Wolves by Ash Faith (freda ebook reader .txt) 📕

“I can lighten up a few other things as well” fuckity fuck fuck, had I really just said that out loud? Luckily all it did was make Ace and a few other invisible voice laugh hard. “It’s the drugs” I blamed, in an attempt to recover for my stupidity. This time I felt real heat, it flushed from my toes to the top of my head. I reached my hand out, and it willed, as I stretched my fingers out.

“Does that mean I can drop you and you want land on your ass now?” Ace snickered,

“You can drop me now I’ll be fine” I said, ignoring his remark. “I know how to get out of here, and that’s number one on my list right now.”

“That’s not part of our deal” Ace reminded me,

“Well shit, please, enlighten me on what crap I have to do now?” I was agitated by the thought of doing anything more than curling up somewhere warm and sleeping.

“We spat and shook hands on it remember? I help you, you help destroy someone we both want revenge on. Mayson” a pain in his voice made me wonder for once why he wanted revenge on the man. Though I didn’t question it, Mayson was a sick-minded jerk. Seeing him dead wouldn’t bother me.

“Oh, yeah, that, well let’s get this over and done with” I began walking towards the iron door

“It’s locked” he said as I tried to turn the knob and failed.

“I realise that” I retorted as I sized up the door, if I couldn’t do it the easy way…

“Sir, she might blow our cover with what I think she’s planning.”

“And ‘She’ has ears y’know” I flicked my foot back and forth preparing it,

I wheeled it back with might and kicked at it as hard as I could. BANG the door dramatically smashed into pieces and made the loudest noises possible. I cursed as I realised the sound travelled downthe hallway.

“Okay so we may have lost the element of surprise there,” I admitted.

“But that’s okay, improvising is my thing, I do my thing you do yours it’ll go fine.”

“You lead the way then, Lana, we’ll stay quiet, we still have our element of surprise”

“Sure” my improvised plan began, as I manifested my wolf to transform. Once I got my footing down I began to sprint as fast as possible. I could barely see the change of colour in the walls as I ran this time, damn this would’ve been hella useful the first time I tried to escape this bastard. I started to see the light and still in running motion, changed backed to my good ol’ two legged self.

“COME GET ME YOU DIRTY BASTARDS!” I screamed, as I turned the corner to find their living room repaired like nothing had happened, and once again, I’d disturbed a lovely game of cards. But this time, there was more of them.

“Shit. I didn’t realise you guys could multiply as fast as garbage rats” I laughed at my own joke, but was the only one laughing.

“Okay, who’s first? Ready for a round 2 you puny little-“ shit, I stopped my boasting, as Mayson walked in the room, looking more pissed than a groom on his wedding night finding his wife with his best mate in the alleyway. “Good morning, my glorious girl, I knew that room wouldn’t hold you long” He chuckled. But his chuckle was annoying. It made me want to rip his vocal chords out so I never had to hear his voice again. If I could choose anyone of these meat bags as a punching bag, it was him. The bastard had kidnapped me twice and I was going to make sure there was never going to be a third whether I died or not. “Oh the plans I have for you” His voice changed darker, if not something slightly fearful. But fear was never something I would let take me. “And I for you, let’s just hope hell has a nice fiery torch saved for your head because I will be glad to make it yours.” I stared at him with hatred,

“You’re powerful, You’ll make my children great” he stared intently at me, making me feel extremely uncomfortable.

“What in fuck’s name make’s you think I’ll… Yuck don’t get me started. You’re a dirtbag that will die for his idiocy. If you’re dumb enough to think you’ll be the first to chain me down and attempt to shred me apart piece by piece, then you’re clearly mistaken and a mistake like that will make you pay just like the firsts did. Painfully.” I ground my teeth together hoping Ace was ready to play his wild card soon, because I was not in shape to take down all of these guys. There had to be about 40-50, and with tranquilizer still in my veins I knew I wasn’t at my full throttle of power.

“Give me a minute to convince you then. If you don’t fall for things twice? Then answer me this. Why are you here still, under my command. Unable to escape.” A sinister grin grew on his face, but once again, his own words chocked him. I grabbed the rope coming from behind me and the neck of the woman holding the needle full of tranquilizer. I pulled the rope and spun the man at the hold of it into my place as the woman thrust the needle down and into her pack mate. Realisation of her mistake shocked her and I used her shock to get a full blow at her stomach with my foot. She flew just like the iron door and smashed through the wall and into another one behind it and another behind that one. I saw the ling of the inside of the walls were also iron. “Impressive. But you’re still in my lair. My den. You’re mine” Mayson’s last words were enough. I didn’t care if I was fully healed from the drugs they were pumping into me or not. This jerk was going down. I growled and prepared to launch myself at him when a hand grabbed at my shoulder. Ready to fight I went to grab it but my attacker faded into view out of thin air. “Ace” I said, relieved I didn’t thrust him into a wall. Or walls. “Glad you could finally come” He didn’t answer me instead, his eyes burned with hatred. At Mayson.

“You.” Mayson said grudgingly.

“Me.” Ace retorted. “I’m back. As I promised. And this will be the end of you, you sick old man.”

“Your mother wouldn’t like the way you’re talking to me Ace” Mayson played,

“My mother, wants me to avenge her. And that is what I will do.” Ace suddenly charged at him and before I could blink they were rolling on the floor and Ace’s pack were trying to fend off the 40 or so of Mayson’s crew. Surely Ace had thought this through, how could 4 people take down 40? Even being werewolves it seemed impossible. Then go help already! My wolf yelled at me, causing a minor headache. I ran to help out the unfair 4-40 fight, considering Mayson was clearly Ace’s fight. I ripped past his crew and tore into Mayson’s crew. I didn’t want a long fight. I wanted this to be over and done with. Tearing limbs and flesh I ripped through what used to be a crowd. I stopped to take in my damage, and a sickness rose to my throat, but I swallowed it. As I stood in the centre of a loiter of bodies and limbs and pools of blood I realised what I’d done was something I could not take back, I hadn’t just thrown them into one wall and let them live like before, I had killed them. Most of them anyway. Another 10 backed against the wall looked horrified at their pack mates body parts loitered everywhere. Their eyes filled with terror finally met mine and I felt sorry for them. But Ace’s pack obviously did not feel the same as they immediately ripped into the leftover 10. As they finished up I walked over to them, my hands dripping blood. “Thanks for the help. I’m Peter” one of the guys offered his bloody hand, I lifted mine but realised I was still holding onto a hand. Shocked, I dropped the hand at my feet and felt the sickness rise back up in my throat again. Peter still held out his hand, wait for mine. “Lana, as you know” I shook my hand with his, realising I needed to act like I’d seen it all before to fit in with these guys. I heard a large snarl and turned around, to find Ace, still in human form, holding down a giant wolf. It looked like a beast straight from hell, with scrapes and scars and missing chunks of flesh covering its body. I couldn’t believe my eyes, Ace wasn’t even in his wolf form yet and could hold down the beast that was Mayson.

“You made her suffer, you made me suffer. And you will only receive suffering as well.” Ace was… was he crying? That’s one hell of a way to confuse your opponent. I thought as the exchange of growling grew louder. “You were always a stupid boy. And you still are” the wolf growled in a half-human half-wolf grumble. “I knew you must have been a bastard, that you weren’t mine. You were too trusting, too giving. Your mother was nothing but a whore that belonged in the trash!” It grumbled. Ouch that one clearly was the last straw for Ace. He changed into a wolf of similar size, massive and rippled with muscle, but his fur and skin were clean of any scars. The fur was black with light brown strands throughout it. “Beautiful, isn’t it?” Peter asked as he watched the snarling and fighting going on between the two wolves. I was worried something would go wrong. Alarms going off in my head must have been obvious as Peter dropped a comforting hand on my arm, “Ace is strong, no need to worry. The fates have chosen the good over the evil.” I was wordless. The beasts rolled around and snarled but neither made a proper move that would land a good hit on the other. Until finally Ace swiped unexpectedly at Mayson’s neck and a sickening sound as his throat was torn out. Ace’s wolf form them lurched upwards, and without warning howled long and loud and clear. Suddenly Peter and the rest of Ace’s pack were in wolf form and howling along with him. I guess it was their way of a victory cry, I was still obviously getting used to this new life. Suddenly none of what was going around me mattered, the realisation that I was free hit me like a bus. I ran out the door immediately, and stood on the porch. I tried to find scents, anything that would lead me to Julie-Anne, I had to let her know I was okay. My hip was nudged by something silky soft and I looked to see the wolf staring straight back at me. despite being almost as tall as me, I felt calm, I wasn’t scared of it. Right before my eyes it started to shift again back into the man I knew as Ace.

“Congrats, on your successful revenge and all” I looked out at the woods ahead of me, not making eye contact with Ace, “And thank you for coming back for me” I turned to meet his amethyst eyes and looked deep into them “No one’s… ever really done that for me” he was so close to me, and I felt the same pull as I did earlier in the night. What was it with this guy that I couldn’t get over? “But our deal is done, I must head back to Julie and the