4. Chapter 4
”Thisway.”Ginnypoints to the exit of the alley and what I hope leads up back to the main road.
Ginny wraps her arm around me and pulls me close. It”s freezing outside, and we hold each other close as we walk to share our body heat. A whole-body shiver runs through me.
”Tut, tut, tut. Where do you think you”re going, princess?” The voice stops me in my tracks, and I pull Ginny to a sudden stop beside me.
I look up; the guy from across the table is staring straight at me with two men flanking him. There”s something seriously wrong with all of them; they move like predators and I’m their prey. Their presence is telling everything in me to run away and not look back.
Ginny and I both spin on our heels and take off at a run down the alley. We”re almost at the end when another figure steps out in front of us. I let out a yelp. It”s the other guy from the table and he too has men flanking him.
”What the hell do you want from us?” Ginny screams at them.
”It”s not you we want, little bitch.” The guy in the middle calls out, taking a step toward us.
Ginny pulls me back to create some distance between us and them, but this just brings us closer to the three at the other end of the alley. It won”t be long until they surround us, and there is nowhere else for us to go.
As they draw closer to us, a noise behind me pulls my attention to the other group. I spin round. One of the three is now naked, his eyes glowing brightly. The fact he has stripped should bother me, but it doesn’t. It”s the noise his body is making, like breaking bones - that’s what bothers me. And from what I”m seeing, his bones are breaking in front of me, elongating in some places, shortening in others.
My stomach is churning. I have the sudden urge to throw up, but for some reason, I can”t look away. He drops to all fours and hair sprouts across his naked skin, covering every inch of his body from head to toe. The last part that changes is his face. His jaw lengthens and his ears get longer and pointier.
In one blink, there is no longer a man standing in front of me, but a wolf. An enormous, snarling wolf. I let out a scream, and Ginny finally turns as well. Her mouth opens, ready to scream, but a hand wraps around her neck, cutting off the sound before she can make it.
I jump at the man holding her, punching and kicking at him, trying to loosen his grip on Ginny, but he won”t let go. A hand grabs my shoulder and yanks me back so hard that I fly through the air straight into a dumpster in the alley. I let out a strangled cry as the air is pushed from my lungs on impact. I hear a crack, possibly a rib, and the pain is intense.
”Alaric, she”s mine! Keep your hands to yourself.” A different voice growls nearby.
A figure appears above me and crouches down on his haunches. He puts his fingers under my chin and lifts my head. It”s none of the others I”ve seen so far. This is someone new.
”Now, now, little one. Don”t fear me. I”ve put a lot of time into watching you. You wouldn”t want to disappoint me, would you?”
”Who... who are you?” My voice trembles as I speak.
”Oh, you will know me soon. Every single part of me, my body, my cock… I”m going to sink into every one of your holes, and you”re going to love every minute.”
His words send tremors throughout my body. He”s going to rape me, and I don”t think there”s anything I can do to stop him. My eyes flicker to Ginny. One of the other men is still gripping her by her neck. The enormous wolf circles them, watching one of the other men slice his claws down the front of her dress. They cut the skin there as he rips the tattered fabric from her body.
I can”t move, I can”t speak. I can only watch. The man in front of me drags me to my feet and pulls my back against his front. His erection pushes into my ass through his jeans, and he grunts. One hand comes across my mouth and the other works down the front of my dress. When he reaches the hem, it disappears beneath it, running up the inside of my thighs.
”Watch now, little one. I”ve given your friend to my men. I want you to watch as they enjoy her.” The hand across my mouth forces me to look at Ginny. I want to close my eyes, but my body won”t let me.
There”s a resounding crack as one man lashes out and backhands Ginny across the mouth. A sob escapes her lips as she”s shoved to the ground. She tries to move, but the wolf latches its mouth onto one arm, as another man grabs the other. She tries to scream, but she can only whimper. They must have broken her jaw with the force of the blow.
I pull against the man holding me, but his grip feels like steel and I can”t break loose. His fingers brush against my panties and I squirm, but it only seems to excite him more. He pants down my ear as he rocks his hips against mine.
The man who shoved Ginny to the ground kneels behind her, his jeans undone and his erection already out. With a snap of fabric, he rips away her panties and throws them to one of the other men, who lifts them to his nose and sniffs. The man barks out a laugh as he pockets them.
I try to pull my face away, but a whimper from Ginny pulls my attention back. The man behind her is holding her tight by the hips, claws digging into her flesh and making her bleed as he thrusts inside her. Her eyes are on me, wide and full of terror as tears spill down her cheeks. My own tears drip down my face.
Another man drops his jeans, prying open Ginny”s mouth. He shoves himself between her broken jaws. She tries to cry out, but chokes on his member. The man behind me rocks himself against me harder, his fingers now pushing under the lace of my panties and brushing against my core. My hips buck, attempting to get him off, but his grip is relentless.
”Oh, stop now, little one. You”re just making me harder. I want to enjoy the show, but if you don”t stop, I”ll have to fuck you right here, right now.”
I stop any movement. I”m hardly even breathing as I’m forced to watch the other men brutalize Ginny. They take it in turns to rape her. I think at some point she lost consciousness. I can only hope she did so she can”t feel anything, as the men have their way with her. She”s bleeding from one arm where the wolf bit down on her and there are various other wounds that now cover her body.
When the men have finished with her, she”s limp, her body splayed out on the floor. The man behind me has been whispering the things he is going to do to me throughout the entire ordeal, but now I just feel numb. I don”t know at what point I stopped listening, but his fingers are still buried deep inside me, thrusting even though I”m mostly dry.
”Alaric, come get my little one. I need my turn.” He shoves me toward the one called Alaric.
A muscular arm wraps around my front from behind, holding my arms down. This is the one I dick punched in the club. His other hand goes over my mouth to keep me quiet, but I don”t have the energy to cry out anymore. The one in wolf form moves closer, sniffing me before sitting down on his haunches next to me. The man who seems to be the leader, the one who calls me ‘little one’, approaches Ginny”s prone form.
His pants are undone, and his hard cock is already out. Pulling Ginny back up to her knees, he holds her there. He dips his fingers into the blood that coats her thighs from where one of the others with claws rip open her flesh and slicks it over his cock. He lines himself up with her back entrance and shoves himself inside with one thrust.
He doesn”t relent his thrusts, his passage made slicker by the blood that seems to come from Ginny”s body. His moans and grunts make me want to puke. Pulling her lifeless body up against his, he runs his hands over her naked flesh. His claws dig into her skin, blood pooling around them both, but he doesn”t seem to care.
I see Ginny”s eyes flicker slightly, and my heart all but stops. As her eyes focus on me again, I can see the pain there, the terror. She tries to struggle, but the leader holds her tighter. A hand holding her by the throat.
”Don”t struggle, little bitch. I prefer my women when they are compliant.” He looks over at me. ”Just like my little one over there, she didn”t struggle.”
Ginny doesn”t stop moving, though. She must be in so much pain. They have almost cut her body to shreds, and she”s bleeding from everywhere.
”Fine, have it your way!” He bellows.
The hand on her throat tightens, and his fingers dig in. The claws on the tips of his fingers slice into her throat. Blood spills from her mouth as they push through her flesh. He continues to rut into her as he rips her throat out. Blood pours down her neck and her head drops to her chest, her body slumping in his grasp. Even so, he doesn”t stop until he groans as he comes.
Pulling his blood and cum covered cock from her body, he lets her drop to the floor to lie in a pool of her own blood. Her eyes are staring into nothing, her legs open and her hand falls to one side. I draw in a sudden breath. I”ve seen this before, or as near as. My mother”s dead body flashes in my mind.
My mind whirls as I look at the scene before me, remembering that horrific night. The markings on Ginny are almost the same as those I found on my mother and father. My eyes connect with the leader of the group as he wipes his bloody hands on his jeans and rises slowly.
His amber eyes glow as he watches me. I know I need to get away. If I don”t… I don”t even want to think about what will happen to me. But I know it will probably end in my death. Without thinking, I grab my captor”s hand and try to pull it from my face. It barely moves, but it”s enough for me to sink my teeth into his hand. With a howl, he lets go of me and I take off down the alley.
One of the other wolves tries to grab me, but I move my arm at the last second and his claws rake across my side, gouging into my skin. The pain from my ribs and this new wound flares. I place my hand against it and carry on running. I get a little further before an enormous weight lands on my back and takes me to the ground.
My hands and knees scrape on the floor, and my skintears open. Pain ignites through my shoulder as teeth sink into the soft flesh next to my neck. I feel claws dig into my back and sense the blood pouring from my wounds.
The teeth drag me across the ground until I”m level with Ginny”s body. I can see her out of the corner of my eye, her dead eyes staring straight at me.
”Adam, get off her!” The leader”s voice bellows. I can hear the anger in hiswords.
The wolf attached to my neck is ripped away, taking a chunk of my flesh with it. I let out a scream, and a whine sounds off to one side. Hands grab me and roll me over. The leader stares down at me, his eyes wide.
”Goddammit, I told you all no harm was to come to her. What the fuck did you think you were doing?”
My head turns to the side. The wolf is standing close by, one paw raised up off the ground. He”s becoming fuzzier as I try to focus on him. I”m exhausted, and the pain is just too much. I want to close my eyes and die. A hand grabs my chin and turns my face back to the leader, but he”s just a blur now.
”You don”t want to die, little one. I need you alive to bear my pups.” His fingers stroke my cheek. ”I”ve been watching you from the shadows for a long time. I”ve kept you protected. I”d like my investment to stay very much alive.”
I try to keep my eyes open, but I”m struggling. The hand holding my chin tilts my head, and lips press against mine. His tongue pushes between my lips, but I don”t even react. My body feels heavy. I can feel the life draining out of me. Breaking the kiss, he wrenches my head to the side, inhaling deeply as his nose presses to my neck.
”You smell divine, little one. Fear is so intoxicating. I should take you right now, but that would be a waste considering what I have planned for you.”
He lets go of me and my eyes slip shut; the darkness trying to consume me.
”Heal now, little one. I’m sure a fanger will find you soon. The real hunt has only just begun. Run all you like. I have your scent now. No matter where you go, I”ll always find you.”
I hear footsteps walking further and further away until I can”t hear anything anymore. It”s silent around me. All I can hear is my labored breathing as I attempt to inhale the oxygen my body craves. As I lay in a pool of mine and Ginny”s blood, I reach out my hand, feeling for her. My fingers brush against hers and I weave my fingers between her cool ones. Darkness finally claims me.