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~*Break*~

Josy P.O.V.

The most terrible smell I had ever come into contact with assaulted my nose, it burned my nostrils and I couldn't get away from it. It surrounded me, and when I turned to look at where it came from, there was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen before me. But, there was something around him. Like a color, it looked like an oil slick, complete with the gross rainbows around it.

I used to think they looked beautiful in their own way, but on him it looked terrible. Like an outside force was telling me that he was evil. I shook it off and backed away a little, Seth's hackles went up as I stepped away. He stood and face the thing dead on, staring into its eerie, dark red eyes. Those eyes.

They looked so familiar.

Where had I seen them before? I thought on it for a few solid seconds, then it hit me. He was the man staring at me in the Piggly Wiggly. The creepy one with the dark red eyes. Why did I always attract creeps?

Except for Seth, he was a good one. At least I hope he was attracted to me...he did say I was beautiful. I shook those thoughts off and stared at the man and Seth, it was like they were having their own little Mexican stand-off. Their eyes were locked and neither was paying attention to me. It was a little disconcerting, especially because I got the feeling that the mystery man wasn't in the mood to play games.

He was in the mood to kill. To kill us, more specifically. My eyes darted around the forest, we weren't far from the road, if we made a break for it now we could probably get away.

Seth, I whispered with my mind, if we make a break for the road we could get away. He didn't even look back at me, trying not to give the idea that we were communicating with each other.

I don't know, he's as fast as I am, He replied to me And a lot stronger, too. I wasn't scared, I was actually strangely calm as I faced down the face of death. Seth slowly started backing away from the man and towards me. On my signal, you will run as fast as you can. Ready?

As I'll ever be, I responded. He backed up a few more steps then stopped suddenly.

1, 2, go! I hesitated for only a second, then bolted off in the direction of the ocean. It was hard running as an animal, I stumbled and tumbled a few times. Scraping my skin, and ripping hair off of my body. I could feel that I was bleeding, but I had to keep running, no matter how clumsy I was in my new form. I got up each time, getting better at running on all fours, and I bolted down the road we were on.

The street was lit up, as we were in broad daylight, but thankfully there weren't a lot of cars. I was sure we would accidentally cause an accident. But we were going so fast that our bodies were blurs against the scenery, and were hard to make sense of. I was really getting the hang of the four legs thing, I even streaked past Seth with little effort. I was kind of fast as a human – about third or fourth on my old track team – but as a wolf, I was so much faster. It was the kind of speed I could only dream of. Not even hard work would get me that far.

I was enjoying the speed and the wind ripping past me, then remembered that there was something bad coming after me. After Seth, especially. I couldn't shake the feeling that this guy was after more than just a few kids in a small town.

I kept running for longer than I can remember, I ran and ran, and eventually ended up at my house. I just didn't know how. I was in the forest just behind it, looking into the windows, it wasn't dark enough for them to be lit yet, but I saw lights going on and off in several rooms.

I could still see just fine, so I wasn't sure why my anyone would be flipping light switches on and off as if it was too dark to see. Then I looked at the sky, it was practically purple. The clouds were swollen to the breaking point, and looking ready to burst at any second with no warning. With my new eyes I could see just fine, it looked like it was still light out.

I heard thunder off in the distance and closed my eyes waiting for the scent of Seth to float towards my nostrils. When it finally did, I spun around and saw him waiting for me. He was soaked and a little bloodied up. I had no idea what happened to him.

What happened to you? You look terrible. I spoke to him. He did a mental shrug, and shook his head. But I could feel that something more was going on, around his body was a sort of cloud. It was a dark purple, with small waves and lines of pink or a sunshine-y yellow. He wasn't telling me anything, and I had more than enough proof.

You're not telling me something, I walked closer and nudged his shoulder with my nose to prompt him a little bit.

Nothing happened, really, He shrugged again. I had to dive into the water to avoid him, and I was banged against the rocks a little bit. My wounds will heal in a little while, nothing to worry about.

I shook my head at him, and sat silently, leaning against him the whole time. Then someone had to come in and ruin our moment. Jake appeared a few feet from where Seth and I had convened.

Sorry to interrupt, but I need to tell you some things, He was so not sorry, I could almost hear the glee in his voice and see how tense he was from trying not to laugh. I shook my head and gave him a pointed look, trying to communicate without language. Seth, you need to leave, He nodded, and left with his tail almost between his legs. Sad, but knowing he needed to go.

What do you need, Jake?

Nothing much, I just need to tell you a few things, something about our heritage as well. Why would he be bringing our heritage into this? I had heard the stories, I knew where the wolves came from. That was how I put two and two together so quickly, he must have seen it on my face, because he started up quickly. Our family is a little different from the other wolves' families.

I nod and he continues on. We are descended from Ephraim Black, the previous chief and leader of the wolves. Because of this, we are destined by blood to be alphas. This could be different in you and Michael because your mother was Cherokee instead of Quileute. But, I need to keep an eye on both of you to make sure you don't get out of control, and I need to determine a few things.

A 'few things'? What do you mean 'determine a few things'? He was already gone before I even got out the last sentence. He had bounded off into the woods and disappeared. I sighed, I had no idea how I would get back to being human.

Hey, guys! I hope all of you are well, and loving the story. It seems that Josephine is adjusting pretty well to wolf life, wouldn't you say? Aside from not knowing how to shift back, of course. Review and tell me what you think :) or just enjoy the story.