WEREWOLVES NO.2 || untamed ??

WARNING! this section contains spoilers so if you haven't read the first book, GO BACK and read that first!

don't say i didn't warn you ;)

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2 months ago, in Moondale Forest - during the aftermath of the fight with Malice

"Amber! what the fuck? you're a werewolf too?!"

Rhi stood there with arms folded across her chest, the wind blowing her brown and white hair away from her face as she stared her best friend down. she also imagined that her gold eyes were glinting in the sunlight, making her look even more powerful.

meanwhile, Amber fidgeted and played with her hands, eyes shifting down to her feet as she spoke. "y-yeah... look, i'm SO sorry Rhi! i swear i was going to tell you! you know how it is, being a werewolf.. you can't tell anyone or trust anyone with that information, and if i had known that you were one too, i would've told you ages ago!"

Rhi's voice shook as she asked, "how long have you been one?"

Amber took a deep breath. "only about two months... okay? still pretty fresh! and i already know that you're pretty fresh too. i could smell it on you when i was a wolf."

Rhi probably could've smelled that the golden she-wolf was Amber last night, but she had been too caught up with trying to fight and kill Malice. and that had failed miserably. "whatever. ok... i know i shouldn't take it out on you, this is just so much new information. and i also feel pretty overwhelmed because i THINK Malice imprinted on both of us last night.. me especially."

"yeah i know. i didn't know what he was doing when he was smelling all over me. i got so scared, i tried to fight back, but he just crushed me beneath his weight and forced me to comply." she sat down next to Rhi on the boulder that overlooked the clearing, while the other three milled around in the long grass below.

"damn. i can't believe you've also been a werewolf this whole time. it's funny how life works like that," Rhi said with a chuckle, finally deciding to loosen up.

Amber was grateful for this, and wrapped her arm around Rhi's shoulder and grinned. "well, imprinted to Malice the bastard or NOT, we're still in this shit together. we're both werewolves now, and we can totally conquer the world together."

Rhi grinned back at her. "totally. i definitely believe it"

Amber brushed off her shirt, getting all the pine needles off. "oh, and Rhi? you remember that night at James Buchemi's house so long ago? in the backyard?"

Rhi nodded slowly, feeling only slightly aware on where this was going. "yes... what about it?"

she took a deep breath before speaking. "you probably saw a gold flash somewhere in the forest, and well... that was me in my wolf form."

Rhi burst out laughing, an unexpected reaction. "seriously? ok, that was probably the only reason that i wandered out there anyway, because i thought that that was you... and then Malice found me and gave me this." she slowly lifted up the hem of her shirt to reveal the three long claw mark scars, and Amber gasped. "i have those same marks in the exact same place! damn, that monster really did a number on all of us."

"yeah, no kidding."

the girls then watched the sun rise together, shoulder to shoulder as they allowed the dawn of the new day wash over them.