Darkness slowly fell over the forest. Soft footsteps padded through the trees. Glowing yellow eyes shone out of the black night. A dark graceful form stepped out of the bushes. It slowly walked into a pool of light. Thick ebony fur glistened as muscles ripples. Large ears carefully listening to the night around him, the wolf walked over to the bubbling stream.
In the pale moonlight, he studied his reflection. Gleaming white fangs seemed to glow in the night as he smiled slightly. Crouching slowly, his long dark muzzle touched the water. His soft ears twitched as he lapped the cool liquid in silence.
Footsteps suddenly broke the quiet of the night.
A rustling to the left caused him to tense. A young girl stumbled out from the trees,
falling to her hands and knees. A deep rumbling rolled through his chest and her head snapped up at the sound. Terror coursed through her veins and screamed at her to move but she was frozen, trapped by his bright yellow eyes.
The wolf’s red tongue slashed out across his teeth as though he could taste the fear radiating from her. His ears twitched as he listened to her frantic heartbeat. Hackles raised, he slowly paced over the young girl, taking in her appearance.
She wore faded blue jeans and a torn, ragged red tee shirt. Her hair was a wild nest of tangles and had a few stray leaves and twigs caught in it. Dirt covered from head to toe. As he circled her, growling deeply, she started breathing faster and quivered with fear. This only enticed the wolf more and he stopped circling to look at the girl more fully.
Almost defiantly, her deep green eyes bore into his. Faltering, the wolf stopped growling. He cocked his head to one side before stepping back to his original position and crouching down to drink once more.
He heard the girl let out a breath of air and whisper softly, though what she said, he did not understand. Then, she had her own taste of the clear water and vanished once again into the trees, leaving the wolf to his own thoughts.
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