' it was an 'I'm going to rip his head of,' which is stupidly childish of you. I'm not a cub, I'm a wolf. You seem to forget that. So stop treating me like I'm two years old and let me grow up, let me live without you guarding over me for the rest of my life!" My voice gradually gets louder and angrier, my parents look at me in disgust.

"Don't you dare talk to us like that!" she growls, "We're you parents!"

"Yeah, maybe I don't want you to be as protective as you are being! I love Rhydian! Nothing you do will change that, so just accept it!" I screech.

I size up to my mum and dad. This may have been comical due to my short size, but they have made me angry. A growl escapes my throat and they cower back in fear. Now I know they wont follow us, I stalk away, Rhydian following me and my parents know not to follow us.

I go and curl up next to a tree, and Rhydian and me lie as we did before we were so rudely interrupted. He nuzzles his head in my neck, and we both drift into a deep slumber in each other's embrace.

Hiya! I had two amazing suggestions and I didn't want to choose so I merged them both together! simples! I know I say 'growls' and 'howls' a lot, but i couldn't think of many other words. Thank you for reading and reviewing and keep on reading and reviewing because it really encourages me! THANKS! P.S I had too much coffee while writing this. hehehe

~Cat x