Chapter 70: The Chase


    The giant ck wolf with glowing orange eyes stepped out from the shadows, baring its pointed white


    teeth.


    It was the same wolf that nearly killed that woman on the night of the fair.


    Enzo turned to face it, shielding me with his body as it slowly stalked toward us. I felt my heart leap into


    my throat as every fiber of my being screamed for me to run as fast as I could, but logically, I knew that


    it would catch me It wanted me. Not Enzo


    “Stay here,” Enzo murmured to me, stepping forward and approaching the werewolf


    I hesitated for a moment, but I knew I couldn’t just stand there and watch him fight alone My eyes


    darted around, looking for some sort of weapon; a sharp stick, arge rock, anything.


    Then, I watched in awe as Enzo shifted into his wolf form. It happened so quickly, nothing like the


    movies; instead of twisting limbs and crunching bones, he went from human to snarling wolf in the blink


    of an eye.


    It was just like my dream. Enzo became a huge, silver wolf with red eyes, even bigger than the ck


    world. I could feel my heart pounding in my chest as I watched the two werewolves circle each other,


    growling and snarling.


    The ck werewolf lunged at Enzo, but he was too quick. Enzo dodged and countered with a swipe of


    his massive paw. The ck werewolf howled in pain as blood dripped from its shoulder.


    I watched the fight intently with wide eyes, trying to anticipate the next move as my mind raced. There


    was nothing I could do except stand there and silently pray that Enzo would defeat the ck wolf


    Suddenly, I heard an all-too-familiar click and saw a camera sh out of the corner of my eye.


    How long had the stalker been here? It didn’t matter, she had evidence of werewolves, and I couldn’t


    let her get away.


    Cursing to myself as Enzo and the ck wolf continued to fight, I took off in the direction of the camera


    sh. My breath became ragged as I raced through the forest, willing my legs to push me faster Almost


    as if instinct took over, I found myself running faster than ever, deftly leaping over rocks and tree roots.


    As I ran, I could hear the sound of the werewolves’ ws scraping against the ground as they


    continued to fight. I could hear Enzo’s fierce growls and the ck werewolf’s desperate snarls. On top


    of that, I heard the sound of the stalker running ahead of me, breathing heavily and whimpering in fear


    as I chased her. She wasn’t far now.


    I finally caught sight of the back of her head. She wore a ck hoodie and a hat, which flew off of her


    head to reveal long, brown hair


    “Stop!” I yelled. “I don’t want to hurt you! Just give me the camera!”


    She nced over her shoulder at the sound of my voice, but didn’t stop running.


    As she tripped and fell down a ravine and the sound of bones crunching filled my ears, I wished she


    had stopped. I ran to the edge and peered over…


    The stalkery at the bottom of the ravine Her neck was bent at an unnatural angle as her eyes stared


    lifelessly at the sky.


    She was dead.


    By chasing her with such wild abandon, I had killed her.


    “No, no, no!” I whimpered, sliding down the side of the ravine and tumbling to my knees next to her. I


    checked for a pulse, praying with what little hope I had left that she wasn’t dead, that I could fix this….


    But it was toote.


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    Tears welled up in my eyes and a sob caught in my throat.


    “I’m sorry, I’m so sorry,” I cried, my hands shaking as tears streamed down my cheeks. I never meant


    for this. I just wanted to stop her. I just wanted to take her camera away; not her life.


    The camera. It caught my eye as itid a few feet away, having fallen out of her hands during her fall. I


    stood, my knees shaking, and walked over to it. The screen was cracked when I picked it up, but it still


    worked; just as I expected as I clicked through the camera roll, it was full of pictures of Enzo and I,


    down to the very moment the ck wolf and Enzo started fighting just a few milliseconds before I saw


    her and started chasing her.


    This girl’sst moments had been spent in fear. I walked back over to her body, tears still streaming


    down my face as I held the camera in my hands. She was young even — — younger than me, and had


    probably started this whole thing with no intention of any oue except for making Enzo and I stop


    seeing each other. She was just a fan with a camera.


    As I stared down at her lifeless body, the sound of snarling in the forest above returned my attention to


    the fight. Cursing once more, I slipped the camera strap around my neck and climbed back up the side


    of the ravine, using exposed roots and digging my fingers into the damp soil to haul myself back up


    before running back to the fight.


    When I arrived, I was relieved to find that Enzo had the ck werewolf pinned to the ground as it


    writhed and whimpered beneath him as if begging for mercy. A twig snapped beneath my foot as I


    approached and Enzo snapped


    his head up, baring his teeth momentarily before recognizing me. He nodded, signaling that it was safe


    toe closer.


    I approached cautiously, my heart still racing. Enzo let out a low growl as a warning to the ck


    werewolf before he released him and stepped back, shifting back into his human form.


    The ck wolf writhed on the ground, surrounded by its own blood. I watched in horror as it started to


    shift back to its human form, to reveal none other than…


    “Ronan?” I whispered, stepping forward. Enzo put his arm out to stop me and shook his head silently


    as Ronan coughed and sputtered on the ground. There was a huge gash on his chest that extended up


    to his throat. He was coughing up blood.


    “You can’t just let him die,” I said, my voice quivering.


    Enzo looked at me with a puzzled expression on his face. “What do you mean?” he asked. “He was


    gonna kill both of us.”


    I shook my head and pushed Enzo’s arm out of the way, running up to Ronan and dropping onto my


    knees next to him. He looked up at me with abination of terror and pleading in his eyes as he


    continued coughing up blood.


    “It’s okay,” I whisperedfortingly to Ronan, ripping off the nnel shirt I had been wearing and


    balling it up, then pressing it into his wound to put pressure on it and stanch the bleeding. I nced


    over my shoulder to see Enzo continuing to stand by, motionless, with a shocked expression on his


    face.


    “Call for help,” I ordered sternly. “I won’t lose two lives tonight.”