Chapter 44-Timing
As he ran in the dark and eerie night, with the full moon shining through the thick canopy of trees, casting eerie shadows across the forest floor, he had no idea where he was going. He was a new recruit in Josh’s team. Seemed like he bit more with the job than he could be chewing.
The man ran through the woods, his heart pounding in his chest with every rustle of the leaves and snap of a twig. He could hear the distant sounds in the forest, sending chills down his spine.
Suddenly, he heard a growl behind him and spun around, only to come face to face with a ferocious werewolf. Of course he didn’t know what the thing was, furry and vicious, a huge bipedal beast. The creature stood towering over him with its razor-sharp claws and snarling jaws, warm drool dripping down his bared fangs. The man screamed in terror as the werewolf lunged at him, knocking him to the ground.
He felt the sharp claws of the creature tear into his flesh, and he cried out in agony, convinced that he was about to meet his end.
But then, to his surprise, two more similar creatures appeared out of the darkness, leaping onto the attacking beast and forcing it off him.
The man scrambled to his feet, his heart racing as he watched the three majestic beasts battle it out in a ferocious display of strength and agility. They tore at each other with tooth and claw, snarling and growling in fury.
As the fight raged on, the man realized that the two werewolves had come to his rescue. He watched in awe as they fought to protect him, almost as if risking their own lives to save him.
They kept smirking and winking at him as they landed one blow after another on the beast that was attacking him. He felt almost as if he knew the two of them standing in his team.
After some few intense moments his rescuers overpowered his attacker very easily. The beast began retreating back into the woods, leaving the man alone with his rescuers.
He immediately fell on his knees and prostate,
” You are gods. Thank you for saving me oh heavenly beasts! ” He was sobbing and crying,
thanking them profusely, still trembling with fear from the terrifying attack.
The two werewolves looked at him with glowing eyes. One of them pointed at his bleeding wounds, probably asking him to get treated.ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .
Then they turned and bounded off into the forest, disappearing into the darkness after the werewolf that escaped a moment ago. The man stood there for a moment, still in shock. He did know how he was going to make his way back to safety but his heart was full of gratitude for the two brave creatures who had saved his life.
Just then he heard an engine drive in his direction. He ducked out of fear, not sure if it was a friend or a foe yet .
The lad had many brushes with crime and murders but what overtook him that night was far beyond his imagination .
” B- Boss… ”
He fumbled as Ryan stopped right beside him with the car he and Josh had used to reach there.
Ryan threw the keys to him, which he clumsily caught.
” Take this and get out of here before you get in some more claws! ”
Ryan snapped with his teeth then jumped out of the vehicle.
” Th-thank you Boss! B-But , aren’t you coming?”
He looked puzzled. He even tried looking around for Beck and Josh.
” Nah! I need to run after my boys! ”
Ryan winked at him and before he could blink and look back, Ryan had disappeared in the darkness of the forest.
He fell on the ground.
The distant howling and growling in the woods was what brought him around. He ran for his dear life as he realized that he was attracting the wolves because of his blood.
He hit the accelerator in the car and sped off in the name of God, chanting all the possible prayers that he knew.
Ryan knew that the one in charge of monitoring Chong’s car had been a werewolf. He knew that he was stuck in that makeshift facility for the entire length of a few months.
Chong’s car was under surveillance twenty four seven, which meant the werewolf was starving and was barely surviving.
Ryan knew he wouldn’t be able to get too far in such a condition.
And Ryan knew he would be able to resist the temptation to feed on a lonely human as well.
That was his plan, sending the lad running all alone into the woods which worked. It works perfectly.
The werewolf did attack the lad. Beck and Josh did intervene right on time, successfully spotting and getting hold of their real suspect, which otherwise would have been impossible given that he was using a strong Masking substance.
Ryan’s timing was perfect, like always. Like mentioned before, he didn’t get the Alpha title that easily, he snatched it because he deserved it, with his talent.
” Ahhhh! Boys, why are you being so rough? It’s been such a long time since we saw another of our kind. You could at least welcome him with a drink. ”
Ryan had his hands folded behind his back as he strolled his way through the woods.
Beck and Josh had nabbed the rogue werewolf. They were pinning him down with his arms twisted behind him.
Beck was on one foot as Josh sat on the other.
They both looked at Ryan as he asked them to move with his eyes.
They immediately let go and jumped aside.
The werewolf shrugged and crackled his bones, then looked up at Ryan with hatred and disgust in his eyes.
Ryan titled his head, trying to read into him.
Suddenly, he lunged forward, towards Ryan.
But Ryan was faster.
He grabbed his throat as he dangled in the air.