Love Of A Werewolf - Forest Ostrander (top 20 books to read txt) 📗

over for more, luckily it was only those two so I was good to go.

"Ready?" James asked holding the door open for Luna and I.

"As ready as I ever will be, there is one good thing that came out of coming here, all that damn poison has been washed out of my system," I said happy and relieved that I didn't have that kind of poison in me any longer. I may have been tough but even I was loosing to that kind of poison, that boy really upted his game more and I wondered where he had gotten his hands on such a thing and gotten away with it.

"Well that's good. Come on, let's head home," Luna said following behind me as I led her and James to what I had hoped was the exit out of here.

"Hey! Stop right there!" I heard the voice of the head scientist yell making me whip my head around and bare my fangs at the man. Luna took up her position beside me forcing James behind us, a human would have been no match for the group that was coming at us right now and I for one was not going to leave this place leaving these people walking to follow after me, who knows what they had implanted in me that I don't know about when I was out cold. When the group finally caught up to us the man looked me in the eyes and said.

"Get back to your cage wolf." I growled and took a threatening stance.

"I mean it!" The man said begining to raise his hand at me.

"Don't you dare lay a finger on her!" Luna and James yelled at the exact same time making the man finally take a good look at them.

"And who the hell are you?" He asked. "Trying to steal my science experiment are we?" He continued.

"No, we are here to set her free. You have no right to keep her locked up in here," James said standing beside me and glaring at the man, I had to admit it, he had guts facing off with the head honcho himself, expecially when I knew he had a gun hidden under his cloke on his right leg.

"Careful James, he's armed," I said making the scientists gasp in shock and look at me while the man beamed.

"See? I told you she can talk!" He took a step twords me but Luna blocked his path.

"Back off human," she growled and I could see the faint glimer of the bear trying to take over.

"I am the owner of this place and I don't have to listen to tresspassers such as yourself!" The man shouted and backhanded Luna across the hall and I lost it.

Leaping straight at the man before he could grab his gun I sunk my teeth in his arm drawing blood instently, my intent was to kill and I didn't care what appendage I ripped off in the process. The other scientists ran away as the man who I had locked in my jaws screamed for help and bashed at me to get me to let go but I only dug my fangs deeper into his arm until I heard bone snap.

"Forest! Stop!" I faintly heard James scream but I couldn't fully comprehend him, blood coursed through my veins as my adrenaline spiked to an all time high at the sound of the mans scream drawing the predator out in me at the thought of an easy meal and I only kept on attacking him until I felt a clawed hand drag me off.

"Calm down Forest, embrace the human side once more, remember what Mother Moon told us to do!" I could hear Luna whisper in my ear and I immediatly withdrew the predator back inside, once I was back to normal I realized that I had ripped the man to shreds, there was nothing left that would identify him any longer.

"But, but she said we wouldn't lose control," I said backing up from the bloody scene before me.

"You didn't. You managed to stop yourself when I asked you too, if her gift didn't work you wouldn't have stoped so easily," Luna said stroking me behind my ear, James knelt down beside me and I shrunk away from him; I felt guilty he had to see me do such a horrible thing in front of him and I was affraid that he wouldn't approve of me anymore. I was shocked though when he pulled me into his arms and hugged me so tightly that I thought I was going to break myself.

"Thank God you're back Forest. I was so affraid I had lost you, don't ever do that to me again," he whispered in my ear, his hands grabbed a huge clump of my fur as he gripped tightly onto me.

"I'm sorry James," I said laying my chin on his shoulder, I truly meant it too.

"Let's get out of here before the others come back," Luna said and I nodded and followed them out the door, once outside I took in a deep breath of the fresh air, I could smell winter was on its way by the freshness in the air and the cool chill that the whind brought with it making the semi-bare tree limbs creek against the whind, groaning at their nakedness. James once more knelt in front of me with a wet napkin.

"What's that for?" I asked looking at him curiously.

"You've got blood all over you, we can't have you going back to the camp with blood on you," he said whipping away the remenents of my crime from my fur until the white glistened once more, untained by the crimson color.

"Thanks," I said grinning and wagging my tail, something most wolves would NOT do. A loud yawn broke the silence between us as we looked at Luna.

"What's wrong Luna?" James asked.

"I'm sleepy that's all, nothing to worry about."

"Why?" He asked.

"Becuase bears hibernate during the winter which is rapidly approaching. Soon Luna willl be out of comission for the next few months until Spring," I answered him nosing Luna awake a bit. She groaned but straightened up more and rubbed her eyes.

"What happens when she does go into hibernation?" James asked.

"Nothing, she just will be in a deep sleep. She won't wake up to go to the bathroom or eat or drink. If we had remained in the wild she would have already been stocked up and fatten by her harvest during the Spring and Summar months and holed up in some cave warmer than you humans could ever be in your heated houses."

"But she can't do that at the camp, people would notice," James said.

"No they won't," Luna replied this time.

"Why not?" He asked.

"Because I've done it before and no one has noticed my absence, they just thought that I had gone home for the winter and not once bothered to look for me."

"Oh," James said and I could tell by the tinge of red on his cheeks that he felt embarrased for jumping to conclusions.

"Don't fret James. Nothing will happen to her so long as I am around, Wolves don't hibernate, our matabolisms won't allow that during winter. We burn up too much fat to keep ourselves warm so we need to constently eat, unlike bears who can slow their heartbeat so that it looks like its not even beating at all." Luna grined at the stuned look James gave her.

"Now lets head back, I'm starving and I sure would like a nice comfey place to lay down," I said and we headed back to camp.

Chapter 10: Luna goes to sleep

Over the past few days, Luna had been plowing food down like crazy which I couldn't blame her. Having been through so much recently she hadn't had the time to stock up on the fat preserves that she needed to survive the winter like she normally would have, I for one didn't feel like eating a thing.

"Is something wrong Forest?" Luna asked one night when I wasn't eating my steak.

"Nothing really, its just that things will be boring around here until Spring." I hated to admit it but without my pack, being alone did not appeal to me, even the company of James did not satisfy the ache I felt in my heart.

"I'm sorry, I wish I could stay awake but already I have been sleeping longer and more often. I can't fight it as much as I want to, but I promise come Spring time we will have so much damn fun that you will be begging me to go back to sleep again," Luna joked which made me laugh.

"Ya, if I don't knock you out myself first," I replied making us giggled.

"Come on Forest, you need to eat if you are going to build up that winter coat yourself. You're going to need your energy come this winter, I hear its going to be a harsh one this year."

"Is that so? How come?" I asked.

"I don't know but I can feel it," I could too but not so much as she would.

"So does this mean you might be sleeping longer?" I asked.

"I hope not, my fat will only keep me alive for so long, if I use it all up and winter hasn't left yet I'm gonna starve since there won't be any food in the house."

"True, I plan on once more going back into the woods this winter, there's much more to do out there while you're sleeping the cold days away," I said before shoveling a chunk of meat into my mouth.

"Oh shut up," she said laughing and I giggled myself. When our plates were empty and the house was already diminishing in the food catagor with a greater portion of it going to Luna I freted the time when she would not wake up, Luna had always been there for me and everytime she went to sleep something bad would always end up happening to me and she wouldn't be there to help me get out of it, when we were kids she would always be the extra muscle I needed to get out of certian things, and my slim build helped her out as well, we worked perfectly together and went so well; we were like Yin and Yang or two peas in a pod. James occasionally came over more often than before which made me happy, I enjoyed my time with him and Luna when she was awake and I wanted to take every moment I can before I too go on my own winter outing without James.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" James asked me when Luna was once more taking her nap.

"I have to James, wolves can't stay in one place during winter, there's not enough food here to sustain me plus the winter camp time is only a day time with only enogh food provided for that day. You have only the right amount humans would be able to live off on, I need a much greater supply of food which you guys do not have."

"But there are hunters out there, and who's gonna watch over Luna?" He asked.

"That's where you come in. Luna should be fine on her own, she always had been before but with you looking after her she will be golden. I won't be far for