The Wolfs Maine - By Jinni James Page 0,26

home?" All I could do was stutter.

"Who? What? How?" His hand was reaching up and wrapping around my throat as he got closer to me and whispered in my ear.

"Because my dear I know it all. I can find out anything. You just ended your own life." I gasped as he threw me towards the broken wine rack that I fell right on top of. Glass punctured my hands as I hit the floor. He started towards me but I couldn't get up, all I could do was crawl my way backwards.

My life was over. Nicholas was surely going to kill me; I could see it in his eyes. He was towering over me all 6'4 of him, he bent down and clasped my throat in his hands. As I looked into his eyes all I could see was rage. It almost looked as if his eyes were turning red. He was beginning to squeeze my throat tighter, I could feel the panic throughout my body but there was nothing I could do. He had me pinned to the ground, I couldn't move and now I couldn't breathe. As my surroundings got fuzzy all I could think of was John. What would his reaction be to my death? Will he miss me? Will he come and kill Nicholas? I can't imagine never seeing his face again.

Then out of nowhere something comes straight through the window and right at Nicholas and knocks him off of me. I gasp for air as I am now free. Trying to regain my composure I look up but my vision is still blurry. All I see is something that looks like an animal attacking Nicholas, a big animal. It begins to remind me of the wolf I saw outside the club except before it was gentle now it was a beast trying to rip Nicholas to shreds but Nicholas wasn't having it. I've never seen him fight off anything let alone an animal like this. As my vision cleared it did look exactly like the wolf I saw that night. Same figure, same coloring, but vicious. The wolf got a few bites in before Nicholas threw it across the room and then they both stood and looked at each other.

Something was urging me to go to the wolf and not run for my life. Why on Earth would I do that? I started to walk towards the wolf and it looked at me with those eyes and snarled like it was telling me to stay back. Nicholas looked over at me with an evil grin like he knew he had already won.

"Yes Ava. Listen to him. Stay where you are. I'll be right over and I will pick up where I left off. Is this the creature you love dear Ava?" What was he talking about? That obviously flicked a switch for the wolf because he pounced at Nicholas, I should have been terrified but I wasn't. I was more worried for Nicholas because the wolf looked like he could not be stopped. He was there to kill Nicholas just as Nicholas was there to kill me. You could just see murder in both of their eyes. I knew it was time for me to go.

I saw my cell across the room so I grabbed it and ran out the front door. I would call someone as soon as I got somewhere safer, somewhere a good distance away from this house. I just did not want to know the outcome of what was happening. Either the wolf was going to kill Nicholas and I would be free or Nicholas would kill the wolf and come after me. I had to get somewhere he couldn't find me. I got to my car and in the driver’s seat before I realized I had no keys. That's just great. So it was time to run even though I was barefoot I could hopefully get somewhere so I could call Jaci.

I ran through the trees thinking and hoping I was going to right direction. By now it was pitch black outside, it was so hard to see anything. I thought I saw the road just up ahead. I could get up there and call Jaci to come pick me up. Just then I heard something behind me. I couldn't help but pray it wasn't Nicholas. I don't really know if I want it to be the wolf either but for some reason I felt safer with the wolf idea.

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