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With a soft grunt, I turned my head. I didn’t want to think about the terrible things I’d done in the past. As punishment for my sins, I’d exiled myself to the western reaches of the realm where the forests were too thick. There weren’t humans for miles—that was, until this very moment.
Where had this woman come from? Didn’t she know the dangers of these woods? How had she gotten here without alerting the ferocious beasts that inhabited this forest? How was she still alive?
Questions whirled around in my head, but I knew I couldn’t find the answers to them. I couldn’t even approach her for fear that I’d hurt her, so instead I just chose to stay and watch over her in case something else came along.
Her scent assaulted my senses once again, and I couldn’t miss the innocence hidden amongst the intoxicating layers of it.
She was a virgin.
My heart pounded in my chest, the blood rushing through my skull in a whoosh. I took a step back, needing to distance myself, but feeling an extreme need to stay and protect her should she come to find herself in danger. Every muscle fiber in my body felt ready to burst, and sweat beaded at the edges of my brow. Heat burned through me as I tried to restrain myself. Leaning forward, I pressed my hand against a tree in order to keep myself steady.
My cock was rock hard. I wanted nothing more than to drag her wet, lithe body out of the water, pin her down on her back, and mount her. Even though I knew I shouldn’t, I yearned to sink myself into her and give her the rutting she deserved for having the audacity to swim in my forest naked.
I wanted to protect her, but the truth was that she was already in the worst danger imaginable.
There wasn’t anything more dangerous that inhabited this forest thanme.
CHAPTER4
Sophia
A twig snapped somewhere in the surrounding trees, and I started, immediately looking around as I treaded water.
What was that?
I spun around, trying to search the thick foliage for signs of life, but I couldn’t see anything. For a moment, everything remained silent, and the only thing I could hear was my startled heart pounding in my chest. My uneasiness settled after a minute or two, but then the crunching of a dead leaf underfoot set my pulse racing once again. Slowly, I started to swim closer to shore until my feet brushed the sandy bottom. I kept my eyes peeled, but the forest remained silent except for the musical songbirds perched up in the treetops.
I only just made it out of the water when a dark blur came crashing out of the jungle and barreled towards me. There was no time to grab my clothes and get dressed, so I swam in the opposite direction. I looked back over my shoulder, only to see the furry creature give chase. A small, frightened squeak escaped me as I poured every ounce of strength and adrenaline into swimming away from it. At last, I crawled up onto the mossy shore and started to run. Looking back over my shoulder, I shrieked at the sight of it.
Apart from its massive, fur-covered body and gnashing teeth, what really scared me was the glowing purple eyes that stared back at me like I was its next meal. It was a sinister kind of violet, supernatural light that left me feeling unsettled, almost like I had just seen a ghost.
This wasn’t a creature that lived on Earth, that much was certain.
I tried to ignore the aching pain in the bottoms of my feet. I wasn’t used to running barefoot anywhere, and even though the moss covering much of the ground was soft, that didn’t mean that stepping on a sharp stick or a stone didn’t cause me any pain. I gritted my teeth, my heart pumping with fear and adrenaline as I raced forward. I tried to avoid stepping on anything as best as I could, but soon enough, the side of my foot crashed down on the side of a rock and a piercing pain shot up my leg.
I didn’t have to look. I knew I’d sliced it open.
Regardless, I dug deep for whatever courage I had left even as my eyes watered from the terrible, pulsing agony. The muscles in my legs burned fiercely, but I tried to ignore them, pushing onward with every step as I raced through the jungle.
The roaring footsteps behind me kept getting closer. Savage growls echoed, growing fiercer by the second, and I cried out, my panic reaching a fever pitch.
Then my foot caught in a vine and my world came crashing to a halt, each second lengthening until it felt like time stood still. I flew forward, the ground rushing towards my face at a dizzying pace until I made contact with a brutal jolt.
I didn’t want to die, not like this.
Purely on the instinct to live, I pushed myself up and looked back over my shoulder as the wild beast bounded towards me on all fours. My fingers dug into the soft moss, finding traction as I tried to scramble back up to my feet, but it was too late.
The beast leapt towards me, closing the distance between us in one gravity-defying leap. It crashed down on my back, and I cried out as I flattened beneath it. Sharp claws dug into my back, and I yelped, unable to fathom any way out of this.
It grabbed my upper arm and threw me on my back, and I finally got a good look at the creature that would soon be the cause of my death.
It was a werewolf, but nothing like the kind I read about in romance novels in the past. This one was undoubtedly evil, from his imposing and muscular form to his supernaturally glowing, circular gaze, screaming with nothing but malevolent intent. His black, scraggly fur glistened with an eerie sheen under the light of the moon, casting him in a sinister aura that made my heartbeat turn frantic with terror. I glanced down at his blood red claws, carefully poised over my ribcage as it contemplated ripping me open and feasting on my raw flesh. His snout furrowed as he rolled his lips, exposing gnashing teeth that were as long as each one of my fingers and sharp enough to rend my flesh with ease.
The glowing amethyst of his gaze was chilling down to the depths of my soul, and I whimpered with fear.
I didn’t know why at that moment, but I suddenly chose to look up into the sky. The sun was setting, and the moon was rising. The vivid red, oranges, pinks and yellows cut through the sky, but the light of the full moon was jarringly bright.
I didn’t dare move, deathly afraid the terrifying creature might retaliate.
