shaking and closed her eyes. She could feel his hot breath on her cheek and neckneck and could not move, she could not breathe. Just when she thought she would pass out from the lack of air, she heard the growling in stereo.
Kate slowly opened her eyes in terror. Jacob was still above her but he was looking to the right of her. Very slowly, she turned her head to see the other wolf, a very large grey wolf a few feet away circling behind Jacob. She looked between Jacob and this other wolf, who was it? Derrick! She thought suddenly. She just knew unexpectedly, did not know why or how she did, but she knew the grey wolf was Derrick. Then the realization dawned on her, ‘Oh shit’, she was between two wolves and they were angry, Jacob protective, possessive, they going to fight.
Jacob turned cautiously, moving out from over Daniela facing the grey wolf stepping a little further away; placingplacing himself between Daniela and the wolf. Another wolf, brown, walked out from behind a tree to the left, then another right behind Daniela. This one was light gray, slightly smaller than the others were, and stopped beside her;; the wolf glanced at Daniela as if to say ‘don’t move.’ How Daniela knew this she did not know but she would obey. Daniela nodded slightly and stood slowly, as the wolf moved forward pushing Jacob to step back further. Placing her body between Daniela and Jacob. If Daniela were not so frightened, she would have had time to analyze the fact she understood the thoughts of all the wolves there. That it was not that she just seem to know, but that she was receiving and understanding the thoughts projected to her.
Jacob’s wolf continued becomingbecoming frustrated at being systematically surrounded by the other wolves, of being separated from his mate. He knewknew the larger wolf beingbeing the biggest threat and continued to face Derrick as the other two flanked him. He knew where they were. Jacob’s wolf was unhappy at being cut off from Daniela growled his frustration. She was his; his mate, his wolf would not give Jacob back control easily and he fought within himself. The human partpart of him knew these were pack mates, yet his wolf would not listen. ‘She was his’; this was all that the wolf understood, ‘His mate.’ His wolf was angry that he was being methodically partedparted from her, being moved further away. Angry hehe pounced on the gray wolf; ‘if he could just take care of him the others would be easy to intimidate’intimidate’.
Daniela watched terrified as Jacob and Derrick fought. The other two wolves stood between her and the fighting but it was the most horrible thing she had witnessed. The sounds of the fighting, so primal, so powerful. Dirt, leaves, and twigs sprayed up into the air as each push the other back, trying to gain the upper hand. The growling so loud she covered her ears. Unable to close her eyes to the site, she watched horrified as she watched fur fly. She started forward, not sure what she could do. One-step was all she managed as one of the wolves beside her stepped in front of her, blocking her from moving forward. She never noticed what had stopped her, her mind so numb at the site she stopped unable to consider how to get around the wolf. So numb and engrossed she never even considered the fact that she should not have moved in the first place. Therefore, she just stood and watched.
Her legs slowly lost feeling as the fighting continued, the growling, the barking the anger projected into the clearing became overwhelming and she sunk to the ground. Daniela felt so lost, “How can I stop this?” she spoke through her thoughts in a whisper. “This is my fault.” She analyzed sadly to herself but the wolves around her heard.
The smaller gray wolf turned guardedly and looked at Daniela her eyes sad but determined. She looked over her shoulder at the fighting then nudged Daniela to stand. Standing slowly, carefully she watched
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