leaned back but could not make it release her.
“If you are thinking about eating me, I don’t think that would be a good idea.”
The wolf snarled at her and she took it as a sign to shut the hell up.
“Wolfy, play nice?” Raven could feel her entire body trembling from fear. She doubted she would be able to hold her bladder for much longer.
The wolf continued to sniff her then placed her over its shoulder and began to walk towards the wooded area. Raven saw Kristian lying on the ground beside her car. Was he dead? God, she hoped not.
“I don’t think going off in the woods with a wolf would be a nice thing.”
The wolf snarled quickly.
Well, isn’t this grand . This was the way Raven Nowles would die. By a mutated wolf.
Kristian began to move and she almost called his name but she didn’t want this thing to do any more harm to him.
Kristian’s red eyes lit up the night. One moment he was at her car, the next he had reached them. He kicked the wolf in the back and Raven went flying. She hit the ground hard.
“Raven, run,” Kristian screamed.
Raven jumped up and rushed to her car, not waiting to see what happens.
When she touched the door on her car she felt bad for leaving Kristian with that thing. She couldn’t let Kristian get killed. She opened the door and pressed the button for the trunk. She raced to the back of the car looking for anything that could help.
A loud howl came from the wooded area where she knew Kristian and the beast were.
“What to get! What to get!”
Raven tossed items around until she came across a crowbar.
“Not a good weapon, but it should help.”
Raven grabbed the crowbar then raced back towards Kristian and the wolf. Once she was close, everything seemed to go in slow motion. She saw Kristian standing behind the beast. Blood was splattered everywhere. Kristian grabbed the head of the wolf and twisted it. Raven heard a loud snapping sound that would haunt her until the end of time. The wolf stopped struggling and went to the ground hard.
Raven had never witnessed anything like this before in her life. Her gaze went to Kristian. She saw his chest rising and falling. His eyes were not red anymore, but she could clearly see his fangs in his mouth.
Raven dropped the crowbar, making Kristian growl and turn towards her.
“I’m going to leave now,” she whispered.
Raven closed her eyes. Her body swayed back and forth as what had to be pure fire traveled through her veins.
A slayer is born.
The voice was in her head. So deep, so dark. What did it mean, a slayer is born?
The world around her spun just before she lost consciousness.
* * * *
Kristian watched as Raven began to fall to the ground. He moved quickly, catching her before she touched it.
He scooped her up into his arms and he knew from that moment he would not let her go. Raven had fully transformed into a slayer. She was stronger, even more powerful than he was. She only had to accept her destiny now.
Kristian carried her back to her car. He would get someone to come dispose of the body.
Kristian placed Raven in the car and drove home quickly. Not only was Raven a slayer, but he felt something deep inside him boiling — something he’d never felt before in his life. He felt a connection with Raven, a connection he could never explain.
Raven slept the entire trip and Kristian was grateful. He didn’t want her jumping out of the car running and screaming. He knew she had seen his eyes and fangs. Even though she had, she did not leave him to fight the wolf alone. Raven had come back to help him and in that moment she had fulfilled her destiny. She let the Gods know that even in the face of danger, she would fight to protect anyone. With every fiber in his soul he knew that Raven would be one of the greatest slayers of all times.
After parking Raven’s car, he carried her inside. He would call for her car to be picked up soon and have it fixed.
Kristian carried her into the bathroom,
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