Chapter 3 - Did you just bit me?

I don’t know how and when but I slowly found myself drifting off to sleep while playing with its soft furs.

I know what you might be thinking. Who is their right state of mind would sleep when an unknown creature was nuzzling up against them?

I don’t know about you but I would when I’ve spent the entire day and night before sorting things around my new apartment. I pretty much already had bags forming under my eyes. It was high time I get some sleep.

Hence, the slumber party time begins, with a not so small creature in my arms!

When I woke up, it was dark so I figured it was night time or pretty early in the morning. I was still sitting with my back leaning against the tree trunk but the dog was nowhere to be found. Had it all been a dream, a nightmare? But what am I doing here? There is no way that I could imagine all of that. I’m not J. K Rowling nor am I Stephenie Meyer.

I hastily got up and dusted my clothes off. I halted midway when I realized I was making a lot of noise.

After checking my surroundings and finding no dog in sight, I quietly tried to make my way out of the forest. I almost cursed out loud when I stepped straight into a bunch of dry leaves which made a loud crunching sound echo in the deadly empty forest.

“Trying to find your way out?” I literally froze with fright while my heart began racing when I heard a deep voice.

Damn it!

“Oh you know… I-I was just looking around.” I nodded with a tight smile while turning around to glance at the person who caught me sneaking around.

My smile faltered. Butterflies fluttered around in my stomach as I stared up at the gorgeous man standing in front of me.

He was close enough that he towered well over me, his stature strong and muscular. His button up shirt clung to his every bulging muscle, as did his jeans.

I swiftly glanced away when our eyes met, feeling heat in my chest as my heart skipped a beat. His eyes are a piercing silver and his hair is so black, it reminded me of the dog I was cuddling earlier. His golden tan skin contrasted to his ruffled black hair.

I tried to hunt for every specific feature on him, but that was impossible with the little light of the moon.

“So, you aren’t lost?” He asked. His voice was powerful and demanding, yet soft like a caress to the skin.  

“Hmm… no, I definitely know my way out of this s-scary forest.” I replied, trying to sound as cool as I was pretending to look but my voice betrayed me.

To my surprise, he laughed. A genuine laugh, like he thought I was funny. I clenched my fingers tightly when they inch to cover the heat rising on my cheeks.

“Well, it was nice meeting you but I really need to get going.” Waving a hand at him, I sauntered off.

I gasped when a gust of wind sent me crashing into a tree only to register that he had me trapped against the tree. How the heck did he move so fast?

"Mine", he growled and burrowed his face in between the right side of my neck and shoulder. I held my breath in surprise when I heard the animalistic sound he made.

I squealed as he held my sides with his hands and pulled me even closer to his chest. He was strong but also gentle, and his touch sent tingles down my spine.

I gulped hard when I felt his lips grazing a soft spot on my neck. I could hardly breathe at this point.

“Please”, he murmured, his lips close to my ear, his breath warm. “Don’t leave me.”

I shivered. It felt like he was taking over all of my personal space and all I could think, feel or even smell was him and only him.

I fisted my hands tightly to avoid from wounding my arms around his neck.

When he nipped on my right ear lope, I almost moaned out loud but I squeezed both my eyes and my mouth shut tightly. What the hell is happening? Why am I letting him do this to me? Why am I even allowing him? What's wrong with me?

Why do I feel the need to let him do whatever he was doing? I couldn’t make any sense of what was happening. I’ve never felt this way around any guy before.

Why do I want more from him? Why do I want to feel his touch on my body?

Is he controlling my mind? Is he forcing me to do this?

When that thought crossed my mind, I pushed him away from me.

He went stumbling backwards, clearly not expecting this sudden reaction from me.

He caught himself before falling down and glanced at me with a forlorn look.

"Get the hell away from me!" I scowled at him. His eyes darkened.

I gulped nervously. When he stepped forward, approaching me, I ran away. I heard a deafening howl from behind but this time, it was filled with pain and despair.

I couldn't care less, well, that's what I thought anyway until I heard fierce growls echoing from behind me, sounding closer and closer. It felt like the never-ending forest was closing in on me. More and more trees appeared and zoomed by me as I begged my feet to move faster.

A loud blood-curdling scream echoed around me as I found myself being lifted through the air only realizing a few seconds later that I was the one who screamed bloody murder. I closed my mouth and gulped as I felt a hard surface supporting my back and the ground underneath my feet. Did I just levitate across the forest?

I began hyperventilating as I glanced at the looming trees surrounding me.

What the heck just happened?

I held onto the tree trunk behind me. My legs weakened. I tried to catch my breath but it was in vain. I couldn’t sort through the images compiling in my mind, images of what could be present in this forest, and images of what creatures could be lurking in the dark, watching me like predators of the night.

I slowly shook my head when the man I was running from found me. Feeling a current zip up my spine, I shivered in tremor as he neared me, like a predator would his prey.

My legs gave out but before I could fall, he moved as quickly as lightning and caught me. I froze, feeling a growing fear wounding itself around my body and holding me in its vicious grasp. An emotion I would not want to feel ever again.

Drawing me close into his arms, he borrowed his face in between my right neck and shoulder once again. I felt breathless as my racing heart skipped a beat. My inner gut gnawed at me to run, to get the heck away from here but I couldn’t do anything to get out of his tight grip.

I let out a sharp whine as I felt the sting of his teeth against my neck.

I gasped as my sight blacked out. I flashbacked to a night I was lost in the forest. I was small. No one was there to help me until three feral animals surrounded me, wanting nothing but to kill me.

An increasing heat stirred within my chest and I clenched my fists. A strong sense of anger overtook me. I shook uncontrollably before I lost consciousness.

When I came around, it was daytime. Surrounding me, were the same animals from last night, viciously killed and lying in their own blood.

Feeling his teeth sunk into my flesh, I was brought back into reality. I yelped and pushed him away. I impulsively touched my neck when I felt a prick which soon spread like wildfire. Totally stunned, I withdrew my hand to find blood coating the tips of my fingers. 

“Did you just bit me?” I asked in bewilderment.