Silver Stake (The Werewolf Hunter Chronicles Book 1) by M.D. Bowden Page B
Authors: M.D. Bowden
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teeth. “Just so you know, this is going against my better judgement, that’s for sure.”
“This way,” Lewis said, and he started to walk further along the incline.
Maya and Ollie, both looking uneasily around them, followed. They came to a place where the passages split.
“I think I remember being pulled up a slope, so I reckon it’s this way,” Lewis said.
Suddenly they heard footsteps coming from the lower passage. The three of them glanced down, into the dark.
“You two stay close,” Maya said, taking the lead.
“Maya,” Ollie gasped. “This might be a set up.”
They rounded a corner and came face to face with a pack of wolves, fur standing on end and teeth bared, yellow eyes gleaming.
“Run!” Maya shouted.
Ollie and Lewis took off and she followed. A werewolf sprang towards her and she turned to face it, but jumped when she heard the sound of grating metal behind her. She glanced back and saw a barrier had been cast down. Solid iron from the looks of it. The wolf lunged towards her and she pulled out her stake.
∞
Ollie and Lewis whipped back around at the noise, and ran back the way they had come, immediately spotting the barrier that had descended.
“Ahh, this isn’t good,” Lewis said.
“Good observation,” said Ollie. He started pounding his fists against the barrier. “Maya!” he shouted.
She didn’t reply, but he heard snarling, then thuds and a high pitched whine. He got down onto his knees and tried to push his fingers under the rusted metal of the barrier, to pry it up.
“Come on, help me,” he said to Lewis.
Lewis got down next to him, and together they tried their hardest to lift the thing, but it was no good.
“Is there some sort of mechanism?” Ollie said, scanning the walls.
“Probably there is. Other side of barrier, I reckon.”
“Well, that’s a lot of help,” Ollie muttered. He went back to trying to prise up the door. “I think it’s going to work!” he said.
∞
Maya pounced forward, springing over the wolf as it lunged. Quick as a snake she jumped onto its back and jammed the stake right under its ribs. The wolf gave a high pitched whine and then started to simmer and melt. Before it could become mere residue Maya turned to face the next wolf. She had one advantage in this situation, she decided, and that was the narrowness of the tunnel. There was only room to fight one wolf at a time. She could hear banging and shouts from the other side of the barrier, and she cursed. They should have left her .
A mottled brown and white wolf jumped forward, snarling. His muscles looked large and his teeth long and sharp. He snapped his jaw shut and growled, and the back of her neck tingled as the little hairs there stood on end. She brandished her stake at him and his eyes flashed with menace, then he jumped. She stepped back, surprised, and his paws hit her chest, knocking her back, and as her head hit the ground she felt a tugging on her foot. She met eyes with the wolf and it looked like it smiled, its eyes dipping to her throat. She drove the stake into its chest, and as it howled at the pain, she pushed it off her and caught sight of the wolf with her thick boot in its jaws. She slashed at its muzzle and it released her foot, but as it did another wolf jumped over her head.
She heard a creaking, grating sound and looked behind her in time to see the barrier slowly rising, and then Ollie and Lewis came into view.
“The cross!” she shouted.
Ollie grabbed it from his pocket and held it out as Maya jumped after the wolf between them and lunged on top of it, staking it quick.
“Behind you!” shouted Ollie.
She turned just in time and threw her knee under the chin of a white wolf. Its head snapped back, causing it to fall, and Maya jumped to her feet. She saw more wolves appearing at the end of the tunnel.
“Run!” she shouted.
She tore after them.
They quickly got back to the
“This way,” Lewis said, and he started to walk further along the incline.
Maya and Ollie, both looking uneasily around them, followed. They came to a place where the passages split.
“I think I remember being pulled up a slope, so I reckon it’s this way,” Lewis said.
Suddenly they heard footsteps coming from the lower passage. The three of them glanced down, into the dark.
“You two stay close,” Maya said, taking the lead.
“Maya,” Ollie gasped. “This might be a set up.”
They rounded a corner and came face to face with a pack of wolves, fur standing on end and teeth bared, yellow eyes gleaming.
“Run!” Maya shouted.
Ollie and Lewis took off and she followed. A werewolf sprang towards her and she turned to face it, but jumped when she heard the sound of grating metal behind her. She glanced back and saw a barrier had been cast down. Solid iron from the looks of it. The wolf lunged towards her and she pulled out her stake.
∞
Ollie and Lewis whipped back around at the noise, and ran back the way they had come, immediately spotting the barrier that had descended.
“Ahh, this isn’t good,” Lewis said.
“Good observation,” said Ollie. He started pounding his fists against the barrier. “Maya!” he shouted.
She didn’t reply, but he heard snarling, then thuds and a high pitched whine. He got down onto his knees and tried to push his fingers under the rusted metal of the barrier, to pry it up.
“Come on, help me,” he said to Lewis.
Lewis got down next to him, and together they tried their hardest to lift the thing, but it was no good.
“Is there some sort of mechanism?” Ollie said, scanning the walls.
“Probably there is. Other side of barrier, I reckon.”
“Well, that’s a lot of help,” Ollie muttered. He went back to trying to prise up the door. “I think it’s going to work!” he said.
∞
Maya pounced forward, springing over the wolf as it lunged. Quick as a snake she jumped onto its back and jammed the stake right under its ribs. The wolf gave a high pitched whine and then started to simmer and melt. Before it could become mere residue Maya turned to face the next wolf. She had one advantage in this situation, she decided, and that was the narrowness of the tunnel. There was only room to fight one wolf at a time. She could hear banging and shouts from the other side of the barrier, and she cursed. They should have left her .
A mottled brown and white wolf jumped forward, snarling. His muscles looked large and his teeth long and sharp. He snapped his jaw shut and growled, and the back of her neck tingled as the little hairs there stood on end. She brandished her stake at him and his eyes flashed with menace, then he jumped. She stepped back, surprised, and his paws hit her chest, knocking her back, and as her head hit the ground she felt a tugging on her foot. She met eyes with the wolf and it looked like it smiled, its eyes dipping to her throat. She drove the stake into its chest, and as it howled at the pain, she pushed it off her and caught sight of the wolf with her thick boot in its jaws. She slashed at its muzzle and it released her foot, but as it did another wolf jumped over her head.
She heard a creaking, grating sound and looked behind her in time to see the barrier slowly rising, and then Ollie and Lewis came into view.
“The cross!” she shouted.
Ollie grabbed it from his pocket and held it out as Maya jumped after the wolf between them and lunged on top of it, staking it quick.
“Behind you!” shouted Ollie.
She turned just in time and threw her knee under the chin of a white wolf. Its head snapped back, causing it to fall, and Maya jumped to her feet. She saw more wolves appearing at the end of the tunnel.
“Run!” she shouted.
She tore after them.
They quickly got back to the
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